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THE HAPPY WHISPERER NEWSLETTER RM BEGG KYNETON AGED CARE ISSUE 3 . MARCH 2017

RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc. 27-35 Epping Street, Kyneton, VIC 3444

E. admin@raymbegg.org.au Ph. 03 5422 2417

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm

Residents Activity Meeting Tuesday 7th March at 1.15pm.

RMB Auxiliary will be

holding their Easter Fair

on Saturday 15th April

9am – 1pm.

Large Variety of stalls.

Any donations of

saleable items will be

appreciated!

Sunday Church Service 6pm

5th:Grant Harper w i th music by Mar j Wi l l iams

12th:Heather Ashman w i th music by Ruth Wi l l iams

19th:David Jones w i th music by Ruth Wi l l iams

26th:Evelyn Sims w i th music by Phi l Chote

Thurs 2nd: Our Lady of Rosary Primary School Children visit in Barfold 2pm.

Fri 3rd: DVD in Sidonia 2pm.

Thurs 9th: Bobs and Bocce with Our Lady of Rosary Students Barfold 2pm.

Fri 10th: DVD in Sidonia 2pm.

Mon 13th: Labour Day Public Holiday No Activities.

Thurs 16th: Old times with old friends Sidonia 2pm.

Fri 17th: St Patrick’s Day Celebration with Joff, Drinks &

Nibbles, Sidonia 2pm.

Mon 20th: Heather’s High Tea Sidonia 3pm.

Thurs 30th: Men’s BBQ Langley 11.30am.

Frid 31st: RSL Lunch Outing (Limited seats) Bus leaving 11.30am.

Podiatrist visits Tuesday 14th & 28th March

Mobile Library visit Wednesday 1st & 22nd March @ 1pm.

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Welcome...

We welcome new residents Joy Dawes, Wilma Johnson

& Len Bowen. We hope you are all settling in well.

We also welcome new staff members Georgia Holgate,

Sue Newnham & Tyana Ellul.

We hope you all enjoy working with the great team at

RMB!

Our love and thoughts are with the

Cocks, Lewis, Devonshire, Quill &

Walsh families and friends with the

recent passing of Amy, Joan, Merv,

Jerry & Pat.

They will be sadly missed by us all at

RMB.

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Footy Tipping 2017!

Footy Tipping will commence with

Round One on Thursday 23rd

March 2017!

Please see Amanda McCarthy our

Leisure & Lifestyle Coordinator

if you would like to enter.

Cost $23.00 for the season.

We will run a Resident Competition

and also a Staff competition.

Thank you for the

donations!

Thank you to all for the

donations of the lovely

cups and saucers for our

High Tea. They are very

much appreciated!

We would also

appreciate

donations of DVD’s

for our regular

movie days – action,

romance, comedy or

music. Thank you!

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Residents

2nd: Ann Gotts

11th: Audrey Moore

14th: Mavis Schooling

16th: Trish O’Brian

25TH: Kath Ramsdale

Staff

2nd: Kate Ferrie

RM Begg Auxiliary Shop Trolley

Auxiliary members will be bringing the mobile shop trolley

to residents in their rooms between 12.45 – 1.45pm.

Monday Barfold Heather or Lyn

Tuesday Pastoria Lorraine or Rhonda

Wednesday Cobaw Rheita or Diane

Thursday Langley Yvonne or Betty

Friday Sidonia Maureen & Barbara or Meg

Shop in Barfold/Cobaw activities area is open

5 days a week Monday – Friday from 12.30 – 1.30pm.

4th: Bec Sawyer

6th: Leslea Johnson

8th: Julie Cook

10th: Marg Young

15th: Ailene Hossack

21st: Sonya Matheson

27th: Mandy Andrews

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Oxford Word of the Month - March: bush

politician noun: 1. a person regarded as a

‘know-it-all’. 2. a politician from a rural area

of Australia and seen to represent rural val-

ues and interests.

THE STORY BEHIND THE WORD OF THE

MONTH In Australia, bush has been the

most significant term in describing the Aus-

tralian landscape. Bush and the meanings

that have accrued to it over the years of Eu-

ropean settlement in Australia have cap-

tured something of Australia’s values and

character. Bush has also produced more

compounds in Australian English than any

other word, and one of these is bush politi-

cian. The term bush politician dates back to

1870. Early uses of the term often refer to

people who talk at length (and often tedi-

ously) about particular issues, and who

proffer unwanted advice. For example, in

1875 the Melbourne Leader described a

minister visiting his electorate and being

‘bored to death by one of those bush politi-

cians who imagine that their advice is valu-

able and their company desirable, while

they are regarded by other people as bores

of the very first magnitude’. (28 August)

And in 1899, the Singleton Argus comment-

ed that ‘[t]he bush politician is always pre-

pared … to teach the leading statesmen of

the day in matters of public policy’. (16 Feb-

ruary) The term bush politician also sug-

gests the idea of a self-made or self-

educated person. It also likely bears some

relation to the Australian English terms

bush lawyer ‘a person claiming legal

knowledge without qualifications for it; an

argumentative person who offers seemingly

legal and often specious arguments in sup-

port of a case’, and bush liar ‘a person who

tells tall stories’. This sense of bush politi-

cian continued into the 20th century, but

increasingly referred to someone who was

an elected official, although still implying

that they were concerned with a narrow

range of issues, and generally not formally

educated. When John ‘Black Jack’ McEwen

became Prime Minister in 1967, the press

said of him: In those days [when he was

first elected to parliament] he could be de-

scribed as the typical ‘bush’ politician, una-

ble to see beyond the price of wool, wheat,

butter or meat. (Canberra Times, 19 De-

cember) In recent years, bush politician is

applied to elected politicians of all stripes,

although more often, unsurprisingly, mem-

bers of the National Party. In current use it

is not usually a negative term, but implies

simply that the person is from the bush and

an advocate for rural interests: ‘The ALP is

working hard to win back the vital seat from

[Kalgoorlie Liberal MP Barry] Haase, who

describes himself as a typical bush politi-

cian.’ (West Australian, 15 October 2001)

Recent uses of the term also suggest that

the typical bush politician of today has

learnt his political skills the hard way: Many

senior Nationals deeply dislike Turnbull over

the way he acted on carbon pricing when

he was opposition leader in 2009, but none

more so than Barnaby Joyce. One sees him-

self as the smartest guy in the room; the

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ON THIS DAY........MARCH 1st – Colour television officially began in Australia in 1975. 3rd – The town of Pamerston, N.T is renamed Darwin in 1911. 8th – First Australian postage stamp went on sale in 1828. In 1893 the first Australian phone box was installed at the Sydney GPO. 15th – The first Test cricket match between England & Australia took place at the MCG in 1877. Australia won by 45 runs. 11th – Explorer Matthew Flinders was born in 1774. 18th – Entrepreneur/Adventurer Dick Smith was born in 1944. 19th – The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened on this day in 1932. 23rd – Betty Cuthbert breaks her own world record by running 440 yards in 53.3 seconds in 1963. 25th – Tireless women’s welfare worker Caroline Chisholm died in 1877. 27th – Boxer Johnny Famechon was born in 1945. 28th – Aboriginal politician Neville Bonner was born in 1922. 29th – Singer/entertainer Rolf Harris was born on this day in 1930. 31st – The first Australian Grand Prix was held at Cowes, Phillip Island Vic in 1928.

How many of these do you remember???

other is a clever bush politician.

(Melbourne Age, 15 September 2015) The

term is now largely one with positive con-

notations in Australian English. We are cur-

rently researching the term bush politician

for future inclusion in our dictionaries. Bush

lawyer and bush liar are both included in

the second edition of the Australian Nation-

al Dictionary (2016).

Language diversity and general

knowledge Quiz

For each question, what is the 'non-English'

word that was adopted into English, from

the source language (s) shown:

1.Forbidden, unmentionable - from Tong-

an?

2.Mountain guide, and 1975 British Leyland

van brand, later the Leyland Daf Pilot - from

Tibetan?

3.Seasonal South Asia wind and accompa-

nying rainfall - from Dutch?

4.Long wrap-around skirt meaning sheath

or quiver - from Malay?

5.Clumsy awkward person, whose earlier

root gave us also 'clot' in English - from Yid-

dish?

6.Variety (of choices) - from Swedish?

7.The same (not the same as the question

above, simply, 'the same') - from Italian?

8.The phonetic neutral vowel sound shown

as ə - like the 'eh' at the end of 'sofa' and

the start of 'along' (whose symbol is an in-

verted 'e') - from German - and bonus point

- a different word meaning the same thing

from Hebrew instead?

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9.Ghost or spirit, typically unseen and mov-

ing things - from German?

10.Isolation, quarantine, or secrecy - from

Persian/Urdu?

11.Beer brewed for storing/keeping - from

German?

12.Long story - from Old Norse?

13.Massacre of an ethnic group - from Rus-

sian/Yiddish?

14.Joy in the misfortune of others - from

German?

ANSWERS

1.Taboo (referring to sacred custom)

2.Sherpa

3. Monsoon (from early modern Dutch

monssoen)

4.Sarong

5.Klutz (Yiddish loosely equates to Europe-

an-German Jewish)

6.Smorgasbord (a buffet of Scandinavian

delicacies - smorgas = slice of)

7. Ditto (earlier from Latin dictus, 'said')

8.Schwa - (German) - Sheva (Hebrew)

9.Poltergeist (from root meanings make

noise and ghost)

10.Purdah (originally a veil or curtain to

screen women from men/strangers)

11.Lager (originally lager-bier - lager =

storehouse)

12.Saga

13.Pogrom (the word referred originally to

Russian massacre of Jewish people)

14.Schadenfreude (from the root word

meanings harm and joy)

How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

It is not a problem, since you will never find an

elephant with one hand.

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The Inspiration Behind

Classic Tale Moby Dick

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‘Moby-Dick’ is a quintessential novel by

American writer Herman Melville which re-

volves around Captain Ahab who was

wrathful in his pursuit of a huge whale. The

captain lost his leg because of the whale,

Moby Dick on his previous voyage. Hence

began a tale of vengeance where he wanted

to slaughter the White whale, even if he

had to lose everything including his own life

in the bargain.

This fictional story, written during the

American Renaissance, is well known for its

elements of Romanticism. This ground-

breaking author wrote this novel without

actually visiting the island Nantucket, a tiny,

remote landmass off Cape Cod. The story is

based on Melville’s real life experience on a

ship ‘Acushnet’. Apart from his own experi-

ences on the whaler he got his sources from

2 real life stories; one was the sinking of

‘Essex’ and the other was the killing of a

sperm whale, Mocha Dick. After ‘Moby-

Dick’ was released in the year 1851, he de-

cided to visit Nantucket. The happenings

that motivated Herman to pen down this

book are inspired by real-life events that are

bone chilling in the true sense of the word.

Melville took a steamer in the year 1852 to

visit Massachusetts and like any other vaca-

tioner he met the authorities of the area,

ate food with them and enjoyed the beauti-

ful scenery that he had only envisioned in

his dreams. He also met Captain George

Pollard Jr. who was in charge of the ‘Essex’.

It was a ship that met with ill-fate in the

year 1820, when a sperm whale got into a

brawl with the vessel, resulting in its sink-

ing.

The 29-year-old managed to survive the un-

fortunate incident and returned only to cap-

tain another ship called the ‘Two Brothers’.

Regrettably two years later, this too did not

have a fate different from the earlier vessel,

since it broke down on a coral reef. After

this Pollard was considered inauspicious

and was never allowed to captain a ship ev-

er again. Ultimately he was driven to a situ-

ation where he began working as a watch-

man for the village.

A short sketch of Pollard and his experience

with the destructive whale sinking the

‘Essex’ has also been mentioned in the leg-

endary novel. The novelist knew that the ill-

fated captain’s experiences did not end

with seeing his ship sink but he had gone

through a lot more pain and dreadful mo-

ments. “To the islanders he was a nobody,”

Herman wrote, “to me, the most impressive

man, tho’ wholly unassuming, even hum-

ble—that I ever encountered.”

Pollard had described the entire appalling

experiences of physical pain, the traumatic

end of some of the crew, extreme hunger

and eventual cannibalism, during dinner to

other fellow captains and a missionary

called George Bennet. The captain told the

tale of enduring 92 days of being directly

under a merciless sun and surviving the

sleepless nights. The unlucky captain, along

with some of his crew, had even eaten the

flesh of his own cousin, Owen Coffin to sur-

vive. “But I can tell you no more—my head

is on fire at the recollection,” Pollard told

Bennet. “I hardly know what I say.” Bennet,

untouched by the horror of it all, saw the

narration only as a declaration of Pollard’s

guilt. This is the story of the extreme mis-

fortune which fell upon Captain Pollack and

his crew, so horrific, that Herman thought

was best left unsaid in his novel.

The story starts with the ship ‘Essex’, which

was in for a huge predicament, only two

days after it left the port of Nantucket on

August 12th, 1819. The journey was in-

tended to be for a good two-and-a-half

years of whaling, but fate had other plans.

The vessel was hit by a huge gust of wind

that broke the top part of its sail which

nearly resulted in it sinking. But the captain

decided to continue, and reached Cape

Horn on January 1820. Unfortunately the

sea was devoid of whales; so they contin-

ued their voyage, this time heading towards

the South Pacific, far from any land, where

they hoped for good whaling.

En route, ‘Essex’ stopped for a while at

Charles Island in the Galapagos to restock

their supplies. They managed to gather a

whopping sixty, 100-pound tortoises. But

here too misfortune, like a shadow, did not

leave them. Helmsman Thomas Chappel, a

notorious crew member, decided to light a

fire as a practical joke, but soon things went

out of control. With the ship set ablaze,

people were running helter-skelter to save

themselves.

Thankfully, the ship and all of the crew were

spared. So intense was the fire that even

after a day of sailing, the flames on the is-

land could be seen on the horizon. The is-

land remained besmirched and burnt many

years after the ill-fated incident, and result-

ed in the extinction of the Floreana Tortoise

and the Floreana Mockingbird.

On November 1820, ‘Essex’, it seemed, had

shaken off its bad luck as it had experienced

many months of good fortune. But it

seemed that misfortune was playing a joke

so much so that after lulling the ship and its

crew into complacency, it was laughing with

an evil hysterical glee.

Misfortune was about to unleash, the

whales were proving to be plentiful and the

boats from Essex had harpooned cetaceans,

which were pulling the vessels all the way

to the horizon. The crew called this process

“Nantucket sleigh rides.” The photo of the

man above is Owen Chase who was the

office second in command of the ‘Essex’.

This 23-year-old stayed on the ship while

the captain went out whaling. He saw a

huge 85-feet long whale, heading straight

for the vessel. Owen recalls that the speed

of the cetacean was about three knots; he

says that the whale was “Coming down for

us at great celerity.” The giant creature had

hit the vessel with a gigantic force that

made Chase describe it as, “such an appal-

ling and tremendous jar, as nearly threw us

all on our faces”.

The furious animal went beneath ‘Essex’

and was tossing and turning with what

seemed a determined intent to capsize the

ship. The first mate recalls the ghastly inci-

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dent and says, “I could distinctly see him

smite his jaws together, as if distracted with

rage and fury.” Soon the destructive mam-

mal vanished and peace returned, but it

was only the tormenting calm before a

storm. While the crew members were busy

repairing the damage caused by the violent

cetacean, a crew member spotted the

whale coming at them again, this time at a

faster speed of about six knots. He shouted

out saying, “Here he is—he is making for us

again.”

This time the whale hit the bow under the

cathead with a massive force and then van-

ished, never to be seen again—the decisive

damage was done. There was a hole in the

bow and the ship was filling up with water.

Before the ship could sink, the crew mem-

bers filled the life boats with all essentials

like food and route-finding tools before low-

ering them.

From his whale boat, Pollard saw his ‘Essex’

coming to an end. When he reached the

sinking ship, in a dejected tone he asked,

“My God, Mr. Chase, what is the matter?”

“We have been stove by a whale,” replied

Owen Chase.

While the crew was saddened by the trage-

dy that had taken place, the captain was

lost and his emotions left him paralyzed.

The first mate says he realized that some

people “had no idea of the extent of their

deplorable situation.”

In this challenging situation Pollard, being

the captain of the ship, took charge and dis-

tributed the crew of 20 men on 3 boats. He

decided that they should head towards

Marquesas and the Society Islands since

they were the closest from their current lo-

cation. The first mate and his men feared

that these islands were tenanted by canni-

bals. He suggested that even though the

distance would be a lot more, it would be

better for them to head towards the South,

since it would widen the probability of their

survival. Pollard agreed and thus began the

final desperate, and gruesome, fight for life.

Even though the food had been soaked in

saltwater, they began eating their rations.

This increased their need for water and

soon everyone was dehydrated. In addition

to the scorching sun, the captain’s boat was

attacked by a killer whale. They survived

this attack, and soon the crew members

were living on their last reserves. A short

time after the killer whale attack, they no-

ticed an abandoned, barren island called

Henderson Island on which they took tem-

porary refuge.

It was mid-December, when they decided to

leave Henderson Island and risk the sea

voyage again, in a desperate attempt to get

home. Three crew members had enough of

the vicious sea and decided to stay on the

island to test their fate. A few weeks into

their voyage, the leviathans again became a

threat to human lives, especially at night.

However, they managed to survive and by

next month, all the rations were over, and

people were tired of fighting for survival.

One man who was traveling on Owen’s boat

went berserk. He stood up and commanded

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his little brother, on hearing of the lottery’s

result shouted out loud saying, “My lad, my

lad! If you don’t like your lot, I’ll shoot the

first man that touches you.” Pollard even

offered to take his brother’s place for being

eaten, but Coffin refused and said, “I like it

as well as any other.”

Another lottery was drawn to decide which

would decide who would shoot Coffin. This

time, it fell upon Ramsdell, to shoot his

friend. The teenager paused for a long time,

unable to kill his friend. Then Coffin put his

head on the upper edge of the boat and

Charles pulled the trigger.

“He was soon dispatched,” Pollard said,

“and nothing of him left.”

By February 18, after 89 days of torment

came a savior. The last 3 survivors of

Chase’s boat saw an English ship and hence

were saved.

A week later, in this ‘beyond belief’ journey,

came a sigh of relief even for the captain’s

boat. A crew member of the American ship,

‘Dauphin’, spotted Pollard’s boat. Pollard’s

boat had only two survivors, Charles

Ramsdell and the captain himself. They sur-

vived by eating the bone marrow of the

crew member who had died recently. Diso-

riented by hunger, thirst and the degrada-

tion of their dignity as humans they had

turned into pitiful, hopeless beings and the

rescue hardly came as a ray of happiness.

Such was the desperation of their condition

that they could not leave the bones of their

crewmates on which they had survived. The

collected the leftovers which were on their

for a dinner napkin and then fell down into

the “most horrid and frightful convulsions.”

He died soon after and “Humanity must

shudder at the dreadful recital” of what

happened after that, Chase wrote. The men

on the boat were starved to such an extent

that they, “separated limbs from his body,

and cut all the flesh from the bones; after

which, we opened the body, took out the

heart, and then closed it again—sewed it up

as decently as we could, and committed it

to the sea.” Finally they roasted his organs

and ate him up.

This, all too soon, became a normal routine

for survival. When three more sailors died,

they too were cooked and eaten. Of the

three life boats that had started out, all

were separated, lost and beyond any com-

munication. Even the routine of eating hu-

man flesh did not last long as not many of

the crew survived. In fact turning into can-

nibals was only increasing the crew’s hun-

ger.

On February 6th, 1821, a dreadful proposal

was made by a teenager, Charles Ramsdell.

He put forward his idea of drawing a lottery,

to decide who will be the next person to

give up his life to be eaten by the other sur-

vivors. Though this faced resistance from all

it was argued that this was a sailor’s tradi-

tion and eventually everyone agreed. As

luck would have it, Owen Coffin, who hap-

pened to be Pollard’s first cousin, was to be

the first victim of cannibalism by lottery.

Since the captain of ‘Essex’ had assured his

cousin’s mother, that he would take care of

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boat and even while they were on

‘Dauphin’ they were, “sucking the bones of

their dead mess mates, which they were

loath to part with.”

There were only 5 people who could sur-

vive the torture that they were meted out

during the last 3 months. All of them met

again in Valparaiso, where they stayed for a

while to recover from the trauma, before

heading back to Nantucket. It was only after

his significant recovery that Pollard was din-

ing with a couple of other captains; where

he went on to narrate his dreadful experi-

ence. “The most distressing narrative that

ever came to my knowledge,” wrote one of

the captains who was present at the dinner

table hearing the unfortunate story of the,

‘Essex’.

The third boat which was lost had been

found on the Ducie Island, with 3 skeletons

in it after a period of 3 long years. The 3

men who chose to test their faith on land

and stayed back on the uninhabited Hen-

derson Island lived for 4 months on shell-

fish and bird eggs; they too were rescued

by an Australian ship.

Though all the rescued members of ‘Essex’

were greeted with a warm welcome, Cap-

tain Pollard was seen as a black sheep

among all the survivors.

He was looked down upon because he had

feasted on his cousin, Owen Coffin. The

latter’s mother was so traumatized that she

did not want to be anywhere near Pollard.

It is believed that after his profession came

to an end, he would lock himself in a room

without eating, every year on the same day

that ‘Essex’ broke down. He did so in honor

of his crewmen who lost their lives in the

fight against death.

The author of this novel also tried his hand

at poetry; here are a few lines of his poem

‘Clarel’ which are a reminder of Pollard’s

fate.

A night patrolman on the quay

Watching the bales till morning hour

Through fair and foul. Never he smiled;

Call him, and he would come; not sour

In spirit, but meek and reconciled:

Patient he was, he none withstood;

Oft on some secret thing would brood.

Moby-Dick was released in the year 1851;

the sale of the book was only mediocre. It

sold about 1000 copies only. He did not give

up hope and continued trying his hand at

writing, but sadly this just didn’t seem to be

the career for him.

Herman went into a state of isolation and

worked as a customs inspector in New York

City for the next 19 years.

This novelist passed away on September 28,

1891.

Q: How do astronomers organise a party? A: They planet.

Q: Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? A: It's okay. He woke up.

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Successful Grant Application! We were very excited to be notified of our success in a recent grant application.

We are thrilled to announce that we have been able to purchase our long

awaited “Hover Jack & Hover Matt” & a Arjo Miranti Bath Transfer Machine.

Both of these items of equipment will enhance the lives of our frailer residents providing comfortable & safe transfers for both the residents and staff.

We are extremely grateful to the Perpetual Trustees 2016 IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program and the following trusts for their generosity.

Ethel Herman Charitable Trust: $14,000

Isobel Hill Brown Charitable Trust: $3,000

Irene Reid Trust: $18,700

A total of $37, 000! A big Thank you also to Elizabeth Harvey our “Grant Seeker” who does a

wonderful job in completing and submitting our applications!

Combining our Appeals & Fundraising total’s that takes us to over $1 million!

Thank you to everyone that has contributed any amount, big or small, since we started in 2012! We are very proud of our beautiful new facility and could not

have done it without the support of our wonderful community!

Of course we will still continue to be grateful for any donations that will help

reduce our $4 million debt.

If you would like to make a donation please complete the form below and return to our CEO Sarah Collier, RM Begg Kyneton Aged Care Inc

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What the heck are Paraprosdokians? Paraprosdokians were apparently a Win-ston Churchill favourite, but what the heck are they? According to the Macquarie Dictionary, a paraprosdokian is: a figure of speech in which the latter part of an idiom, proverb, or well-known ex-pression or formula of words is altered to make an unexpected and humorous end-ing. Well they were humorous enough to get Winston giggling, so they must be funny. 1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right – only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit sal-ad. 8. They begin the evening news with “Good Evening”, then proceed to tell you why it isn't. 9. To steal ideas from one person is plagia-rism. To steal from many is research. 10. Buses stop in bus stations. Trains stop in train stations. On my desk is a work sta-tion. 11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks. 12. In filling out an application, where it says, ‘Emergency contact’, I put ‘doctor’. 13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. 14. Women will never be equal to men un-til they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think

they are sexy. 15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman. 16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory. 17. You do not need a parachute to sky-dive unless you want to do it again. 18. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. 19. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away. 20. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure. 21. You're never too old to learn something stupid. 22. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. 23. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. 24. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 25. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a gar-age makes you a car. 26. Where there’s a will, there are rela-tives. 27. If you would like to have a million dol-lars then start with two million. 28. During WWII Sir Winston Churchill ad-dress to congress began with: “It has often been said that Britain and America are two nations divided only by a common language”. An the finale: 29. I am supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

Q: Why is England the wettest

country?

A: Because so many kings and

queens have reigned there.

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Auxiliary News

Have you seen the new display cabinet in the

Café area? The Auxiliary has a great

display of craft items for sale.

Items are priced. Goods are available from

office on weekdays. Weekends, please

phone numbers displayed in cabinet. Thank you for your

support!

Private Dining Room

Bookings

Private Dining Room is

required to be booked in

advance through

Admin staff at

reception by 10am for

same day lunch.

We are unable to cater for

additional meals and

setting up of the

Private Dining Room

at short notice.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Help Needed…

The Auxiliary needs help on Market Days

(second Saturday of each month) to transport trestle’s,

Gazebo’s and goods for sale. e.g. books, crafts &

hanging equipment from Bolton Hall in Epping Street to

Duck, Duck Goose & Larder site at the corner of

Ebden & Piper Streets from 8am and returning again at

12.30 – 1pm. Anyone who could help with transport and

physical help please contact our

President Lorraine on 5422 3264.

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SUGGESTIONS The suggestions slip can be used to give suggestions about

anything at all!

We still have our Comments/Complaints form that you can use

if you want to.

We thought that the suggestion slip would be convenient attached to the

newsletter and you could jot down any ideas that you may have. Please

fill out this form & drop it in to one of the suggestion boxes. There is one

in the Coffee Shop near Reception & one in each wing TV/ lounge room.

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Email Program

Amanda our Activities

Coordinator has started an email

program for residents with family

members that live interstate or overseas.

This will enable regular email

communication. If you are interested please see Amanda or

send your contact details to

activites@raymbegg.org.au

Mar-17

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY1 2 3

10.45 Sing a long (Barfold) 10.30 Knitting Group (B) 11.00 Music Program

3.30 Lauriston program

program 3.00 Lauriston program 3.00 Lauriston program3.30 Anglican Church (B)

6 7 8 9 1011.00 Music Program 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 10.30 Knitting Group (B) 11.00 Music Program

9.15 Church service program

10.45 Sing a long(B&C)

3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.00 Lauriston program 3.00 Lauriston program

3.00 Lauriston Program

13 14 15 16 179.15 Church Service 11.00 Music Program 10.45 Sing a long (Barfold) 10.30 Knitting group(B&C) 11.00 Music Program

Labour Day 3.30 Lauriston program

Public Holiday 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Anglican Church (B) 3.30 Lauriston program 2.00 St.Patrick's Day

Celebrations (Sidonia)

20 21 22 23 249.15 Church service 11.00 Music Program 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Music Program10.45 Sing a long (B&C) program 11.00 Lauriston Program

2.00 Tom Martin (B&C)

3.00 Lauriston Program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Music Program

27 28 29 30 3111.00 Music Program 11.00 Exercises/Lauriston 11.00 Music Program

program 11.00 Lauriston Program

3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Lauriston program 3.30 Music Program

*1:1 Activities Daily B & C-BARFOLD & COBAW L & L-LAURISTON & LANGLEY

Lauriston

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY1 2 3

9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold)

9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 10.30-Busy Fingers(Barfold) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria)

11.00 Sing along with 10.30 Talking Point (P) 11.00 Lauriston Program

Mary (Barfold) 10.45 Craft Group (L) 11.00 Hangman (Barfold)

1.00 Mobile Library 2.00 Visit from OLR students

reminiscence about

2.00 Bowls (B&C) Schooldays' (Barfold) 2.00 DVD in Sidonia

2.00 1:1 music sessions 2.00 BOBs (Sidonia) 2.00 Bingo (Sidonia)

3.00 Lauriston Program 3.30 Lauriston Program 3.00 Lauriston Program

3.30 Anglican Church 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley ProgramService (Barfold)

6 7 8 9 109.15 catholic church (B) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold)

9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 10.30 Painting with Val (L) 10.45 Bowls (Barfold) 10.30-Busy Fingers(Barfold) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria)

10.45 Meditation (Pastoria) 11.00 Lauriston Program 10.30 Talking Point (P) 11.00 Lauriston Program11.00 Sing a long 10.45 Choir Practice (B) 10.45 Craft Group (L) 11.00 Craft with Nicky(B)

with Jo (Barfold) 11.00 Lauriston Music Program 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L)

1.15 Resident's Meeting (B) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 2.00 BOBs & BOCCE

2.00 Mind games (B/R) 2.00 Bingo (Barfold) 2.00 1:1 music sessions with OLR students (B) 2.00 Bonus Bingo! (Sidonia)

2.15 Colour me Calm (L) 2.00 Volunteer visiting 3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 DVD in Sidonia

3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 1:1 music sessions 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Lauriston Program 3.30 Lauriston Program

3.30 Langely Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program3.30 Lauriston Program

13 14 15 16 179.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold)

9.15- Church Service (B) 10.30 Painting with Val (L) 11.00 Sing along with 10.30-Busy Fingers(Barfold) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria)

10.45 Meditation (Pastoria) Betty (Barfold) 10.30 Talking Point (P) 11.00 Lauriston Program

Labour Day 10.45 Choir Practice (B) 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L) 10.45 Craft Group (L) 11.00 BOBS (Barfold)

11.00 Lauriston Music Program 2.00 1:1 music sessions 2.00 St.Patrick's Day

Public Holiday 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 2.00 BOCCE (Barfold) Celebrations with Joff

2.00 Bingo (Sidonia) 3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 Old Times with Old Drinks & Nibbles (S)

2.00 Volunteer visiting 3.30 Anglican Church Friends Meeting (Sidonia)2.00 1:1 music sessions Service (Barfold) 3.30 Lauriston Program

3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program3.30 Lauriston Program

Activities

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Mar-17MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

20 HARMONY DAY 21 22 AFL Round 1 23 249.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) Commences 9.30 Exercises (Barfold)

9.15 Church Service(B) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria) 10.45 Bowls(B&C) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria)

9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 11.00 'Harmony Day' 11.00 Lauriston Program 10.30-Busy Fingers(B) 11.00 Lauriston Program

Concert by RMB Choir (B) 1.00 Mobile Library 10.30 Talking Point (P) 11.00 Hangman (Barfold)

11.00 Sing a long with Jo 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L) 10.45 Craft Group (L)

(Barfold) 2.00 Bingo (Sidonia) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 12.00 Whole facility BBQ 11.30 RSL Lunch Outing

2.00 Mind games (B/R) 2.00 Volunteer visiting 2.00 1:1 music sessions (served in each wing) (Langely Group)

2.15 Colour me Calm (L) 2.00 1:1 music sessions 2.00 Tom Martin (Barfold)

3.00 Lauriston Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.00 Lauriston Program 3.30 Lauriston Program 2.00 DVD in Sidonia

3.00 Heather's High Tea (S) 3.30 Lauriston Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Lauriston Program3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program

27 28 29 30 319.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 9.30 Exercises (Barfold)

9.15 Church Service(B) 10.30 Painting with Val (L) 11.00 Reminiscence (B) 10.30-Busy Fingers(B) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria)

9.30 Exercises (Barfold) 10.45 Meditation (Pastoria) 11.00 Lauriston program 10.30 Talking Point (P) 11.00 Lauriston Program

10.45 Choir Practice (B) 11.30 Men's BBQ (L) 11.00 BOBS (Barfold)

11.00 Sing a long with 11.00 Lauriston Music Program 1.30 Cooking with Leni (L)

Robyn (Barfold) 2.00 Bowls (B&C) 11.30 RSL Lunch Outing

2.00 Mind games (B/R) 2.00 Bingo (Sidonia) 2.00 1:1 music sessions 2.00 BOCCE (Barfold) (Limited Numbers)

2.15 Colour me Calm (L) 2.00 Volunteer visiting 3.30 Lauriston Program

3.00 Lauriston Program 2.00 1:1 music sessions 3.00 Lauriston Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Music Program in

3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program 3.30 Langley Program Langley & Lauriston Activity

3.30 Uniting Church Service 3.30 Lauriston Program Activity Area(Pastoria)

Activities

CHURCH SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY AT 6PM IN BARFOLD / COBAW ACTIVITY AREA

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RM Begg Services

Laundry

Meals

Cleaning

Personal Care

Pastoral Care

Hairdressing

Happy Whisperer Newsletter

Visiting Allied Health Professionals

Counselling, Activities (in house and External)

Visiting Psychologist

Diabetes Educator

Social Worker

Speech Pathologist

Clinical Care

Continence Management

Wound Management

Palliative Care

Podiatry

Physiotherapist

Dietician

Specialists

Accredited Pharmacist

Consulting GP's

Aged Persons Mental Health Team

Dental Van

Support provided by

Palliative Care Team

District Nursing Service