Golden News
Volume 15, Number 18 - Monday 29 October 2001
The bulletin of the Rotary Club of Kowloon Golden Mile - published every Monday.
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There are no KGM members celebrating birthdays this week.
However we extend our heartiest congratulations to PE Nanu "Nanu" Lachman and his good lady Deepa on the forthcoming wedding of their son Bhavish to Ms. Reshma Daswani.
Fellowship News:
On Wednesday 7 November 2001, our dear friends from the Rotary Club of Kowloon North will be holding a joint meeting with us at our regular weekly meeting.
The delegation from RCKN will be headed by (former KGM member!) President Ramesh Chugani, and we expect other prominent Rotarians such as District Webmaster PP Bill Benter, regular KGM visitors Michael Harilela, M.S. Kalra & Frank Kleinteich (and possibly PDG Joseph Lee) to be in attendance.
Of Spooks & Kooks:
Yes folks, it's Halloween again on Wednesday.
This is when kids dress up in spooky clothing and demand you give them candy and other treats or face the consequences,
and your wife dresses & cackles like a witch and carves weird shapes out of garden vegetables.
In Australia this is simply called "Married With Children" and it's a weekly event!
Anyway, since I missed last week's meeting due to an influx of overseas visitors, I have no first-hand knowledge of what transpired, nor did I receive a report from my usual spies.
Sorry about this lack of information but, hey, I need some help here.
In Australia this is simply called "Married With Children" and it's a weekly event!
Anyway, since I missed last week's meeting due to an influx of overseas visitors, I have no first-hand knowledge of what transpired, nor did I receive a report from my usual spies.
Sorry about this lack of information but, hey, I need some help here.
This Week's Meeting:
This week's guest is Mr. Ilyas Khan who will be speaking to us on "Emerging Financial Markets".
This week's guest is Mr. Ilyas Khan who will be speaking to us on "Emerging Financial Markets".
Milestones:
There are no KGM members celebrating birthdays this week.
However we extend our heartiest congratulations to PE Nanu "Nanu" Lachman and his good lady Deepa on the forthcoming wedding of their son Bhavish to Ms. Reshma Daswani.
Member Updates:
1) Our old mate Balu "Kojak" Chainrai informs us that his new email address is moon@hornington.com. This is a rather, er, "cheeky" address, don't you think?
2) Our hard-working, spell-checker-impaired Community Service Director Silva "Dollar" Yeung also advises he has a new email address, namely silvayeung@wjcs.org.hk.
1) Our old mate Balu "Kojak" Chainrai informs us that his new email address is moon@hornington.com. This is a rather, er, "cheeky" address, don't you think?
2) Our hard-working, spell-checker-impaired Community Service Director Silva "Dollar" Yeung also advises he has a new email address, namely silvayeung@wjcs.org.hk.
Fellowship News:
According to my spy Ivor Beerstein, the Oktoberfest fellowship on
Saturday evening was a success, but I understand many members expressed the view that the former event of the same name at the Holiday Inn had a better atmosphere.
I guess you win some and you lose some.
In any case, 45 people attended and represented KGM in the Chicken Dance competition.
I don't know if anybody remembered to take a camera but, if photographs were indeed taken, please email them to the Web Monster, and they will be uploaded to the KGM web site.
News about our next fellowship will appear in next week's bulletin.
Special KGM Meeting:
On Wednesday 7 November 2001, our dear friends from the Rotary Club of Kowloon North will be holding a joint meeting with us at our regular weekly meeting.
The delegation from RCKN will be headed by (former KGM member!) President Ramesh Chugani, and we expect other prominent Rotarians such as District Webmaster PP Bill Benter, regular KGM visitors Michael Harilela, M.S. Kalra & Frank Kleinteich (and possibly PDG Joseph Lee) to be in attendance.
Please make every effort to support your club by attending this important meeting, as it would
be rather embarrassing if there were more visiting Rotarians than KGM members present, now wouldn't it?
District 3450 News:
1) A District Vocational Service Seminar will be held *tomorrow* during the regular club meeting of RC Peninsula from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tuesday 30 October 2001
at the Hong Kong Hotel, Tsimshatsui. There is no charge for the seminar; attendees only need to pay for their lunch.
2) HOT NEWS: Rotary International President Rick King (pictured left), will be
guest of honour at a District 3450 Inter-City meeting to be held in Hong Kong on Monday 3 December 2001.
Although final details of this event have yet to be announced, mark your diaries (or Palm Pilots) now, as this will be a unique opportunity to meet the incumbent RI President (provided he is not commandeered by District officials).
Members interested in attending the meeting should contact our Fearless Leader President Ebe Tung "Chee Wow" by email.
Although final details of this event have yet to be announced, mark your diaries (or Palm Pilots) now, as this will be a unique opportunity to meet the incumbent RI President (provided he is not commandeered by District officials).
Members interested in attending the meeting should contact our Fearless Leader President Ebe Tung "Chee Wow" by email.
Rotary International News:
A) As part of the preparations for Rotary International's Centennial in 2005, three distinctive new logos have been created, and you are invited to vote for your favorite. The winning logo will be announced at the International Assembly in Anaheim, California, which commences on 28 January 2002.
B) The RI Board has decided that the motto "He profits most who serves best" is to be discontinued, due to it's single gender connotation. Of course, Rotary's primary motto "Service Above Self" shall be unaffected by this decision.
C) An RI Presidential PolioPlus Summit will be held from 22-24 February 2002 in Mumbai, India.
D) An RI Presidential Conference will be held from 22-24 March 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan.
E) The RI Annual Convention will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 23 to 26 June 2002, and you can register on-line here. For more information about the convention, visit their web site.
A) As part of the preparations for Rotary International's Centennial in 2005, three distinctive new logos have been created, and you are invited to vote for your favorite. The winning logo will be announced at the International Assembly in Anaheim, California, which commences on 28 January 2002.
B) The RI Board has decided that the motto "He profits most who serves best" is to be discontinued, due to it's single gender connotation. Of course, Rotary's primary motto "Service Above Self" shall be unaffected by this decision.
C) An RI Presidential PolioPlus Summit will be held from 22-24 February 2002 in Mumbai, India.
D) An RI Presidential Conference will be held from 22-24 March 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan.
E) The RI Annual Convention will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 23 to 26 June 2002, and you can register on-line here. For more information about the convention, visit their web site.
KGM Scoop:
Yes folks, the KGM Web Monster has done it yet again.
Two months ago we scooped the Rotary world by being the first Rotary Club in the world to post photographs of every RI President (and their annual themes) on our web site.
Never one to rest on his "non-award-winning" laurels, your intrepid Web Monster published the
first photograph of RI President Nominee Mr. Jonathan B. Majiyagbe of the Rotary Club of Kano, Nigeria (pictured left) on the KGM web site, on 23 October.
President Jonathan will be the first African to lead Rotary International, and he will assume office on 1 July 2003, immediately after RIPE Bhichai Rattakul, who will be the first Thai national to become RI President.
Web Side Story:
I have finally changed my views about Unsolicited Emails (a.k.a. "Spam")
because, over the past 7 days, after acting on every single such email I received (instead of automatically deleting them), I have:
Enlarged my penis;
Enlarged my breasts;
Encouraged hair growth, even in the palms of my hands;
Encouraged hair growth, even in the palms of my hands;
Increased my sales and reduced all my debts;
Purchased large quantities of Xenical and shed 25 kilos weight;
Purchased large quantities of Viagra and put a permanent smile on my wife's face;
Purchased large quantities of Viagra and put a permanent smile on my wife's face;
Re-mortgaged a home I don't own in the USA;
Obtained much better insurance coverage from firms in Timbuktu;
Obtained much better insurance coverage from firms in Timbuktu;
Shared US$50 million with a very nice man from Nigeria (who lives at a bus stop in Lagos);
Won numerous "mini-vacations" to Florida;
Enjoyed web sites operated by "barely legal" teenagers (who apparently all suffer from rickets);
Enjoyed web sites operated by "barely legal" teenagers (who apparently all suffer from rickets);
Bought sure-win, hot stocks on Nasdaq such as "Cal-Bay" which nobody else knows about;
Smoked many packets of "Katmandu", the legal alternative to Marijuana;
Smoked many packets of "Katmandu", the legal alternative to Marijuana;
Sold numerous "Judicial Judgments" (whatever the hell they are);
Disposed of hundreds of used inkjet cartridges;
Disposed of hundreds of used inkjet cartridges;
Enjoyed dozens of emails from Taiwan, written entirely in Chinese;
Acquired American flags, anti-biological warfare gas masks and Anthrax antidotes;
Found hundreds of new web-site designers;
Won thousands of dollars at on-line casinos;
Marveled at numerous web-sites involving naked farmyard animals.
Acquired American flags, anti-biological warfare gas masks and Anthrax antidotes;
Found hundreds of new web-site designers;
Won thousands of dollars at on-line casinos;
Marveled at numerous web-sites involving naked farmyard animals.
Yes Sir. Thanks to these wonderful folks, I now live a much fuller and richer life.
Dear Geek:
Dear Geek, What is the correct protocol for sending email messages? Yours, Harry Hacker.
Dear Harry, There are a five (5) important things to remember:
1. If it is essential that all recipients of your message know who else is receiving it, then add their individual addresses in the "To:" and/or "Cc:" lines of your message. However when sending an email to large groups of people, the correct protocol is to add all names to the "Bcc:" line of your message.
This practice is common courtesy to minimise the chances of one of your less-than-honourable recipients harvesting email addresses of your
other contacts for commercial purposes (i.e. "Spam").
2. NEVER TYPE YOUR MESSAGE IN CAPITALS. This is a convention for anger and you should therefore limit the use of capitals to express emotion or urgency (e.g. "I must have your reply TODAY").
Using capitals for a whole message is also a sign of laziness and, in any case, it makes the message difficult to read. If you want to emphasise or highlight something, use bold formatting.
2. NEVER TYPE YOUR MESSAGE IN CAPITALS. This is a convention for anger and you should therefore limit the use of capitals to express emotion or urgency (e.g. "I must have your reply TODAY").
Using capitals for a whole message is also a sign of laziness and, in any case, it makes the message difficult to read. If you want to emphasise or highlight something, use bold formatting.
3. Include a descriptive "Subject:" heading. As the amount of junk emails we receive increases, you will get far more prompt
attention from recipients if they know what the message contains.
Using generic subject headings such as "Read this" usually means the message is junk.
4. Do not send emails with attachments larger than 100Kb unless you are absolutely certain the recipient has a speedy internet connection, such as broadband (DSL) access.
5. Avoid forwarding messages. It only takes a few seconds to "cut" an incoming message you received and to "paste" it into a new message for your recipients.
Multiple re-forwarding of messages makes them difficult to read because they lose their formatting due to the text being indented with multiple instances of the ">> >>" character.
Yours, The Geek.
Using generic subject headings such as "Read this" usually means the message is junk.
4. Do not send emails with attachments larger than 100Kb unless you are absolutely certain the recipient has a speedy internet connection, such as broadband (DSL) access.
5. Avoid forwarding messages. It only takes a few seconds to "cut" an incoming message you received and to "paste" it into a new message for your recipients.
Multiple re-forwarding of messages makes them difficult to read because they lose their formatting due to the text being indented with multiple instances of the ">> >>" character.
Yours, The Geek.
Who Am I?
What is the more common name of Albanian-born humanitarian Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu?
The answer appears at the bottom of this issue.
Cunning Linguist:
Have you ever wondered about the origins of the expression "Hat Trick"?
This comes from the English game of cricket and refers to a bowler who takes three wickets with three successive balls. For those more familiar with baseball, this is an impressive achievement, similar to a baseball pitcher striking out three batters in a row, but it is far less common in cricket.
It seems to have been the custom in the nineteenth century for such a paragon of the art to be awarded a new hat by his club as a mark of his success. However, it is sometimes also said that the phrase alludes to a distinctly more plebeian reward in which the bowler was permitted to take his hat around the crowd for a collection.
Have you ever wondered about the origins of the expression "Hat Trick"?
This comes from the English game of cricket and refers to a bowler who takes three wickets with three successive balls. For those more familiar with baseball, this is an impressive achievement, similar to a baseball pitcher striking out three batters in a row, but it is far less common in cricket.
It seems to have been the custom in the nineteenth century for such a paragon of the art to be awarded a new hat by his club as a mark of his success. However, it is sometimes also said that the phrase alludes to a distinctly more plebeian reward in which the bowler was permitted to take his hat around the crowd for a collection.
Hat trick was first recorded in print in the 1870s, but has since been widened to apply to any sport in which the person competing carries
off some feat three times in quick succession, such as scoring three goals in one game of soccer.
Golden Smile:
A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonalds. He noticed that they only ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup.
A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonalds. He noticed that they only ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup.
As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries. One for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then he poured half of the soft
drink into the extra cup, and set it in front of his wife.
The old man began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her lap.
The young man decided to ask if they would allow him to purchase another meal for them so that they didn't have to split theirs.
The gentleman said, "Oh, no, but thank you young man. You see, we've been married 50 years, and everything has always been, and will always be shared, 50/50."
The young man then asked the wife if she was going to eat, and she replied, "Not yet. It's his turn using the
teeth."
Quotable Quotes:
"My girlfriend always laughs when we are having sex, regardless of what she's reading".
-- Emo Philips --
-- Emo Philips --
The Phantom
"Who am I?" answer: Mother Teresa.