Thursday, December 22, 2005

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Incorporating Hills HawkEye

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· Over 1,500 affordable activities a year

· Something on every night of the week

· Subsidised children's activities every weekend

· A great new single lifestyle

· Meet people and make friends at PWP

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Members always have discounts to open functions &/or get group discounts at events

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CITY BRANCH Sydney City, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Sydney, Southern Suburbs, Inner West, Canterbury-Bankstown Region 1300 364 658

HILLS BRANCH Greater Western Sydney Region, Baulkham Hills, Colo, Holroyd, Fairfield Shires, Parramatta, Blacktown & Penrith Cities, Hawkesbury & Blue Mountains areas 9634 7502

HUNTER BRANCH Greater Hunter Region and north 4953 0265

MACARTHUR BRANCH South West Region, Campbelltown, Liverpool & Bankstown Cities, Picton, Camden, Wollondilly Shire & Southern Highlands 4620 4526

NORTHSIDE BRANCH North Sydney, Northshore, Northern Beaches, Northern Suburbs, Hornsby, Brooklyn & Central Coast Region 9411 1858

BILLBOARD

Merry Christmas to everybody

BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

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THE COMING WEEK (in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)

Thursday 22 December

Final Bookings for:City - Indian Palace Restaurant, Fri 23 Dec.

HILLS DISTRICT

OPEN FAMILY SQUASH NIGHT

Also

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 23 December

ALL BRANCHES

Branch FITAP entries closing date is Wednesday 28 December. Contact your branch FITAP representative for an application form.

CITY OF SYDNEY

DINEOUT AT THE INDIAN PALACE RESTAURANT Balmain

HILLS DISTRICT

NEARLY CHRISTMAS EVE ADULT PARTY @ Gary & Kath's, Seven Hills

HUNTER

MUSIC IN THE PODIUM at Warners Bay

MACARTHUR

INGLEBURN RSL

Saturday 24 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY City of Sydney supports Northside

HILLS DISTRICT

CHRISTMAS EVE DRINKS AT BLACKTOWN (Sports Club)

NORTHSIDE

CHRISTMAS EVE PARTY @ Warren's, Marsfield.

Sunday 25 December

ALL BRANCHES

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all Members and their families

HILLS DISTRICT

CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON ADULT DROP-IN @ Christine's, West Pennant Hills.

Monday 26 December

HILLS DISTRICT

BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK/SWIM - Rose Bay

Tuesday 27 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

THELMA'S DANCE LESSONS

Also

CEROC DANCE

NORTHSIDE

DINNER AND CHAT

Wednesday 28 December

ALL BRANCHES

Closing date today for all Branch FITAP entries. GOOD LUCK!

HILLS DISTRICT

NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT @ Kath's, Seven Hills.

Also

SOCIAL TENNIS

Also

KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE

Thursday 29 December

HILLS DISTRICT

Bodywise Fitness Centre is closed for the week after Christmas so no squash tonight

Also

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 30 December

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULT HOUSE PARTY @ Maureen's, Carlingford.

IN THE NEWS

WORD FOR THE WEEK

termagant \TUR-muh-guhnt\, noun:
A scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; a shrew.

December 22

Birthdays:

1858 Giacomo Puccini Lucca Italy, opera composer (La Bohème, La Tosca)

1890 Charles de Gaulle Lille France, premier of France

1943 Billie Jean King Long Beach CA, tennis pro

1949 Maurice Gibb Manchester England, rocker/twin of Robin (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)

1949 Robin Gibb Manchester England, rocker/twin of Maurice (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)

1951 Jan Stephenson Sydney Australia, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year-1974)

On this day…

1923 Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Victoria

1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC for a wartime conference

1965 Great-Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH

1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin" single goes #1 for 6 weeks

1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs West Indies at the MCG

1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait

1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president

:-) Odd Facts

* The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

* No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.

* "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

* Almonds are members of the peach family.

* Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

* There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous" tremendous,horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

* Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

* A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

* An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

* Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

* In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

* Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

* It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

* The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

* John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

* The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

EVER WONDERED . . . ?

IP Address - (Internet Protocol) The number or name of the computer from which you send and receive information on the Internet.

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