At short notice Graham was able to cobble a presentation together on “Grumpy Old Men”. The presentation focused on the “very rare” breed of grumpy old men for whom life’s small irritating molehills became mountains of annoyance.
It was a cynical look at things, situations and people from the past compared to the current, more complicated, way of living. Annoying little things like the modern “one coat” brand of paint that always needs a second coat, the need to tell the present day checkout person at the supermarket the name of the vegetable in your shopping basket, the embarrassment when your 5 year old grandchild asks you to play a computer game and gives you a “start” to make the contest more interesting.
Bring back the days when decisions were made by “eeny-meeny-miney-moe” and designer drugs meant nothing more than orange flavoured, chewable aspirin.
As colourful as the talk, Mudgee town has turned pink and is in the full swing of the campaign to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation. The Foundation places nurses in communities across Australia to provide physical and emotional support for patients. For this cause, our club members who volunteered on operating the local cinema last weekend, were putting on pink apparel. Similar to last year, our club and the Sunrise club will make a contribution from this months movies to the McGrath Foundation.
On the 3 October meeting, Garry Connelly reported that the team from Rotary Club of Corrimal had done a wonderful job in helping victims of the bushfire in the Dunedoo area. The outcome is the result of collaboration between all parties involved: the Upper Hunter shire, the local Cassilis hotel and of course Garry himself who represented our club.