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Hello, Haviland Club Members, we thought you could use a Newsletter!
Hi there. We wanted to stay in touch. After all, we’re all still here, even if we’re not all there, if you know what we mean.
We hope to see you soon, once the curve is flattened, and that it happens soon—although, you know how hard it can be to flatten our curves…
Read down, we’ve included a joke, but first, we wanted to thank some people and suggest virtual clubbing.
And remember, we are family. If you need anything and can’t get out, let the Club know. There are people to help!
Thanks to Sue S for organizing, and performing as part of, the music of Lucy Blu the last Friday evening we were together. Lucy and band were a delight, and Sue, thanks!
And Thanks to those who organized the 
Easter Seal Campaign Bridge Fundraiser, and since we have a picture we’d like to show it. Member Jake B, organizer of the event, is seen below with Carol of the Happy Bidders Bridge Club. Missing is Irene MacArthur of the Over the Bridge Club—both bridge Clubs, of course, call the Haviland Club home.
This is a Newsletter to the Members of the Haviland Club. All activities pertain to member/guest-only activities unless indicated.
Now What About Virtual Clubbing?
There are some Club activities, like the book club and play reading, that could be done through What’s App (max 4 people) or Zoom (lots of people but maximum 40 minutes for the free version) and we ask Barbara and Robin to consider those options.
The Book Club
The Haviland Club Book Club is reading the fascinating social sci-fi novel Nostalgia, by M.G. Vassjani, a fascinating tale of the challenges of longevity. The group could chat through Zoom, it would require only downloading the app.
The Play Reading Group
The Play Reading Group finished Chekhov’s “The Boor,” and were planning to expand to a longer play, “Barefoot in Athens,” about Socrates last days. Would people be interested in doing this on line?
And Finally—An Update on COVID-19 in the UK and Australia
This joke from member—and Chaz, sorry for the edit. As you know, we Canadians apologize a lot, but that doesn’t mean we LIKE doing it! So we took out some of the less flattering stereotypes, funny though they were.
We hear the English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent virus threat. They’ve raised their threat level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, level may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out.
The virus has been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s Get the Bastard.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.
Australia, meanwhile, has raised its alert level from “No worries” to “She’ll be alright, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is cancelled.” So far, no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
Oh, and the Russians say, “Its not us. We only spread viruses on line.”
If there’s anything else you’d like to see shared with the Club, home-stay pictures, jokes, information, please email it to thehavilandclub@gmail.com and we’ll include it in a future email if we can.
We may not write every week, but we’ll be in touch.
Stay Safe, Everyone! We care about you!
