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La Presentar
Promotion 0f Independence and Dignity of Retirement
Published by Sons In Retirement, Inc. Ignacio Pacheco Branch 22 Vol 48 No 11 November 2019
http://branch22.sirinc2.org/
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Roasted Turkey with Cranberry &
gravy
Big SIR MIKE DEAN
415-515-7816
Little SIR Floyd Heckman
415-388-2295
Secretary Bud Pflueger
415-383-3763
Asst. Secretary
Jim Filippo PRG/PBS/JFA
415-892-2063
Treasurer Dave Thornton
PBS/JFA
415-271-0508
Asst. Treasurer
Steve Miller PBS
415-381-8255
DIRECTORS
Jim Filippo RG/PBS/JFA
415-892-2063
Walt Torrens PBS/JFA
415-435-3167
Bill Wilhelm PBS/JFA
415-786-6150
Chuck Krogh PBS
510-847-4646
Big Sir Message Dog Days are over, but not for me! Yes, the weather is changing fast after a very hot August, but “Dog Days” are still everyday with me. “Seriously, you’re 73 years old and you want to get a puppy?” That’s what friends and family asked me when my wife, Debbie, and I decided to bring a puppy into our life after our dog of 16 years had to be put down two years ago. “do you know how much energy it takes for a puppy” “why don’t you adopt an old dog if you’re going to get a dog at all?” Well, it’s been almost a year and a half since our 10 week old Bernadoodle, named Olive, arrived and we couldn’t be happier. She’s our new kid, she’s our playmate and a constant joy to both of us. For one, my wife now concentrates more on the dog than on me and that’s a good thing. Yes, she’s got a lot of energy, but that’s a good thing too. Not unlike SIR events – she gets me out of the house- and we walk almost everyday. Not to mention the new friends we meet a dog parks. I’ve always liked dogs and have had a few, but at this stage in my life I have much more time to spend with my new child – just like more time to spend with my grandchildren the main difference is the dog is much happier being with us than our aging and busy grandchildren. We’re even taking her with us to Mexico for a month, because our grandkids can’t go! If you’re a little bored some days and need an excuse to get out more – I’d recommend getting a pet, especially if you haven’t had one in a while. Constant company and a great companion – you just have to manage your travel schedule more closely. Careful of the size, you don’t want the dog to pull too hard on the leash or knock you over. Speaking of SIR events, we have some great luncheon speakers on the menu in the remaining two meetings and we still have two great events to look forward to: Dinner at Chalet Basque and our annual Christmas Dinner – this time at the Marin Country Club. MIKE DEAN - BIG SIR
Little Sir Message Health Link Medical Center is proud to bring Regenexx Stem Cell Therapy and Advanced Platelet Procedures to the west coast. Regenexx procedures offer a viable alternative to surgery, and patients experience little down time and avoid the long and often painful rehab period that typically follows surgery. Health Link Medical Center has focused on cutting edge regenerative and physical medicine since its founding in early 2008, boasting a proud record of positive outcomes for very difficult degenerative conditions of the spine and other joints. We understand what it means to seek a good physical quality of life and our specialists are focused on making positive differences in the lives of our patients through innovative stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine treatments. Floyd Heckman
SIRndader’s
DID YOU KNOW THE SIRENADERS STARTED IN THE EARLY
SEVENTIES WITH10 SINGERS AND 10 BAND MEMBERS. THEY
PRACTICED AT THE OLD HOLIDAY INN. (NOW THE FOUR POINTS
SHERIDAN) MY OH MY, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED !
THE SIRNADER’S WERE ROCKED ONCE AGAIN WITH THE PASSING OF
RAY SOMMER. RAY WAS BORN 8/12/27 AND PASSED ON 9/19/19 AFTER
WE LOST MIKE SCAFANI ONLY TWO MONTHS EARLIER. MAY THEY
BOTH REST IN PIECE. RAY WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE
SIRENADERS, HE WAS SO RELIABLE I CAN’T REMEMBER RAY
MISSING A PRACTICE, EXCEPT FOR HEALTH REASONS. RAY WAS
MIKES “FAVORITE TENOR" AND COULD HIT THOSE CHALLENGING
HIGH NOTES WITH EASE.
RAY LOVED TO SING THE LEAD-IN, TO GOD BLESS AMERICA. RAY
WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
(OUR NOVEMBER SINGING SCHEDULE SHOULD
REACH YOU APPROX. 10-30-19)…..JH
GERALD HEYDEN, CHAIRMAN
Misc
BIRTHDAY’S ATTENDANCE REPORT
OCTOBER 2019
TOTAL ACTIVE MEMBERS 85
GAINS LOSSES THIS MONTH 2
10 BILL WILHELM TOTAL ACTIVE MEMBERS 83
20 JAMES BOUGHEY EXCUSED 29
UNEXCUSED 11
TOTAL NOT ATTENDING 40
MEMBERS ATTENDING 43
GUEST AND SPEAKERS 1
% OF MEMBERS ATTENDING 51.8%
ANNIVERSARIES
11/08/96 BILL & GAIL REID
11/23/91 PETER & MARGIE LAMBERTSON
11/3070 JEFF & MARY RAWLES SUNSHINE & SHADOWS
It is with deep regret we mourn the loss of Jim Walsh who
had a lengthy battle with declining health. Our thoughts
are with his family and friends.
BOB NUELLTreasurer’s Report NO REPORT
Bowling Report
NO REPORT
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Walkers
"We're known as the Larkspur Walkers. Some call us the Walker Talkers. First
we stretch and groan and moan, But the exercise gives us "buffed-up" tone.
We step right out.
We're on our way.
Gotta keep moving for another day!
You'll see us on stair and trail and street.
A happier group you'll never meet. It's not just play,
So what do you say,
Come walk with us some sunny day.
WE ARE THE LARKSPUR WALKERS! “
judloug@aol.comGolf Page
Almost done with for this year. Not a particularly good one for me, but
hope to be fit and ready by 2020. Lost a few more of our golfing
buddies this past year, so we must enjoy what we can while we can.
This not meant to be a grim note, just saying…..
Results from Kennedy L/N 9/18/19
1st flight: 1st place Krogh, 2nd: Fox, 3rd: Lynch
2nd flight: 1st place Yam, 2nd: Ulloa, 3rd: Atkin
Closest to the hole on # 4 Krogh.( Only one to hit green)
# 13: 1st Krogh (no doubt this time) 2nd: Klag
Results from Foxtail North. L/N 10/02/19
1st flight: 1st place: Lynch, 2nd: Collings, 3rd: Klag
2nd flight: 1st place: Heckman, 2nd: Hicky, 3rd: Michael
Closest the hole on # 6 1st Yam, 2nd: Atkin
# 15: 1st: Heckman, 2nd: Lynch
Tee Bit for the Month: This Christmas I am going to ask Santa for a Fat
Bank amount and a thin body. Hope he doesn’t mix this up like he did
last year
See you on the first tee sometime, soon I hopPoker Page Unfortunately, only two people showed for the October game. The last 3 events have drawn 5.4. and now finally 2 players.After 4 years it seems the Poker Club is finally ready to close down. Unless we get better turnout for the balance of the year, December we be our last game. We will move to a private game by invitation only. We hope to see everyone on November 11th for poker. Also, if you can, please join us for a great breakfast at the 19th Hole Bar and Grill around 9 AM, We start playing poker right after breakfast which is usually 10 AM to 2 PM. The Sirs Poker Club plays poker on the second Monday of each month, which is a lot of fun. Please take the time to join us. If you think we can improve on our games and get larger turnouts, give us your thoughts and comments? We would like to improve in the number of players, and have a fun outing and enjoy good friends and food. There is a $50 buy in to play poker. The red chips are 50 cents, black chips dollar and the yellow chips are five dollars. There is a 3 raise maximum and it is dealer’s choice on the game they would like to play. The deck has one joker and it goes with aces, straights, and flushes. However, if you name a wild card game such as down and dirty, the joker is automatically wild unless you state at the beginning the joker is not wild. Walt
Turning Pages “Lands Without Borders”, Kate Harris, 2018, Non-Fiction , adventure/travel genre This is not just another Silk Road travel story; it is the unique story of two young Canadian women, Kate and Melissa biking the Silk Road. It is a personal and global history of the huge area covered by bicycle in 2011, which begins in Turkey and ends ultimately on the Tibetan Plateau and Kashmir. The story begins five years earlier with Kate and Mel biking in Tibet without permits, from which country they have a narrow escape at the border. Having had a taste of adventure and longing for the desolate spaces of middle Asia and Tibet, the pair begin a year long odyssey five years later. Kate’s personal history is remarkable, that of a young girl growing up in the country near Toronto who craved adventure in remote places. Also it is the story of a highly intelligent and athletic person who studied at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and later at MIT working on a doctorate in a subject ultimately uninteresting to her. Although Darwin was an early hero of hers, she became disillusioned over his sedentary later years, instead desiring to emulate Alfred Russel Wallace, the frequently unheralded co-founder of the theory of natural selection, whose taste for discovery never abandoned him. The Silk Road adventure is filled with hardships, risks and visa entanglements in the Stans, which delays them for a long time. The modern and remote history is covered in remarkable detail from Marco Polo , Genghis Kahn and Tamerlane to the Russian occupation and, of course, the takeover of Tibet by the Han Chinese. There is so much to like and to learn about in this rich, very well- written novel, with levels that are philosophical, biographical and pure adventure. I highly recommend it. “The Soul of America; The Battle for our Better Angels”; by Jon Meacham, 2019 , Non-Fiction This brilliant, fascinating and timely book is a reminder that our current divisiveness is nothing new in America, and the author presents an optimistic viewpoint that once again American democracy and decency will prevail. This is a detailed and well-referenced historical account of American crises since the Constitution was drafted and signed in 1787. It discusses our “better angels”: those Presidents who were particularly outstanding leaders and who acted out of a sense of duty to all Americans, beyond Party or sectarian interests. Examples of those putting Nation above politics are many imperfect human beings who rose to the occasion. Lyndon Johnson knew that the South would turn against him when he persevered against all odds to get JFK’s Civil Rights Act passed, and southern states became Republican for ever after. Truly bad Presidents are mentioned: eg. Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s successor, impeached but retaining office by one vote. There is much in the book about civil rights and how American politics approached the “African American” problem over the decades since our founding and the Bill of Rights. There too is much about the history of the Ku Klux Klan, facts that I had never known or had forgotten. The Klan then was not just a sidelined bunch of “Negro” haters; they had many seats in Congress and were a political force to be reckoned with before being swept away. America has come through times of fear in the past; this book helps us appreciate who we really are at heart and how important it is to have faith in our nation and to stay engaged in its proper course. This is not a political book; it espouses no political party. The true heroes, the “great” Presidents, were in both parties and not only politicians, but influential journalists and authors helped turn the tide against bigotry and the fear mongers like Joseph McCarty and his like. As FDR spoke in his first inaugural address: ”The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. (It was plagiarized according to the author.) , Please read this book! Lest you be headed for DAMNATION! (That’s ironic folks.)
68
Powerball Odds and Expectations by S. Grieve on
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A Powerball entry consists of five numbers picked from 1 to 68 inclusive, combined with one other
number, the Powerball, picked from 1 to 26 inclusive. The total possible combinations are calculated
by noting there are 68 choices for the first number, 67 for the second and so on to 64 for the fifth.
The mathematical symbol for the product of all the numbers up to say N is known as ‘Factorial N’
and is written N! So 68! divided by 63! represents 68x67x66x65x64, and gives the total number of
different combinations of five numbers picked from 68. This expression, however, treats the same
numbers in different orders as separate combinations. To get the ‘order’ out requires dividing by 5!,
the number of different combinations of five numbers, 5x4x3x2x1.This gives us an answer of
10,424.128, the total number of unique sets of five numbers that can be picked from 68. Each of
these combinations can then be matched up with every one of the 26 Powerball numbers for a total
of 271,027,328 possible Powerball entries. To make life a little easier, let’s say the odds of a single
entry winning the grand prize are 300 million to 1.
! Each entry costs $2, but only $1 goes into the prize fund. The other $1 vanishes into some
government’s tax revenues. So, buying an entry for $2 gives you an “Expectation” of just $1, not a
very good bet when Casino slot machines give you an “Expectation” of $1.90 or so for a $2 wager.
But the Powerball prize fund continues to build until it is won. This can move “Expectations” closer
to an even money bet. So you might think that when the prize fund gets to $600 million, your $1 net
bet would now have an “Expectation” of $2, making it an attractive even money bet.
! There are, however, a couple of other considerations to take into account. The regular payout of a
Powerball prize is in 30 yearly installments each increasing by 5%, and, currently, the lump-sum
alternative is just about 60% of the total. So for a true even money bet the prize fund needs to be $1
billion. But then you have to pay the taxman!. MegaMillions has slightly different odds. Five numbers
are picked from 1-70 and combined with one number picked from 1-25. This produces odds of
302,575,350 to 1 and is a about an 11.6% worse wager than Powerball if you’re going for the big
payoff. Both lotteries also offer a variety of lesser prizes which move the odds in the betters favor,
but who wagers to win one of those?
! I consider my entries as $1 bets, assuming the other $1 is put to good use by the tax authorities
(Ha Ha). When lump sum prize values reach a mere $300 million, I buy tickets. And when I win, I
will be more than happy to pay any taxes!Stamp
17 LAUREL GLEN TER
SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
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ATTENTION Branch 22 Members
Please inform SIR Bill Wilhelm 415-479-6028 (bill@billandbev.com) if you will
be unable to attend the Tuesday luncheon or if you expect to bring a guest (s).
Bill needs this information by Monday, 12 Noon, the day before the luncheon
so that he can order the correct number of meals.
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