WI Newsletter November 2009

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WI Newsletter November 2009

Intro

Written by Joan Woolmington

This is the last newsletter for 2009.

I’m sorry to have to tell you that Teresa is poorly and will soon have to undergo surgery. She will rejoin us when she can and I know you will join me in wishing her a speedy recovery.

If you would like one of the shopping bags commemorating the 90^th anniversary of the Lancashire Federation, (£2 each), Ann Royle has a few, or we could send an order in to Susan Orchard.

Celebration with a Swing . Friday 15^th January, 7 for 7.30 to 10.30. Venue ‘Best Western Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club’. £18pp, dinner; chicken, seasonal vegetables, a desert, tea and coffee starts the evening followed by cealidh music. Put on your party frock and join the fun.

When we get our November WI Life the new WI Logo will be shown. Also included will be a full report of the 2010 resolutions along with a voting form for your choices. Jean Simm needs these in by January. Jean will tell you more about it.

More 90^th Birthday celebrations – an archive display. Our nearest is in Chipping Village Hall on Friday March 26^th, 12 noon for 12.30 with 3 course lunch £18.

Another is in St Luke’s Church Hall Staining, Thursday 27^th May. Afternoon tea £5 2pm to 4pm.

We need to know who wishes to attend by our January meeting.

African Fabrics and Chocolates Monday March 22^nd . Coffee from 10am Start 10.30 to 3.30at Bilsborrow Village Hall, £13 includes a light lunch.

The morning speaker is Magie Relph a well known patchwork and quilting tutor. African arts and crafts influence a lot of her work.

Afternoon – Simon Parker from Thornton’s Chocolates of Kendal will tell about special occasions and other chocolates. You can also purchase some of these delicious chocolates.

Holiday to Eastern Canada aprox. late September.

Collette Worldwide Holidays are holding a promotional meeting on Tuesday January 19^th at 2pm in the WI Office Leyland. Anyone interested please phone the WI Office on 01772 459020

Is there any interest in the Community Sentencing Court visit Thurs 11^th Feb? 5.30 to 8pm (see last month’s newsletter “You be the Judge”)

Or in “Bridge for Beginners” 10 week course to start Thursday Jan 14^th. (also see last month’s newsletter).

Details for our Christmas Party on December 8th

The meal will be served at 7.30pm in the Feilden’s Arms, so please arrive at 7pm.

The competition is a Christmas Candle (either bought or homemade) and the present this year to cost around £2.50

Phone Call Charge Advice (BT)

Written by Anon.

CHARGE ADVICE : (BT LANDLINE PHONES)

This is very useful and can save you money.

Dial *411# to turn on CHARGE ADVICE

Dial #411# to turn off CHARGE ADVICE

You can also dial *#411# to find out what state the Charge Advice is in (ON/OFF)

Plus, you can also get one-off charge advice for the next call only. How to do this: There are two methods, so try them both and see which works in your area.

1. Dial *40* then the phone number then # or;

2. Dial *40# then the phone number then #

It's FREE! (well done British Telecom!)

What happens is, when this is turned on, every time you finish making a call, the phone rings and the friendly voice tells you "Your call lasted for minutes, and cost pence, exclusive of V A T and any call discounts you may be entitled to". Because of this it is possible soon to get an idea of how much calls cost in general and what type of calls cost the most. You soon become aware of phone call charges, so you can make better choices about what kind of phone call making behaviour to have. It's like having a miles-per-gallon meter in the car, you soon start to drive more economically and save money!

Also:

* If someone says "Mind if I use your phone?" and leaves you 10p, you can inform them of how much the phone company is going to charge you and then a more reasonable amicable arrangement can be made. (UK VAT is currently 15.0%, so you multiply the figure by 1.15).

* If you want to use someone else's phone, and they say NO because they think it's going to cost them more than you might pay, you can point out that you can turn on the CHARGE ADVICE and then pay the correct price for the call.