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News

*        New Groups

¨      The Short Mat Bowls group will be re-starting in September

¨      Bill Parkinson is hoping to re-start the Industrial Heritage Group so please contact him if you are interested in joining

¨      The Bridge Group can now take new players

¨      Tony Clark is starting a new group for Joint Exercise Instruction. This new Group will have its first meeting on Thursday 30 September in the Village Hall. The session will run from 10:30 till 11:30 and will cost £2 per person

 

*        Using “bcc” in e-mails

Click on the link to see how you can prevent e-mail addresses being sent around the world.

 

*        Outing date change

Please note that the outing on Monday 6 September for a Steam journey along the Severn Valley from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth has been changed to Tuesday 31 August

 

*        Thame & District now have their own web site. 

See the Links page for more information

 

*        The Thames Valley Network now has its own web site. 

See the Links page for more details.

 

The Thames Valley Network has started a project called “The Riverside Project”. The object of this project is to walk and study the Thames Path from its source to the eastern end of the region at Windsor in order to gain information on the Thames and its environs for presentation at the final Study School in October 2011. It is an opportunity to get the U3As from the Thames Valley to work together.

 

There are areas of interest and study for lots of groups – Walking, Art, History, Gardening (plant study), Photography and maybe even Poetry (writing poems about the area?). If your group would like to get involved please go on to the Network web site http://www.u3atvnetwork.org.uk/index.html and click on the “Riverside Project” link.

 

 

*        Other local U3As

Haddenham

 

http://www.bucksinfo.net/u3ahaddenham/

Thame & District

 

http://u3asites.org.uk/u3asite.php?site=109&page=1

 

Greater Thame

 

http://www.u3a.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=238

 

Princes Risborough

 

http://www.risboroughu3a.org.uk/

 

Ridgeway

 

 

Wendover

http://www.wendoveru3a.org.uk/

 

 

Group Meeting Notes

  • Computer Group Meeting Notes

September 2009 – Video, Stills & Sound in Power Point

June 2009 – Printing Labels using Microsoft Office

January 2009 – Make Vista look like XP

January 2009 – Basic Windows

November 2008 – Malware

March 2008 – Spreadsheets Basics and Beyond

January 2008 – XP System Maintenance

Hints, Tips & Dodges

 

Useful Information

v  Mobile phones

ICE (In Case of Emergency)

If you own a mobile telephone it is a good idea to record a telephone number that can be used if anyone needs to contact someone on your behalf in an emergency.  It is a generally accepted practice to record this number in your “names” list as ICE.  If you want to add several numbers just use ICE1, ICE2 etc.

 

Your mobile phone can also be used for things other than just calling friends and family.

Here are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.

 

In an emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked.

 

v  Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.  Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

 

v  Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

 

v  How to disable a stolen mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

 

 

 

 

General Information

·         Equipment

Music

The Music Groups have a Panasonic portable stereo CD system; it also takes tapes.  Any group is welcome to borrow it; they should contact Clive Bray by telephone.

 

Computer/Projector/Laptop/Combined DVD/VHS Player

Any group wishing to borrow the Multi Media Projector/Laptop/Combined DVD/VHS Player should contact Colin Sear. Please give as much notice as is practical.

 

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