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News * BBC Good Food Show Members from our neighbouring U3As are welcome to
join us. See Sheila’s
Wheels for full details * Restricted Parking at the Village Hall The first phase of the Village
Hall re-development will start in September.
Parking will be restricted so please double-up in cars wherever
possible. * Opera Group The Opera Group are planning to organise a trip to
see the Welsh National Opera during their visit to the New Theatre in * New Interest Groups If you would be interesting in joining a new group
on European Studies please contact Diane Carver Bill Parkinson would like to re-instate the
Industrial Heritage Group. Please
contact Bill if you would like more information * 2008 This Conference was planned and organised
by four local U3As: Chinnor & District, Haddenham, Thame & District
and Greater Thame. They adopted the title CHATT for the organising
Committee. Reports from the
conference, in pdf format, can be accessed below. Group
1 report – Legal Aspects & Responsibilities Group
2 report – Encouraging Involvement Group 3
report – Interest Groups Group 4
report – Inspiring Visits Group 5
report – Are Main Meetings Necessary, Does Size Matter? Group
6 – Education and/or Leisure To see photos of the conference click here Group Meeting Notes
November 2008 – Malware March 2008 – Spreadsheets Basics
and Beyond January
2008 – XP System Maintenance 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 |
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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
Any
group wishing to borrow the Multi Media Projector/Laptop/Combined ·
U3A Resource
Centre. Following the move of London Office to Bromley members are reminded that the Resource Centre now has its own e-mail address as follows - resource.centre@u3a.org.uk |
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Page last updated: 12 November 2008 |
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Kite picture by kind permission of Gerry Whitlow |