Vol. 16, Issue 194
“Dedicated to Excellence�
November 2016
Basses and Tenors section...
BLUE YONDER! A Community Choir UnConcert (plus a little bit of singing for ALL!) Wednesday, Dec. 7th, 2016 Doors opened 7:15 pm Show 7:30 pm Korean Community Center 1320 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC (wheelchair access at back)
$5-20 suggested donation potluck snacks after...
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November 2016
Caregiver’s LIFE…
Tak’s sister is a Japanese Jew?!
what mean things she might have done to him during that time. Hmm???
Normally, she wouldn’t miss something she paid for but...she didn’t go to choir practice because she couldn’t...She’s getting forgetful.
Either that or her singing is pretty terrible!! —Key Akeroyd Templeton Stroke Recovery, Treasurer
Key forgot she was no longer able to do ballet. She was only walking a nine-inch wide cement wall two steps high backwards when she a miss step, fell, jammed her right leg, knee bent into a five-gallon pail with her right hand jammed in the bottom of the pail, too, beside her leg, her bottom, bottom side-up on a step, her left hand holding three nice ripe tomatoes on the ground at the bottom of the step to avoid landing on her head. She gave herself a whip lash and tried to peel some hide of her leg. Pretty smart for an old lady, don’t you think? Key found out she isn’t indestructible anymore...sign of old age? She suffered a two day violent headache because her neck was out until she got into a chiropractor Monday morning and paid him five more visits until the headache and neck were straightened out. She stayed home for a month, getting rested up her next performance. Baby brother thought it would be kinder if his sister didn’t torture the concert audience with her singing since she missed so many practices. Isn’t he such a thoughtful person? Key was twelve years old when he was born. She was his babysitter for four years. She doesn’t remember
The Treasure Pit of Oak Island...
Since 1795, there have been thousands of attempts to find the elusive treasure supposedly buried in a pit on Oak Island, an uninhabited, 60 hectare island just off the eastern coast of Nova Scotia in Mahone Bay. No one seems clear on how the rumour of treasure began, but the fact that the pit is guarded by a series of clever habdmade booby traps is a sure sign that something important is hidden there. The traps consists of a series of interconnected channels that cause the pits to fill with sea water whenever anyone tries to dig in it. Searchers during the 19th century uncovered enough materials to make continued searching an enticing prospect there were log platforms at various depths beneath the ground and layer after layer of packing material, which included coconut husks. Later investigation uncovered a cement vault and an iron barrierthat sit at a depth of over 50 meters, but they were inundated with sea water within minutes of being uncovered. Legend suggests that the pit will not give up its prize until the seventh victims dies. Six people have died since the 1800s in their attempts to find the treasure. Now, there’s History channel reality show about the two brothers, Marty and Rick Lagina looking for that hidden treasure. Will they find it?
Templeton Newsletter Mailing Address: 204– 2929 Nootka Street, Vancouver, BC V5M 4K4 Canada Published every month, if possible. Contributions are always welcome. The articles should be in, not later than day 25th day of every month. Disclaimer: The views expressed in Stroke Recoverer’s Review newsletter: articles, submissions and spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’s Review. Editor reserves the right at any time to make changes as it deems necessary. It is the purpose of this periodical to share a variety of viewpoints mostly from stroke survivors and volunteers. November 2016 Contributors: Kiyoko Akeroyd Ollie Stogrin Deb Chow Jose Suganob
Production of SRR: Jose Suganob
Inside this issue:
Caregiver’s Life
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Last Month Happenings
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BLAST Did You Know?
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Jokes page
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Last Month Happening...
ed with us at Trout Lake Community Center and as a new stroke survivor Don’t know if I have any news? that joined us to move to Britannia News! Jose’ has moved. I believed Community Center when we decided he has been in the same place for 20 to leave Trout Lake SR. years and it’s about time to make a Many of our members and other peochange. ple have no idea how Templeton Templeton SR, now, finally has a Stroke Recovery group happened. We coordinator, Alison, Welcome! We didn’t just happen. I just want to blow have been without a coordinator our own horn, as group like ours don’t since 2015. Being without a coordi- just ‘pop-up’ out of nowhere, as some nator is not a easy task. Thank heav- people seem to think. It takes a lot of ens! We have such great members, work and dedication as ‘care-givers’ as they love to pitch in and help. to start a group such as Templeton SR I wish to thank our members that to start out (without support) who have been helping us. themselves need help to keep trying to Debbie Chow come every Wednes- make other people to live better, indays night and put up the tables and cluding our own lives. Yet, some of the communities or Health Board chairs with her neighbor friend. don’t see how much work goes into Connie Reale (our member) that helping other stroke survivors like helps put away the tables and chairs ours. after our meeting Thursdays. As ‘one’ of the founding members of Nancy Morishita that comes and put Templeton SR, I think, I should bring on tablecloths the tables every week. this up. It was a lady that had vision Germaine K. (another member) takes of helping stroke survivors and caregivers help each other to make their blood pressure reading every week. lives livable again. Her name was Key (our Treasurer) who comes and Phyllis Delaney. I’m sure, most of our starts the coffee brewing (if the Board members of SRABC and HanyDart arrives early enough). Health Board have no idea who they Olga (volunteer) comes in to see if are representing at Stroke Recovery. It’s just a name added to their rethe kitchen is in order and clean. sumes. When looking for a job for Jeanie (another member since 2003) their future having SRABC looks leads our exercises. good on their paper. Yet, we have a Reesa (volunteer) does our speech history of 21 years of trying to supimprovement, she has been with us port our stroke survivors that need since 2002 or longer...these are the help. people that help, make Templeton I just want to let our members know SR possible and I can’t forget our that starting of this week, Nov. 3, Jose’ our vice-president, newsletter 2016, we are no longer going to have editor...that has spent many years a lunch program due to SRABC and with us (like 21 years) when he startand Health Board regulations. We are Happy Halloween!
not qualified! Through the 21 years, we haven’t poisoned anyone.. or has anyone ever got sick from our soup and sandwiches, to support our program. Yet, There are hundreds of cafe’s in Vancouver that I wouldn’t let my dog ‘eat at’ are getting a OK by the Health Board? Our members, many who are on low-income pensions or living alone on disability pensions, SRABC and Health Board and our government want to kick people that are down. To take away a $4.00 lunch?...of soup and sandwiches due to their disability… for shame on our society. This is not what I call helping people that have difficulty helping themselves. I do, hope, some of these so called ‘do-gooders’ sleep well and never need services such as we provided for 21 years.. at a minimum cost. As, I was brought up to believe do good and it will come back two fold. Not! If you volunteering, even for no pay… you’re closed down… because you’re trying help? Seems in our society...or our health board (who probably never volunteered) know about helping, because one believes that help is appreciated. We are one of those ‘volunteers’ that help the board and SRABC and our government keep their jobs. Without us, volunteers, they have…??? So far, it’s almost Xmas party time… On Dec. 17th, 2016, we will be having a Xmas lunch. For our members, family and friends lunch will be at 1 pm. Doors opened at 12 noon. It will be CATERED...As like last year. —Ollie Stogrin Templeton Stroke Recovery, Co-Founder Page 3
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BLAST 2016 Stroke Survivors, Caregivers, and Friends!
Come, join us for dinner! Thursday, December 15th, 2016 Dinner starts at 5:30 pm Trocadero
November 2016
November 2016...
Short and sweet this month. I’m busy making wreaths. I’ve made 25 so far, 17 are gifts, I have been making for years. Most of them are people who contribute to BLAST at other times of the year.
hardship, you can apply for a subsidy from SRABC. Contact Tim at SRABC 604-688-3603 Final Early Bird Numbers: Stroke Survivors 29
4 Tuesday tunes for November 29th had Care Givers to be cancelled. Instead, we will be Voly Friends 3 singing Christmas carols in the TemB.L.A.S.T. is B.L.I.S.S. pleton Pool Activity room Thursdays Did You Know? (filler) “Building Life After Stroke Together” after lunch Dec. 1st, 8th, and 15th. is “Better Life In Stroke Survival” As most Canadians know, the star of If you would to come early bring The Red Green Show on the Canadi- lunch, or we can order in. Singing will Templeton SR lunch: an Broadcasting Corporation—and begin at 1 pm. December 17th, 2016 Door will the Public Broadcasting System in Monthly dinner at Trocaderos: Thursopen at noon the US—has been known to use duct day, Dec. 15th at 5:30 pm. Lunch served at 1 pm sharp tapesfor everything from fixing a Great registration for Easter 2017. spare tire to re-webbing a lawn Right now with one day left for Guests : $12 chair. Red’s real-life persona, Steve EarlyBirds, we have 25 Stroke Survi—Deb@TurtleTalk.ca Smith admits he doesn’t use ‘the vors for a total of 29 registered peo604 760 7769 after 11am handyman’s secret weapon’ as much ple! Whoo-hoo! If camp fees are a as his screen character. “I live in a pretty nice neighborhood, where duct tape is discouraged as a renova- More of Duct Tape’s story: filler PAM (cooking spray) name comes tion tool,” he says. Duct tape really did start as duct tape. from? (filler) Nevertheless, when he had to pre- During World War II the US military Ever wondered where PAM the name vent his front door from locking, he needed a flexible, durable, waterproof of the popular cooking spray comes put a small strip of duct tape across tape. They called on Permacell, a divi- from? It stands for “Product of the bolt. He points out that this was sion of Johnson& Johnson, which Arthur Meyerhoff.” the first time he’d duct tape ‘to used its own medical tape as a base and added a strong polycoat adhesive The first patent for a nonstick cooking something from working.’ and a poly-ethylene coating laminated spray was issued in 1957to Arthur to a cloth backing. The resulting and his partner, Leon Rubin, who When CHARLIE CHAPLIN received strong flexible tape—was used for began marketing PAM All Natural his honorary Oscar, he received a everything from sealing ammunition Cooking Spray in 1959. 12-minute standing ovation—the cases to repairing jeep windshields. GI’s nicknamed is duct tape because it After appearing on local Chicago TV LONGEST IN Oscar history. cooking shows in the early ‘60s, the was waterproof, like a duck’s back. product developed a loyal following After the war, the tape—in a new and it quickly became a household According to Industry Canada, about 2 silvery color—found use joining heatpercent of all Canadians (about word. ing and air conditioning ductwork and 700,000 people) are currently classibecame known as duct tape. It’s rarely By the way, PAM is pretty durable fied as millionaires. Ninety thousand used ducts anymore, but it lives on— stuff—it has a shelf life of two years. of those are multi-millionaires worth now in a rainbow of colors—as the more than $10 million. handyman’s best friend. 2411 Nanaimo St, Vancouver, BC (North of Broadway)
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JOKES PROSTITUTE...jokeonly
POST OFFICE JOB INTERVIEW...
DENTAL APPOINMENT...jokeonli
An Irish daughter had not been home A guy goes into the Post Office to Sally walked in to the Dentist office to make an appointment. “How for over 5 years. apply for a job. much do you charge to pull out a Upon her return, her father cursed her The interviewer asks him. “Are you tooth?” she asked. “It’s $130,” was the prompt reply. heavily. “Where have ye been all this allergic to anything?” “$130!” gasped Sally, “that’s ridicutime, child? Why did ye not write to He replies, “Yes, caffeine. I can’t lous! There must be a way for you to us, not even a line? Why didn’t ye drink coffee.” go cheaper.” call? Can ye not understand what ye “Ok, Have you ever been in the mili- “Well,” said the Dentist thoughtfully, put yer old Mother through?” I suppose if we don’t numb it, we tary service?” could knock off $30.” The girl, crying, replied, “Sniff, sniff “Yes,” he says, “I was in Afghanistan “Only $30?,” countered Sally, “that’s Dad...I became...a prostitute.” still $100, you’ve got to make it for one tour.” cheaper.” “Ye what!!? Get outta here, ye shame The interviewer says, “That will give “Well,” said the Dentist, after a long -less harlot! Sinner! You’re a disgrace you five extra points towards employ- pause, “I suppose if we take it out to this Catholic family.” with a wrench, we could knock it ment.” “OK, Dad, as ye wish. I just came Then he asks, “Are you disabled in down to $50.” “Perfect,” said Sally happily. back to give Mum this luxurious fur any way?” “I would like to make an appointment coat, title deed to a ten bedroom manfor next Tuesday, for my husband sion plus a $2 million saving certifi- The guy says, “Yes. A bomb exploded Jack.” near me and I lost both my testicles.” cate. AN AFFAIR…jokeonli The interviewer grimaces and then A married man was having an affair For me little brother, this gold Rolex. says, “Disabled in your country’s with his secretary. One day, their And for ye, Daddy, the sparkling new service! Well, that qualifies for extra passions overcame them and they took off for her house. Exhausted Mercedes Limited Edition convertible bonus points. Okay. Looking at the from the afternoon’s activities, they that’s parked outside, plus a member- regulations you have got enough fell asleep and awoke at around 8 ship to the country club… points for me to hire you right now. pm. Our normal hours are from 8:00 am As the man threw on his clothes, he (takes a breath)...and an invitation for to 4:00 pm. You can start tomorrow told the woman to take his shoes ye all to spend New Year’s Eve on outside and rub them through the at 10:00 am everyday.” board my new yacht in the Riviera.” grass and dirt. Mystified, she noneThe guy is puzzled and asks, “If the theless complied and he slipped into “Now, what was it ye said ye had work hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 his shoes and drove home. become?” asks Dad. pm, why don’t you want me here “Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house. The girl, crying again, answered, until 10:00 am?” “Sniff, sniff...a prostitute, Daddy! “This is a government job,” the inter- “Darling,” replied the man, “I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having an affair Sniff, sniff.” viewer says. with my secretary. I fell asleep in “Ye scared me half to death, girl! “For the first two hours, we just stand her bed and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock.” I thought ye said a Protestant. Come around drinking coffee and scratching The wife glanced down at his shoes here and give yer old Dad a hug!!!” our balls. No point in you coming in and said, “You liar! You’ve been for that.” playing golf!” Page 5