Page 62 - Feb2023
P. 62
Events & EXCURSIONS
Oddment
Here's somet hing you may not
know about ATMs.
Unless you are a person who uses a credit or a debit card
even when going through a fast food window, the chances
are good that you have had occasion to use an ATM machine
to get cash. The machines are everywhere and you probably
never wondered how they came to be a staple of
convenience around the world.
Please, Wat ch your email Those who attended the Burns Supper on January 29th were
for informat ion about t he surprised to learn that the technology that brought about
dat e, t ime, and locat ion for the ability of a machine to read a card and produce a correct
February Cars and Coffee, amount of cash was the result of the work of a Scot named
weat her permit t ing. Goodfellow, who made the breakthrough in 1966. But wait,
here's something almost no one knows about an ATM unless
Say SI ! to Tacos, NADA The only ATM in t he world t hat can be used in Lat in is in
And, t here's only a few
they live in Rome.
more days unt il t he official
driving season begins again,
to Turkey!
t he Vat ican.
Hallelujah!
Meanwhile, we're looking This should come as no surprise as The Vatican happens to
for a volunt eer t o host t he be one of the only places in the world where Latin is still
being used on a daily basis. Thus, the Vatican Bank is the
March club dinner. St .
only bank in the world that allows its customers to select
Pat rick's Day is in March.
Latin as a language on their ATMs, thereby continuing their
Perhaps a Pub Crawl could
devoted tradition towards the historic language.
be in our fut ure?
Cont act Todd t o Volunt eer.
62
