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3 as a very independent eats the Donkey I will not
publication. be able to afford to feed
Several months have them! - PASS!
NOTE: Assuming I I
now passed but I am still NOTE: Assuming
struggling to recover from get some copy/news,
get some copy/news,
my computer disaster and the next magazine
the next magazine
some reports I have pro- should be out in Jan-
should be out in Jan-
duced may be shorter than
uary. No news, no
I originally intended, partic- uary. No news, no
magazine. Remem-
ularly the very enjoyable magazine. Remem-
ber, your sport de-
Carpet Bowls Festival but ber, your sport de-
BOB’s RAMBLINGS the photos are there. serves to have its
BOB’s RAMBLINGS
serves to have its
This year I got the clos- Your Summer Edition story told!
story told!
est ever to throwing the was certainly out earlier
The Carpet Bowls cover
towel in on the magazine. than normal and this Edi- this month came from Nor-
After my computer disas- tion may be later, so there way. I was sent other photos
ter and after a number of has been somewhat of a as well and more than one
other things went wrong. gap between issues. person said they would send
The loss of my emails
I can no longer play a report. it’s a good job I did-
was very serious and I only
outdoors after 50 years n’t hold my breath as noth-
got back up to 2015, which
but I am hoping that ing ever arrived, so only the
of course was totally use-
physio for my bad shoul- cover photo was published.
less. Does anyone seri-
der may do the trick next ously know how to recover I am using a new ver-
year - here’s hoping! emails? sion of Software for pro-
ducing the magazine but
All in all, the perfect I lost every single pro- the feature that allows me
storm happened, includ- gram on my computer and
to fade a background left to
ing my outdoor bowls had to start again. Thank- right etc. etc. does not
being stolen, which I fully I had already started seem to work as before
have had for decades but to download items so I had However, after much
all of this was followed the basis of an Autumn frustration and many at-
magazine page-wise but
by a Eureka moment and tempts I got the new colour
not as much as before.
I decided to make a huge blend facility to work and
NEW ZEALAND, I tried
change in direction. experimented with the
to reproduce their Newslet- early pages, which I hope
Yvonne and I are
ters but to fit each one on a came out OK? But I may
selling our house and page the print came out too
downsizing, I am looking small, so I have used parts have got a little carried
away?
for a buyer for my Short of their Newsletters so I All the pages I have
Mat holiday company, I can print in a normal size.
created in this new version
am selling my Classic I did email the NZ As- cannot be opened in the
car, a Bristol 401 and I sociation but par for the old version, so next time I
am also selling my col- course, I never got a reply. will have to use the old ver-
lection of World cup 1966 Why is it that Bowls, a re- sion for some pages if I
ally great sport, is so pub-
memorabilia and various want a simple colour fade.
licity shy?
other collections. Oh! the joys of tech-
I’ve noticed on the T.V.
The only thing I am nology and thank god for
that various groups want
not walking away from is the ability to knife and fork
me to adopt a Snow Leop- my way through it all, at
the magazine, unless ard, a Polar Bear and a
there is someone out Donkey! However, after the least for the moment!
BobbyWeaf
there I can trust to run it Leopard and the Polar Bear BobbyWeaf
