Welcome to The Club v4.1 Winter 2023/24

Welcome to...
THE Club
“Big or Small, JohnnyRemax
Sells T hem All”
John A. McCharles, Broker
Re/Max Sarnia Realty Inc. Brokerage
519-383-4812
johnnyremax@bellnet.ca
www.albanyretirementvillage.com
Retirement
Village
Downtown Retirement Living
in a Quaint Victorian Town
Call to Book a Tour:
423 Albany Street
Petrolia, ON
519-882-3157
Enjoy Friends | Enjoy Independence | Enjoy Life
Growing old is inevitable, but growing up is optional!
Families are Forever
By Spokeshave
A working man,
I always was.
The best years of my life,
Six children in the family
And a very precious wife.
It wasn’t always easy,
Somehow, – we made our way,
Kept clothes upon the
children’s backs,
And food to eat, each day.
A good roof
we kept o’er our heads
Through winter’s snow and storm,
The love that mother gave to us,
Kept all our hearts quite warm.
We hope, it will last forever
And never think the days,
When children grow to adults
And go their separate ways.
How quick those years that came,
– then went,
And all but Sue, had gone.
The angels then called home my wife,
Alone – we carried on.
Then Clifford married Susan
And I was left alone.
The kids still came to visit,
And called me on the phone.
I’d give a million dollars,
And shed a lake of tears,
If I could just turn back the clock
Return, to those working years.
To all who read my story
How often we’ve been told,
More precious is our family
Then all our worldly gold.
• Fresh Produce
• Fresh Meat
• Party Trays
• Bakery
• Deli
• Bulk Food
• Seasonal
Merchandise
• Flower
Market
2024 s
Leap Year!
is a
How much do you know?
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Thirty days hath September, April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one.
Save February, she alone hath eight days and a score.
Til leap year gives her one day more.
It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days—or 365 days,
5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds—to circle once around the
Sun. This is called a tropical year.
Roman general Julius Caesar implemented the first leap day in his Julian
Calendar, which he introduced in 45 BCE (Before Common Era). A leap
day was added every four years. At the time, leap day was February 24,
and February was the last month of the year. However, adding a leap
day every four years was too often and eventually, in 1582, Pope
Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian Calendar. This calendar, which
we still use today, has a more precise formula for calculation of leap
years, also known as bissextile years. Leap Years now occur whenever a
year is divisible by 4, with the exception of centurial years that are not
evenly divisible by 400.
Without an extra, or intercalary, day on February 29 nearly every
four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only
100 years, a calendar without leap years would be off by
approximately 24 days in relation to fixed seasonal days such as
the vernal equinox or the winter solstice.
When the rules of courtship were stricter than today, women were only
allowed to propose marriage to a man on a Leap Day!
FEBRUARY 29th is also known as Sadie Hawkins Day.
Chances of being born on a leap day are approximately 1 in 1500.
People born on Leap Year Day are called leaplings.
With info from timeanddate.com
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“I haven’t slept for 10 days, because that would be too long.” (Mitch Hedberg)
WINTER 23/24