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Activities
This section will indicate pass and future activities related to the Yellow Pages Pensioners’ Group.
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CHRISTMAS LUNCH IN MONTREAL:
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CHRISTMAS LUNCH
IN MONTREAL
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The 8th
Christmas lunch 2011 was a great
success. A RECORD OF 100
PERSONS DID ATTEND THIS CHRISTMAS LUNCH.
We also
have to say a special thank you to
our partners which with their
generous contribution, help us to
provide a paper pensioner directory,
to all pensioners attending this
dinner and not having access to
internet.
Our
partners are:
Pierre
d'Anjou - Avant Garde Ressources
Humaines P.D.A. Inc.
Charles
Beaupré - Valeurs Mobilières Banque
Laurentienne
Sylvie
Legault - Remax Performance Inc.
Michel
Chiasson - Béluga Solutions
Marketing
Jean-Paul Joanisse - GPG-Solutions
A big
thank you to Cecile Champagne for
her special artistic gift created by
her.
Also a
thank you to Casa Grecque and YPG for their generous
contribution of gifts.
Als o
a very special thank you to all our
volunteers who did participate to
the success of this lunch. Our
volunteers are:
Monique
Lavigne, Barbara McSween, Raymonde
(Laroche) Parenteau, Suzanne
Valiquette, Roger Lesiège, Bernard Ouellette
Also a thank you to
the persons selling ticket (Half/Half):
Charles
Beaupré,
Michel
Duranceau, Normand Ferron, Jacques
Lanthier,
Serge Malépart
and
Germain Pitre
Click on
the following link to see picture of
the event:
Christmas lunch (A
big THANK YOU to Denise Dubé who
provided a lot of pictures to
complte dthe few pictures I was able
to take due
to some technical issue with the
camera). Again this year we have written below
the pictures the name of the
persons.
I would like to say thank you to 2
persons of YPG working in the back stage by
helping us. These persons are:
Danielle Pampalon and
Kathleen Vernaillen.
If finally
this was a great success, it is
because of your attendance to this
event. A big THANK YOU and see
you next year. |
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HEALTH OF OUR PENSION, FINALLY
ANSWERS?
Note that
late November, you should have received by mail, a letter from YPG and answers to questions about the health of our pension fund.
To view the full letter
as well as the answers to questions, click the following link:
Q / A Pension.
On behalf
of all pensioners, I take this opportunity to
say
thank you
to the committee council of pensioners and other pensioners,
which did submit questions to YPG in order to get information on the health of our pension fund. The committee consists of Jan Rogers, Louise Leblanc, Ted Colavita, Michel Beauséjour, Bernard
Ouellette and Jean-Paul Joanisse
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NEW SPONSOR:
Since
December 14, 2011, Benoit
Lacas of Ludovik is our new sponsor. His boutique
located
five
minutes from downtown Montreal,
provides furniture and decoration accessories
. The decorative objects and furniture are urban and contemporary chic.
A big thank you to
Benoit Lacas for is sponsorship.
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FUN QUIZ....... (Provided
by
Raymonde Parenteau) :
Listed below reflexive small tests that will amaze you!
What amazing mounting!
(Do not ask me how to do that! I have no idea ...!)
Read the text in this triangle out loud.
Most of you will deliver, "A bird in the bush" ... if that's what you said when you did not notice that the word "THE" is repeated!
Now, finding the right word
You have perhaps not noticed, but the white spaces give you the word "optical", the blue landscape, it
gives you the word "illusion". Look again! Do you see why the painting is called an optical illusion?
Now, what do you see here ?
This image is quite special! The word "TEACH" reflects the word "LEARN" ...
What do you see here?
You probably read "ME" in brown ... if you look inside, you will discover: "YOU"!
Test your brain. This is really fun. Have the patience to read to the end ...
Reading Test: Count every 'F' in the following:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
How many in all? 3?
WRONG, there are actually 6! No kidding! READ BACK AGAIN! A little effort: return to the text and try to find the six "F" before continuing below. The rationale explains this phenomenon follows below. The brain can not analyze the sequence "OF" ...
Unbelievable or not? Back to it again! The person who comes to distinguish the six "F" on the first try is a genius. Three is normal, four is quite rare.
Observe the woman who turn
If you see it turning on the right is the right hemisphere of your brain that works. If you see it turning on the left is the left hemisphere of your brain that works. If you get to see her turn in one direction as in the other, then you have an IQ of 160 and more .. ! |
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JUST FOR LAUGH
TO BE IN SHAPE
(Provided
by Jocelyne Bienvenu)
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An exercise with the fingers that eliminates stress to 100 %.... GUARANTEED .....
Do not talk about long walks or gym ...
This is the only scientifically proven exercise to date
that really eliminates the stress ...
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RELIGIOUS SAYING:
(Provided
by
Jean-Paul Joanisse)
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Church Signs in the UK -
The British have always had a Way with words
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Some things to think about, but not too hard......
( Provided
by
Jean-Paul Joanisse)
I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway.
There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
Life is sexually transmitted.
Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
How is it, one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?'
Who was the first person to say, 'See that chicken there? I'm going to eat the next thing that comes out of its butt.'
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride; he sticks his head out the window?
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
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RULE # 1 (Provided
by
Jean-Paul Joanisse)
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THE NEXT WEB SITE UPDATE.
Since I will be changing software in
January, t he next Web site update is scheduled on
FEBRUARY 15, 2012.
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PENSIONER’S DIRECTORY
In the most recent update of the Pensioner’s Directory,
it does now include a
total of
748 persons.
If you know pensioners that are not listed in the
Pensioners’ Directory, please tell them to send an
e-mail to
jpjoanisse@gpg-solutions.com or to call Jean-Paul
Joanisse at (514) 603-3108 in order to get their name
listed.
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SHOPPING ON THE WEB (Source:
Consumer magazine Protegez-vous) :
Before the advent of Web and e-commerce development, the bargain hunter should move from one shop to another, with all the irritants that includes: fuel costs becoming more expensive, finding parking, cold weather or rain, to elbow with hordes of consumers, etc.. Today, nothing more simple: we open our web browser, visit few sites, you complete the transaction with your credit card and bingo the purchase is completed!
A study by the magazine Protegez-Vous (March 2011), they compared 11 shopping engines on the Web (price comparison). The best Canadian price comparison sites are (in order of priority) :
http://www.bing.com/shopping (Bilingual)
http://www.wishabi.ca/
(English only)
http://www.postescanada.ca/magasineur/ (Bilingual)
Price comparators: 5 tips for shopping
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To increase your chances of finding the best price, use
at least three comparators. |
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Since prices vary from day to day and week to week,
visit these sites a few times and be patient! Historic
prices should help you determine if it is a good time to
buy. |
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Warning: prices that you find by shopping on the Web
always accurate. Click on the links to see if they are the
same on the websites of retailers.
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If they are not displayed by the comparators, do not
forget to include shipping costs and customs duties. Many
merchants allow you to obtain this information by entering
your zip code. In some cases, you must complete before the
command to know the shipping costs. |
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Before making a transaction, check whether the site is
secure. The address should begin with <<https>> and a
padlock should appear on the navigation bar. |
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NEW TRAVELLING SECTION :
In order to help you to better plan your
travelling (By car, by plane or by ship), I did create a new
TRAVELLING
section
on this Website.
You will find the following information:
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Travel suppliers offering low prices on the internet..
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Updated gas price offered in Canada and USA.
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Road conditions.
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Links for information related to passport.
Travel insurance (what
you need to know), etc
Independant cruise survey
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PENSIONER'S BENEFITS .
F or
your information, as a pensioner, you are entitle to
some benefits. This may be different from one pensioner
to another pensioner.
When I did retire, I was inform that I had a maximum total amount for the reimbursement of my medication and health services. I recently learned that by calling directly Manuvie at 1 800 268-6195, they will give you your up to date cumulative amount that they have paid for your benefits.
If you did lost or you can not find your benefits brochure that you got when you retired, you can get a copy by calling YPG (Benefits at retirement) at 1 800 417-2114 and they will send it to you by mail.
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GOURMET DISCOVERY .
R ecently,
while visiting a part of our province, we discover a
very good and charming restaurant in Magog.
What is particular is that every client is welcome
by Patrick the owner of the restaurant, the food is
excellent as well as some what original and the
restaurant is small and very charming and the prices are
reasonable. You have to know that you bring your own
wine
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For all the detail regarding the menu, business hours
and how to get to the Restaurant La Paimpolaise de
Magog, click on the following link :
www.paimpolaisedemagog.com
If you know a very good restaurant in your region,
please let me know by e-mail
jpjoanisse@gpg-solutions.com so I can post it on
this Web site for the benefits of other pensioners and
friend of pensioners .
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FREE INVENTORY SERVICES :
It is not
frequent that we have the misfortune to be rubbed or the house goes
in flame.
However if this happen, do you have a complete inventory of your
Heartburn
of your home.
I did found a Web site which offer this service FREE of charge and
they are recommended by the Metro newspaper who indicate that this
service is also secure.
For more detail, please refer to the
following Web site:
http://www.namminik.com/main.xhtml
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REAL TELEPHONE SCAM (By Jan Rogers):
Jan Rogers
inform us about a real telephone scam confirmed by 2 serious Web
site (Snopes and Hoax busters). For detail information, please click
on the following link:
Real telephone scam
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AUTHORIZATION FORM:
Thank you to all pensioners who did send their
authorization form regarding the supply of your personal
information to YPPG
In order to get the most complete electronic directory,
for those who did not send their form, please send it as
soon as possible.
Click on the following link in order to get the
authorization form:
Mailing
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PENSIONERS, THIS IS YOUR WEB SITE.
For the interest of all pensioners, if you whish to submit an article with or without pictures about pensioner’s happening on this Web site, please make sure that you send the information to:
jpjoanisse@gpg-solutions.com, at least 3 working days before the next update of the Web site.
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