Vice President

George Davis

480-396-8456

georgedvs@cableaz.com

Treasurer

Ed Gammill

602-840-7101

edgammill@aol.com

Secretary

Frank Holman

602-695-2565

frankholman@earthlink.net

Membership / Events / Travel Chairman

Diane Bennett

480-994-5243

AzBennett3@cox.net

Volunteer Chairman

Vacant

Past President

Jack Davis

480-488-0169

KOWBOUY@earthlink.net

Refreshment Chairman

Joe Richardson

480-895-6366

Editor

Stu Mitnik

480-897-1629

s.mitnik@worldnet.att.net

Web Master

Mike Petersonmrpetersonaz@cox.net

Al Stimac, President, welcomed members and guests to the meet-ing on Nov 2nd, 2005. Ken Blakely led the Pledge of Allegiance.

We still need both a Volunteer Chairman, and a historian/club photographer. Anyone interest-ed, please contact Al or Stu Mitnik. We continue to solicit ideas from the members on speakers for our meetings. Any-one with ideas should contact Al or George. Also anyone who would like to speak about any of our friends who have passed on are more than welcome to do so at the meetings.

Reminder - we no longer charge dues for the spouse of couples who are both retirees from AiResearch/Garrett/ AlliedSignal/-Honeywell.

Reminder - There is no meeting in December. The Holiday Luncheon is December 12 at the Elk’s Lodge #335, 14424 N. 32^nd St. We will have a link to Mapquest on the website for anyone who needs directions.

Bring your digital cameras and send copies of your luncheon pictures to Mike Peterson for posting on the website.

Diane Bennett needs volunteers to buy food and toys for our holiday giving. Also if you still need tickets to the luncheon, contact Diane immediately.

As a special treat Dee Marlow read her poem that is being con-sidered for a very prestigious a-ward. She also demonstrated out-standing ability as a teller of jokes.

Our speaker this month was Tim Mahoney, President, Air Trans-port & Regional, Honeywell Aerospace. His topic, “Honeywell Aerospace Focused on Customer Needs”, included discussion on the recent reorganization and rationale. He also indicated that the aero-space cycle is on an increasing sales trend through 2006 and 2007, with the expectation that the volume of sales will taper off in 2008.

50/50 winners were Earl Campbell and Dennis Swain.

Our monthly meetings are held at the Scottsdale Senior Center, 7375 East 2^nd Street (2^nd Street and Civic Center Drive.) The meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, September - May, except for December – our Holiday Luncheon. We have a social hour beginning at 1:00 pm, the presentation starts at 2:00 pm and adjournment is at 3:00 pm. Please note that the Scottsdale Senior Center will be moving to a new location on the Scottsdale Senior Campus at McDowell and Granite Reef Roads. We will let you know when this transition to the new location is scheduled to take place.

The officers hold their board meet-ings prior to the regular meeting and all members are invited to at-tend. We welcome any input you may have and please send the editor any items that may be of interest to our members.

This month’s charity donations were given to St. Mary’s Food Bank and St. Vincent de Paul. A thank you note was received from the American Red Cross.

Upcoming Events

· Dec 12 Holiday Luncheon

· Jan 4 Meeting - Ron Rich, Director, Advanced Tech-nology, Engines & Air Management Technolo-gies, Honeywell Aerospace

· Feb 1 Meeting -- Alan Bannister "Aerospace and Baseball".

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Diane Bennett included four possible vacation destinations with the mailing of the last issue of the Newsletter. She indicated that as yet, she has received no response. If you are interested, or have any questions, please call Diane at 480-994-5243, or e-mail azbennett3@cox.net."

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Honeywell Health and Well-ness Center memberships are available for retirees and their spouses at just $10 per month per person. Get together with some of your buddies! Call us! Phoenix 602-231-7920, Tempe 480-592-1389. Wellness Center info is also posted on our website.

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Honeywell Federal Credit Union is offering 23 month CDs at 4.5% annual percentage yield. Member Service Center phone is 1-800-533-4004.

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Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recog-nize the stroke symptoms.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. Ask the person to SMILE.

2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Co- herently, i.e.: It is sunny out today). If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of a stroke and prevent brain damage.

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Dave Pearson has a flyer for this year’s annual fishing trip on our website. Check it out.

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The Honeywell Volunteer Worksheet is available on our website.

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Note: The next outing of the Oak Street Gleaners will be Wednesday, Nov 30 at 11:00 am.

Other Stuff

I am Thankful :

For the wife who says it's hot dogs tonight, because she is home with me, and not out with someone else.

For the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato, because he is home with me and not out at the bars.

For the teenager who is com-plaining about doing dishes be-cause it means he is at home, not on the streets.

For the taxes I pay because it means I am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been sur-rounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little too snug because it means I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work because it means I am out in the sunshine.

For a lawn that needs mowing, win-dows that need cleaning, and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.

For all the complaining I hear about the government because it means we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot because it means I am capable of walking and I have been blessed with trans-portation.

For my huge heating bill because it means I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church who sings off key because it means I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means I am alive.

And finally, for too much e-mail because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.

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Don't Mess with Grandma. This is a true story.

An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She drop-ped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"

The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran like mad. The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into driver's seat. She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces farther down.

She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station. The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing. He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun. No charges were filed.

If you're going to have a Senior Moment, make it a memorable one!

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I thought you would want to know about this e-mail virus. Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of this one. It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1965.

Symptoms:

1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice

2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail

3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person.

4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you

5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment.

6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished.

7. Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of "SEND."

8. Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE."

IT IS CALLED THE "C-NILE VIRUS."

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Two old guys, one 85 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench seat one morning. The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath.

The 85 year old was amazed at his friend's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.

The 87 year old said, "Well, I eat Italian bread every day. It keeps your energy level high and you'll have great stamina with the ladies."

So, on the way home, the 85 year old stops in at the bakery. As he was looking around, the lady behind the counter asked if he needed any help. He said, "Do you have any Italian bread?"

She said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf of it. Would you like some?"

He said, "Yes, I want 5 loaves."

She said, "My goodness, 5 loaves! Don't you think by the time you get to the 5th loaf, it'll be hard?”

“Holy s**t,” he replied. “Every-body in the world knows about this Italian bread thing but me!!"

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First-year students at Med School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real, dead human body.

They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, "In medicine, it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor: The first is that you are not to be disgusted by anything involving the human body.” For example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck a finger in the butt of the corpse, withdrew it and stuck it in his mouth.

"Go ahead and do the same thing," he told his students. The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead body and sucking on it.

When everyone finished, the Pro-fessor looked at them and told them, "The second most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention."

In Memory of our departed friends and co-workers

CINDIA CASTLEMAN

JOHN DIVELBESS

VAN HEARN

E. HOOD

BILL KILLCULLEN

NAOMI LUCAS

JOHN MORTENSEN

MARVIN NIX

IRENE PRILL

ROBERT L. LUCKE

SAM RUSSELL

BARBARA SILBERSCHLAG

NORITA STONE

STRETCH TANTON

KATHLEEN WINTERBOTTOM