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Special Note: If you have not paid your dues for 2010 as yet, we would like to remind you that the annual dues are still only €15.00 and are payable before the end of March. We would like to thank our long time member, Emilie Smyth, who keeps sending in her dues annually from California.
March Luncheon - Thursday, 11th
Our March luncheon will take place on the 11th at our home base restaurant, Rincon Sol Hotel on the sea front in Rincon de la Victoria. Guests are always welcome. Luncheon price is €18 per person. Time is as normal – 1:00 for 1:30 pm. Please contact Rosella with your menu selection before Tuesday, the 9th. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Menu
Mediterranean Seafood Soup or Tropical Salad
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“Escalopines al vino blanco” with vegetables or
Salmon "a la crema" (or Grilled) with vegetables
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Fruit Salad
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Wine, Water and Coffee
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Month of March Expressions / Proverbial Phrases
"In like a lion and out like a lamb" This expression has no "if." Before global warming, it was quite usual for February to be a cold month, so that March would often arrive on a cold, blustery wind, roaring like a lion. But the natural succession of seasons means that things are warming up during March, and the end of March is warmer and quieter, and, lamb-like, smoothly segues into the gentle month of April. That used to be the case in temperate climates; but with Global. Warming, who knows?
"Beware the Ides of March" Perhaps the strongest literary and historical association of the month is not with the weather, but with the "ides", or middle day of the month, in the ancient Roman calendar. Julius Caesar, who in Shakespeare's play unwisely ignores the soothsayer's warning, "Beware the Ides of March!", was murdered on the Ides (15th) of March in a conspiracy led by Brutus and Cassius. . The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Whether it was Romulus or not, the inventor of this calendar had a penchant for complexity. The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which served as a reference point for counting the other days.
"A peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom" March is traditionally wet and windy, so that dusty soil would be rarely seen: from the 16th century it was said that "a peck of March dust is worth a king's ransom" (a peck was a dry measure of two gallons).
"On the first of March, crows begin to search" This proverbial phrase refers to the tradition that crows begin pairing on this day.
"Mad as a March hare" This proverbial phrase has a similar origin to the previous one: a "March hare" is a brown hare in the breeding season, noted for its leaping, boxing, and chasing in circles.
"Take the winds of March with beauty". Shakespeare notes that the daffodils of early spring can "take the winds of March with beauty".
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