Midlands IBM Retirees Club - January 2025 Newsletter

This newsletter includes the menu and booking information for the Thai meal at Sabai Sabai, Regent Street, Leamington on Wednesday 26th February.
Please send your booking to Terry King (see below) by Friday 7th February.

The club intends to run a trip to the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne (Bridge Rd, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester NN12 7SE) towards the end of March (provisionally Thursday 20th), to include afternoon tea. There will be more details and a booking form in next month’s newsletter. See the following web site for more details:
canalrivertrust.org.uk/things-to-do/museums-and-attractions/the-canal-museum-stoke-bruerne

There will be a self-drive Lake District trip in the week of 7th to 14th June. It will be centred in Grasmere in a mix of self-catering accommodation and hotels. Full details will follow in the next newsletter.

Michael Fabianski, Newsletter Editor. E-mail: ibmmidretnews@gmail.com

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Events

The following events are currently planned for 2025:

E2502EML
Wednesday 26 February Thai meal at Sabai Sabai, Regent Street, Leamington. See below.
E2503NWM
MarchThe Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne.
E2504NTV
AprilPackwood House (NT); Walk through the woods before house & lunch.
E2505PPL
Thursday 29 MayPete’s Place.
E2506LAK
7-14 JuneLake District.
E2508AGM
8 August AGM with lunch at Gaydon Village Hall.

Photographs from Past Events.

Click on one of the links below to view a selection of photographs from past events.

E2502EML: Thai meal at Sabai Sabai, Regent Street, Leamington, Wednesday 26 February Organiser: Terry King

Sabai Sabai is at 41-43 Regent Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5EE
Telephone: 01926-428077
www.sabaisabai.co.uk

Meet from 6.30pm for 7.00pm dinner.

Please choose one of Options A or B below.

Option A: PHU-KET ISLAND (V)

STARTER

  • Sabai Sabai Vegetable Platter (V)
    A selection of vegetable starters served with various dips.

MAIN DISHES

  • Kaeng Kiew Warn Pak (V)
    A spicy Thai green curry in coconut milk with bamboo shoots, sweet basil leaves, fine beans and Thai aubergines.
  • Ma-Kua Saam Rod (V)
    Aubergine in tempura batter topped with onions, chilli, basil leaves in an exotic Thai tamarind sauce.
  • Pad Pak Ruam (V)
    Stir fried seasonal mixed vegetables in a vegetarian oyster sauce.
  • Pad Ba Mee (V)
    Stir fried egg noodles with bean sprouts and spring onions.
  • Khow Suay (V)
    Steamed Thai jasmine rice.

Option B: BANGKOK CITY

STARTER

  • Sabai Sabai Platter
    A selection of appetising starters served with various dips.

MAIN DISHES

  • Pad Priew Warn Gai
    Stir fried chicken in tempura batter in a sweet and sour sauce with peppers, pineapple, onions and tomato.
  • Kaeng Kiew Warn Moo
    A spicy green curry of pork and coconut milk with bamboo shoots, fine beans and Thai aubergines flavoured with sweet basil leaves.
  • Pad Neau Nam Man Hoi
    Marinated beef sliced and stir fried with mushrooms and spring onions in aromatic oyster sauce.
  • Pad Ba Mee (V)
    Stir fried egg noodles with bean sprouts and spring onions.
  • Khow Suay (V)
    Steamed Thai jasmine rice.

PRICE
A: Phuket Island: £27.95 + 10% service charge: £30.75p
B: Bankok City: £30.55 + 10% service charge: £33.60p

EXCLUDED
Drinks are excluded from the above prices. Please order and pay when ordering.

BOOKING

  1. Send an email to terryaking@hotmail.com with your name and meal choice (A or B) by Friday 7th February.
  2. You will then receive an email with deposit paying information.
  3. The balance will be requested later in February.

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Sub-Groups of Retirees Club and Employee Club

Rambling

It is hoped to organise occasional rambles with options so that participants can choose a length of walk to suit them.

Please contact Terry King, terryaking@hotmail.com for more information.

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IBM Retirees Technology Group

The IBM Tech Club meets using the Zoom video conferencing platform at 11.00 on the third Friday of each month. The club is a place where you can talk to IBM folk about matters technical. For example, help or advice on buying or using computers, smart phones,touch pads; engineering, electronics, wifi, bluetooth, cryptography, bitcoin, using computers to making movies, songs or musical works, best software, streaming, the internet, photography, diy, and anything else about the modern world you would like to understand better.

Apart from the technical discussion we try to have a talk by a club member at each meeting. This depends very much on members volunteering to prepare and show something they are interested in.

At 11 o’clock on the day of the meeting click on the link below. It should take you straight into the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88338135221?pwd=eFYyUTdKZjRUSlR4V0RqZmFYMmlCQT09

Meeting ID: 883 3813 5221
Passcode: 395710

If you need help with Zoom contact John Rickman (rickman@argonet.co.uk) in good time before the meeting.

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Members’ Notices

We all know Midlands Retirees who are undertaking a range of activities to raise money for good causes. The Committee have therefore decided to offer this space to advertise such initiatives and other events which may be of interest.

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