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Gail’s bones have begun to mend, so she now sports a weight-bearing cast and is allowed to move small distances with a crutch. But she still pretty much lives in the wheelchair inside the house.
JUNK the JUNKER Our old Charade was 17 years old with 198,000km on it and it needed a few costly repairs done before August in order to pass the Warrant of Fitness exam. So I decided to junk it as a trade-in. The dealer gave us $400 for it. And with that incentive, and the insurance money, we bought a 2006 Yaris, which is larger than the 2004 Echo, but basically the same model. About the only thing I don’t like about it is that it is “white”. But it is so good to have a safe and reliable vehicle again.
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JOBS - Feels like I have been retired forever. But before then I did manage to have a variety of jobs. My first being a hot dog vendor at a sports stadium. 
Then I moved indoors, during my university years, being a bellhop, a desk clerk and a night auditor at a Holiday Inn. Moved onto Honeywell where I was a records clerk until I left the States in 1970. Without planning it I became a math teacher - in Fiji and New Zealand.
 Took a year off from that job and while we lived in a small rural town in Minnesota I was a house painter doing a couple houses the 5 months we were there.
In 1980 we moved back to the States and I ended up as a main frame computer programmer. Returning to New Zealand in 1985 I was put in charge of bringing personal computers in to New Zealand Steel and did so until 1991 when my health brought about my first “retirement”.
A couple years later I was back at the same school where I had taught in the ’70s; this time as the computer technician. I did that for 5 years and “retired” a second time. I continued teaching adult computer classes for a few more years and that led to a core base of clientele which gets me out the door a couple times a week. | |||
| JOINING - Kincy joined the Army, Angi joined the Marines, Steve N joined the Navy. Steven H joined the Air Force. So, naturally, I joined the Peace Corps. | |||
JOHNSON - First there was my classmate, Gary Johnson, and his beautiful sister, Linda. My boss at Holiday Inn was Greg Johnson.  Then at Honeywell I had two supervisors: Les, and then, Lloyd Johnson. My first roommate was Darrell Johnson (also with a beautiful sister). I married into a Johnson family, as Gail’s father was one. Mary and David Johnson sold our house in Cottage Grove. I taught three Johnsons at Rosehill.
JUMP - Two of my most favorite songs happen to be called “Jump”. I probably like Van Halen’s (hear it) just a tad more than the Pointer Sisters’.
| “Jumpin Jack Flash” - Jan and Dean - “Johnny Get Angry” - Tommy James - “Johnny Angel” | Joan Jett - Jones (Papakura branch)  |
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Malley Muses
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| Why does one jump onto one and when is the best time to do it? Has anyone ever actually seen a “band wagon”? | ||
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