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| VACATIONS (most of them) |
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1958 and 1982,3,4: Northern Minnesota to stay in cabins and fish. (photos) 1960s: Up north with buddies (photos) and So Dakota to get fireworks and stay at relative’s farm (photos). 1972: Boston to visit Dave and Kelera 1973 and 1978: Taupo with the Sanders and then my mother 1970s: Kauaeranga Valley with the Sanders (photos) 1974: Gail and I did the South Island. We returned there in 2003 (MalleyGram). 1975, 1976, 1985 back in Fiji (photos). 1975: Hawaii (photos), Minnesota (photos), Ohio (photos) and Florida (photos) 1975 and 1978: Northland with Sanders and then my mother (photos). 1980: Cleveland and Pittsburg (photos) 1983: Black Hills and Badlands (photos) 1985: a month from MN to NZ (photos) 1988: couple weeks showing Tom and Kathy around North Island (MalleyGram) 1988: a month in Australia: Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Gold Coast (EXPO '88) 1988-2000s: With Whites to Wentworth Valley, Opononi, Cambridge, Hunuas, Awhitu, Broken Hills, Raglan and Opoutere (photos) 1990: a month in AZ and MN (MalleyGram) 1991: couple months in AZ 1997: Grand Tour. Gail and I spent 3 months going around the world (MalleyGram) 1999 and 2009: East Cape (photos) 2002: AZ & Utah with Gail (MalleyGram) - going from AZ to MN with Ne (MalleyGram) 2007: South Australia in Jan (MalleyGram) and NSW in Dec (MalleyGram) 2010: Cairns (Gt Barrier Reef) to Brisbane (MalleyGram)
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| VIENNA - I was born there, moved to Minnesota, home of the.... | |
 VIKINGS - The NFL team stayed at the Holiday Inn the night before home games. I got to know most of the players over four years. As bellman I would bring room service to them. Long after bed check, some would sneak to a room for late night poker laden with alcohol, cigarettes and cigars. No wonder they never won a Super Bowl. | |
VEHICLES -  I remember how great owning my first car felt - a ‘50 Pontiac that I got for $50 in 1963. Traded it in for a ’58 Chevy Impala in 1964. In 1968 I scored the dream car: a red ‘64 Olds Cutlass convertible. Had a Buick Riviera for the 7 months in ‘75 we were in MN. Family wagon (’80 Ford) in 1982.  Back in NZ it Japanese: a ’78 Toyota. ‘82 Mitsubishi and a ‘92 Daihatsu that we had for 15 years. My favorite vehicle: an ‘86 Toyota Hi-Ace van that served us well for 19 years. Was sad to let it go for a ’04 Toyota Echo. After Gail totaled that we got a ’09 Toyota Yaris. | |
| VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA - A tumor that grows on an ear’s nerve. Gail had one zapped by stereotactic radiation in 2003 (MalleyGram). She has lost all hearing in that ear. A cyst grew inside of the dead tumor so in 2010 the whole thing was removed and miraculously no side effects from the operation (MalleyGram). | |
VISITORS -  Shouldn’t surprise anyone that I have kept track of who has visited us over the years. For the most houses are Trish (even came to Minnesota), Breezes, Whites and Colleen Atmore. Currently tied for most visits to OSV are Russell and Ian. (Spreadsheet) | |
 VINEYARDS & VALLEYS - We have been to a few vineyards over the years. Several in west Auckland, one outside Thames (SYC), one in Napa Valley (Beringer), a few in Barossa Valley (July 1st 1988) and one near the Murray river mouth (Currency Creek). | |
 VEGEMITE - is an Australian yeast product used as spread on bread. In NZ we prefer our own Marmite. Unfortunately, the factory in Christchurch was destroyed in the earthquakes and the country has been without since. A jar of Marmite sold on TradeMe for $2115!!! | |
 VERONICA - Brasilian high school student who lived with us for ten weeks in 1997. She has ended up in Germany where she was a flight attendant and is now a brewer of beer. | |
| Viva Bobby Joe Vall Bobby Vee Velluto Rosso Van Halen Viti Levu Ventures “Valleri” | |
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Malley Muses... I Vonder |
| In our corner of Ocean Shores we have an International flavour with Anna, an 89 yr old Dane (plays a Steinway, pétanque and Scrabble); a Dutch couple, Else and Henk (camper-vaners); a Hungarian couple; Welsh couple, Terry and Brenda and we Yanks. The remainder are Kiwis: Jill the artist, Heather, Peg, Janet the embroider, June and Ron (pianist), Ian and Ngaire, Fred and Dawn (Motor Caravaners). Our pétanque buddies include Ash, retired builder, and Alan, former glazier—both are 83. |  ...can you use a voodoo doll to give someone else varicose veins? | |
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