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1976	5ths started factorizing quadratics. Asked each student if they understood. Bruce Robertson said: "Most of it". I said: "Not good enough" and asked him again. He said: "Yes". I said: "Don't lie to me".
1982	F - Tom and Kathy over with a pumpkin pie that Tom had made and a Mondavi red. Women took Sugar for a walk while we played catch with kids. Showed Tom the train set up only find that the engine doesn't work. David told me that Eric crashed it off the table and broke it. We made it through the meal but then Art called saying JUA blew up. So we went in. We figured out that a counter blew when it reached 1000; while I increased it Tom restored the database. Back to our place at 11PM.
1983	Sa - Hiked around So Washington County Park so David and I could test our new hiking boots and his compass. Followed deer tracks and found a ground nest with 4 eggs. Down through a dried up gully and saw brown creepers, nuthatches.
1985	T - Got through customs with no check at Nadi. Long wait before we could check in for the local flight. So we cleaned up (watched a Hindi taxi driver do his morning ablutions including passing water through his nostrils both ways). Ne and I went up to the viewing area and I got photos of the planes. Into the grotty cafe where we had to wait to have coffee - wait until the other five people were done with the cups. Flew over Viti Levu in an 18 seater. Air came out of the vents as fog. Pilot read a newspaper for most of the 20 min flight. Landed in Nausori 10 minutes early, so though White was on time for a change, he was late. Macu and Taresi were along in his yellow van. Short tour of town and then MH's for supplies. Short, rough ride to Sowani and ACS. Found Susi pregnant. Kids got on well with Tracy bringing Ne (all dressed up in a sulu and hula gear) to the school. Macu and David played all day. Kid's watched "Heidi's Song" on the Betamax video player. Susi cooked up lamb chops on a fire that she built out the front door. Gail, Susi, David and I played cribbage. After supper went with Ian to local one flourescent bulb shop to get beer. Kids thought that the toad in the store on the dirt floor was great. Gave Whites the non-traditional sevusevu, handkerchiefs, 7 dwarf birthday invitations and the Mad Card Game that we all played until kids' bedtime. Susi, Ian, Macu (who joins everything) and I looked at our photos. David was eaten by mosquitos.	to Fiji sunrise at Nadi 18 seater Suva Rewa River
1986	W - On my way to Rolling Mills (to avoid a Powercorp demo of a laser printer) when I got collared into the goat package demo [ed. - the mill is in countryside and has a farm surrounding it, hence the goat management package] that Bill Cromwell had arranged. But no one from the farm showed up so I set the computer up at Pension [ed. - goats as investment] and left Shirley and Graham Joyce to review it.
1987	Gail and I went to Simpsons to play cribbage on their Italian game table. We skunked them 3 times while sipping an '86 Babich Fume Vert and an '83 Nobilo cabsav.
1989	Got up early then waited 2 hours for the Whites. Had a picnic lunch (video) at Cossey Dam in the Hunuas and then hiked to the lookout and down (video). Granny at 77 made it with only a few stops. Was a fun walk. Home for coffee and cake and home videos that had Granny laughing.
2003	Susi came with us in the van and we met up at the Cambridge Country Store where I bought a bottle of Blueberry Angelica (Liqueur). Over to Cambridge Motor Park where Whites settled into the 9-person cabin with kitchen while Malleys headed for the cheap 5-person plain cabin with fridge. After a lunch we then drove out past Lake Karapiro to climb Mt. Maungatautari. Christian had the lead and kept us on track by finding the next orange triangle on a tree. We lost trampers along the way but amazingly Sally, who couldn't even walk a month ago, made it to the top - well, not exactly the top, but close to it. Back to camp for supper and games - Uno, cribbage and checkers. Susi and I polished off a fruity Corbans 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon.	Whites Lake cards
2009	Pukekohe to get a hand-held Dyson vacuum cleaner. Steve's for a farewell meal for Jackie who is off to Wellington. Trisha telling everyone, over and over, that I think she used a photo from a few years back on her Facebook page. We put the kibash onto Ian's four-finger-lift story.
2010	F - Wendy's with Emery and then over to Bev's new place on Whiteacres.
2017	Su - Discovered a photo of Bishop John Levoir in the Bechyn book; De classmate.
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