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1969	Hawaii:  Details in Peace Corps Journal.
1971	Gail and I had some trouble (his Jade Lane has no sign) but finally found Les & Judy's place after stopping at a house and calling Les. Honeywell people - Don Erz committed suicide, Dunker fired and Klyberg big trouble with law. Judy the same mixed up broad. Matt a real talker and met wee Heather. Played some pool and had a hash chow. Visited Branleys'. Mary has a date with "Clayton what's his face from the toy dept at Sears".
1973	Sanders arrived for an evening of billiards and snooker.
1975	Steve brought us to the airport at 3PM where David pushed a chair around for 90 minutes until we went onto the plane. Flew into LA and there were about a million people hustling every direction. We got a trolley and worked our way over to the UTA building. Then a 3 hour wait and we bought a toy phone for Te. He went up and down the stairs about ten times. He also got 55¢ out of a pay phone. Boarded the plane at 11PM. They moved us to the back where we had two sets of two seats for ourselves. They gave David a book and plastic toys. Had a fantastic snack.
1977	Gave Murray a tour of the yard, as he ate a banana. Mrs Dent asked me if I talk to myself when I don't have any visitors? Gayle came as we were leaving and we barely got Heasley to the airport in time. Sanders gave me $9.50 record voucher for helping at Mike's.
1980	Su - Steve and Roxane (met her for the first time) over for lunch. Told them about New Zealand and looked at our slides.
1981	M - Gail and kids out to iceskate. Billy and David built a snowfort by the mailbox. Watched "M*A*S*H" episode Twas the Day After Xmas.
1984	F - Deiffenbachs over with 2 month-old Ben for a meal (very good, dry Soverain Gamay Beaujolais). Played Trivial Pursuit with their Baby Boomer version. Was fun - I love the game.
1986	Su - Built a platform for surfboard raft. Aldies over to exchange gifts. Kawakawa bay to a private spot down a cliff to stoney shore where we launched our boats and hung around for 4 hours. Dogs went in for their first swim. Cabbie whined most of the time. James didn't go in - doesn't like cold water - but I thought the temp was great. Stopped at Clevedon at a drink/drive checkpoint.
1988	Rained all night and thru the day it drizzled. Read inside until afternoon when we went ashore for a stroll to the next bay. Ne was "stung" on her right hand by a spider. Tossed shells into a bucket and pummelled Simon as he lay on the beach. Very windy in the evening. Ate for the first time and got a big pain on my right side. Played Scrabble. My turn to sleep with Ne in the hull. No room to move and I am a tosser-turner. Eventually sort of slept on and off in a semi-sitting position. Had to close hatch when rain came, so it got stuffy.	see photos
1990	Last day at mill. Brought my stuff to PCS office. Said my farewells to Jonathan, Craig, Linda J and Neil (who was teary). Picked up my redundancy check. Waited a couple hours for Nuttal. Peter T spent most of it with me (gave me a card). Said farewell to John N and Varney and I was out at 2:50PM. Got fish 'n chips at a Clevedon Road shop that is very popular (30 minute wait).
1991	Sa - Otara Markets with Whites. Loaded up on veggies and fruit. Went for a walk.
1992	After supper we walked around block and ran into Bob and Marg Lendrum.
1993	Looked at photo albums with Dad. Had Chinese for supper. Watched home videos.
1994	Opoutere - Matthew went out with David's rifle after birds, with no luck. Gail couldn't fit into the kayak but Matthew was in it for most of the day. Beach in the afternoon. An Asian family renting Ernie's place - he and Lena live in the garage for the summer. It's his main source of income. No waves, strong wind. Ian made a shelter in the trees. Many small rides with a few good ones. Jackie had great fun. After supper Gail and I walked up the road. Back for marshmallows, Chinese checkers and Whist with a '94 Nobilo White Cloud.
1995	Th - Spragg's to buy a Technics turntable ($354) and a spare stylus ($65). Waiuku and brought Jackie and Ian with us to Karioitahi for lovely long rides on gentle waves. Ian and I walked back and got as far as Kohekohe Road before Gail came by with the van. After supper it was a couple rubbers of bridge.	Lake Whatihua
1996	Sa - Karioitahi for first surf with Whites. Ian brought a rope to untangle and wash in the sea. We were visited by Sharkie, a white pit bull bitch who was all over David, affectionately. Whites for a shower, barbecue and bridge.
1997	Su - Alan Benson and Dog came with a letter from Mary. Talked to him for a long time. Whites for a meal. Brought Laure for a tour around Waiuku. Bought her a Magnum she won on a bet. Belgium Grand Prix. Laure and I had a long talk about Zen.
1999	T - Over to Whites for Belgium Grand Prix which I won.
2000	Th - Needhams - 3 hours on computer. Soak in hot tub. Doug over for RnR Scattergories. He bought James a car.
2001	Up at 11AM and Christopher is waiting "What are we going to do, John?". So I had Shirley drop off Marcel. David and I taught them petanque, but that soon degenerated into the boys wrestling, so we stopped. Brought Chris home and went to Ruby Restaurant with TP group for a meal.
2002	Ian and Matthew came by to borrow a bike and stayed for snooker with Brundell who treated us to a brilliant Selak's 2002 Sauvignon Blanc. Over to Matthew's farewell. Ate with Domo and Liti, sipping a French W Klug cabsav-merlot, played petanque with the guys and sat around in garage with Susi, Lui and Joy and finished off a Selak 2002 chardonnay.
2006	Pohutakawa petals falling, carpeting the drive and lawn in red.
2008	Whites arrived for an afternoon of bridge. Had a smooth Imogen '05 Pinot Gris to ease the pain of losing 2 of 3 rubbers.
2011	W - Called dad and heard about his Christmas, heart and investments. Heather brought over some beans and while we were chatting Maragret and little Summer came by.
2012	F - Margaret M visited. Called dad (now gets Meals on Wheels, upset that kidney op ruined his memory and hates Uncle Frank).
2016	W - Yardwork - each day I have a rhubarb stalk, a radish and a guava.
2018	F - Russell and Ann came at 5:30PM. Takeaways followed by Trivial Pursuit Genus IV. Boys lost to the girls.
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