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1960	Made a true size $1 bill using my technical drawing set.
1970	Honolulu, Hawaii: Details in Peace Corps Journal.
1974	Biked into New Brighton with Murph and Shaun we were got supplies for the hike. I was riding Shaun's chopper and was ridiculed by a group of boys. Murph and I walked to a new pub - I couldn't drink a thick Irish ale. Wilkins dropped in - his hair has lightened. While we packed we chatted.
1975	A box from Mom arrived: two tins of soup, bottle of perfume, pink rabbit for David and two Sunday papers. Sanders over for supper and billiards.
1976	Fiona, Lyndsey and Tina stopped in to visit. David loves to run circles through the rooms. He tripped on the fireplace surround and ended up with a giant "goose egg" on his forehead.
1977	Made a deposit at bank and Te had his hand stamped with a Womble. A Kg of carrots costs 44¢ First barbecue of the summer.
1978	Auckland Zoo with mom. Picnic lunch on the lake front. Ne liked the squawking peacock and she replied to it. Both kids loved the hippo. Stopped at Mike's workshop and he gave mom a wooden wine cask that he had made. Mom bought a kauri wallpiece and ordered a stained-glass lampshade and a kauri table.	Ne
1979	W - Spend the day at Mike's shop making desk legs.
1981	Sa - Drove to Mpls, parked in LaSalle ramp, walked through skyways to JC Penney looking for a cheap guitar. Then to Donaldsons where we had 8 family portrait photos taken courtesy of Angi's Christmas gift. Mom's for lunch (unofficial portrait). Bolted her front fender back into place. Space-Age plastic sheeting ($3.99) came (for covering windows in winter). Listened to Gophers beat Michigan 63 - 61 in last seconds of 2nd overtime.
1982	Weather/News.
1985	Th - Card and note from Val. Bought my very first computer, an Apple IIc, computer at downtown St Paul Dayton's.
1986	F - Cards and letters from Lavonne (and Dad) and Barb Elbers. Morris arrived after the family since he was milking 90 cows for Graham who was doing it for someone else. Played a round of golf, ate (excellent Lyndale claret) and chatted while the kids played nicely.
1987	KV with Sanders: Today we did Billy Goat Falls - read about and see photos. Early supper and some reading before Sanders came down for coffee. Kids played poker dice.
1988	Up early to tape Rick Dees 1987 countdown. Whites came to get Tracy and gave them rhubarb, green pepper, elephant ears and privet to plant at their new place.
1989	Brought Tracy home. An electrician accidently cut power last night (while setting up our offices in Tech Services and that had Ian Johnston in a rage.) So when Bob Holt showed up with his boys a scene ensued. Peter Taylor came to see me and thought Ian's area was mine as it is the largest. We discussed Craig's pay, accountabilities and Blair Hogg's request for a multi-user system. Card from Atmores. Read "The Seekers" by E C Tubb
1991	Taught kids dominoes
1992	Auckland with Whites. Parked at bus depot then walked Quay Street to the other end only to be told at Sinclair Ferries to go back to Pier 3. The ride to the volcano Rangitoto Island (map) was nice and smooth. It was a hot climb over scoria. Gail had an asthma attack on the way up. We stopped along the way to explore some caves (video). Had lunch under the trees and on to the top. We went back down (video) via Islington Bay track. David, Renee, Matthew, Tracy and I went all the way to the bay (video), while the others went straight to the wharf. Sign at IB says three hours to wharf and the boat comes in two, so we double timed the Coastal track and did it in 1¼ hours (video). Got back to Auckland at 5:30PM. Fish 'n chips on the lawn then bridge. Susi and I had great cards and won.	Eastward Westward
1994	Kathy over for a coffee. Gail and I walked to the P.O. Box. Played Upwords.
1995	Ian and Matthew came for supper and Adelaide Grand Prix. Ne went to Waiuku and Matt stayed.
1996	W - Doug over for RnR TP.
1997	F - School - library. Card from Sean T. TP at Mike's.
1999	Su - Kathy and Mike out for a Brown Brothers '96 Tarrango and snacks by the pool.
2000	M - Ian and Steve D over for a swim and I joined them.
2001	Lost at cribbage. I had a 28 point hand at the end but didn't get to count it! Ian over for a swim and I joined him. White's at 8PM to play "Mad Gab" and iMAgiNiff... with all the Whites bar Susi who was working. Imagine if Gail were a sitting device, which one would she be: 1. sofa 2. rocking chair 3. park bench 4. toilet .... Each player decides which is best answer and the players who match the choice with most votes get to move forward. Was good fun.
2002	David kept Chris entertained all day - they blew up toy soldiers with firecrackers. After target practice (video), they hunted birds with the air rifle ), and went off kayaking (video). Steph went off in search of Mercury Bay. I continued the pruning along the creek and driveway. We males left around 5PM, dropped Chris off, picked up KFC and got home at 8PM.
2003	Trish and David came by with her brother, Peter, and his son, Steve - up from Timaru.
2005	Dropped in on Russell who just finished cleaning the carpet housewide. Visited Trish, just back from Timaru. First visit to Peter A in Clark's Beach. He is doing wonderful things with DV and his computer. Saw a parked car in Papakura with hubcaps rotating - totally cool.
2012	T - Golfing at Omanu. I was Russell's caddy. We picked up Barbara, a Chinese Yank to do the front 9 with us. She knew the course and would give advice. At one stage I told her to tell them the opposite as they would always get it wrong. Was a close match but James won by one and I awarded him the "Malley" golf ball. Home for a few games of cribbage with skunks again. Walked up to the OSV restaurant and met a family from Philadlephia (visiting Gran). I went to the two regulars tables and introduced myself, again, to everyone. We had a lovely Mount Riley '10 Pinot Noir to go with the beef supper
2013	Th - Wireless DSE headphones ($50 - lasted 5 years and replacement cost $129), 16Gb thumb drive ($15) delivered by a Papua-New Guinean. Back to Ne after getting fish n chips at the Girven Road shop. Washed it down with a sweet Obikwa '12 Moscato.
2014	F - Edo and Beryl gave us a bowls lesson and we were joined by Don Atkinson and Les Crisp. Walked back with 86 year-old Jean Outram.
2016	Su Ian, Susi (photo), Brad and Jackie (photo) came in the afternoon. Survive, Kingdoms, Gloom and Kingdom Builder. Turkish for supper. Found out that Brad is an avid Seahawks fan who play Vikings tomorrow, so we trash talked NFL (photo).
2019	Th - Walked to Grenada PO Box and helped a stroke victim get into a car. Payless Plastic, now at Gate Pa, to buy a 125mm foam mattress.
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