On This Day Jan 28

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1970	Took the "standby" bus that leaves at 10:30AM and gets to Suva at 1:30PM (6 hours on bus to spend an hour shopping). Bought a sketch pad and food supplies. Thats me with Fellowship of the Ring.
1974	Thompsons (Roy, Bobbie, Helen, Kim and Robert) over for tea. Just arrived from England, one of their kids was asked by locals: "Tell us some English words".
1976	Masons returned my bike and Leslie came to say "hi". Aldies over with a Fred Dagg Greatest Hits album for me. Listened to it and my Flip Wilson You Devil You.
1977	Roger Klossner and Dan Tollifson, from Clausten, MN dropped in out of the blue. So we had a meal with them.
1978	Audrey and Fiona Dickson came to meet mom. They left when the Bensons arrived. Had a barbecue and ate outside. Set up Tracks in livingroom for the boys. Paul Mitchell and two Cornish Red cats dropped in on way to Wellington.
1985	M - Saggiser told me I didn't get IC job. Said I was perfect and he would like to hire me, but a woman [Georgina - knows nothing about PCs] applied and policy was....
1991	Passed Whites at Bombay veggies and we met them in Thames at the new shopping center, Goldfields. Traditional ice cream cone at dairy and then into Kaeranga Valley. Did the Murray's Walk. Ian and I found most of the items in the book, including the world's tallest moss. Gail discovered a water wheel. Granny and Jackie did the swing bridge on our way to a swimming hole. We had set up at Boom's Flat and there was only one other couple - with about 30 teddy bears. Whites left leaving Matthew with us.
1997	T - Ne called from Paris. School to get Matthew Burmister going on the B2 486 computers and Philip DuFresne working on electronics stuff. We had a free lunch thanks to Mr Haque.
2003	Gail's first day at Strathallon. Ended up buying a new pump for the pool ($560) at Gubb's. Steph, Monique and Florence arrived back from Napier around 1PM. Exchanged gifts - couple bottles of wine for me and Gail got a scarf and artsy plate. Apparently there were no supplies at all in the classroom and made life difficult, so not a good start at the new school. Flo was brought to airport.
2006	Needhams' to check out the pool and go for a swim (24°C) and spa. Bob gave me a ticket to Pukekohe races. Whites arrived for bridge on the deck, moving indoors at dark. Ian and Gail took three rubbers without much trouble.
2007	Checked out Fairways in Victor Harbor. Smaller properties and no "community facilities". Karen Dutton answered all of my questions. We drove to The Bluff but only for a look-see and not to hike it. Then we drove along Inman Valley Road through Yankalilla and stopped at Normanville to see a pretty bleak beach. Tried Bush Biscuits (cabin crackers with golden syrup in them).	from Bluff
2011	F - Managed to get badges into display table before the Papakura crowd arrived. Emery and I had a swim while the others got food - except for Mike who just sat at the table. Old Church Road '09 SavBlanc with the delicious chickenburger from Fitzy'z and some of Emery's trifle for dessert.TP.
2012	Sa - Stayed for lunch at Paul's. Emery's new home in Takanini. Still settling in and waiting for furniture. After the tour I worked on her new laptop. Mini's where Madi cried very loudly upon seeing me. Our three goldfish looked beautiful in their tank. Played Seven Wonders. Matamata McDonald's for supper. Tried a Coffee Kick.
2013	June and Ron over for the first time.
2016	Th - Jill Bryce died today. When Ian got back from his bike ride we played petanque. I won rightie and Ian was suprizingly good leftie and won that. He brought along a Korean seaweed product that was a bit on the yuck side. We played Mythotopia. Had lasagne with an okay French VNO 2013 pinot noir. Then we played "The Bearded Man" card game which features Leon's face. Max stopped in.
2020	W - Ian and Susi arrived at 2PM. Susi is in a moon boot since her Oct foot operation. They were at Goldthorp's for Bill's memorial. After chitchat we played Reminiscing (Ian and the bidet - Susi's "prom" - Gail's bikini). Turkish with a 2018 Last Shepherd Pinot Noir. Then they taught us "Century - Spice Road" before heading back to Katikati.
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