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1963	Dougherty put an apple on Brother Daniel's desk - Joel Cheney took three bites and put it back. Brother did not appreciate the humor.	Cheney
1970	Hawaii: Details in Peace Corps Journal.
1971	Was to go to Suva with White at 9AM. I waited in the car for 30 minutes. Up to the house where I found him completely disorientated, so I went to work on the library. Hari Mani helped Jone remove his stuff from my place. Eric's and polished off a beer as we talked about the problems of making the science exam.
1972	Daniels and waited for Kincy who was at hospital visiting his uncle, Leroy (dying of cancer). We went to Les' where I made a bowl of yaqona and showed my movies of Fiji. Darrell J stayed until midnight playing 500. Storlie arrived at 1:30AM and we played euchre and talked until 3AM when Kincy passed out. I got home at 4AM to find Mom up preparing for a fishing trip.
1973	Photos of Ranadi and Bui. Have to listen to a transistor radio now. Great lapses of silence in the empty house. Spent all day packing crates. It rained, so we brought the dining table out to cover one of them.
1974	Went to doctor for a checkup which means after seeing a GP you then need to go to a lab where they draw blood, do a swab and collect other samples. Sanders over for billiards and helped us finish off the beer.
1975	Trish visited. Alfred came at 6PM with fruit, had a margarita and told us about his South Island journey. Spent a month on a farm near Hamilton.
1976	I was brought to the house with our suitcases and I unpacked. Put in an application for a telephone and they said we had high priority so it will be about a 3 month wait. WERE to get house keys from Leighton. Bought a scythe at Chadwicks and back to Sanders for a cup of tea. Brought a load of books to house. I missed the bus, so I went to YMCA and talked to Jack until time for the 2:40PM bus. Into Auckland at 4PM. Got the Bill of Lading taken care of and agriculture clearance with no trouble. Got to Customs at 4:25PM. The clerk wasn't too happy, but helped me anyway. At 4:50PM I went into the first freightors I found, International Forwarders, and had everything arranged by 5PM. Out the door, down the alley and walked straight onto the motorway bus, just at it left.
1977	Te was washing himself in the bathroom sink. He had the plug in, had hot water running and when it started to overflow he couldn't turn the water off. I was in the bedroom and he came in and told me: 'Daddy, hot water'. So off I go to see what's up and there is water running out of the bathroom into the back hall. Gail had been using the sponge mop to apply stripper to the walls, so when I began to mop up I created the biggest amount of foam you have ever seen. David thought it was great fun. He had a great time putting away groceries. Taking the newspaper off packages is just like Christmas to him. He unwraps each one and puts it away or if he can't reach he tells me where it goes and I do it. Cheese gets a big 'Hurrah'.
1978	Couple games of snooker, then Ken took us for a tour of the beaches and town. After lunch we headed home, driving mom through Kauaeranga Valley to see where we camp, and getting back at 5PM. Kevin brought our mail over - card and letter from Bob Hayson saying he would be waiting for us on the 6th! We were just blocks away from him at the time.
1981	W - Bell says that we have to pay for any future calls made on our phone (after I disputed calls past two months).
1983	F - Brought Woody to airport and got to work at 8AM. Lesser came for supper and an OK Taylor Chardonnay.
1984	Sa - Played "Howzat?" cricket game with kids - they enjoyed it but I kept going out without scoring. After not playing at all in 1983, I beat Gail in three games of cribbage.
1985	M - Put in my application for Info Center job.
1988	Steve over to pick up documents, Compaq and laserjet as I am having remainder of month off. Rode bike (no car - Gail and kids camping at Shakespeare Park) to Richie's new place - large collection of seashells on display. Not much change in eyes and ordered "progressive" lens at $242.
1989	Christmas pack from Lessers: returned my My Word and sent along Rock n Roll Trivia book, Handling Sin and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book. Broke lawnmower when I tried to punch a starter hole on the broken bolt. Whites came for supper and we looked at slides.
1990	Karioitahi with the Whites. We are all getting better and I had a couple long rides. Ian's first time. Played swing ball with the girls while David and Matthew made a multi-path down hill for tennis balls.
1991	Whites where we picked up Matthew and Trisha and went to Karioitahi. First time in this summer for me. Back to White's with Navind and Pele got his old van going and then removed a rusted section from his car. Meanwhile I downed a bottle of wine with Susi. Stayed for supper. Played dominoes in garage with Granny, Pele and Faruk. Navind, Shanta and Crisneel came.
1992	Gail and I chose a carpet at The Carpet Barn in Manukau. Troy (CB) measured lounge and hallway for the carpet.
1995	T - Susi's father lost hearing so I ordered an aid from LV Martin as Ian doesn't have a credit card.
1997	T - J Marr Physio where Angela examined my elbow pains. Painted Aldies mailbox using our Daihatsu metallic blue paint. School at 2PM and worked in office until Crassi came. We spent 2 hours doing a network backup.
1999	Th - Steve White went all over chainsawing (Ian had rented one for his yard). Doug A came. He and Gail had a swim. He joined us for supper and then it was RnR Scattergories.
2000	F - Senad and Titania came out for the day. Went swimming with them and gave them another cribbage lesson. White clan came for a swim. Autobahn in Papakura with the whole TP group, including Bert. I had a great shrimp cocktail, real goulash and a good ginger pudding.
2001	Whites came for a swim and more stories about Ian's trip. Aldies came for a KFC supper. Trish back from Timaru with stories and newspaper articles of life in the south.
2002	Russell (who had 3 pars and almost a birdie today) bought Chris a fishing rod and he managed to unspool the whole line in attempting to set it up, so half an hour unravelling most of it. We brought him back with us and while Gail and I had a cribbage game he tried setting up his kite.
2003	Mangakino - Monopoly® which I ended up winning the game thanks to hotels on two cheapest properties. Bill stopped by and gave Christopher a fishing license, so we had to get down to the lake for more fishing after supper. Not much luck.
2005	Dropped off the Sticky TV CDs to deV's - new dining set and Shirley had a cyst on lip removed. From there to help Russell get onto the net and then bring him to Irene and Paul's for TP.
2009	Michel and daughters came to choose what stuff they needed for camping. Then we oldies visited over a Medoc wine while the girls played pool.
2019	M - Gail and Emery left at 5AM to go to Whakatane for a White Island tour. Women back at 2PM. Irene joined us for a visit and meal.
2020	T - Russell, Ann H and Irene came for a hour's chat before playing Trivial Pursuit for a couple hours.
2021	Th - U.S. Congress was stormed by rednecks, so Russell called to talk about it.
2022	F - Day 140 of Delta/Omicrom lockdown (1081 cases). Walked to Bayfair to get a COVID booster.
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