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1962	Th - High = 75°. Squeaky became a father - baby squirrels born in our garage.
1975	Cedar Grove Camp. Joyce came with David and Billy. I was in the tent with Te when a big storm hit. He slept through it and I was busy putting rags under leaks. 8" in 30 minutes and 70mph wind. Bill's tent and canopy were blown down and their sleeping bags were drenched. A stream formed under Wandersee's camper. The boys used mud to channel it away from the campsite. Walked over to look at a waterfall. Brought firewood back. Te fell out of the camper into the mud.	Bob-Tom-Bill See more photos
1979	Gail bought a 1967 Ford Cortina for $1150 [ed. - sold it for $1200 in Mar 1980]. Budget: Family Benefit up to $6/wk/child, $27 to leave the country, 5% devaluation of dollar, remove estate tax and 15% tax on booze.
1980	Sa - Waffles with Chuck, then helped him move firewood from one garage to the other. Showed David how to load and shoot his air rifle. He spent about an hour shooting. Kids went into the water by the dock, playing with swim ring and beachball. Helped Chuck bring in a maple from his forest allotment ($15 and he has to clear it before he can get another one). After lunch he took the kids for ride on the lake (Mille Lacs). Went about 3 miles north and he let David steer on the return. Chuck painted garage (using a pad) while I barbecued chicken. His cousin and wife dropped in to see the place. After supper we sat around sipping an Almaden claret and chatting.
1982	M - Dorothy back from Nashville World's Fair - not much, boring and long waits. Lois has a Snoopy made out of golf balls. Cathy wanted to run a test for Pat Theilen. Tom tried to explain to her until I finally said she could do the test on the "little machine (ARC)" but she can't do anything on the "big machine". Like I told Tom its a case of getting down to her level.
1983	T - Gail made pancakes on Coleman in motel room. Stopped near border to stock up on fireworks [ed. - lasted through to mid 90's and I have some firecrackers in 2013]. Got to Hansen's in Hills around 12:30PM. Checked out the new camper. Sunfish for lunch which they had just caught last night in South Dakota. Went to reservoir with Jeff where he exercised a teacher's black lab, Jake. Barb came and we drove to Stein to look at the house they are buying for $11,000! Bob barbequed chicken, using a hair dryer to blow the coals. Spent the evening talking about work - he is depressed about his job.	Gwen
1986	Sa - Gail had her foot crushed at self-defence class. Ruth Balchin and Janet Hooper were also there. "Bobby Darin Story" album came. Clarks over and Sandy says: "Who's Bobby Darin?". Had a shishkabob meal by candlelight. After "Pig Mania" with the kids we tried the 60's trivia book. They drove around the block to get Sophie to sleep and came back for more wine drinking. Had an excellent '84 Mission CasSav with "good oak that maintained dryness as it breathed", an '83 Hardy's (Captain's Selection) that was "not even average - bad" and a Montana '82 Bellarosa that was sweet.
1990	Interviewed, Jonathan Kirk, Ian's replacement exactly one year after he left! He seems perfect. Parent interviews. Met Reiter, who can't control his science class, very nice math teacher (Power) and weird Social Studies bloke (Greaves). Nice chat with Lynn Hunt who enjoys the absent excuse notes that I send. And Warwick Downes, now teaching, but I had him as a student and basketball player. Couple chats with Robson and said "hi" to Robyn Barnes. Eleanor Bateman came over to greet me. Letter from Joyce that a cancer tumor was removed from Dick's intestines.
1992	Ian and Susi came around 3PM. Had the birtdhay cake and gave him his presents. Bridge until we went to a very full Chantelle's. Had a very dry Italian rosé with the meal. We left when the crowd got loud and dancing. Helped Ian break into his boot and discovered a bag of wet diskettes.
1997	Sa - Tracy arrived from Uni. Whites came for supper. Sharde came to say "goodbye" to Ve. Played Guiness Book of Records game. Ve went to a party with Gustavo. Gifts and cakes for Tracy and Ian.
1998	Su - Planted lime, royal gala and 2 cranberry bushes. Called Angi, turning 50 and now with a guy named Doug.
2001	New World packer argued with me about putting toilet paper six pack into a plastic bag, I claimed it was a waste of money and she really wanted to put it into a bag; then there was some discussion about the customer always being right.
2004	Listened to the Twins 6 - Montreal 4. Lecroy is 3 for 3 as pinch hitter; all 3 hits were home runs that either won or tied the game.
2007	Whites came for a curry supper followed by bridge and a fruity Nobilo Jibe '06 Pinot Noir. Gail must have had too much to drink because she tried topping up Susi's glass with the top still on the bottle. Whites won both rubbers. Watched first episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and fell in love with it.
2008	DeV's and gave Julian my metal puzzle set for his birthday. He put on a magic show. He is performing it for New Zealand's Got Talent next weekend. Marcel zipped in from work and disappeared - he is going to a prom tonight and Roché had to go out to pick up a corsage. Dave S stopped in, now living in a trailer house on a farm on Whiriwhiri Rd. His father was a professional magician. Ian, dressed in Scottish garb, over for a meal followed by Upwords and I was lucky to win that. Gave him gifts after dessert: Stoopid hat, Bones book and National Geographic Card game, that we tried out.	JdV ICW
2010	M - Listened to the Twins - Phillies game. Twins scored 5 in 9th on Toomey and Mauer homers to tie the game at 9. Butera with his first pinch-hit and 1st homerun in 10th. Finally won it it 13 - 10 in the 11th.
2011	T - Gail picked Trish up at the airport and we had a late supper, while hearing about life in the S.I.
2012	Th - Saw Dr Giles about my pains and he is thinking it is nerves not functioning and could be caused by my diabetes or CFS (FM?). so he has given me Paradex as all my other painkillers don't work on damaged nerve pain.
2014	Sa - Gail was in local paper, Weekend Sun, article about a new book club. Played Ora et Labora for the first time.
2015	Su - Alhamabra, supper and Kingdom Builder. Watched the Warriors roll over Titans (highlights).
2019	F - Ne over at 3PM for a game of Terraforming (David still struggles with it).They had Burger Fuel and I finished the lasagne. Then it was Azul. Ne and Kizzie left so we could play an old time game: Formula One on the Spain board. My two cars were at the back, worked their to the middle only to both spin off at the same corner. Made a great comeback and beat Gail on the final corner. She had led the whole race. We are going to race a track each time David visits and then I toss it. David and I played a few games of Dominion. He got my new wifi extender to work. email from Dr Ten Cate said CT didn't find any problems with sinuses.
2020	Su - email from Colleen - Bruce had an pulmonary embolism. We played Terraforming Mars' Turmoil expansion for the first time and it is intersting. Hotdogs (NZ buns are sliced across the top after never being sliced since we arrived here). Then a game of Burgundy. Watched Swans eclipse the Kangaroos (playing with out my man, Cunnington).
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