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1961	High = 81°F. No school for me today because I am exempt from all of the semester exams. Mowed lawns [ed - with a push mower! - we were the only family without a power mower]. Squeaky now living in a nest in a tree.
1964	Picked up my 1958 Chevy Impala, that dad had helped me choose. [ed - moved from Bloomington to North Mpls and the 1950 Pontiac couldn't be relied upon to get me to work].
1975	Ate with Jim, Pat and Brenda at Ole Piper Inn which runs old-time movies and cartoons (menu).
1981	Sa - Went to Cottage Grove via Tower Rd - liked the older section which reminded me of Richfield. Took back roads to Afton. Played a little basketball then across the street to Selma's where I had a cherry cheesecake ice cream cone.
1982	Su - Dick, Estelle, Chris and Adelle R joined us for a boring birthday party at Mom's. I decorated the garage and we ate in there. Chris had a broken finger - got drunk and broke it in a fight (or so he said). We made $38 from mom's garage sale.
1983	M - At work to make a point about how upset I was over something I stabbed a pencil into my right palm and the lead is still visible in 2022.
1987	We went to Kathy's 40th. Spent most of the evening chatting to Noel Johnston, Olive, Joneses, Chris and Jeff from Papakura High School. Enjoyed an Australian Reisling by Orlando and an excellent Abel '84 cabsav. We stayed on for 90 minutes after everyone else left.
1988	Wairoa dam to do the Repeater Track. Gail only lasted 20 minutes before she went back to the van. Ten minutes later we were on a metal road and hit the repeater station a couple minutes later. Stayed there 30 minutes to eat and try out walkie talkies. Followed the road down for half an hour and we got sight of the third reservoir. From there we went onto the track following a stream down to the road and meet Gail who drove over to pick us up. Videos: (Going up - At the top - Going down)
1993	Went to Yanni's with Janine and Jim. Sat next to Pam and and across from Mike and Irene. Food was good and the baklava was lovely. We each smashed our dessert dish. Then the Greek dancing took hold and people got a chain going. A gay fellow had us in stitches. Annie Whittle, chain smoker and very short with too much make-up, was in attendance.
1994	Ian and I walked along railway tracks to get photos of the town. Canadian Grand Prix. I had 4 spin offs and came last. Ian made his pork spare ribs specialty. Looked forward to it all week. I couldn't stand it and Gail thought it was off. I thought it tasted like hogget. Forced him to get the package out of the rubbish and sure enough they were lamb ribs.
1995	AA jump started the car. Showed me car's manual choke and that explained why the car dies so often. He also discovered light was on in the boot and draining the battery. Picked David up at 10:10PM at bus depot (had a test).
1998	Bushy Park (pretty run down) with Ian and we bought a royal gala apple [ed. - it died after a couple years] and a lime tree. Whites over for Spanish Grand Prix, then a game of Hollywood Squares with Jackie joining in.
1999	Gail and I went to Awhitu Bush Walk with Whites. BJ, dachshund, was our guide exploring the stand of young kauris. Whites came over for bridge.
2005	Gail and I went to MCC to check at Freedom as to why her new chair is nowhere in sight after 6 weeks only to be told that it would be ready in Aug. Went to Trish's in Manurewa my first time and James (he now drives a scooter) showed me around. Rummikub and Scrabble cards.
2008	Kelvin and Mosi arrived at 1:30PM and removed tiles and lino on the lower level. I took up the carpet from the hallway. Went to Warriors game. Juniors won. K Gordon Trio played - NZ's best guitarist who played "Voodoo Child" with all the Jimi moves and "Sweet Child O Mine". Pregame fireworks display was the highlight as the boys lost to last place Rabbitohs 35 - 28.
2012	W - Up at 4:30AM. Grace Hospital where Liz was a chatty and interesting admitting nurse. Delay of an hour and then afterwards took 4 hours to be released. Marie kept bringing us coffee and food. Kumar said the lump looked like a tumor (no surprize, eh?). Sent Gail to United Video at Fraser Cove to buy candy from all over the world.
2024	Th - David arrived with a bit of facial hair. Played Terra Nova. Cottage pie for supper with a Soho Harry 2023 rosè. Gail went to bed and we played Istanbul. David was able to figure out my noise cancelling headphones app.
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