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1965	Oil change cost $6.73.
1974	52 rubbish bags were delivered - one per week for the year. If we need more we can buy them at grocery store.
1980	W - We were going to walk to Knott's Berry Farm but bellhop said he was driving there at 12:30PM, so we went for a walk around a residential area. Got there (ticket) and went on the Timber Mountain log flume and it was a big splash. Calico Mine ride, and haunted shack (visual tricks distorting gravity made me dizzy) and we all had a go at the shooting gallery. Beary Tales was a good ride for the kids. They liked bumper cars (Wheeler Dealer) best and the Tijuana Taxi ride almost as much. At the farm the goats tried to eat us. Kids went on a carousel that was pulled by a donkey. David went onto the log flume a few more times before we left. Courtesy Car brought us to a shopping center where we had supper at a Big Boy. Shrimp! Root beer, Mountain Dew, Rocky road and strawberry pie for dessert!
1984	M - Lady who called substitute teachers asked me if she could speak to my mother. Told her she lived in another city.
1985	T - Letter from Alan Dougall so I called Des Chapman at NZ Steel and found that he had chosen CAT and it would cost us $5000 for our share. I told him it was way out of line with other quotes.
1986	W - Lunch with Prasad. Discussed the food likes and dislikes of countries. Currently being harvested from our yard - apples, pears, peaches. feijoas, passionfruit and goosberries.
1988	St Mary's Gala. Video of Gail at White Elephant Stall - Kathy and her mum. Skydivers. Chatted with Yearburys (her leg killing her and Jacko told me about WWII days in Pacific). George Hawkins (video with Liz Dunlop) complemented our David and told me I should call his brother, David, who is filthy rich. Bumped into Aldersons, Lia, Nicola Todd. David and Dwyane (video Dwyane and Kushla)) helped out at the White Elephant stall. Jackie had cut her hair way back and she was a real handful as Whites stuck it out for the whole day waiting for the raffles (they didn't win anything). Ian bought a stereo system at the auction (Vince in action).
1999	F - Senad (with a Goofy from Singapore) and Titania came at 1:30PM. Went to Karioitahi and were the only ones surfing. Tide going out but we got good rides. Lunch on windy beach and then home and into the pool. They stayed for supper.
2000	Su - Gail is making a swan at stained glass class. Japanese Grand Prix and Ian won his only race of the year.
2001	Ne and I picked Chieme H up at King's, brought her to Papakura and showed her where Yuki had lived and Rosehill College. We were using the Japanese dictionary often as her English isn't very good. New World to show her pickled onions, since we couldn't translate that. Had a quick word with Steven M who Chieme thought was a cool dude. Chieme was quite positive that she wouldn't go surfing, so we went to Maraetai for lunch on the beach with the seagulls and sparrows. Chi is very funny and we managed to have a lot of fun even if the words didn't make sense. I called her a Teletubby because she makes cooing noises and wavered between yes and no often, so that we never really knew if she understood the question. Home to meet Gail and back to Melissa and Jason.	not Chieme
2006	40 laps. David, Gail and I went to mini-Whites for a bbq and to see Matthew who is over for the week. A little tennis ball cricket. Shane Oliver with his fiancé, Rachel, came later as did Tima.
2009	Gail took a taxi at 6:30AM to Middlemore. Drove to Middlemore and got to Ward 11 at the same time that Gail did from her operation. Metal was removed and they debrided the wound.
2015	Th - Gail brought me to see Dr Saunders who thinks I have an allergic reaction to the preservative in the Pred Forte, so he has given me a supply w/o preservative. David here for the weekend. After supper with Ne we played Catan and TTR.
2017	Su - David and I played petanque and I won two normal games, then we tried hitting a normal size ball on the fly. Home to play "Ships" for the third time and beginning to understand it, have a chicken dinner with a lovely 2015 Kakapo Pinto Gris and then finished up with Istanbul, Concordia and Dutch Ticket to Ride.
2023	Su - 70 minute walk to Pacific Blvd. Came across Steve Baker, from 610, lying in bushes in front of OSV. A John and wife stopped to help me. A fellow on a motor bike went to OSV to get the ED person, but it was Maree who came with the car (ED can't leave the premises). Watched Warriors upset Cowboys 26 - 12. Watched Cats blow a 22 point lead and lose to Pies by 22.
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