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1971	Woody bought copper tubing so he could complete his homemade hotwater heater that goes to the shower. Dinner at Breezes and we looked at home movies.
1972	Suva with Murphy. Ran into Van Loan who is now married to Joe Gibson's niece. Immigration told me that Gail doesn't a special visa. Watched Papau-New Guinea dancers at Sukuna Park and a Tongan ukelele player at M-Hs. Got groceries and tried to book in for honeymoon only to find out that all the nice places were full. Letter from Kelera - they have a gold fish named "Malecek".
1974	Y basketball practice. Alfred came back with me for a beer and billiards. Simon brought us all over to his place. Scrabble which ended with Alfred winning.
1975	After a beautiful meal of ota (fern tips) and lobster we had a marathon of bridge until 1:30AM with Unger.	Mela
1979	Th - Kathy brought over boxes of food, chickens and peas for our freezer. Petrol went up 35¢/gal (now at $1.74). 20% tax of large items and 10% on small.
1980	Sa - Drove to Belle Plain for a picnic at Prairie Park and check out dad's farmland. Mom came home at 6:45PM with bags of frozen goods going cheap at Zayre. So we shot out there and got more. Three minutes after I paid for the groceries they announced 2 for 1 with 30% off on top of it. So we filled another cart. But the checker gave my first bag to someone else, so I got my money back and went off for a third go.
1985	F - Alan showed up at my desk at 8:55AM and asked if I am ready for the meeting - he had told me it would be next week. So Ian McKim and his boss, Dave (an American), Alan and I hashed out IC policy. Ian and I spent two hours going over point by point changes. [ed. - NZS had paid $4,000 for Ian to produce a report on how to set up an IC and all he did was copy something he got from IBM, woefully out of date and completely wrong]. Later he admitted that he wrote it up exactly the way Varney wanted it. Expensive "Yes Man". [I had told Varney that whoever wrote up the report knew nothing about Info Centers].
1986	Sa - Smithers came at 4PM. Played Trivial Pursuit until 10:30PM.
1988	Barry Dunn spent day at the mill - he was suppose to be with Ian for the morning. No Ian, so I had him sit in on Mike's visit and sent him to deliver a LaserJet to Steve. Brought Barry to lunch then handed him over to Dillon for the afternoon.
1995	Gail and I went to a bach up Awhitu that Ian has for a few days. Played Guiness Book Of Records after lunch. Walked along shore, over a hill and back (shags and more shags). Susi netted a large flounder, which she cooked for supper. Played 500 and Upwords. We left at 9PM.
2002	Ne called: car leaking brake fluid and Chardy ill. Bought a Coleman tent and sleeping bag at Target and groceries at Basha's. Shranko's to watch first half of the Twins - Yankees game. Joyce made bean enchiladas for supper.
2003	Audrey having problems with printer so I went over. After a gin and tonic I came home with a large bag of yellow tamarillos (tree tomato until 1967 when NZ invented the tropical sounding name "tamarillo" to market it).
2009	Ross up for cancer treatment and joined us at the Warriors, so I went with Ann to the stadium and sat by herself a couple rows down. Jrs beat Cowboys 40 - 16. Smashproof hip hopped and then the big boys lost 12 - 34 in a pitiful performance. Luckily, we didn't have to ride back with Russell. Couldn't recognize the players as they had all shaved their heads for a cancer cause.
2015	Su - Listened to the Twins13 - A's 0. Eddie Rosario hit a homer on his first MLB pitch (video). Watched Warriors beat Eels in overtime (highlights).
2023	W - 85 minute walk to Concord. Pruned. AFL: Tigers 104 - Eagles 58. Then Crows led the whole game only to lose 59 - 58 in the last minute to Bombers. Watched Britain's Got Talent Ultimate Magician episode (The Witch).
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