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1969	Hawaii: Details in Peace Corps Journal.
1973	Watched Gail play her first game of basketball (on Sandy Weripa's team, Leeds).
1974	Put an announcement in the bulletin about B pencils and found out that B stands for "bloody" which is a no-no in British countries.
1991	Said goodbye to Mike T and Collins. Slept in van on to airport. United 1770 to San Fran at 2:30PM arriving there at 3:20PM. 4 hour wait to get onto plane to Honolulu. Once on the plane we waited 90 minutes for a co-pilot to arrive (LA fogged in so our scheduled one couldn't make it). In Hawaii I had to make a mad dash to get on NZ plane. Next to Herb Himelick, a landscape architect for Dupont. We talked plants, gardens and I helped him with itinery for 2 weeks in NZ. Managed to sleep for a few hours. When I woke for breakfast found out that the plane diverted to Nadi as Auckland and CHCH closed. We sat in the plane on tarmac for an hour.
1992	Aldies for bonfire and fireworks. Irene and Lee also there and were the Johnstons (Rebecca) and a Stewart and Liz Palmer.
1998	Sa - Aldies at 6:30PM to get our stuff (bikes and shelves) from shed. Senad and Titania came around 8PM. Played pool and basketball. Whites came around 9PM and we had the fireworks. Johnstons came at 9:30PM. Bonfire around 10PM. James had three friends over. David and I stayed until after midnight.
2003	Trish stopped in. Gail and I brought her to Brundell's to see his decking and had a cuppa with him. Brought Bonnie along and she honked to let us know she was left in the car. Mike S in Papakura Courier.
2008	Middlemore: old Samoan lady being moved out when I arrived, leaving Gail alone for the night. She had the fibreglass casts put on and she is now more mobile, using a walker to get to the bathroom. We called AA and had Gail answer their questions to get the claim moving along. Gail was able to vote from her bed. Over to meet Russell's son, James, with his thick Aussie accent. Picked up the ever faithful Houghton with supply of computer magazines for me. And then Michael. Colleen's for TP.
2012	W - Brought C & B to petanque - their first time. I later won over Anna and Ash. Brought the women for a stroll around the Mount (Bev's first time). After supper we taught them Alhambra and Dominion.
2022	M - Walked to Farm Street for a B12. Gardeners removed large ugly evergreen out front and the scraggly kakabeak out back. Meanwhile, a roofer has been reparing tiles and repointing/painting grout.
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