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| 1957 | We drove to Bechyn for Aunt Margie's wedding. She married Fred Hartmann. Reception/dance at George's Ballroom in New Ulm. |  | |
| 1965 | Bowling and my highest series - 211, 211 and 204 for 626. | ||
| 1969 | Hawaii - Peace Corps training: Details in Peace Corps Journal. | ||
| 1970 | Raining hard - found later that it was Cyclone Deborah. When the rain stopped around 3PM we spotted three whales off coast putting on a show. Went to White's to use his telescope. | ||
| 1973 | Smithers gave me a lift home and stayed to play billiards. Bruce and Jill over in evening for billiards. | ||
| 1979 | M - Blackie (Kevin Black), from Radio Hauraki, came to the school at lunch and was the DJ for us. A big crowd gathered as word spread. John Forrest had invited him. |  | |
| 1989 | Lions Fireworks Spectacular at Massey Park. $20 to get in. Ne left us to hang out with her friends. We sat up towards top under the roof. Tom Sharplin and the Cadillacs blasting away by the food stalls. Bungi jumping from a crane. Parade and then Mayor Sir Barry Curtis gave a very flowery speech followed by George Hawkins who sounded like a hick. "Top Town" contest (the teams go through races to test various skills while being distracted by opposition, usually with water. Like walking on a greasy beam across a swimming pool while being pelted with soaked sponges) between Papakura, Manukau and a Lions team. Morris Jones was on the team (video). Michael Cullen and cousins joined us in the crowd of about 5,000. Army Engineers put on the fireworks display. | 
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| 1991 | Drove to Harrah's for breakfast where I had scrambled eggs with lox. Drove to the Golden Nugget and had some luck there - photo. Walked to the Pioneer where we took a river boat to Riverside where mom won again. I bought a pewter Goofy for $39.86 and Joyce thought I was crazy at the Pioneer where women shared a chili dog. I bet $32, won $31.75 and then lost the whole $64. Back to Prescott around 7PM. |  Harrahs's  |
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| 1993 | Mills changed bandage on my knee. He said that the cartilage he removed had ruptured to a shape like a nuclear explosion cloud. | ||
| 2002 | Last breakfast with Dad and Lavonne. Angi called to say "goodbye". Dad picked up Agnes and we brought her to a hospital in So Mpls and then drove past our old neighborhood (our house burned down) on way to airport. Lesson learned: don't fly to AZ in Oct/Nov as that is when all the elderly snowbirds go south. Getting on and off twice as slow, once on the plane the stewards need to move people to their correct seats. Laptop checked for explosives at Phoenix. Short flight to LA on SkyWest - scored a Oatmeal Cranberry cookie. On the 12 hour flight to NZ I sat next to Elizabeth from Anchorage on way to Tasmania with a tour group. And Brent, a Coloradan with a French/Canadian wife in Montreal - researching geomorphism at Lincoln for a year. |  | |
| 2005 | Picked up Susi. Our big surprize was Brundell's "friend" - turned out to be Berthe (haven't seen her for two years). So it was a McGuigan 2004 Shiraz, a meal with a Ngatarawa 2005 SavBlanc, followed by David's photos from his Holland visit, pumpkin pie and a Ngatarawa 2004 Cabernet Merlot. |  | |
| 2008 | Tam and son have begun removing old plaster from pool. Angi called and we had a nice chat. Ne and I went to see Gail. Bev and Colleen stopped in with a magazine and grapes. The Ledbetters came with flowers. Gail is now sitting up, can drink by herself, has had 3 blood transfusions and is off oxygen. I brushed her teeth (hospital staff don't do that?). | ||
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