On This Day Sep 10

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1972	Afternoon at Atmores to plan our NZ trip, then Whites and ended up at Haysons for supper with Neil and Francis Harrison (Brian's ex-student). Billiards until 2AM.
1974	Sanders over for coffee after their first ante-natal class. Radio Hauraki 1PM News.
1976	Te and I visited Gail. Kathy and Lia showed up and gave us a ride home. Aldies brought chips (French fries) over and watched David while I visited Gail.
1977	Energy crisis - TV cut back by 16 hours/week.
1980	W - Taped WCCO. Couple Mormons came to "preach" but we ended up talking about New Zealand. Bob Hansen called to tell me he that he thought the card (kiwi makes it big) was great and we talked baseball.
1981	Th - High = 90°F. Father Rowan from St Rita's came and filled out a survey form. He had been to NZ on a tour. He blessed the house.
1989	Went to Cornwall Park for the first time - to walk the dogs around One Tree Hill and see the spring lambs (video).
1990	Roxane gave us a tour of Dallas - saw where Kennedy was shot. Went up the Reunion Tower (photo and video). Amtrak left Dallas at 3PM and got to Austin at 9PM. Mostly just slowing down to pass through junkie towns. Went past the graveyard for cement trucks - 100s of them in the middle of nowhere (video). Janet picked us up. Chatted until 12:30AM. Called Gail - still waiting for Dick's operation.
1991	Collins stopped in and taught me Pass Rummy - I just about died from the cigarettes. Watched Remote Control.
1992	Ian and Matthew into hot pool as soon as they got up (video). Girls dropped off around 9AM. Hit the road about 10AM. Through Edgecumbe onto Welcome Bay where we had a picnic lunch before checking out Kaiate Falls (video). Stopped in Tauranga to say "hi" to the Ken (video) at his shop and speak to Colleen on the phone. Waited in van for Ian who was after postcards (video). Drove through the gorge (video). Picked up dogs ($48) and home at 5:30AM. Whites had supper with us and we kept the kids here so Susi could have a day "off". Gail and I went to Betty's to get our mail and she dug out her 78's for me to look through. More photos.
1997	W - Day 65 of our 3 month journey around the world. Saw about 20 quail feeding in back yard (video). Drove to the top of the hill with Joyce to see the changes in past 7 years. Bagel shops replacing doughnuts. Double shower curtains.
2000	Su - Brundell brought Ne home and told us about his 3 weeks in South Africa. Put an 8 Gb harddrive into Gail's computer. [ed. in 2011 I toss anything less than 80Gb].
2002	Rocky Mountain National Park. Trip Report.
2010	F - Filled containers at Caltex. Young man at counter asked me about the book I was reading. I told him Gulag Archipelago and he asked what language was that. I told him it was about Siberia where Russians were sent. He said he didn't know anything about Russia. I said "Stalin" and it meant nothing, so I said he was as evil as Hitler. He was happy then because he knew who Hitler was - the guy we burn at Guy Fawlkes!!!!
2019	T - Brought Jazz into Honda at 1PM. Over the next two hours I read the two newspapers, did the crossword, read a couple chapters in my "waiting" book, had a "Americano" coffee and a couple Scotch cookies. Guy walks in and tells me that they hadn't started!!!!! So I walked out and went to the library and looked around for an hour or so. Picked the car up at 4:30PM - only cost $450!!!
2023	Su - 50 minute walk. Three teens saw my Warriors hat and they shouted: "Go The Wahs". Made strawberry mounds, covered them with plastic and began putting in the plants when the rain came - out later to finish it. Russell called to say we have tickets for the playoff game. Gym. AFL: Port beat Tigers.
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