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1982	Th - Visited Stroms at their new place in West St.Paul. Beautiful house and yard. Had a meal and then Jeff showed off his juggling skills. He has some great Lego trucks.
1984	Su - Went to Twins game. David bought sweat bands and Ne got a sundae in a baseball cap. Great seats between home and third on the second deck. Bush hit a homer and a Tarzan cartoon yells on the video screen. Kirby stole a homerun with a catch over the fence. Gaetti made a fantastic catch way down the line. Hrbek ended the final home game with a fantastic play. Crowd went wild and cheered for 5 minutes, forcing the team out for a bow.
1987	Val Fornsek was died in a car crash near Wesley College.
1989	Leszek and Beata arrived at 5PM with a carnation spray and an excellent black label Wolf Blass '85 cabsav. Listened to stories about life in Poland. Chicken paprika and dumplings for supper with an excellent Cooks '86 chardonnay.
1990	Cornwall Park with Whites. Swim at Manurewa pool.
1991	Walked to the water tank. About 50 antelope behind houses on Boardwalk.
1997	T - Day 78 of our 3 month journey around the world. See Bryce Canyon Photo Journal.
2001	Whites came over for a barbecue (excellent Montana '00 CabSav Merlot). Leah, from Oz, came with Matthew. Scott along with Tracy. After the meal we played Taboo, oldies beating youngies.
2002	Mankato and checked out the place that Chuck D manages, Grizzly's, where I gave the waitress a bad time about not having New Zealand wine and demanded to see the manager. Chuck gave us staff discount for the tequila chilli I had and the tortoise cheesecake we shared. He got me going on NTN trivia where you play against the world on-line.
2004	Chris called - back from Philippines (very 3rd world) where he was the "star".
2006	Ian came for a meal and we played PS2 Buzz, where I cleaned up in the music and he won the general knowledge.
2007	Mike Sanders died over night.
2008	Picked up Steph. Set her up in the guest room and got her car started. Had supper together and Steph gave me a Bordeau and kitchen towels for Gail.
2013	M - David back from Kaiapoi without a place to live.
2018	Su - Watched Collingwood upset the champion Tigers by 39 points in AFL prelim. American Cox hailed as a star and the crowd was chanting "USA" (highlights).
2019	M - Saw Dr Canakpalli who did a thorough examination and a 3D scan on tooth 16. And couldn't find anything wrong!!!! $480 well spent?
2023	Sa - 60 minute walk to Glouster. AFL Semi-Finals: GWS lost a heartbreaker to Pies 58 - 57. They could have won but blew many chances at goal shots. Warriors didn't have any chance at beating Bronocs in that semi-final, losing 42 - 12.
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