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| 1959 | Cleaned the garage. Billy and I went bike riding. Kincy, Dan and I followed Signe and Debbie to the Hub where I got Chris a bow and arrow set. Dan, Signe, Bill, Deb, Terri, Rene and I played "cops and robbers". Danny and I wouldn't let the girls into Signe's house. Deb, Nancy, Judy and I went to the park. Signe, Dan, Angi and I played "Blind Man's Bluff" | |
| 1960 | Farm - Gary and I went looking for gophers again. We hiked to North Redwood to get supplies - several cars stopped to offer a ride, as it was strange to see someone walking. We set up our camp across the road, chopped up firewood. Grandma and grandpa came to see the site. We cooked our supper and did the dishes when they came again - Grandma worried about us staying out overnight. | |
| 1961 | High = 93°F. Darts with Jerry and Steve. Then Daniels and Jr High with Kincy and Steve. Cut my finger while we were in the treefort. Girls were bothering us. Steve Rogers came over. Listened to the Twins 5 - Yanks 4 (Mantle 48). Signe thought the note we left her was from Steve, so now he is the hot one and the girls are after him. I wrote another note to her and he wrote one to Debbie and Angi got it. She went to Sig's and read all the notes. Steve and I walked around then went up to the garage attic. We got caught by the Roeds when we were saying good night to Signe. [ed. - that involved talking to her through her window ala Romeo]. | |
| 1962 | F - High = 63°F. Watched the Twins 5 - Bosox 7. Billy, Kincy and I sleep out in the treehouse. | |
| 1963 | Worked the Twins 0 - Chisox game and made $7.50. Met Mr. Thomas there. I went to Richfield for our club meeting. Bought 4 Seasons "Sherry and 11 Others" album. |  |
| 1964 | Tips = $5.40. Bought "Baldie Stomp" by the Deacons for 77¢ [ed. - worth $40 now]. Kincy and I brought Chris and Lori to the State Fair. | |
| 1965 | Tip = 50¢ | |
| 1966 | Kincy and I played catch at Lake Nakomis then whiffle ball with Bill at Kin's. We went over to talk to Steve about a club reunion. Back to Daniels' to play pool and I ripped the table covering with one of my more spectacular shots. | |
| 1967 | Paycheck = $124.45. | |
| 1968 | Signe and I (aka "the Odd Couple"???) see the real "The Odd Couple" and we had a good time. |  |
| 1969 | Picnic at LeRoy's, where we have a massive croquet tournament. | |
| 1970 | At 1PM I went down to Eric's to organize the camping (boys who didn't go home for the term break are going to Nukulau Island). Some boys were there making spears for fishing. We watched a movie. Went to the dining hall for supper with Palmerston North teacher trainees touring NZ under a geography scheme. It was a lovely curry feed complete with roti that Mrs. Naidu brought over. Healsey and one girl argued about the superiority of NI vs SI. When I finally put my few words, she said: "Hey you're from a big island east of here". I, of course, said: "Yes, Western Samoa". Hurricane type winds. Peter went to Taveuni with Kalo. | |
| 1971 | Listened to the Dragon Boys [ed. - band from the Dragon Night Club] play at Sukuna Park. Bought a flash for the camera. Hoffsis and I visit Bob Piper at USP to talk about his New Zealand and Australian trips. Found out from Pete that he may be teaching English in Japan next year. Supper at the LaTropicale (formerly the Himilaya). Very high prices for a traditional Hindi meal. We were the only ones there. | |
| 1973 | Billiards, reading, cribbage and garden. Painted a Santa Claus. Vernon Smith, Nelson, Michael Rollo and I took on Protectors and the four of us won 49 - 44. I had 12 points and Sopar had 19. |  Vernon |
| 1974 | Letter from Woodie and one from Kelera in Domincan Replublic where they are very frustrated. Over to Breeze's for instructions on feeding Kelti - rode their bike back. Watched TV (using Breeze's while they are away). Stenciled the front of the Roadrunner uniforms. Hear Te cry. |  |
| 1975 | Solved the fly problem at Hartmann's - they were getting through a combination window. Long drive home to Dawson. We stopped at Fergus Falls for lunch. Home around 8PM. Letters to Rudy and Jack Burns. |  |
| 1977 | Gail drove me to school at 8AM and I helped Gil Epps put collapsing shelves in. Took some shots and talked to Brian Bullen. Lost championship basketball game 9-21 to Lancers. I was kicked twice which hobbled me and then karate chopped on my right forearm that caused a muscle to bulge and forced me out of the game. And the referees never called a foul. Sam fouled out and we played with 4. | |
| 1978 | Finished reading Pocket Playboy 3. Visited Jim and Barbara Jenkins (one of them had worked with Gail) and their son James. Mrs. Thorsing showed my picture in the Counties Sport paper. Mark Synnott, George and Karen brought me the gym keys and told me that Beckingsale had a heart attack. Gil (school handyman), Doug Reimer and I put up more speakers on the buildings. Kathy over for a cuppa. Took Be for a walk. Called Robyn B to pass on my wishes. Letter to mom. |  |
| 1979 | F - Bob and Carolyn visited (had a Lincoln Rosata with them). Gail brought the car in and they said there was engine oil in the clutch and brake fluid. Replaced the whole clutch for $156. Since we didn't do it, I blamed them when they had previously worked on the car, but no proof. Letter to mom. | |
| 1980 | Su - Mom called to say that Angi and some guy named Jody were married last night and that they were flying to Syracuse, New York. So we drove to the airport at 10AM to farewell them (photo). Very strange. I guess Chris and Mom were at the ceremony. I didn't even know that Jody existed. We went to mom's. Jeanie called there as they were in St Louis Park visiting Eloy's suster. We took the kids to White Castle and Circus. David loves pinball machines. Back to Mom's to watch second half of Vikings 38 - Browns 16. I put Jody's storage boxes into the garage attic. He is storing his convertible on mom's driveway. Stopped at Eloise Butler to get spring water on way home. Letter to Clarks. | 
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| 1981 | M - Chris and Mom brought the kids to State Fair. David went up but wouldn't go down the giant slide. Ne did - and went head first into a pillow at the bottom. She fell in Bavarian House and walked into a wall in the House of Mirrors. She got upset with Chris laughing at her. They brought the kids home and ate supper with us. |  |
| 1983 | W - Picked up Fran. Finished managemnet code tersting and had Bob Spear check it out. Finished Dark December. | |
| 1984 | Interviewed at New Zealand Steel and met Wayne Van Diepen who is an accountant there - Letter to Gail. | |
| 1985 | Ian, Murray kids and I went to town. David bought marbles and Ne bought a ring (that broke when we got home). Ian got Super-balls, marbles and clickers. Murray went to a pub to watch rugby, Ian slept and I got out for yardwork. Mitchells with a big Jimmy and a little Stuart (who was news to me) and the Breezes came by for a very enjoyable evening. Jim and Trevina still the same. The kids, Chris and Stuart spent evening at the computer. Mitchells had to leave early to pick Trefina up at the airport. Ended up with many good stories out of the past. Boats: Bill Birch tossing out anchor, going down with it then back up immediately. Electrical storms at sea and in mountains. Ian and Murray getting lost in a mangrove swamp. How Hargrove swam back to school leaving Murray and Peter to find that they couldn't get the boat started. Murray gave us a large batik cloth. | 
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| 1986 | 2 hours at Wholesale Tree Co. - got a lime tree, ground cover and hedging. Watched "Omen II" while doing budget. | |
| 1987 | Norm and I stayed on until 8PM trying to solve DW4/LJII problems. Birthday card for Ne from dad along with a letter filled with a history of all the jobs he had, army days and afterwards. | |
| 1988 | Mike Milne out to pick up orders for two systems and dropped off new price lists. After he left I called Graeme to buy a third system only to find out that the special applied only to 50Hz. Ulu called with his price for dBase that I couldn't ignore so I bought without my GM's signature. I tried all day to get him with no luck. Leo Rolfe caught me at the end of the day - he is off to Australia for two weeks. Aldies over for a couple hours. | |
| 1990 | We checked out Southdale and the new look ultra-sleek Dayton's. I bought a seersucker baby blue suit at Juster's for $99 when Lancers didn't have my size at $79 [ed. - Gail found them later on sale in Phoenix for $10]. Bought the latest revision of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows. Picked up the kids from Swansons (they had stayed up all night) and went to Lesser's. Looked over their yard and big garden. Shot out to the dome with Tom where we watched the Twins lose 6 - 11 to Tigers in what turned out to be a great game with lots of action (scorebook). Visited back at their place until midnight. | 
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| 1991 | Up early so we could call Joyce at the cheaper rate and organize her operation and my flying over. Whites dropped off a computer on wayto airport picking up Douglas and Angela. They came back in the evening for slides. Gordon Spragg lent me a VCR that plays US tapes. Met Julie's daughter. Ne babysat for the Chapmans. | |
| 1992 | Walked along Pahurehure Inlet and Prince Edward Park with Whites, Billy, Ponky and Mario. Discovered a lagoon with ducks and ducklings. Home for coffee and Belgium Grand Prix. David won. I came in 4th by playing too cautiously. Tracy stayed behind when they left. |  Mario-Ponky-Jack |
| 1993 | Gail and I went to K-Mart to get a jacket for Ne. Big load at Pak 'n Save. Home to find out that David was hired by Georgie Pie and had to go into work for the first time. He was unhappy about it and Ne was upset that she didn't get the job. Letter from Lesser. Invite to Gary Kosak's wedding. Gail and I walked to the P.O. Box and it was a struggle with my bum knee. Whites over for Mexican and slides. David home at 7:45PM in his uniform (he cleaned tables and trays). Whites left Tracy and took Matthew. |  |
| 1994 | Ran into Dave Hawkins, now Papakura's mayor, at New World. Hadn't seen him since he left Rosehill in 1979. Gail and I brought a use-once camera for David to Doug who is non-stop crying, he needed a big hug. I went for a walk, cribbage and I made pork chops for supper. |  |
| 1995 | Up until 4AM with chest pain. Letter to Joyce. David and I brought Civic to AA. Agreed to buy it if two tires replaced. Bought a cordless phone for Ne. To Whites for supper. Just as we arrived Doug called to say that he had blown his engine on the motorway. Then just as Ian and I were going to leave to tow it he called and said a friend, Steve, would do it. [ed. - there was a police check on Beach Rd which they ran while Steve was arguing with the cop. Doug and Vance got the vehicles up our driveway]. Neli and kids, Pele and Faruk came by for grog and I joined in. But most of the time was spent drinking a dry St Aubyns bubbly and talking to Woody who is thinking about moving to NZ. Said our farewells and left at midnight. | 
 Taina  Mario-Walter |
| 1996 | Sa - Saw Dr Harris who say my cholesterol is above average and I need to watch my diet. And we made an ACC claim for my elbow pains (mouse clicking). Bought a Random Orbital sander at Benchmark. Brought a load to Aldies and got stuck in the soggy paddock, so Doug had to push me out. Stayed for a visit. | |
| 1997 | Su - Day 55 of our 3 month journey around the world. See 1997 Trip Photo Journal. | |
| 1998 | M - Letter from Dad. Blasted roof, planted braeburn, washed clothes, removed a privet from pool fence. email from Chris and one from Laure. Whites over for German Grand Prix. | |
| 1999 | T - Letter to Jerry and email to Angi. Sandspit: Rm 13. Called Titania to see if she would tutor Doug's cousin's daughter in French. She is now a waitress in a gay restaurant. | |
| 2000 | Th - Couple hours with Berthe. Doug over for RnR TP and stayed the night. | |
| 2001 | email to Brenda. Bath. Over to Daphne's to see the tapa dress she has made for wearable art competition and to spend 4 hours on her computer. Cribbage. Emery's to show Chris what he could do with sounds he records. Then to Irene's for TP. Listened to the Twins 10 - Rangers 8. Helped Andres (in Bolivia) with a sound card problem via chat. | |
| 2002 | We went to Yarnell, AZ on 89 driving past the charred forest remains from the Indian Creek Fire of May. Went to the Shrine of St. Joseph of the Mountains that includes the the Stations of the Cross along a path that climbs up through granite boulders see photos. Joyce made the whole circuit with just a few stops. We then had lunch at the Buzzard's Roost Cafe, that cooks the meat in a giant smoker on the roadside. The bbq pork sandwich I had was delicious. Ne had a Souix City Sarsparilla to go with her chicken breast. Bit of a worry because car window wouldn't go up, so Joyce stayed under the fine mist sprayers outside the cafe to guard the car while Ne and I hit a couple antique stores. Monica's is a restored gas station, smallish and filled with Betty Boop items and Lonesome Dove which was more traditional. Cafe had clear bags filled with water pinned to the front wall - apparently they frighten flies away. Let Ne drive back until we got close to Prescott. Skunked Ne at cribbage and then we went for a stroll in Watson Woods as the sun set. email to Judy and Haubrichs. | 
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| 2003 | email to Steph. Put in pavers for path down to pool pump and pruned back the bushes so we can have the slide there. Weeded and pruned an apple tree. Painted Steph's windows and loft ceiling. Cribbage. Listened to the Twins 6 - Angels 1. Watched the Warriors pull out a last minute win over 1st place Roosters. |  out my window at dusk |
| 2004 | Up at 11AM very tired. email to Chris. Inventoried Papakura Art Gallery's new computer. Then over to Perriam's to look at glasses frames. Countdown and home. Listened to the Twins 8 - Texas 5. We watched Kill Bill basically no plot, very little acting and a lot of blood - I loved it. Trapped us a possum. |  |
| 2005 | email from Steph who has started her new migraine med in France. Made up home page for Worriers. Patched up the pool waterfall. Washed clothes - sunny warm day. But neighbor had a burn and smoke it all out, so had to wash a second time. Brundell's for the afternoon and we had PSP lesson. Home to beat Gail at cribbage. Listened to the Twins 2 - Rangers 3. | |
| 2006 | email to Tonto. Flat tire stopped me from going out for blood test. After I changed it I worked in washroom, moving the washing machine to the garage, patching cracks and holes and painted a wall. Also spray painted the wash tub bare spots. Then I crashed. Up to win cribbage game and have KFC for supper. Listened to the Twins 0 - KC 2. | |
| 2007 | email from Julie Ancel and one from Loruama, who apologizes for QVS days. Sent one to CP. Brundell and crew in Franklin paper. Gail (home from school with a cold) went with Ne to clean at Clark's. I shot out to Brundell's for a couple hours of processing email returns. Home to be skunked for second day in-a-row. Listened to the Twins 3 - Indians 8. |  |
| 2008 | Slept until Noon. email to Nauludole M. (he replied with much detail) and Julie Allen. Crashed for a few (ear ache) hours. UP to win cribbage game. email from David with pics from Houston. Listened to the Twins 6 - Seattle 5. Watched the Warriors game that I didn't attend (42 - 20 over Panthers). |  Houston |
| 2009 | M - email from Signe who is having a knee replaced. Sent one to Meli U. It was another squally day so I went to work on the crawlspace. But when a power cut burnt out our modem I was on my way to Dick Smith to get a new one. Gail skunked me. Postcard from Stephanie. We watched The Mentalist. Listened to the Twins 0 - Rangers 2. |  |
| 2010 | T - Went to bed at 10PM and slept for 11 hours. email from Lynna and I sent one to Colleen. Hauled branches, turned veggie, vacuumed pool and mowed back lawn, verge and front paddock. Won cribbage game and then I won Alhambra (level 1). Ian had to come over as soon as he got out of school. Ne kind of babysat Bradley except that the parents were home? Listened to the Twins 1 - Seattle 0. | |
| 2011 | W - Up at 8AM. email to Sara Hirst. Listened to the Twins 0 - Yankees 3. Had a rest. Up to win cribbage game. Ian over for Dominion. Set up first Trade Me auction for our big tent. | |
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