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1959	School - In English it was my group's turn and we discussed Hawaiian statehood and my letter from Governor Freeman was a big hit.
1961	High = 42°F. Basketball with Billy, Signe, Sandra, Angi and Kincy.
1963	Finished reading Bacon's Essays (read online).
1964	Bought Introducing the Beatles for $2.79. [ed. - worth $US850 in 2011].
1965	Got a haircut ($2), bought a pair of shoes ($9.99) which my paycheck of $12.53 covered. Also made $3.95 in tips.
1968	Haircut and bought a bunch of stuff for the car. Also got Byrd's Greatest Hits for $3.87.
1971	Letter from Peter at last. Pretty funny; we got a pile of books from the Ed dept to help "start" our library (we have over 4000 books). Dinner at Breezes with McIntyres and lost the Scrabble game to the well-educated lot.
1974	I took 4I Science and we looked at Venus and crescent moon. After school we had a demo on the new copy machine. Donald Amundsen came over to see about basketball for this year. Gail went to macrame and I went to Y for a committee meeting. Put in charge of Papakura Basketball Association equipment. Mr Gillan demonstrated the 30 second clock that he had made.
1975	David Benson is going to do mathematics of tanks. A Miss Nagle sat in on my rock 'n roll class which covered magazines, charts and movies. (lesson plan). Sat in on Kerry's 5th form (muck up). Bridge lesson at lunch. Math projects with Graeme's third formers. Now have 49 students doing extension work. Maths department meeting after school. Meteors practice from 6-7PM.
1976	Basketball practice. Completed firewood shed behind garage and moved all the wood into it. David can cut with scissors and can put a jigsaw puzzle together. Watched Sea Song and taped Brian Edwards show on "Why Does NZ Have No Humor?"
1977	Finished Liberation of Lord Byron Jones. Doug brought us ginger beer bug, so we can brew our own. Kathy and Lia over for a visit.
1978	M - Went home at noon not feeling well. Gail and Ne went to visit Liz. Ne helped me put into sliding doors on the liqueur cabinet. Gail built a slide for the kids. Trish visited.
1980	Th - Couldn't get my blue Samsonite to close so I taped it shut. $131.50 for two nights at the hotel. Took a Northwestern 727 ($721) where we each sat alone on an aisle seat. I ended up with 4 bottles of Petri rosé from the meal. Mom, Angi, Jim, Chris and Towns were at the airport. Over to Towns for a visit. Angi and Chris crazy about Ne. Dick showed the 8" pin that had been in his leg. Over to Mom's and set up home in her garage.
1981	F - Paul skunked Curt - I would have if he hadn't. Finished Strawberry Fields Forever. Watched Girls HS basketball State tournament and had to get used to hearing "person-to-person" coverage.
1982	Sa - 2.5" of snow overnight and we have a new seasonal record of 89.3".
1983	Su - Bought a Lil' Oscar cooler bin at Target. Gail went to work at 3PM. Painted pantry walls. Letter to Breeze.
1984	T - Lunch at Attic with Kathy K. where we plotted what Tom should do with his interview with Chapman tomorrow.
1985	Typed up thoughts on BASIC. Exit interview with Marsha. Gail drove to U to get our syphilis results. Mom and Bob over to pick up the picnic table and some other stuff.
1986	Letters from cousin Steve, finally resettled in Carrollton, Texas and from Joyce.
1987	Dogs to Drury. Stopped at Wilderness Gems in Ngtea. Ne bought a rose quartz ($3.50) and David bought a smokey quartz geode from Brazil ($23) and a blue lace agate from Africa ($2.75). Paeroa, then Karangahake Gorge where we walked across the bridge thru the tunnel and along the stream to a waterfall behind a stone battery. We lucked out and got back to the car just as heavy rain hit. Rotorua, ate at McDonalds (Maori motif) then Ngongotaha to the Waiteti Trout Stream Holiday Park to end up in a small one room cabin with a migraine. Tried to go to bed at 10PM with others, but temple pain excruciating found me in lavatory from midnight to 9:20AM.
1990	James forgot to pick me up so I stayed home. Saw Purvis and he gave me a flu shot and anit-biotics. Went to Auckland with James and since we were early we went to Hancock's where I bought 3 rosés including a Goldwater from Waiheke ($23). C.E.D. for Apple presentation with Peter Taylor. Met Alex from California and he gave me a run down on where to visit. Dave and Marilyn were there. Peter gave me a lift home.
1992	Letter to Joyce. Walked to Purvis' - he couldn't see anything wrong with my ear. He is giving me a series of test to do, as I try to convince him to consider M.E.
1993	Today was "sanders" day. Finished sanding back door - new sander is wonderful. Primed it and garage wall. Kathy Sanders stopped in with birthday gift for Gail. Betty stopped in. Began rebuilding garage window.
1994	Ne went to school with me and engraved. Bridge game on the lawn until dark.
1996	W - Christine Buist's LCIII doesn't start - I've had it for two days with no time to look at it. Something in every room.
1998	F - Heap of work at school. TP at Berts. Letter to Joyce.
1999	Sa - Gail went to St Mary's Gala with Ne and bought 3 Goofy toys. Long chat with Susi about her stacking job
2001	Snail mail from Lundholm with photos from '80s and their new granddaughter, Shealynn. Returned Roche's huge microwave and fixed up an IE problem for Shirley. Roché is now working in Albany so he is driving over 200Km each day. Trish picked up Ne who now spends time watching the boys so Trish can get out on her own. Night class - let them print out, in color, their picture they made in Paint and showed them a bit of the internet. We now have an email Upwords game going with Berthe and Gail.
2002	Elaine over for a swim and returned our ride-on part that Bob fixed up for me. Chatted with Fab about coming to NZ next Dec. and called Eammon's house for her. email from Eliason who is busy handling US harp convention registrations. Payne's to checkout his tablet and decided to get a cheap one.
2003	New tire for the van at The Tyre Shop. Bush started the "liberation" of Iraq, so its non-stop coverage all day and night. Gail went to a talk by Miss Easy-Peasy in Pukekohe.
2004	Did laps. Gail and I went to the first Warriors game with Ann and Russell. Introduced myself to Steve and Jeff only to have them booted out later (they were in the wrong section, eh?). Started out well and only a stupid pass in final 30 seconds found score tied at 10 at the half. But the second half was amateur night and they went on to lose 16-10 to St George Dragons.
2005	Gail off to Round the Bays with Whites (did the 8Km in 1hr 15min), so I spoke to Joyce when she called (winning at KMart Bingo). Called Mom and talked about Bob's passing and where to from here. Went for a swim with Ian. Repaired the arial and we have TV downstairs. Mark Synnott on Vodaphone TV commercial. Watched New Zealand lose the Sevens World Cup to Fiji. Watched The Body.
2006	Made a card for Simon. Listened to the Twins 3 - Boston 4. 41 laps. Whole afternoon out in the yard. Crashed when Gail came home at 5PM. She was sworn at by a "turd". Just lost 120 - 128 at cribbage.
2007	Letter from Mom and news from my doctor that I have mild diabetes. Taina called from her sister's in Birkenhead. Trish dropped off a card and gift (a child's umbrella???) for Gail. Won the cribbage game.
2008	email from Signe with a photo of her father with Burt Blyleven. Second coat onto kitchen eave. Won cribbage game. Mowed back lawn and did some other yardwork.
2009	Laps in coolish pool. Then yardwork in the coolish air. Mrs Speedy delivered our annual supply of Girl Guide Biscuits. In to see Gail who was blue and worried as she is in the hospital for awhile yet as they are talking about a bone graft being done. I had TP bandaged up and that made her laugh. Her blood pressure is way too high (199) so they put her onto a third pill (felodipine) for that. She has a push button bed this time. And a special PICC line since they can't find access the normal way. Played cribbage and after two hours I left for Burger King and then TP at Mike's.
2010	Sa - Card and letter for Simon. Had a hurry-up call to get to Papakura by 4:30PM, which I did, only to then wait for Russell to take 30 minutes more to get going. Then we drove to Otahuhu railway station to pick up Ann, but she hadn't gotten onto a train yet. So another 30 minutes or so before got to the Stadium. Juniors blew a lead and ended up with a draw. Ivy Lies played a set and were very good. New cheer team is the Lion Red girls. Warriors had a half-time lead and went on to beat the hapless Sharks 30 - 16. Manu was unstoppable with three tries and some good bust-ups. Russell having teething problenms with their new car. Murray Lindsay, DJ on Classic Hits, sits in front of us. Each game he is there with listeners who have won tickets to the game. email from Cheryl that Joyce in care home and very frail.
2012	T - Ne over for Dominion. Helen called.
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