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	Robert B.
1959	Kincy and I had a war with Billy, Paul and Chris. Billy and I played football. Bobby, Chris and I played tag.
1960	No school - Brother's meeting. Billy and I worked on our football plays. I called Kincy and we talked for an hour.
1962	W - High = 64°F. Watched Armstrong Circle Theatre.
1963	Brother William had me give him an oral report on Carl Sandburg biography. Rode bike to Daniels. Ran off plays with Kincy, Terri, Bill and Judy.  Then Bill, Sandy and I played basketball. Met Mrs and Bonnie Johnson [ed. - moved into Fair's].	Bonnie
1965	Tips = $7.55
1966	First day of classes and I drove Tom and me to campus. Ran out of gas while in line to the parking lot, which was already a long slow shuffle without a stalled car. I walked a couple blocks to Dinkytown and bought a can of gas to get us on our way again. And Tom, for some strange reason, sat in the car the half-hour it took. What a friend - didn't leave the sinking ship. He would have had many stares from the passers-by. Bought "Palisades Park" by Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon 98¢.
1969	Dad gave me $100.
1970	Worked on the library and just starting to make headway. Did some transplanting. Went to Hargrove's to see if his hot water was on and discovered five "stolen" library books. He came back today and picked up his parrot.
1972	Didn't go to school - read all day. Pups are at playful stage - can sit and shake. There is a Fijian teacher filling in for Pam while she is in hospital (we had hoped Gail would get the job). Letter from Opal and postcard from mom. Akariva and Jesoni trimmed the bushes by the walk. Bob, and the Hayson boys came over with a cake from Mitchell's.	Geoff
1973	Kay Byford volunteered to be the 4E garbage man [ed. - but typical of her, she never did it]. Got a new basketball from the Sports shed. Gave out a lot of lines in 3Maths. Letter from Heasley. We got our pay rise - I'm now at $5052 and Gail is at $4772.
1974	Have a cold. Contest on average and row 1 won easily. Malcolm Catchpole, Sterling Imports, gave me another pen. Staffroom being torn apart. Did sine rule with 5ths. Maths meeting after school. Letter from Mom. Letter to Signe.
1975	Letter to Benson and got one from Jeannie who said that Fred ended up in the hospital after our visit. Finished painting a wall. Played tennis in the heavy wind. Fuel pump leaking badly.
1977	18 rolls of PVC and textbooks arrived. We determined that the record player with headphones connected doesn't have enough juice to pump the speakers. A little rewiring and we were on air. Creative Publications books arrived, as did a tape from mom.
1978	Fired Julie Breeze from textbooks. Went to Benson's to celebrate Robert's 6th birthday. Hayson and Carolyn, with dogs, Pablo and Melanie dropped in for a visit until 8PM. Three tapes from mom, one a letter and the others were Vikings games.
1979	W - Gave Debbie Johnson her final warning. 4U's BODMAS contest was interrupted when 8 cartons of books arrived. Had Benson unload them. Frank Bailey stayed after school to wash four desks. Gail bought me FM album for $2.50.
1981	Sa - Letter to White while taping Top 40 of 1962. Letter and slides from Steve. Tried to fix bathtub faucet again. Got the dryer going. Mowed back lawn until dark. Painted dining room ceiling.
1982	Su - Target where we got pom poms for Ne to go with her baton. David got Raiders of the Lost Ark record/book. Menards looking for faucets, then C.O.M.B. which is next door (a discount place) where I bought some tools. Sears where I got a battery for the LTD - they weren't interested in the old one, so I kept it even though I got $3 off for a trade-in. Back to Target to get a faucet and a fish pole for David. Final stop at Farmer's Seed to pickup 3 lilac bushes. Gail worked 5-Midnight. Put the faucet in.
1983	M - Cliff Swynigan started today and for the first time in two years I don't have to train the new guy. Al back from hospital. Wife has left him and he is going to accept job offer from Post Office. Kids harvested our peanuts and it was a very successful crop. Went to Jerry's for a late supper. Waitress made many mistakes.	Amy
1984	Gail and Jan went to a "color" talk.
1985	To work early to set up for the Burroughs terminal training sessions. While taking notes on observations I put together an order for Purchasing Dept.  But put a halt to it when Alan told me they had it with Harries and that we were going to give them a DWR and do PCs for Personnel.  Ended up talking to Dennis Gadd until 5:30PM.
1986	Head hurt and I slept in.  Continued training Margaret Hutton.  Went to Wiri after lunch to spend 2 hours to determine that there a faulty printer cable.  Stopped in Manurewa and bought Adidas lawn bowls shoes to be my casual wear [ed. - still wearing them in 2005].  After supper David and I went to get him a school bag [ed. - back then stores only open in evening on Fri].  I bought 2 Goofy caps.  Ran into the mayor of Papakura, George Hawkins (w/ John Merrington). George [ed. - went on to hold several positions in cabinet, mainly Minister of Police] glad to see me and wants to get together with him and his brother [ed. - a future mayor of Papakura] for some wine tasting. My David quite impressed by it all.	which one is George?
1987	Gail went to Val's funeral.  Ne had a special one-on-one lesson with her dance teacher, who is worried because Ne is her best pupil but has not adjusted well to the new music score.  Pruned navel orange. Letter from Angi with many photos.  She is now hooked on classics. Watched Auckland beat Wellington in a kicking duel for the NPC championship.  A call from Lesser. Twins five up and he has playoff tickets.  Spoke about job situation and their January visit. Letter to Joyce.
1988	Flu (pain behind right ear) had me woozy so I didn't stay at work for long.  Watched Recruits and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  Pruned privet behind garage and weeded around fig tree.  Ian got his Permanent Residency today.
1989	Was going to give Jill a brief run through on sub-directories only to find that she didn't know much and needs alot of help (she is supposed to be training others!!). QA'd a couple computers and gave James a lift to Papakura at 7PM. Post card from Atmores who only lasted four months in Australia.
1991	Up to the water tank to get photos of actinea and cliff rose. Weeded. After lunch I went into town and bought a pair of hiking boots at Payless for $31 [ed. - still using them in 2007 - had them re-soled in 2002]. Bought grenade water ballons at Coronet [ed. - still have some in 2009]. Went to Thumb Butte park and walked a trail. Many people sitting in the shade on their lawn chairs, reading or snoozing. Mike brought over mail and stayed for coffee. Letter from Gail. Letter from David.
1992	Betty off to Napier for two weeks so we went over to get her keys and instructions on watering plants. Walked up to veggie place (nursery part closing down) to get carrots and onions. Shopping then Manurewa heated (29.5°C) pool for a 30 minute soak. Ne and I went to three video places and couldn't find anything so we played cribbage and pinochle.
1993	Ne and I went to Clark's and Mike helped her with her financial studies. Sarj and Jan were there discovering the joy of Grand Prix. Sophie and Alex have chicken pox so I put on red stickers. Sanders over and I helped Kathy do her resumé while Mike and Gail played Upwords.
1995	1. Bali's laptop missing config.ini and had two virii. Luckily, I had a backup and it was an easy fix. 2. Distant Suns won't run comets, so rest of day in B1 fixing those computers. 3. Don Rolle wanted a new computer, so I processed one for him.
1996	Th - Whites over for Portuguese Grand Prix. After supper it was 3 rubbers of good bridge.
1997	F - Day 81 of our 3 month journey around the world. See 1997 Trip Photo Journal. Letter from Trish and email from Roy.
1998	Sa - Whites over for bridge.
1999	Su - Senad out with his computer - its all in German so that made it difficult. He told me about the breakdown of his parents marriage that is going on. Yesterday when Gail was bringing Ne back to Manurewa a vehicle behind them kept honking and flashing lights. Finally, Gail stopped and there was Ne's iron on the roof of the car. Brand new one that I had bought her. Whites over over for French Grand Prix and then some bridge.
2000	T - email from Hansen. Chat with Fab. Went to Thangamani's to work on their computer and ended up having lunch. Installed Mavis Beacon after their "genius" son had told it couldn't be done.
2001	Gail bought a used aluminum table and chairs for by the pool.  Another crappy day for me in bed listening to the Twins.  Cribbage.
2002	Walk with Dad and pancakes for brunch.  Then we went to bank, * post office (postcard to Doug and 'thank you' gift to Lundholms).  Coon Rapids library to see how his setup is when he gets onto the net. Another walk when we got home and I also walked with Lavonne to gas station to get milk before a chow mein supper.	out west
2003	Up at 11:40AM still flu ridden.  email to Rosalie.  Layed more carpet in loft.  Stephanie gave us gifts from her and her mother.  Lovely bottle of Alsace Pinot Noir and Steph's very own Disney tin lunch box (with Goofy) that had been hers as a child.  Lost at cribbage. Listened to the Twins (2nd string team) 3 - Indians 2.
2004	email from Roxane and one to Vall.  Sunshine finally after about 10 days, so I washed clothes, vacuumed the pool, weeded the rose garden and around the whole 2 acres until Ian came by to take me for a walk.  We checked out the houses on Jenny Lane and Awaroa Stream Rd. All established with big trees and bushes.  Missed Gail's call - back from Branson.  Cribbage with Ne. Our internet phone line down, so I replaced the jack box with no improvement.  Ne made chili for supper.  We watched Lord of the Rings pt.1 and it were good. Listened to the Twins 3 - Baltimore 12.
2005	email from Angi saying she survived hurricane Rita with only little damage in Houston. PAG where I helped Sandy with her computer and managerial problems for four hours. Brought in a portfolio as she wants to try to sell some to an office in Botany Downs. Checked out The Warehouse to get glitter paint for Ne who is exploring its use in her paintings. Then a couple hours with David A trying to get his ipod going - decided to buy a new computer. Home at 8PM to skunk Gail and watch Bend It Like Beckham on DVD after giving Johnny English a go.
2006	email to Tracy. Met Christine Lawrence (now at Waiuku College) at dentist where Brent filled a couple teeth. Dick Smith (ran into Christine MacLeod) to get a printer and wireless ADSL for Clarks. Installed them with a little help from David. Had a fantastic 2004 Monkey Bay Merlot Cab and was on my way home. Listened to the Twins 6 - Orioles 3.
2007	Gail got me out of bed, I downed a bowl of Hubbard's Caramel Cashew Crunch Muesli and we were off to Mike's funeral at St Mary's in Papakura. Met Jacky Brown, Waiuku librarian and friend of Kathy. There was a Mass and people spoke but we couldn't hear them. We left immediately as Mass ended since Gail had to be home in time to go off with Diane Whitehead and Tony for there Tiritiri adventure. Weeded gazanias, pruned around pool and scrubbed house eave by garage. Watched the Twins 2 - Detroit 0. Woody sent me a link to photos from the US QVS OB party - he appears to be the only white dude. Here's George Kwong.
2008	email to Eliason. Weeded and pruned by the pool. Hauled a couple trailer load of prunings to the pile. Mowed paddocks. Dumped tile off-cuts into a animal trough (out of sight of out mind). Beat Gail at cribbage when she got home to start her two week holidays. Listened to the Twins 9 - White Sox 3. Ne and Bonnie back from house sitting at Yri's. Spoke to Trish, who cleaned her father's house and now he can't find anything. Spoke to Mike H to cancel TP for tonight. Scraped dining room walls. Was setting the lights for the garage * and I dropped the keys behind the shelf unit only to have them disapppear. Watched A Thousand Apologies.
2009	Sa - Up at 11:30AM. Card for Celina. Whole day copying files off of Toshiba and onto the Acer. Listened to the Twins 8 - Chicago 6. Got outside for just a little (still coughing all the time). But a long time in garage sorting through boxes and making open spaces. In to win cribbage game.
2010	Su - Daylight savings began. Hauled branches and vacuumed pool. Won cribbage game. Brought Gail to Ascot Hospital, taking the long way through Cornwall Park, where the car (not me) lost a hubcap on the narrow roads. Dr Sillars, then the anaesthetist and the nurse, Fedzai spent two hours telling Gail what was going to happen and filling out forms. Listened to the Twins 5 - Indians 1. Watched Superhero Movie.
2011	M - Card and note for Lina. Listened to the Twins 4 - Mariners 5. Picked up branches and vacuumed pool. Then I got the garage organized for us to begin filling with our "stuff". Won cribbage game. Ian and Susi over for bridge. They brought a long a sweet Matua '09 Pinot Noir and Ukranian Crazy Bee candy by Roshen.
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