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| 1959 | 10 o'clock Mass then Charlie Malecek's store. While playing and hide and seek I fell from a tree. [ed. - there was a tree that had a long horizontal branch that was perfect for riding like a horse by making it go up and down. But this time I was clinging to it from the underside, when I fell down about 3 feet landing on my back and knocking all the air out of me so that I couldn't move or breathe for what seemed a long time]. Mama took us to the 71 Drive-in to see "Elephant Gun" (where everybody marries everybody else). | |
| 1960 | First day at De La Salle. I got up at 5:30AM and took the bus in with Bruce Nihart and Mike Schindler (in all of my classes). We were given information and books and paid our fees. Took the 10:05AM bus home. Went bowling at Luxury with Kincy and Gary - 97, 145, 95. Mr. Peterson (Lyle's father) and Venita Garland were there. Mrs. Kaihai is now teaching 7th grade [ed. - she had been my 6th grade teacher at Elliott]. | |
| 1961 | High = 75°F. A sports reporter brings me to the Twins game. We visit coaches prior to game and I get autographs from Twins coaches George Strickland and Ed Fitz Gerald. |  |
| 1963 | Paul M. and I worked on the physics experiment. We got out at 12:30PM and Howie had to stop at the court house. Listened to the Twins 9 - Chisox 8. (Killer 37, Allison 32, Battey 24, Power 9). | |
| 1964 | Terri had gone to St. James to stay a few days with Debbie Jameison. Kincy and I drove to Mankato to bring her back. We had a meal with the two families at a restuarant. Then the four of us spent the day going through the University campus and the zoo. [ed. - last time I saw Debbie]. Was a great ride back to cities with Terri by my side. |  |
| 1966 | Tips = $4.50. After work we had a poker game and I made 70¢. | |
| 1967 | Took Signe to The Cooper Theater, which was quite a drive, to see "Grand Prix" ($5.15) - surround screen and it made an impression upon me. |  |
| 1968 | Brought Darrell up to Les and Judy's cabin, then Steve and I continued up to North Star lake. We got there at 2:30AM and found the lock off, but inside seemed okay. It was very cold. | |
| 1969 | Sa - Gail (53,53,61) and I (45,50,48) went to Putt-Putt. | |
| 1970 | Up to a call from Hoffsis in Levuka. Took Fran and Bryce down for a tour of the school; ran into Jemesa and Lusi on the beach. Murray had pulled a dead shark from one of the ponds by the school office - apparently it was stinking up the place but I couldn't smell it with my cold. Hargrove bought a VW. He was cleaning his outboard because it had ripped right off of a boat. Hoffsis arrived via a cab from Natovi. I gave all of them a tour of Woody's home brew factory. After dinner it was a night of pinochle with them and the Perry's until 1AM. I slept in Peter's room. |  |
| 1971 | Lusi now on maternity leave and we have a new secretary. Letter from Kelera with interesting observations of life in the States. Printed photos of some 4th formers. | |
| 1972 | Up early so I could get the egg order onto the bus. 15 books from Desai's and my Racoe order came I so I began a register in the library. Had Luke put a new lock onto it and had him board up louvres. 1971 Rock n Roll book arrived and a tape from Woody. Got a call from Fatiaki in Ed Dept asking us to send a covering letter for Gail's application. Brought tape down for Whites to hear while we played bridge. Gail and I lost badly. |  Luke |
| 1973 | Up at 7:30AM. Walked with Gail as far as the Y and then I shot buckets until 9AM. Letter from Gary Forsman. | |
| 1974 | First Basketball Coach newsletter arrived. Biked over to feed Kelti. To McGhies' with the Findlays (taught John's brother, Mark, last year) for a meal with a Pinotage. Highlight probably Barry's non-stop chatter and a great story about their flight through an African sheikdom. Home about 1AM. | |
| 1975 | Letter to Atmore and a note to Trish. Record Research books (Pop 1940-1955, Pop 1974) came. Mowed boulevard grass. Put the basket up onto the garage with help of Don's drill. He sold me a ball for $2. Watched tennis on TV, then Gail and I went out to play a bit ourselves. Watched Miss New York become Miss America 1976. |  |
| 1976 | Sent off telegrams about Ne's birth. Te washed the dishes. Simon came at 11AM to pick up the tape deck and I bought a couple tapes from him. Cancelled dinner with David Smithers. Mary Benson sent over a sharp steak meal for me and David and a blanket for Renee. Doug brought me to the home and watched David while I visited Gail at the maternity home. I think they danced the whole time I was away. Letter (pg 2 pg 3) from Trish. | |
| 1977 | Open the packages that came from Mom: clothes for kids, newspapers and blank cassettes and a map of St Paul for me. I was talking to Mrs Thorsing about lambing until Mrs Dent interrupted with a request to hide her shovel so Mr Dent couldn't put chicken manure into the garden. Built a new sandbox. | |
| 1978 | Gil Epps rehung our back door so it opens to the other side and make entry easier. Met Mrs. Thorsing's neighbor, Mr Anderson who is 87 years old. Colin brought Kelvin Mills over to get Hawkins' work schemes. Sprayed onehunga. | |
| 1980 | Sa - Garage sales: desk for $5 [ed. - still have it in 2010] and a couple lamps. John and Diane over with gifts for Ne. They played Pin the Tail and other games and had cake. Watched to the Twins beat Tigers. Then watched Miss America with Bert Parks not hosting after 25 years. |  |
| 1981 | Su - Brought a carload over at 9AM - we decided to remove the basement carpet - I almost heaved while we rolled it up, from the cat urine smell. Picked up the truck at noon - since it was a manual Gail did the driving. Mom and Chris joined us at the townhouse and we brought a load over. On our second trip the Towns and kids were waiting. Rollie Schwitters introduced himself and his daughter Jennifer. Third and final load after a KFC supper. Brought Chris home at 9:30PM and then final stop at townhouse to unplug frig and bring the last of our stuff to Cotttage Grove. Got there at midnight. We all slept in the basement. | 
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| 1983 | T - Van downtown with Cathy Reis. Meeting with Rempert and Breyer. Fran found Dr McBeil a waste as I did. She has iritis and made many emergency visits over the weekend. Letter (pg 1 pg 2) from Angi. | |
| 1984 | Mike drove me to Glenbrook where I had a physical exam. The nurse's aide had lived in Utah for 8 years and the doctor was a good friend of Helen Bold. Passed the exam but hearing is poor. Personnel officer (Geoff Crowley) was at university for the day and Varney could not be found. So Mrs. Archibald brought me the letter of of offer. It was not signed, it did not have the salary mentioned and it stated that the flight would not cover the kids. So I got onto the phone to Doug White who got into action. Varney soon showed up all apologetic and sorted everything out (they upped the shipping by 2 cu/m for my troubles). He brought to meet my boss, Alan Dougal and Alan brought me to the brand new computer building and showed me my office. Kathy picked me up and we went to Manukau City to price things. Called Gail and wished a sad Ne "Happy Birthday". Trish came over with an excellent bottle of McWilliams 1980 Cabernet Sauvignon to congratulate me. Walked over to Croucher's at 6PM, had a quick look at the yard and then spent the evening listening to Martin go on about how great he is at his job. Had another McWilliams, Marque Vue, with supper and then an excellent 1980 Selak's Private Bin claret for afters. Had a look at the 24' boat he is building in his garage. |  Mike  Twinky  Kathy, Lia & James A. |
| 1985 | Brought Ian to airport at 10AM after buying the stereo system for $140. Met Heasley there. Ian changed socks, returning my warm ones. Just like that he was gone and Heasley went away too. And our umbrella stays at Iliatia's. Tremendous headache crunched me for the rest of the day. Nice letter from Barb Strom. Lesser sent 1985 Twins yearbook with lots of clippings, but no letter. Kids and I went to town to do banking, pay dentist and rates. Went house looking with Ray Poppleton - found 3 nice ones. Talked to Doug and found out about his rats/offal pit problems. |  |
| 1986 | Garage sales - table lamp. Foodtown and 3 Guys to load up at pre-GST [ed. - General Sales Tax 10%] prices. Yardwork and we removed the carpet from Ne's room. Jones and Sanders over for a boring evening of chit chat, an okay Villa Maria '85 Riesling Sylvaner and a very good R&B Artillery 12 year old port. Ne and Paula played. David tried to avoid Lia and Bronwyn. Ne got socks from Jones and a book and fingernail set from Sanders. | |
| 1987 | Father's Day. Jet Spray washer, block and tackle gizmo, car visor wallet, fancy key-tainer from the gang. Ne made me breakfast. David left shortly thereafter for Mark's where the spent the night in a tent in a barn. So naturally Ne had Natsha over to sleep in the garage. Pruned small fig tree. Tried the pressure sprayer and it does a good job. First coat of paint onto master bedroom doors. | |
| 1988 | Chaired the Micro Policy Group meeting. Had a meeting with Gary McSpadden to plan the purchase for their PC-Explor items. Letter from Marge. Something has me down again. | |
| 1989 | Peter Bates informed me that John Cleary (new operations manager from BHP) would be using my office. Within minutes 8 men arrived and tore everything out including a wall making a much larger office. Birthday cards, money and letters from Joyce and Eva - 40 or so photos from mom. |  Peter |
| 1990 | Dad's - he had Cindy play a special doorbell he rigged up for her. Took them and Chris to Red Lobster. We were the only ones there. I had a sumer sling with Admiral's Feast. David had a Ninja Turtle drink. Chris had a very small swordfish done "black" which is the rage these days. Back to Dad's to try to flush out gophers. Stopped at Best Buy where Ne got a portable cassette player. Then at The Source so David could buy D & D stuff. I found two Goofy comics there. Finally Lesser's to see their slides of their trip to NZ in 1988 and show them our AZ ones. Doug Seims stopped in. Kathy was upstairs with a migraine. I went up to talk with her and she said they wanted to move to NZ. We stopped at a White Castle on Snelling around 11PM. | 
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| 1992 | Bowling - 151 and 174. Gail bought a ball for Cabbie and he goes crazy over it. Walk with Gail. Ian dropped off Matthew and food. | |
| 1993 | Letter and card to Fishers for their 25th. Gail and walked to get the car, WOF and tuneup. Letter from Mom (pg 1 pg 2). Bob got a hole-in-one. Letter from Eliason. Couple games of Upwords. David back to Uni. |  |
| 1994 | Gail and I brought prunnings to Aldies and the steers eat it as fast as we can get it out of the van. Gail visited with Dot while I watched Tony Vincent muck around on the 586. Car in for WOF - drop arm of steering wheel cost $75. | |
| 1995 | To Gillans at 10AM. Made startup disks and got into Windows. Was leaving at 12:30PM, Andrew asked me to change window screen. System hung up and wouldn't install driver. I eventually found a backup system.ini and fixed things. Finally left at 3PM. | |
| 1996 | F - Caught Roseanne Emery eating an apple in B5. Letter (pg 1 pg 2) from Mom with photos of Angi's latest, Gene and a card for Ne. Met Willie, who was driving Ne, Tracy and Jackie around. Brought a group out to Waiuku for the TP contest at the College. Came in 1st which made up for the harsh Montana '96 Riesling Traviner.Chatted with Ian Johston and Dennis Gadd (now in IS at mill). |  |
| 1997 | Sa - Day 61 of our 3 month journey around the world. See 1997 Trip Photo Journal. | |
| 1998 | Su - Slept until noon and then stayed in bed all day. Father's day: Ne gave me a Goofy wnd chime, David gave me a broken cup and Gail gave me a pair of socks. | |
| 2001 | email from Brenda. Bath and read Dostoevsky's "A Gentle Spirit" (read online). Into town to pay bills before going to Trish's for another computer lesson and chat. Heavy downpour (thunder had Scruffy shaking) caused a river to run through the paddock and one steer stood right in the middle of it apparently deep in thought as to what it was while the others headed for higher ground. Whitcoull's to get paint for Ne, then Countdown where I met a very flash Noeline Brown. Home for cribbage and coffee before Doug arrived for a night of musical challenge. He had doused himself in perfume so needed a shower, change of clothes and a wooly hat before I let him into my room. Listened to the Twins beat Rangers big time 11 - 2. | |
| 2002 | Today we left Prescott, AZ and began our journey to New Ulm, MN. Trip Report. |  Williamsites |
| 2003 | emails to a few people plus a few phone calls. Worked on Malley-Gram. Did some touch up in Steph's room. Lost at cribbage. Drove myself to the last Warriors match and checked out Christopher's bruises from his go at paintball. Was 28-0 at half and 32 - 16 over Tigers in front of largest crowd (20,300) that was into the Mexican wave. Gave Chris a ride home. Listened to the Twins 10 - Texas 7. | |
| 2004 | Converted Malley-Gram to digital. Spoke to Titania for awhile before handing phone over to Ne. Painted in my room. Weeded pool patio. After my hour with Michael doing math, home to lose the cribbage game. Listened to the Twins 8 - Texas 5 in 11th on Tori Hunter's walk-off homer. | |
| 2005 | Roger C and I shifted Steph's stuff from Trevor's place to ours. He drove her car back. Bonnie was whimpering, thinking that it was Steph in the car. He gave me a bottle of Jackson Estate 2004 SB that has some of their grapes in its making. Won cribbage game when Gail and Ne came home from getting haircuts. Listened to the Twins 3 - Indians 2. |  |
| 2006 | email to Steph. Got a report from Paul in England. Finished cutting back chinese lantern by pool. Roché dropped in with his latest tale of woe since Shirley's parents have moved to Waiuku from So Africa. So spent a couple hours listening. Won cribbage game. | |
| 2007 | email to Oberg and he replied. Few hours at Brundell's doing database stuff. Then over to Helen's to pick up the computer, have a cappacino and listen to Helen tell me the same stories and see the room above the garage again, before I could escape. Lost cribbage game when Gail got home from school concert. Listened to the Twins 1 - KC 8. | |
| 2008 | emails to Tracy and Breeze. Pruned the chinese lanterns by pump house. Hauled a trailer load of pruning to the bonfire pile. Mowed paddocks. When Gail and Ne got back from shopping we put the remaining front fence half-rounds back up. Changed oil on the rode-on. Won the cribbage game. Listened to the Twins 4 - Jays 5 in 11 innings. We had a Cheesecake Shop cake for Ne's birthday. Watched Warriors beat the Eels 28 - 6 to make it into the top 8 and playoffs. |  |
| 2009 | Su - email to Kjell. Gail and I joined the TPers at Cock and Bull in Botany for a send-off meal for Dave and Colleen (who gave me The Big Book of Kiwi Trivia. Once home I finished installing veggie gate, vacuumed pool and mowed lawn. In to be skunked. |  |
| 2010 | M - email to Chapman. We brought Ne to Cock and Bull for lunch. Women upset that their quesidella had curry in it. Picked up coffee and went back to her place to open gifts (camera, shoes and wonky thermometer). Had baba cake and visited until 5:15PM. No one at home at Emery's (was going to get a supply of newspapers). Picked up filet-o-fish at McD's. Won the cribbage game. |  |
| 2011 | T - email to Newsy (and he replied). Ne and I got the ride-on cleaned up. Listened to the Twins 4 - Tigers 6. Lost cribbage game. Played Dominion after supper. Ne gave me a cranberry/lime cordial as Father's Day gift. |  |
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