Weather has been basically fine all week, what summer should be like. Theories for why include that most people have gone back to work and that Paul has gone home to SF.
LOCAL NEWS
A glider crashed into a mountain, the pilot failed to survive.
The government wants to force people to include an immobiliser and a microdot in their cars to prevent car theft. There's been a bit car theft going on with expensive cars being pinched. However, immobilisers can inconvenience the owner of the vehicle quite a lot too (just ask Ross about his landrover).
Lots of fuss about convicted child molester Lloyd McIntosh who has been released from prison under supervision. I think he managed to molest a woman whilst under this "supervision" a while back. Then they increased supervision from one to two people. I don't really understand why he can't just be kept in jail, am I missing something?
A teenage girl fell off a dam and died. I supposed it was a dam silly thing to do.
Police have announced they are going to arrest drunk people in pubs and test criminals for drunkenness when they are arrested to establish possible causal links between crime and alcohol. "We got the idea from the fact that all those charged with DIC are drunk and have committed a crime." said a spokesman.
A New Zealander is on the run with his young daughter because of an international custody battle. Mother is Welsh and won custody hearing in NZ. Let's hope it doesn't get messy.
A float plane crashed on take-off on lake Taupo. They reckon it hit the wake of a boat. Seems silly, they should have seen it coming. Pilot was hurt.
WORLD NEWS
The bushfire near Adelaide made the news, but only nine died initially so it struggled for space in the paper. This is known as "Ash Tuesday". Apparently the Aussies had a fire a while back that became "Ash Wednesday". It is funny how they name things like that.
Harry's fancy dress outfit seems to have caused quite a stir. While ill-advised, I suspect the reaction would have been considerably less if he has gone as Charles Manson or Jack the Ripper.
They continue to talk about the Tsunami, and the minute's silence yesterday was responsible for a heck of a lot of noise.
REAL SPORT
Finally, back in action. Rory played a social water polo game with a wide mix of players on Sunday night. It included a number of coaches and adult players and was very fast-paced. Final score was 6-6. He did well, enjoyed himself, and did not look out of place. Marking his coach Mike was funny, and Rory deflected a shot at goal with his face.
SPORT
Local soccer club the Kingz have changed their name to the NZ Knights. This has offended the Northern District Knights cricket team and has people wondering whether a name change will help.
Aussie thumped the Windies in first one dayer. There's been a few other games but not sure what's been happening.
Bangladesh won their first test match against Zimbabwe this week. That is first ever, not the first test. They've played about 30 tests. It takes time to start winning (NZ took quite a while).
Man Utd beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield, good result. Villa beat Norwich 3-0, Newcastle 2-1 over Southampton, Man City 3-1 over Crystal Palace. Chelsea beat Spurs 2-0. The Arse lost 1-0 to Bolton, they won't be happy. They are only one point clear of Man Utd now, but Chelsea are ten points clear.
Auckland won the National Rugby 7s Champs in Queenstown.
There is speculation that Jonah is on the comeback trail.
MY SAD LIFE
We farewelled Barbara on Tuesday. I learned quite a bit about her earlier life, of which I knew a little but not a lot. It went reasonably well. Her ex-husband was there and announced he had become a father the day before. I think that was in very poor taste.
I forgot to mention it was Sarah's birthday on Wednesday, now 26 so she is in her late twenties. It was also Bambi's birthday on Tuesday.
Charles has returned to Melbourne. The Goodins had a bit of a do with the Batenbergs and Browns and us. The kids swam a lot. I hid from the sun a lot.
I swam 5km this week. Rory managed a full length underwater (first time for about two years) then did it twice more in the same session. I did it once to prove I can still do it. Then on Sunday, I swam a full length and turned around and came back about 6 metres. Then I swam a full length under water four more times for a total of five times in the one session. Both Hannah and Rory both set fastest times ever on Sunday under a new "scheme" where they earn stars for beating target times. They dived in to get a bit more speed, which they need to practice so that's fine. They think stars should be worth $1 each. I worked out that along with cost of getting in the pool it would cost me about $70 a week so they can think again. We need a method to motivate them but without requiring a second mortgage. They are already thinking that they are like some sort of rewards program, redeemable for prizes or cash.
Back in the saddle on the radio again yesterday, went very well. It's pretty routine now. Not sure how long it will go for as the station is being reorganised in March/April.
We managed to fit in some gardening around other activities yesterday, but considerably more gardening required.
Diana is going to go away with the kids for a couple of days at the end of this week. Not sure whether I will manage to follow for a day or two or be stuck at work. Probably will be stuck here working.
Well, that'll do for now. A quiet week really.
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