Sorry Jono, here it is. You started work early! Very unlike you.
LOCAL NEWS
A farmer was found not guilty of negligence in a case where his daughter was killed riding a quad bike. She was four years old. Farmers live by their own rules. I guess he will pay the price for the rest of his life. News then came out that the quad bike was woefully badly maintained (flat tire, wobbly wheel, faulty brakes, speedo didn't go (not that she could read it, at four), and it needed a jolly good clean, too). Seems the Taranaki farming set that were the jury voted out of sympathy (which is why jury trials aren't always representative of justice). I think the scumbag should burn in hell. There is no excuse, I am sorry, endangering yourself is one thing, a four year old child is quite another.
Lots of fuss made of "text bullying", which I find to be pathetic. It is a pretty tame form of bullying that is easily controlled (if you don't like it get a new number, turn your phone off, or complain to your carrier). Overreactions include the Government talking about legislating the minimum age to use a cellphone (well good luck on that one, Helen). The whole thing is beyond sad, but it is an excellent example of the media latching on to some buzzword and creating a mountain out of a molehill. Worse still, the publicity has probably inspired the less-imaginative bullies to get on the bandwagon.
A car rolled in a rally and smacked into a bunch of spectators, five were hurt, three hospitalised. I always say you should stand on the inside of the curve.
I wonder - is carving things out of margerine a waste of food? There was something this week where conference attendees were greeted by a statue carved out of 150kg of the stuff. Never liked margarine, myself.
Some guys raced across from Sydney to Auckland in a boat to beat the record by six hours, took about two days I think.
WORLD NEWS
Slobodan Milosevic has died. Poor bugger. Not.
One of Harmeet Sooden's co-hostages has been murdered, things not looking good on that front.
REAL SPORT
Hannah had softball on Tuesday. This was her first proper interschool competition. I stuck around for the day, the girls did quite well, winning four games and losing three, coming third over all. They were pretty happy with that. Hannah dropped one chance but took four catches, two of which were very impressive. She made it home a few times when batting, couple of great hits.
Rory's junior water polo team were way too powerful for the Parnell College Junior B team, we knew two kids in the team. It wasn't real pretty, final score 13-3 (Rory scored 4, I think). Rory said he wanted to hang around for the girls game, which was absolute bollocks. He wanted to try out this three-man slingshot that Patrick had. So I was left in the pool, watching games I had no real interest in, which was a bit rough. By the time the girls played, which was two hours after the boys finished, they didn't have an opposition. So Rory, Patrick, and Rhye got in and we got Jane (who plays for St Marys but we know) to help and they played a full game. Rory and Patrick had to use left hand to pass the ball, which cramped their style a lot. They enjoyed themselves and it was very good for the girls to get so much game time.
Rory's Senior Team beat Lynfield B 5-1. Was pretty hard fought game and very slow scoring. 2-0 at half time and 3-0 end of third quarter. They had a couple of good players that Rory and Patrick basically shut out of the game with close marking which really neutralised their attack.
Rory has Champ of Champs swimming today for school. No water polo this coming weekend as North Island Senior Sec School champs, Rory's school hasn't entered but will enter Junior ones (their senior team had four juniors in it last night).
SPORT
The first test against the Windies is staggering to an end. Neither side seems to be able to bat, pretty low scoring game with nobody getting more that 270-odd per innings.
The Aussies set a record score against South Africa, getting 434, only to be overhauled by the yarpies setting a new high score of 438. I don't think anyone had made 400 in an ODI before.
I am not sure that I am prepared to commit to following the Warriors every week, but they lost their first game. So much for trying to catch up on the penalty points they lost. They are now effectively four points behind second to last.
The Blues had a good result - they had a bye. Crusaders beat Chiefs, Hurricanes beat someone. Highlanders lost I think (in South Africa).
Man Utd beat Newcastle 2-0, I think, Liverpool had a 0-1 loss to the Arse (think it changed later to 1-2). English teams fared poorly in Europe Championship with only one team going through (Arsenal, I think).
MY SAD LIFE
Not sure if Koos is back yet, possibly not. You got Diana's camera cable?
Gavin is particularly quiet.
Charles is back in the country, his Mum has had three strokes, she seems pretty good considering, from what he said. Theoretically he returns to Melbourne on Wednesday.
We saw Charles, and the Goodins, on Saturday night. We also met Pipi (or Pippy?) the part retriever/poodle. Very cute dog, very much a puppy.
Rory spent a chunk of Sunday refereeing Flippa Ball (which is like beginner water polo, the kids can touch the bottom). This may become a regular thing.
On Saturday, Hannah went to the Pasifika festival with her friends. They sang the National Anthem in Maori on stage and won a CD (a pretty lame one). We didn't see much of her until we picked her up on the way to the Goodins.
On Saturday, Rory was doing homework. He has started building a model shelter for English (I thought we were through all that). He was building a cave out of kleen clay which is really cool stuff that I just happened to have lying around….
Jack, Diana said she heard from Frida. Things are going okay in Dargaville.
Worked out the other day how many things we have on in the evenings. A typical week, with normal commitments, means I leave the house between 4 and back some time before 9:30 every night of the week, except Saturday. No wonder I really like a quiet night in.
Rory has decided to grow his sideburns longer. We aren't really convinced that he needs to, but he seems to think it is important. Think he is hoping to start getting in to R18 movies or something. Texting continues without any contact in real world.
Hannah started pre-season soccer training this week. We have trials this weekend, the club has decided to create two uber-teams that will be developed. Hannah has a very good chance of making the 13th grade team, a year older than she is but I think she is capable. Sunday will be a big day for her.
Still having fun with the new camera.
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