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Good Loth. I hope she is coping well.
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Continuing prayers for the young lass.
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I enjoyed the shindig up at the big house despite 3 days of 39 degree heat. I renewed lots of acquaintances and got to see the new Metropolitan in action. Interesting to be able to see some of the backstage stuff happening too. How come I have never heard of the Centre for Public Christianity before? Is it entirely Sydney-centric?
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Little Miss M came home from hospital late yesterday afternoon after more chemo to make up for a missed dose when she was having other tests done. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Home from hospital is a bit of a euphemism. At least she had her own bed. Four visits to oncology clinic in next six day at her home away from home.
Well, that didn't last long. She spiked a very high temperature in middle of the night and has been re-admitted. I'll have her elder sister here all week.
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Any kiwis feel that little shake this afternoon? Glad it wasn't overnight, I'd popped a heavy sculpture on a shelf above my bed as a bookend, 'twas resting on my pillow afterwards - it survived, but would've hurt had my head been there. Nothing broken, but I think some cracks in the house have grown. Not a patch on what Huia's been through, but unnerving nonetheless.
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In Palmerston North, hence my noting its wobbliness.
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Others in Wellington appear to have felt much more than we did: a long rumble and then a slight tremor which didn't even send the lights swinging. Maybe because the house is on a 10-inch slab of reinforced concrete.
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I didn't catch up with the news until this morning. Thinking of all of you up there with the wobbles. I think any size quake is probably scarier than it would have been in the past because we are more aware of how much worse it could be.
Alban the bed that I used to sleep in has a built in bookcase, which is now empty.
It's a reminder to me to top up my emergency supplies, especially water, which I had allowed to run down. I strongly suggest any tall bookcases or cupboards be braced in some way, mine are now attached to the wall.
Sorry to get all bossy like a public service announcement, ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) but things could have been much worse for me if I had been in another room or had less caring neighbours.
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We were just thankful that our drive through Ekatahuna was 60 minutes in the past when the earthquake hit.
We'd been up visiting my mum and sweltering in the sunshine while putting in an irrigation system with a timer for her.
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In Palmerston North, hence my noting its wobbliness.
Understood, then. Not much fun. I hope my old (now earth-quake closed anyway) church didn't suffer any further indignities. As Huia said, we all think much more realistically about the rusks* than we did pre- 2nd Christchurch.
I am awaiting the engineers' report on my new pad. Though it was built in the 1950s after the old one was reduced to rubble in '31, I fear there may be serious issues.
[*Edit: Kuruman thinks about rusks. That was risks. My accent must be Tasman shifting again]
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What next can happen? With Miss M back in hospital, her older sister was to come to me for the last week of holidays. She went with her dad to friends for dinner in western Sydney.
On the way home he realised he needed a pump for airbed for her so called in at a KMart they were passing. Back to car which would not start. Rang a friend for a jumpstart. Nothing worked. Suspect a dead starter motor.
Rang NRMA who when told his address asked if he felt safe where he was. A far from salubrious part of Sydney with brawls and shootings regularly. He said his young daughter was with him and a service man arrived pronto. Dead starter motor and they had to push start car. In reverse.
Not a good thing. Big bang and either exhaust pipe has disconnected from manifold or has blown a hole. Very noisy. He left it parked up a hill so he could roll down this morning.
I think this Renault is at the end of its life. Rego due soon and other things wrong. However, he will speak to his mechanic and see what he suggest. He loves his renaults, as do I but the time has probably come... There's a diesel Golf in a car yard up the road which he likes.
They finally arrived well after midnight and we are all a bit sensitive this morning.
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Oh dear,
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Don't remember whether it was on TV or in conversation – someone pointed out that we've had so many reminders (on the media, leaflets etc) to secure furniture and take other quake-safe measures that if say an unsecured bookcase fell and caused damage, insurance could refuse a claim as one hadn't taken steps to prevent the damage. Looking around the room, I don't see much that we could secure: TV's on a trolley, books will fall off bookcase... I remember how in the 1942 Wairarapa quake, all my childhood library fell off their narrow built-in shelves, the cistern in the roof above tipped over and water dripped on them but not in huge quantities. Dad got up on the roof next day and pushed over the damaged chimney before it could fall on anyone. And the main school building was condemned, so after a few days of no school (we went to school only to get our apple and bottle of milk) we were taught in various church halls.
GG – brought up among earthquakes from early days in Murchison.
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Loth, my eldest brother's first car was a Renault. Later on he had a diesel Golf which I really liked.
GG apparently Christchurch only gets a watered down version of those tv advertisements in case it stirs uncomfortable memories. I note that the mother of a baby killed by a falling wide screen tv is fronting one of them.
When I visited the family home (now sold ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif) ) it was the chimney that worried me. A friend and I demolished one of mine on the day of Sept 4, and a gang of retired blokes demolished the other after a strong aftershock. I may have jumped the queue because I was told it was teetering on the brink and would be demolished in 10 days, whereupon I totally lost it and sobbed, so the receptionist put me onto the boss who said, "We'll be round this arvo." Those blokes remain in my memory as some of the unsung quake heroes for responding to my terror.
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B1 loves her diesel Golf, although her children are a bit sniffy about it. (Not cool enough, apparently ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) ).
TP is disappearing our rickety old shed, bit by bit. For the last 20 years it has LOOKED like an earthquake must have damaged it, so I am seriously glad it is going. Need specialists to do the fibro asbestos, however, so not a cheap exercise. Sigh.
Meanwhile, the LandFillharmonic seems like an inspirational way to repurpose rubbish.
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A lot of the young people around there drive Golfs; not many diesels, mostly the faster models and usually black. They try to look like GTIs, which they can't drive on P plates. A Toyota is probably less likely to cause grief.
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We love our Continental cars around here and the family overall has had quite a variety.
Son had a diesel Golf some years ago but is now considering a diesel Renault Megane. Not very old and in good condition. A couple of guys at Hornsby service his Renaults. Genuine parts but cheaper labour and over many years have proved themselves trustworthy and hardworking. One will help him check out anything he is seriously considering.
Of course a Citroen DS would be nice but they are a bit long in the tooth now. I remember Dad's with nostalgia. It was one of the most comfortable cars I have been in.
I agree a Toyota would be cheaper and easier to service but son is extremely reluctant to even consider such a thing. He was told they drive well. His reply was they drive well in a straight line. I can understand. I do like accelerating into corners with a continental car and am totally accustomed to Renault body roll.
Miss M's blood tests come back today and then she has to have seven incident free days in hospital before they will consider another release. If there is an incident, the cycle starts again.
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Prayers continuing for the little girl.
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Yea and amen.
On the subject of continental cars, Newfoundland is notable for the almost total absence of French cars; the only ones I've seen here have Saint-Pierre & Miquelon plates (there are lots of them there). I've never seen a single Renault or Puegeot anywhere else here, or even a comedy Citroen Dyane.
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Of course a Citroen DS would be nice but they are a bit long in the tooth now. I remember Dad's with nostalgia. It was one of the most comfortable cars I have been in.
Reminds me of travelling in France in 1989 or a few years later, when we were fascinated to see the DS automatically levelling itself as the passengers got out.
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They were fantastic for changing a tyre. Put it to highest level, slip jack underneath, lower gently and change tyre.
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And now, 58 years or so after they were first shown, they are still extremely elegant cars - the later ones with the extra smooth noses in particular. Somewhere I have a photo of a Robin Boyd house in the Victorian bush, with a DS parked in the carport (if a Boyd house had anything as prosaic as that). IIRC, Boyd himself also had one at some stage, between the US cars that he liked so much.
Soon leaving wonderful Wien. It's been cold, but not as much as we had expected. In fact, not much colder than Canberra often is. A bit of snow fell and we sat in our warm flat looking out at it gently settle on the knobbly bits and pieces of St Stephens. Shopping for some basic food items such as breakfast doings, tea and so forth had the usual effect of making us feel more part of the city than simply staying in an hotel. And having wild game of a quality and flavour lacking in the farmed ingredients on sale at home was as satisfying as always.
A sister says that we have missed some unpleasant heat and that there's actually been some rain over the last couple of days; she also says that Dog has shown no sign of missing us. Work calls though.
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Diesel owner here - but it sure as hell ain't a little one.
Now we've unpacked all our goods (well "we" in an "I" sort of way, actually, as I sent Kuru and the kuruzapplets away to preserve all sanities!) I'll have to start securing. Not sure how to secure glassware in a display cabinet yet ...
But of course this town doesn't get earthquakes
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But of course this town doesn't get earthquakes
Yeah right! Native of that town, who grew up with monthly earthquake drills, attended a big scientific conference on earthquakes in the 1970s (I think I was about 12, but my dad insisted), and still wonders when the next one will hit. I once went to a rehearsal in the old Cathedral hall (now gone to make way for parking), which was a red sticker building if ever there was. During the rehearsal there was an earthquake, and you have never seen people move so fast to protect themselves and their instruments.
Must pay you a visit when I'm next up.
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Another diesel driver here. I have a Citroen C4 turbo diesel and it is very good. It can go as fast as the petrol models but takes a little longer to get there. The upside is the fuel economy. I went to Mount Magnet in WA in November, a round trip of 3,830km in three weeks, average fuel economy 5.4 l/100km. When overtaking a road train I would sit well back where the driver could see me and wait for the signal. I then floored it in 6th gear (manual) and by the time I was level with the cab of the truck I was doing 150. Lovely.
Loth, continued prayers for the little one.
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Madame and I both have diesels now and are very pleased with the performance and economy, along with the feeling we are doing various things to help the environment. Even in the usual run of suburban driving, I'm getting around 7.25 l/100 km and Madame does even better with the small motor. They're a little bit noisier than the petrol equivalents at low speeds, but once you get over about 10 kph you would not know the difference.
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I went diesel about 20 years ago and have never regretted it.
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of course there's diesels and diesels ... not likely to do 150 but enough grunt to shift the Titanic.
That one looks just the thing for Mum to drop the child off at the school down the road and join her friend for a latte at the shopping centre.
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I thought that one was Zappa off to have a latte at a trendy new café - no 4 wheel driver would go anywhere that had been open more than a month.
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Son is buying a diesel Renault Megane which he will collect on Tuesday evening. He en joyed the diesel Golf he had some years ago.
His Renault mechanic friend went with him and took his diagnostic equipment to check the car out. A couple of minor repairs are needed but otherwise in very good condition.
Son checked insurance on it and will be paying more than now. Not surprising as his near dead car is a very old Renault. However, he found agreed value on the newer car means he would make a tidy profit on a write off. He was quite surprised.
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So sorry to read about your grand daughter, Loth. I hope the treatment settles into a more bearable thing for her very soon. It must be awful for you all.
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Ah, but the cafés are just down the steps from our new abode, and the diesel is becoming a true Toorak Tractor, parked in glorious splendour on our concrete driveway.
The week after it arrived I went to visit a parishioner - actually a retired bishop (what is it about retired bishops? I had one at the Church Without Walls, too. And both are fine specimens of faith-with-integrity). The roads are so narrow, steep and winding I had to do about a 24 point turn to get out of his cul de sac ... reversing was even less possible due to the start angle and 200 metres of cliff side descent.
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Good to see you LATA. Thanks for the thoughts for Miss M. I am very encouraged by all the support, not just her but in many other places. As is her dad whose birthday today runs the risk of being overshadowed by other things.
Miss M woke with a sore stomach yesterday. In a different spot to the pancreatitis pain. Her bowel is not twisted but has rolled back on itself forming a double tube. Cause unknown. Surgical team is considering options and is looking for the least invasive.
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Are they white around Toorak? The local ones are usually black, and mostly Lexuses or Volvos. The Volvos are normally well driven, but watch out for the Lexuses and even more so those giant Mazdas.
As for retired bishops: Marie Robinson died recently, and the funeral was at St Swithuns Pymble, where they had been parishioners for years. The sons dressed ++ Donald up in his purple stock and all, and drove him there. His only comment was that it was a nice building and where was he. Very sad.
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The Volvos are normally well driven, but watch out for the Lexuses and even more so those giant Mazdas.
Unless they are being driven by old men wearing bowls hats! I speak as once the driver of a large Volvo.
I'm sorry to hear about Don Robby as he was known when I was at uni. Often used as a speaker for the EU. I have moved on since then. I have been through that particular hell with my dad.
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The Volvos are normally well driven, but watch out for the Lexuses and even more so those giant Mazdas.
Unless they are being driven by old men wearing bowls hats! I speak as once the driver of a large Volvo.
Over 20 years ago I was the owner/driver of TWO Volvos. Can admit it here as no one knows who I am!!
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The week from hell has abated.
What can only be described as 'the perfect storm' engulfed us emotionally and we teetered along a family rift that threatened to estrange several generations. Damage control does not come near describing the roller coaster we've been on, and I have seriously wondered how I could have produced such emotionally immature young women.
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Anyway, apart from hysteria (B2), tears (B2 & me), a broken relationship (B1 AGAIN), a broken toe (mine), a few angry men (especially TP) and the loss of a few back teeth (me - from grinding them), we have come through it all. I think.
Lord have mercy. I need it!
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I have just started a new Spoken English student and he is strongly attracted to the Eremitic Life, perhaps you might fancy it as well, BL. Living on your own in a cave somewhere I presume there cannot be too many family dramas.
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WW, A cave sounds positively wonderful to me. But then, homicide and suicide have looked quite attractive at times this week too! It's okay - we are in calmer waters now. Although I did crack up when I turned over my spiritual discipline card yesterday and it read "Find Solitude".
Given that our household has just expanded by 3, I may well have to run away to achieve that....it's really just a question of timing...
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My little apartment expanded by one just before Christmas when son arrived.
I've had Miss 11 here for weeks because her mum has been with Miss M in hospital. I have a suspicion her 15 year old brother will be here this week too. Lots of teenage angst and hormones. School starts back and they attend near where son works but we will be crowded.
It's the noise which gets me. DIL has always had TV and radio on all day if she is home. They find nothing unusual about it. Life's hard for all of them right now, so I try not to nag but boy, it really bothers me. At least with school back I will be quiet.
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