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This is the
diary
of
Daniel Kenneth Hume
I will use this because, I made the web page and will indulge myself.
It will be full of the usual rubbish but anybody is welcome to read it.
don't send a critique as I do not care.
anyway love to all and remember the quote that I have lived my life by:
" It depends on where you are and who you are talking to, Just how stupid you can appear to be!"
This page was updated on: 05-May-01 09:11 PM
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15, April 2001
My car overheated today so I filled it up with water. An hour later I went off to start it and it would not turn over, I did not panic, took out the spark plugs and turned the engine over WOW! jets of water came out of the spark plug holes, THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM!
Now I used to love working on cars but now? The wagon is needed for my work so I started to strip it down, four hour later, with Ed's help I lifted off the head (I hate six cylinder cars). Yes the head was warped (not star trek) .
Next morning I took Sandra's car and the head to get skimmed, the place is 100m from the house, he said it would be ready in one hour so off to get the head gasket set. Back and picked up the head, home and start the reassemble job. Ed gave me a hand to lift the head into position and I taught him how to torque the head down and four hour later all back to normal except that the nail of the ring finger is black and hanging off where I trapped it when tightening down the head bolts.
Oh! I hate working on CARS
20, April 2001.
Spent two days up the bush in a State forest, about one hour north, for a under canvas camp. I took Edward and a friend's 10 year old son Craig for a Male bonding session. Graham and his six year old daughter dragged the camper trailer up to the camp site using their 4 wheel drive.
We stayed at Bull creek as this was the only area that I could that the dog "Benji" could be. we cooked over the open range and slept on the ground under canvas, Ed and Graig gave that up and made for the car.
Bull ants and leeches were the only animal life that tried to attack us but they soon gave in. Everyone gave in at 8:30 pm (it was to dark to see your hand in front of your face) and sloped off to bed.
Breakfast started at 7:30, to cold to stay in the sleeping bag, with the lovely smell of bacon and eggs. I can only get bacon or eggs when I camp not allowed them at home. Then off to trek to the Willamina Falls about a 5Klm trip up the mountain.
It has been so dry that the falls had little water flowing so as the kids went up the stairway Graham and I climbed 20 metres up the face of the falls. That was ok until I looked back down and realized that I could not go back down and the only way out was UP! I HATE HEIGHTS
The camping trip was too short but we will do it again in the winter, up the snow line later in August.
25, April 2001 ANZAC DAY
(Public Holiday)
I took Ed in to the city for 8:30am wearing his RAAF Cadet uniform to participate in the Diggers march. Edward phoned to say he was marching with the RAAF veterans holding the South East Asia Banner and to watch out for him on Television at 11:00.
I had the tape recording and at 11:15 he appeared marching holding the banner and Sandra said "Look how Hen Toed he is" because he walked so awkwardly .
When we picked went to pick him up at the shrine all the Cadets were on parade but Edward was being attended to by the St John Ambulance Attendants. His shoes had been too tight.
At the end of the 4K march his heel were raw and bleeding. He had blistered them and could not walk, that's why he had been marching funny when we saw him on television.
next day at school he had to take a note to excuse him from wearing school shoes. The state school here is strict about wearing of the uniform. The funny thing is it is "sick" (cool) to walk to school with your shirt out of the trousers but soon as you enter the gate they tuck them in( kids are funny, peer pressure).
1, May 2001
May day disturbance in the city with the protesters, to far away to worry about in suburbia. Emailed all with the info that September looks like when we will visit UK and Scotland for the last time. Time to get in touch with all the cousins, aunts, son, daughter friends (if their still alive), and OOP's the Grandchildren adopted or otherwise.
I had to get the email address for my son, Danny (danielhume@yahoo.com) from Sandra (niece) in Clydebank and she only lives 100m away from him and he sends emails to her, "GO FIGURE".
It is strange that we only talk on the phone about 4 times a year but as I tell Sandra (she gets upset because her family is always in contact) he lives his life and he is all the man he will ever be! well lets move on! Danny has started a new company and if I get the web site it will go on the family page.
Off to work now and meet Sandra for lunch and banking. Oh! Joy it's parent teacher night, so we find out what has happened to Ed's education last year and this?. Ed has informed us that he will be Acting Flight Sergeant next Monday and is really looking forward to this!!!!
4, MAy2001
I have finally been in contact with Caroline Porterfield nee Hume about pictures and information about her Mother ( Madge) and Father (James) and the rest.
Anna Hume (Sister-in Law) has also promised pictures etc but like everybody else she has a life to live as well!!!