“Courageous” defeated “Australia” by a minute and three seconds in the second race of the America’s Cup. I drove to Miranda Public School by a quarter past eight so that we might vote in the local council elections.
I left Tiki at her parents’ and drove to Bryant Street in Rockdale. A train transported me to Town Hall and this allowed me to walk to Diamond Traders, where I paid the outstanding amount of three hundred and fifty dollars before I took possession of Tiki’s diamond drop earrings. Whilst there, I thought I would ask if I could have a necklace of Tiki’s valued, only to have the girl return and inform me that I could not.
The necklace had been given to her by her grandmother and Tiki had asked me to see if I could have a value placed on it. As a consequence, I walked the short distance from Park Street, to Manzo Park Lane, however, when I was told that the valuation would cost me ten dollars, I decided not to bother.
The seller of tickets at the Forum Cinema on George Street enlightened me as to where I could find Her Majesty’s Theatre and, once I had located it, I wrote out a cheque for the sum of twenty-four dollars in order that Tiki and I might attend the highly acclaimed “A Chorus Line” next Saturday night.
Arriving home at a quarter to one, I changed my clothes prior to bringing in the washing. I took the opportunity to hide Tiki’s present in a pocket of my old sports coat. When I arrived at “Mum” and “Dad’s”, in the light blue Chrysler ‘Galant’, Wendy and Tiki were taking it in turns to ride the former’s new ten-speed pushbike. Wendy, who had taken delivery of it last Wednesday, permitted me to have a ride on it too.
I washed the dishes from half past two and, from three, Tiki, her parents and I sat down to watch the grand final. St. George dominated the first half and at the break led by nine points to nil. Three of the nine points had come when ‘Lord’ Ted Goodwin made a spectacular run before he kicked ahead and regathered the football to score.
Tiki’s mum told she and I that we should have been barracking for St. George. Parramatta refused to submit and after Mick Cronin had kicked three penalty goals, trailed by just the three points, with just three minutes remaining.
Ed Sulcowicz accepted an overhead, inside pass from Ray Price — who is referred to as ‘Mr. Perpetual Motion’ — to only just score wide out. Cronin’s attempt to convert the try swung away from the uprights and with the score locked at nine all, two halves of ten minutes each were deemed necessary for the first time in recent memory.
During the second of these halves, St. George thrice attempted to kick a field goal, the last of which struck an upright. As the score remained unchanged at the conclusion of the twenty minutes of extra time, a historic replay will take place next weekend.
We ate “Mum’s” sweet curry for dinner while we watched the Leyland Brothers trek from Alice Springs to a Lake Eyre filled with water. Half past seven meant that it was time to watch “Barnaby Jones”. “Dad” went to bed as we prepared to watch the motion picture, “Carry On Loving”, from the year of 1970; choosing to ignore the fact that it was a repetition. ‘Carry On’ regulars, Hattie Jacques and Sid James, are included among its principals.
By ten to ten I had fallen asleep with my head on Tiki’s breast. Her mother had fallen asleep too! Tiki drove me home prior to half past ten, where I learned of the death of Marc Bolan, the leader of the British group, T. Rex. Bolan, at the age of twenty-eight, was killed when the car, in which he was a passenger, crashed. Reports suggest that his American girlfriend was at the wheel. Marc had reportedly overcome alcoholism and drug addiction.