The whole Burrell family (Tony, Margret, Jack, and Erin). Paul Plieger, a former Tony PD, who is now a Lecturer at Massey University and one of his students Karl. Also a couple (Mark and Michelle) from Wellington who have been living here for three months but are off to Washington state for three more months.
It was good to see everyone, especially the Burrells who have been gone most of the summer.
It was nice to catch up and find out what Paul and Isabelle have been up to since moving back to NZ They have a place to live up near Atawhai where Peter and Elizabeth lived when we first moved to NZ. Paul is working on proton sponges and doing research on Beryllium. He is using that "G" code which he bought but I encouraged him to get a demo of Q-Chem and if it can do what he wants then switch on principle. ;) Also told him of Banned By Gaussian. Here is a recent article on the issue.
On another note: Mark and Michelle are very nice. Too bad we just met them before they moved away. They just bought a 1989 Dodge ute (Pickup) for their trip to Washington state. It seems Michelle has always wanted a pickup for some reason. They got a pretty good deal since it only had around 75,000 miles and is 17 yrs old. I pray it works out well for them.
It was a nice evening.
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