G'morning David and Mark,

 -> the messages have already scrolled off my system cause
 -> they were older than
 -> 3 month limit i have set on this area but i was
 -> wondering what ever happened
 -> with the big sundial at that university(?)... something
 -> about replacing the
 -> "pointer"??

 -> )\/(ark

 DW> I think Miles Maxted told us about it, and it was at a library in New
 DW> Zealand. It's the only sundial I have ever heard of in the southern
 DW> hemisphere, apart from one I made myself in Chile. The gnomon of the NZ
 DW> dial was stolen, and the last we heard there were plans to replace it.

 DW> I haven't heard from Miles in ages. Is he still here?

              Yes, types he guiltily...

The first term's finished with Easter,  the last papers have been 
marked and returned,  I've elected 3 new Trustees to the local 
primary school - and accepted election to the Intermediate,  the 
son has ceased term-work at Varsity for mid-term break,  and the 
lawns have cut.

And this morning,  having delivered the workers to the City before 
6,  I drove to Remuera to inspect the sundial in the dark  -  and 
there is no gnomon sitting upon it,

I may try today to find out which sub-sub-committee process it got 
stuck in,  or whether the Remuera guru, Dr Sprott, has passed his 
data on - or passed away in mid-process....

PS - going to garden centres with the wife has established that 
sundial on plinths are a popular embellishment for Kiwi gardens, 
but that those on sale never have instruction leaflets on how to 
best set them up;  the mind reels at the probable outcomes...

Miles.
 
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