{"id":3573,"date":"2016-11-28T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T18:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2016-11-29T19:03:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T06:03:12","slug":"time-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/time-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"

In\u00a0May of this year, when the in-laws\u00a0visited<\/a>, Papa\u00a0told us he was 90. He celebrated his 80th in 2006. I was there.<\/p>\n

This evening he informed the Forbearing Husband that next year he will be… 90. Is he confused? Are we confused?\u00a0Has a recent viewing of the film Arrival<\/a>\u00a0led\u00a0Papa\u00a0to grapple with\u00a0the space-time continuum? Or is it that once you get to 90 the clock stops? That would\u00a0seem only fair.<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>

Our very own Time Lord<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve got a birthday next year too. I think I’ll make it\u00a0my 30th. Anyone for cake?<\/p>\n

Just in case you think we are delinquent in not knowing Papa’s date of birth, here is why: \u00a0<\/em>Papa was born in Samoa around the time of\u00a0the Mau movement<\/a> (Mau a Pule). His schooling was disrupted, I assume due to the ongoing civil unrest, and later he started using his younger brother’s birth certificate so that he could complete his\u00a0education. Papa’s\u00a0actual year\u00a0of birth is now lost in the mists of time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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