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The clarinet quartet he organises has been having a lot of fun , with weekly meetings as either quartet or trio , and has also been indulging in some jazz along with the regular diet of modern classical music . Having just seen the movie Titanic , Julia and Alex spent much of their time striking romantic poses ( not necessarily with each other ) at the very bow , making more room for us all . There was a huge crowd of boats out to see them off , and since there was no wind at all everything was moving very slowly , with a languid , festive air . - - we were flying over the waves under small jib alone , Brian and Ian pretending , to reassure the uncertain crew , that this was all pretty normal . Without their help both girls would have been without a vehicle - - and public transport is virtually non-existent here . The weekly clarinet group at our house grew to a sextet , but on only one occasion have all six been here together ! The only negative aspect , for Ian , was the commuting : between 40 and 90 minutes in each direction . Early in the year she had a great time with Naomi , daughter of friends from Calgary who visited Ian 's department here for several months on sabbatical . Here in New Zealand it seems fairly common to enter a new school for the last year . Well , we did , but spent over 24 hours running under bare poles in four metre waves with no sails up at all . Not having children we could go that much farther in each day hike , and despite our familiarity with the region we found a whole new world of places we had never before visited . One liked to sit and eat grass , the other to chase squirrels ; so with a leash in each hand Pam found herself stretched to the limit in order to satisfy each cat 's requirements simultaneously . By the time the road was reopened a couple of hours later , Ian and Pam had each missed their evening rehearsals , with the most original of excuses - - " Sorry I could n't make it last night , I was confined at home by the armed offender 's squad .