~~ ANOTHER RANDOM SELECTION OF GUFF ~~

Started going back through the old photos scanning those from long ago.
Those from happier days when gossiping was restricted to train news and hate limited to magazines you did not prefer.
Back when friends were friends and enemies easily identified.

SIGH

Not much of the above photo exists today.

The dog, Tando, has gone to heaven, as has railfan Mick Stiles

who is shaking his hand.

My slim belly has long gone, along with the grass (drought), the Blue Festiva (crash at Bulli) and Excelsior Electrics (recievership).

The van still is around, now owned by MrX's brother and used for his electrical business. So after all these years I still regularly travel in it.

One of a few fund raising events held at the Rockdale signalbox before Railcorp decided that the asbestos fibres in the air were to dangerous.

Hmmmm a tad late really, we had already been in there for years and may already expecting asbestosis due to neglegence on their part.

MrX cooks the BBQ while Roy Howarth looks at the camera.

Various other foamers in attendance.

Same event with MrX still on the BBQ and James Grey looking

at his delicious offering.

James is more commonly known in dribbler circles as the owner of 42101, one of those locomotives built by crappy manufacturer Clyde. :-)

Back when Newcastle still has a steelworks, the BHP plant is seen here late one night from the other side of the Hunter River.

It is now just a huge open dirt area :-(

~~ WAS I BEING USED? ~~

AND

~~ MY NIECE AIREEN - FOUND ~~

Sorry it has been a while since I last posted. After the last attack by the Eastlakes Ferrals I sort of couldn't have been bothered with the local community for a while.

It did give me time to reflect and consider all the accusations that one garden knome has made about my apparent lying and where this may have come from. I mean these are people I have tried to do nothing but help, yet when things don't go their way, they instantly have to turn around a abuse you, accuse you of things that just aren't true, and otherwise do whatever it takes to boost their ego in the community.

It was after a few extended talks with the kinder in the Filipino community here that I have realised that there may actually be some basis to what they are saying.
What is my actions, my thoughts and my words had all been based on those of someone I thought was a close friend who could be trusted?
What if this trusted friend fed me with misinformation, knowing that I would act on it, knowing that I would cause the trouble they themselves were trying to cause.

WHAT IF I WAS JUST BEING USED???

WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO IT, WHEN YOU REALLY TRACE BACK ALL THE LIES AND RUMOURS, IT ALL SEEMED TO COME TO THE SAME PERSON!

To be honest with myself, I never actually witnessed most of the stuff that I was fed.

1- Wifes cheating on husbands.
2- Boyfriends cheating on girlfriends.
3- People whinging about quality of food.
4- People using hospitality then calling them low class.

So what if, just what if, both myself and my website was actually used as someone elses tool in their campain of hate, knowing that I hate liars and knowing that I would go on my own personal crusade against them if I was to thing this was what they were doing.

I find myself with a reasonable sized list of people who I used to think were the most evil of all, Mascot Drive excepted as they have already proven this, and an equal sized list of how these thoughts stemmed from the comments of just one or two in the Filipino community of Botany Bay (at the time).

As the realisation continues to flow into my mind, I find myself more and more relieved at the truth which gradually sets me free. But alas, while it is way to late to change some of these things around, I am now a far more wiser person when it comes to dealing with this sort of person.
Never again will I put the thoughts/rumours/gossip of one person above all others. Never again will I implicitly trust anyone in the community who masquerades as a friend.

HERES TO REALITY - HERES TO CLARITY

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In happier news, I heard from my long lost niece Aireen the other day.
She now be living and working in Beirut (Lebanon) and finally heading towards the life she has always wanted.
I am so happy she is doing well, but miss our 2am chats about Filipino belief and superstition, not to mention the terrific karaoke session.
Take care Aireen, we will meet again one day.

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