Re: Railfan shop; greetings from Albert

[Mike Roebuck <Mike.Roebuck@cobblers.datacomm.ch>]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 23:09:34 +1100, Chris Brownbill
<cbrnbill@enternet.com.au> wrote:

>The real Albert is not 'on-line', and he did not post this message.
>
>Albert is a genuine person, who like us all, has his failings.  Those who know
>Albert appreciate the enormous amount of work he puts into the railfan
>environment, and into a surprisingly varied number of other community areas.  
>
I remember this guy very well. I've only been in the shop once, on my
so far only visit to Melbourne last January. He was fine with me, but
his conversation with the only other (Aussie) customer in the shop
quickly deteriorated into an argument, with Albert apologising if he'd
upset the guy.

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>We must accept that, like it or not, railfanning attracts more than its quota of
>eccentrics - if you can't tolerate it then you've got way more than Albert to
>contend with.
>
Can't contradict that sentence :-))

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cheers from the land of snow

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