Re: Railfan shop; greetings from Albert

["Exnarc" <gwrly@netspace.net.au>]

I'm not going to get into this debate except to ask: "WHERE IS KEVIN
CLARKE'S SMILING FACE"????

 "COME BACK KEVIN ALL IS FORGIVEN"

Bob.
Dave McL <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Mike Roebuck wrote:
>
>
> > 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.
>
>
> I had a similar experience to those given here on my last visit to the
> Railfan Shop in August 1997. I was seeking all and every recent books on
> Melbourne's trams and I was told there were none. Even though I was able
> to find several on the shelves and bought them. I thought he didn't like
> my New Zealand accent so left it at that and just paid for the bloody
> books on my credit card and got out. I was followed round the shop as if
> I was a thief so it was hard to browse. I might have bought more were I
> given the chance but I wasn't able to look at all the stock.
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand
>
> "Tsing siu sum che mun - please stand clear of the door."
> -- Bilingual (Cantonese-English) announcement as the doors close on
> trains of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway.