Gibo “It all started off one day back in 1973 in a quiet suburban firestation in Sydney, NSW. “

I recall, with fondness 1973, I was swishing around the world on a luxury liner (which is about to be retired), courtesy of the owners and given $50/day tipping allowance to boot and got married the same year.

And again, just last week I was enduring the bars of the Pacific Dawn, as we traversed the western pacific islands of Noumea, Ouvea, Vanuatu and not quite Pentecost.

In between these exotic sojourns, I have worked in the computer and music industries and for many years run my own business.

Without arrogance, I can get all that into part “1”, the other 4 parts ignored.

Whilst I reckon my life, since 1973, including 2 marriages, 2 daughters, multiple business paid and personal visits to interesting international destinations, a trans-world migration plus a few years in USA probably makes a more interesting read, I do not intend to turn it into a posting serial. Nor will I inflict upon you the 2 ½ hours of video I took on the last cruise.

Sorry folks, you will all have to wait for the book.

To be entitled “Col Rouge, my downfall in his roll”

And the sequal “JC, can you see the roof of my house from up there?”

Now maybe Gibo can direct me to where I find all that gratuitous porn. . .

I dont think this was a blog Celivia.
Its more of a help for youngsters wanting to go into the service....and it is an interesting story.
I enjoyed a lot of what I did in those short years despite my later fall.
I had many adventures as a policemen and helped many people. Especially street people.
We even kept public toilets open for a while longer so people could use them for what they were designed to be used for by moving on the gays after dark.
If I was in the job today I would be telling them about Jesus and sin and repentence and gently moving them on:)
Thanks Foxy. It was a hard trip but it did lead me to The Lord. For that I am grateful.

G'day there GIBO...

I must admit your writing style, turn of phrase and syntax, seems remarkably similar to our friend BOAZ, as someone herein previously pointed out ?

Anyway that aside, I found your personal revelation curious to say the least. As several others have identified. I'm not entirely sure as to the appropriateness of your story in this particular Forum.
But gee, what do I know !?

You said you went through 'cockroach castle' in '73. Old Jack (John) Slieger would have been OIC in those days ? He may have retired just before you went through. ?

And Phillip Street GIBO, that was 4 Division. A lot of the Brown Bombers (Parking Cops) were stationed there too, if my memory serves me correctly.

Question, if I may...why ? Why did you feel it necessary to bare you soul here ? Would it not be more pertinent to relate your 'story' in some christian/temperance specific site or blog ?

Well in any case, you DID choose to articulate your 'years as a young cop' in this Forum, so the best of british luck to you.

I am as mystified as many others as to why this thread along with Boaz's thread 'My Journey' were approved. Boaz could just as easily have self promoted on one of the many pre-existing Anzac threads. As for Gibo this rightly belongs on either a personal blog or christian/temperance site - as others have correctly noted.

This type of editorial control is an insult to those of us to truly wish to express genuine opinions on current issues.

I have reached a point now that I will simply ignore future discussion threads started by either Gibo or Boaz - there are too many of them by these two people. I am sure that other posters have interesting ideas for discussion and would like to see a wider cross-section than we have had in recent months.

Fractelle, I consider both David and Gibo serial pests and next time there is a discussion about posting rules will suggest that limits on the number of threads an individual can start within a period might be useful.

On the other hand their numerous pointless threads don't stop the rest of us from trying to start new discussions. The sites editorial policy seems to be very hands off. I don't know the rules for new threads to tell why some get approved and some not. It was a possibility in Gibo's first post that he was actually going somewhere with this.

As it turned out Gibo has given us some insights into his long term character, behaviours that I've seen on line appear to have been with him for some time so maybe it's that the penticostal movement attracts people like him rather than creates them.

We now know that Gibo's time as a cop was many years ago and relatively brief rather than extensive and recent as could have been read into some of his claims on one of the anti-porn discussions.

I'd not be keen to see the site used like this regularly but we do have the choice of avoiding this stuff.

Cheers
R0bert

Robert.. thanx for the kind words about 'serial pest'... my self esteem is suitably adjusted.

Then...you said something of actual value...

"On the other hand their numerous pointless threads don't stop the rest of us from trying to start new discussions."

Quite right. so...do it, rather than calling us serial pests and (along with a few others) sniping from the sidelines.

As the saying goes. "There are those who ask 'what happened'.. others make it happen" be a maker rather than a wonderer.

GIBO... I appreciated that little testimony. For all those who simply criticized Gibo, they could have made some constructive comments on police procedures, and suggested ways of correcting these problems of hidden drinking rooms. That was quite a revelation to me.

I can't speak for Gibo, but for me, the 3 posts I did, are not something I'll do very often. Also, the number of threads started by people.. seems only a problem with its 'me' or one like me, if say Steven L Meyer puts 3 in a couple of days.. no problem, no bleeting.

But that criticism is quite valid, and I for one don't wish to overwhelm the forum with 'me' stuff... so perhaps I'll take a low profile for a while ? :)

Rob..you speak a lot about 'choice'...but when people exercise it in a way that irritates you... aah..call out the storm troopers :)

GINXy.. soooo ur a "Socialist" but you don't want to discuss it?
at least now we know your ideological reference point...and.. I thought you were not 'religious'.....but clearly you follow what Jesus describes as 'the god of this world'....which might explain some of your rather feisty diatribes against The Faith...