O Sung Wu. Perhaps youre right about some not being suitable for the job or the job suitable for them.
I enjoyed much of my service though. I enjoyed the two-way with the street people.
It installed a heart in me I previously didnt have.
I met and saw things I never would have seen if I hadnt joined.
Looking back I think Phillip Street was a unique station. It was one of the most beautiful city locations in Australia.
Down at Circular Quay Phillip Street seemed isolated from the rest of the city.
At the end of each day 1 million people went home and quite often it became quite quiet.
There was time then amongst the "choir boys" who had been sent there for the goof off.
I never saw another police room like the one up in the old pub in the Rocks, so I presume that it was a one-off established long ago in a time when the department wasnt functioning so well as it is today and the drink thing was stronger.
There probably would never have been another police room like it anywhere in the city.
Good to hear you mostly came through unscathed. Sorry about your first marriage.
I got to leave this thread now... lifes bitter crows and coming down for the seed too often.

Gibo: << I got to leave this thread now... lifes bitter crows and coming down for the seed too often. >>

No fair Gibo. I won't be able to sleep until I hear about the flying saucers and demons :(

Sheesh. No wonder why kids prefer Harry Potter.

"I got to leave this thread now... lifes bitter crows and coming down for the seed too often."

This sentence is so bad it's almost good. It's quite poetic in a way.

Well I guess that just leaves us bitter crows! We'll just have to pick amongst the crumbs of Gibo's words.

The demons and other unexplained mysteries will just have to wait. For a good long time I hope!

Don't knock it.

>>lifes bitter crows and coming down for the seed too often<<

That's straight out of the "acid poet" canon.

I thought it died out in the early seventies, but it's still around, apparently. Here's a sample.

"hybred sins dressed in green
needs an hour or two.
she tries to cope with reality
is not her plight, but that of the beasts.
when they all circle the eye, is when the time is,
the time for action and reaction
sound and repercussion
bring me here, for the land's green and the people are smeared
further blue sky, purple blue yellow
kill the time with a poison"

By elliott.

It's still a pity we didn't get to the really interesting bits, Gibo.

Thanks to participants on this thread too.
I enjoyed telling the story.
It helps sometimes to "get it out" and release the backed-up pressure of the years.
They do this very well at AA and it really does help the folk there. AA has a wonderful program and has helped me much:)
Dont be shy if you need help.
Jesus first then AA.

Gibo, are there any reliable statistics on the success rate of AA?

I'm asking because I recall having read that the failure rate of the AA's 12 step program is very high; so high that there was no difference between the number of AA participants recovering from their addiction and non-participating addicts.