Another friend passes
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325778)
Rockingham, Australia
December 4, 2017 9:53pm CST
We lost another good friend the other day. We had lost touch a bit over the years so were very saddened to be rung by a mutual friend and told the sad news that he had passed.
We lived in a small isolated country town at the time and he lived across the road. If our lights were still on at 9pm he’d throw a stone on the roof which was the signal to put the kettle on as he was coming over for coffee. He was very intelligent but a bit ‘different’. We were careful which friends we introduced him too as he had a PhD in getting up people’s noses.
One time he had me watering his so-called tomato plants while he was away. I was too naïve to realise they were marijuana plants and I diligently watered them every day and was thrilled when they thrived. He was a fantastic photographer and bushman and I’ll include a link to his photos if I can. There are 2,000+ for you to look at but any one of them would be a great photo.
The photo shows us ready to go to a fancy dress ball. Our friend is Boy George, I am Lady Diana and no points for guessing who Vince with the big ears is! My ribbons say ‘Champion Ewe’. Sorry about the quality but this would have been taken in the early 1980s.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
5 Dec 17
So sorry to hear of the loss of an old friend. Sounds like you had lots of fun together. Great picture of the three of you.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 17
Sorry to hear about your friend. Eccentric people can be the best of friends.
You sure have a lot of fond memories with your friend.
You sure have a lot of fond memories with your friend.6 people like this
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Dec 17
some people are unforgettable precisely because they're eccentric.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 17
@hereandthere So true. I like their distinct character, I know a few people like that and everyone enjoys being around them.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
5 Dec 17
Wow! The guy was an amazing photographer. Those pictures are just breathtaking.
Amazing talent and oddness are quite often bedfellows but it all makes for a far more interesting person to be around. It sounds as if he will leave a huge hole in the lives of those he touched.
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 17
It's pretty obvious isn't it that he loved the outback. I'm glad you like the photos. I wonder what will happen to it all now. He has no relatives - not that his friends know of and we don't think he left a will. He will be absolutely spewing if the government gets everything as he was very anti-bureaucracy.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Dec 17
i went and looked. some of them looked like paintings.
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 17
@hereandthere Some do look like paintings. I guess he has photo-shopped some of them a little.
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@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
5 Dec 17
It's nice to know that you had a good times to remember with your friend before he passes away.. He may rest in peace.
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 17
Thank you. Yes we have great memories of our times together.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Dec 17
you two have so many friends because you're great people. you look like a college student.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
5 Dec 17
@JudyEv i was about to add that you looked too young for "prince charles" then i remembered they did have an age gap!
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I would have been about 34 or 5.@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 17
@hereandthere I like the ears! 
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@Letranknight2015 (51523)
• Philippines
5 Dec 17
My condolence on the loss of your friend. I'm sure she lived a great life, which is more important.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
5 Dec 17
The photos are fabulous and I loved hearing about him, I was laughing as I read your post...
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
6 Dec 17
@JudyEv That is just too funny. Loved reading it. I think I grew up with locked doors, and that is the way I live. Not lovcked during the day but at night YES.
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 17
He would come over early in the morning and put the kettle on then we'd get up and all have coffee together. He did this one morning but we never came out so in the end he peeked in the bedroom and we weren't there. We'd gone away for the night and hadn't told him. No-one locked doors in those days. He said he scuttled off home very quickly. When he caught up with us again next day, he gave us a good serve for not telling him we'd be away. 
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Dec 17
@PainsOnSlate I don't think we ever found a key for that house. It is different now of course.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Dec 17
Great old photo! What year was that, Judy? Sorry to hear that your friend passed, so many of mine have.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Dec 17
@JudyEv His photos are spectacular!
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@JudyEv (325778)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 17
@JamesHxstatic He travelled to a lot of isolated places to get some of his photos. He really loved the bush and the outback.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Dec 17
I'm sorry to hear this. He sounds like he was a pretty cool guy.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Dec 17
@JudyEv - Oh yes, quite beautiful photos. He was really good.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 17
Sorry to hear the passing, may he rest in peace
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