The Semi-Retired Foamer has been a railfan since he was around 5 years old, oh yes a very young age, an age when one really should avoid being involved with the gunzel community to any great extent. A few rather unsavoury people bringing that fact home.
After a few decades of train chasing, one decided to break with protocol and get married, thus leading to a severe cut in railfan activity.
Subsequent dealings with hate breeders, lunatics, mental defectives and self-appointed preservation overlords lead to an even greater decrease in my hobby participation.
However things have changed thanks to our small group of trusted mates, interest has returned, and now I have become a bit more involved yet again.
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Over the years I have tried my best to further both the hobby, as well as the friendships that it brings. I have done this by setting up proactive groups both here in Australia, as well as the Philippines. It is with huge honour that I am often considered the founding father of the railfan hobby in the Philippines (my second home).
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I don't take the hobby too seriously and I am a friend to anyone who is good and genuine. But never forgive those who have used their hate to destroy my hobby or hurt the friends within it.

Let's Make The Hobby Great Again!
I aim to share the era that I considered mine, the 80s and 90s. I also like to help promote, and even raise funds for, the various heritage societies that keep the era alive
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Saturday, February 2, 2008

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Howdee,
One of the major complaints about blog site from people is that you often waste time checking back just to find there has been no updates.
To combat this I am trialling a new subscription idea, the link to which can be found on the top of the right column.
It uses Yahoogroups as a basis, but only allows for notifications of updates to the 'Semi-Retired Foamer" blog site.
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So to save time between updates give the 'FREE' subscription service a go!

Cheers
Brad

PHOTO: E1106 was only in occasional use on perway duties by the time she was photographed at Jolimont. Thankfully she exists in preservation to this day. 3-3-1987

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh right! So, you've just now gotten around to posting 1987 photos of your 'recent' tram trip tramp to Melb.? After all, What's 20 years to a flatulent fat foamer other than 40 extra pounds? Lightening speed, mate; you're just trying to make me look lazy, eh? Here I am, having 'just returned' from my Ozzie olidai 7 years ago in 2001, with thousands of unpublished pics, on expensive nearly antiquated discs, of exotic trams and trains in Adelaide and Alice, photos of trackside roos taken from the Ghan, Blue Mountian adventures (oh right, you took me there), steamer day trips into the bush hinterlands, and a 12 hour cab ride on the XPT from Syd to Melb (greuling mate, grueling!), and other stuff (as opposed to stuffed up) that this Yank thought was cool; all piled up in the corner 'waiting' for me to get round to putting it all on line as I lay about on me fat arse. Just wait, soon the proper publishing mood will strike me, in a decade or so. No worries, a winery is holding a keg for me, and when It's properly aged, I'll get right on the job.

Your faithfully farting Yank mate,
Railnutternews (yeeees, still alive but barely)

alcogoodwin said...

Can't believe it has been seven years.
I am certain you are overdue for a return to Sydney to devour a good ol Aussie pie or ten?
Garlo's still make those disgusting sloppers we get.

Brad