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[LP]

Good people like Fr Bob will see the good and help anyone. I know the criteria for Sainthood is to have performed a miracle or some crap like that, if instead one of the criteria was to have had a genuine care and given endless help to the less fortunate in the community, Fr Bob would be a Saint.

In later years he became a bit gullible, easily led by those with less than genuine intent trying to use his profile for their own benefit.

An aside, I know someone who was engaged to drive him around a bit, he loved a chat, too much, so much so they had trouble getting him out of the car to go to his appointments. Whenever the car stopped he'd start chatting to people on the side of the road, they would move to him like moths to a flame, but he always treated people with care and respect whether they looked like bums or billionaires. btw., Fr Bob would not call a bum a bum, the only person he might call a bum would be a nefarious corporate type he caught taking advantage of the downtrodden, and even then it would take some provocation because he lived the creed of forgive and forget, he was always willing to give everyone a chance to make amends.

[Gointocarlton]

In later years he became a bit gullible, easily led by those with less than genuine intent trying to use his profile for their own benefit.

An aside, I know someone who was engaged to drive him around a bit, he loved a chat, too much, so much so they had trouble getting him out of the car to go to his appointments. Whenever the car stopped he'd start chatting to people on the side of the road, they would move to him like moths to a flame, but he always treated people with care and respect whether they looked like bums or billionaires. btw., Fr Bob would not call a bum a bum, the only person he might call a bum would be a nefarious corporate type he caught taking advantage of the downtrodden, and even then it would take some provocation because he lived the creed of forgive and forget, he was always willing to give everyone a chance to make amends.

Perhaps he was seen as gullible and easily led, it was probably just his caring nature towards those who needed help no matter how troubled they were. Unconditional.

[LP]

Perhaps he was seen as gullible and easily led, it was probably just his caring nature towards those who needed help no matter how troubled they were. Unconditional.

While he was still fluent he was suffering dementia type symptoms in later years, but his fluency mask it to some degree, which was a bit sad.

You could be having a conversation with him and he'd start discussing something from 10 years back like it had just happened today, and he talked about people who had long ago moved on like they were still in the job. Even so I have nothing but respect for him.

It is interesting, I think a lot of his associates did not like him because he actually set the bar too high, he was all in for the clergy role, first and foremost, while they wanted to be or saw themselves as business magnates.

[Baggers]

Good people like Fr Bob will see the good and help anyone. I know the criteria for Sainthood is to have performed a miracle or some crap like that, if instead one of the criteria was to have had a genuine care and given endless help to the less fortunate in the community, Fr Bob would be a Saint.

Spot on, GTC. He would invite homeless folks into his Sth Melb parish and do anything for them. Saint? You bet. And as the Spotted One mentioned, he'd talk with anyone... and I mean anyone. His care and interest in the downtrodden was absolute. Yes, his peers were certainly intimidated by him, he was doing exactly what he believed his God would want.

[DJC]

Apparently, Elon's Starship "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly ..."  :

[ElwoodBlues1]

Apparently, Elon's Starship "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly ..."  :

Hasnt been a good week for Elon" Ziggy Stardust" Musk..his Tesla shares have tanked bigtime and now his Starship enterprise has
blown up after take off. I believe his staff were clapping Nth Korean style on the basis it was a good effort with his SpaceX junk just leaving the ground.....remind me never to buy a Tesla or purchase a joyride ticket on anything Musk has overseen.

[Lods]

It cleared the tower....they just need to work on the bits after that....it's not rocket science.
Oh wait! :o

[Thryleon]

Apparently that was all they intended it to do according to what I've read.

Who knows.

[DJC]

Apparently that was all they intended it to do according to what I've read.

Who knows.

In that case, the Twitter feed would have explained that the Starship "experienced a rapid scheduled disassembly …”

I suspect there’s some ask covering happening but you can’t untweet the original attempt to downplay an unexpected and uncontrolled explosion.

[Gointocarlton]

It cleared the tower....they just need to work on the bits after that....it's not rocket science.
Oh wait! :o

My mates brother is an actual Rocket Scientist, they actually exist?