'Wellington local, Rob, the man with the growth on his forehead and bedroll and bucket under his arm, walked out of his bush hideaway with his birth certificate, bank statement and will, knealt down in the gutter and died yesterday'
Rest easy Rob.
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Oh, that's sad. I used to have my ...
Oh, that's sad. I used to have my traditional post-soccer hamburger at Lambton Quay Maccers (get fit, then undermine the effort with an evil quarter-pounder), where Rob would nearly always be getting refill after refill of McCoffee. He'd sit in the corner, staring into nothingness, oblivious to the various glances and giggles from kids out for a 'Happy' Meal.
He'd obviously had enough of it all. RIP indeed.
oh man, I'm late with this one, but ...
oh man, I'm late with this one, but yes, I do remember rob enjoying a maccas icecream or two when I was living in welly, (and I just admitted to eating maccas), and was thrown out of my comfort zone for sure. RIP rob
i find it very interesting reading ...
i find it very interesting reading stuff like this cuz once, he had a job and was probably quite happy doing it. he had stories to tell, things to pass on; yet to most of us he was just the dude with the growth on his forehead.
dark days aside, has anything ever been published or filmed on the lives of homeless people and their backgrounds?
I have a vague memory of someone trying ...
I have a vague memory of someone trying to live like a homeless person on some "yoof" TV show I think - was it Havoc? Hmmm. Or maybe it was an article in one of the student magazines. I'm sure I saw soemthing on TV once, because there were a bunch of homeless people having a bbq in Albert Park. Does this jog anyone else's memory?
Here's whats yous lookings ...
Here's whats yous lookings fors;
'Te Whanau O Aotearoa' – 'Caretakers of The Land'
Independant feature lenth documentary
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aye i thought i recognized the ...
aye i thought i recognized the face....rip to u bro, u iz wid kurt now, respec'
that's so sad :( i don't know what ...
that's so sad :( i don't know what i'd do with myself if something happened to auckland local - the crazy mono-poodread dwarf
you'd never get to see prozaco chasing ...
you'd never get to see prozaco chasing him, that's for sure
that would be a sad day, indeed....
that would be a sad day, indeed.
Respect to the dude with the thing on ...
Respect to the dude with the thing on his head. An ex-public servant. Something I hope to be soon.
aw fuck thats so sad. Rock in peace ...
aw fuck thats so sad. Rock in peace dude.
Bloody sad. RIP Rob....
Bloody sad. RIP Rob.
he was a good guy, always kind, always ...
he was a good guy, always kind, always friendly
another man of that vein who people only remember when it suits them is arnold booker
hes the guy with the big jesus poncho
used to go to schools around NZ talking about stuff which really invograted him, christianity being one of them
i remember he did this big investigation about the soul???
anyone remember more
cause i wasn't born when he did this
arnold booker now resides in a rest home, he is 96 and still full of energy
i even wished this dude a happy new ...
i even wished this dude a happy new year back in 1999/2000
as i have mentioned - RIP and respec' to this geeza - u iz wid kurt, hendrix, tupac and janis now.......
thats fucken sad....
thats fucken sad.
was a real nice article they put in the ...
was a real nice article they put in the dom post. .. .
he walked up our street every night on his way up to tinakori hill to sleep, and back down again every morning.....good on him for having the courage to manage on his own without help from the govt. or anyone else.. that takes some guts...respect to him
He was great, i'm sad he died, really ...
He was great, i'm sad he died, really guttered in fact.
I used to walk past him almost every morning on my walk up to school from lambton quay. I saw him twice on Friday - it feels weird knowing that I won't see him again.
very nice articals in the paper as well, highly respectful [even if, IMHO, they did take the 'dying in the gutter cliche' a bit far]
robert was an unbelievably sweet, and ...
robert was an unbelievably sweet, and well-spoken man. he used to walk with me when i was walking the dog, and asked after my mother, who was the practise nurse for his doctor. i guess id known him since i was about 14, at least. 13 years...
about a month ago i ran into him and we had a catch-up. i mentioned i was working for the government. he beamed at me. "they get everyone sooner or later. but well done."
i got fucking angry when i saw the article because it barely touched on the reality of a man who was known by a whole city, who impacted everyone, even if it was just to make them a little more aware of the comfort of their own lives. it was all "the guy with the growth died in a gutter". the implication that the woman who he asked to call an ambulance didnt even stick around to keep an eye on him just made me shake.
the thing that makes it ok for me is that for the last 3 days everyone ive run into has said "hey. did you hear about rob? sad, isnt it."
his absence touches people as much as his presence did. thats pretty special.