So true Radi , I was talkng on a another post about a character down in Bendilong in NSW where I have a hideaway .. He is in his nineties lives on his own except for a pet  snake and polishes up local stones and makes bottles of coloured sand , he and Sophie 13 have a bond . 

There is also Bobbie . Bobbie was born in Ireland grew up on a farm in NZ was a champion  boxer , a member of The NZ SAS then a debt collector for the bookies . Where his nickname was Shotgun Bobbie ... 

He attends a very posh Girls school as Sophie's Grandfather on Grandparents day . He would do anything for her and she for him ... I agree the world needs characters with a big heart .....

Why don't you say "Hello" to him Radish, he shouldn't mind as he must see you often.

Then maybe he would talk to you and you would find out his story.

Just because people look different, people avoid them and he probably needs a friend.

My Mum used to say to me "You would talk to an aborigine if he would talk to you."

RADISH,   hate to say it,  but your charecter sounds like a gay male hooker, lol lol,    not that theres anything wrong with that,     but must agree some good old bodies around who im sure would have great tales to tell,   used to be a few around south/port melb,  but all gone now,    

RADISH,   hate to say it,  but your charecter sounds like a gay male hooker, lol lol,    not that theres anything wrong with that,     but must agree some good old bodies around who im sure would have great tales to tell,   used to be a few around south/port melb,  but all gone now,    

Wow Catsahoy ...to be honest I did not think of that LOL.

Sandi, re talking to him....to be honest I do not think so.  He looks to me to be a pretty confident, self contained person.   If I was sitting at the same table as him having a coffee I probably would but I am usually with 5 others having coffee and he is usually a few tables away and I only see him walking through the centre.

The idea of my post is just to see if others (as Pete has done) have certain personalities in their area.

I also remember a female called Ruby.  She was a rather pretty lady in her hey day apparently and had a beautiful voice.  This was in Darwin in the 70's and 80's.  Extremely well know to all Darwinites and extremely well know to the local Magistrates and she had a very good sense of humour.  Whenever she came before them she usually got off with a caution.    She lived rough and could always be found in the park in town and she had a trick of welcoming tourists off the bus as they arrived in Darwin and this usually involved going up to the males and saying things "like hey love" and giving their family jewels a squeeze.

We locals had a good laugh when we saw this happening as the looks on the unsuspecting male tourists was priceless.   They did not expect this sort of "welcome to Darwin".

However, that said there is a custom amongst some pacific islanders (PNG for one) where that IS or was  a customary greeting!

Even the male Bonobo monkeys greet each other in this way.

Maybe some of the males on this site may have experienced this particular custom(or would hope too)......... ;)!!

Glad someone got a giggle out of it Fleur  LOL.   

dont know,   what would you do pete,?   i thought radi was female,   ? 

Yes,you are quite correct Pete...it would be a different kettle of fish if a male had come up to a bus load of female tourists and done it.