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Strange to think it was only just over a week after me and Kev were knocking back the Guinness with Steve, that he is now at rest. He told us he had fought various battles with Cancer over 5 years, and even at the end the bastard was still having a good chuckle and refusing to go easy.

 

We collected him from the hozzie about 4 o clock on the friday - Kev went up to get him, I met them downstairs with the motor and we headed to the rocks to an irish boozer called the Mercantile - great place to sit and blether and watch the totty go by. There was a young family with a baby in the pram at the table next to us, thankfully the kid looked to be under 12 months, but after a few hours sat next to us - I wouldn't be suprised if its first word came to be fuck, bollocks, arse, bastard tits or liverpool.

 

We chatted shit and drank the black stuff - Kev tried to wimp out on the Kilkenny but ended up on the guinness anyway - don't send an aspie the bar if the barmaids are fit  concentration on the order goes out the window!

 

Kev took Steve around the corner for a quick tug on his pipe, and came back with Steve, the wheelchair and an empty piss bag - turned out he'd somehow got a puncture, then decided to give it a god squeeze out so he had more room for later.

 

We got a few pictures, and also managed to get a couple of videos - tapatalk wouldn't let us upload them unfortunately. By the time my missus came to meet us, we had a few more bevies then decided it was time to get Gandyji back to the hozzie, we were met about 10 pm by a seriously pissed off security guard - where have you  been we've been out looking for you. We got our heads down and apologised, then up to the ward - Same gig from the nurse, we've phoned around all the contact numbers for you - where have you been, we were worried, Steve was whispering fuck em under his breath and having a giggle.

 

I got a text message from him the next day, last time we properly spoke, I'll leave this thread with Steve's own words, a very good indication of our mate SteveBaby, top fucking bloke... still owes me thirty notes tho the auld bastard!

 

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Hiya everyone.   We had a bit of a send off for the main man yesterday. Cev and I stayed until the end and I only realised when I got home nudging midnight three sheets that it was only a Monday...

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Apologies for not writing for a couple of days folks, my head has just been a wee bit scrambled the last couple of days.   Like Cev has already said, the suddeness of it all had been the greatest s

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You know, I read this thread with a sorrowful heart but with a big smile on my kisser. I'm so thankful that Stevie's illness has passed and his pain has now gone, I'm also very thankful that his cancer has somehow managed to bring us all closer together. The Mighty GF is a community, a karass, and I'm very humbled and greatful to be a small part of it.

 

I'm not religious in the slightest, I don't believe in The Bible, loaves and fishes, thunder and lightning, Old Testament fire and brimstone or any of that tbh, but I do believe in God, whatever he, she, it may be, I believe that there is something more; after we each shuffle off this mortal coil there has to be something more.

 

I refuse to believe, (like Bokonon would have us believe), that we simply "return to the mud".  There has to be more to it than that.

 

None of this precludes the argument that we should each live each day to the absolute max, squeeze the fucker til the pips squeak, and take every single drop of wonder from this life that we possibly can. I'm a greedy fucker in this respect, I want my cake and I want to eat it. And it's gonna be a big fucking cake, that tastes fantastic, with loads of icing and stuff.

 

That's why I'm sat here with this big dopey grin on my grid, I'm happy that Stevie is finally rid of the pain and discomfort, confident he is simply sat in the next room about to embark upon the next stage of his journey. Well, here's my final message to you Gandy, get 'em in cos I'll be along in a little while mate, I've just got so much left to experience and to accomplish down here first.

 

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I didn't know the man, and i can't say i've ever really had the pleasure of speaking to him much on here. But i will say the way he handled his diagnosis and passing was nothing short of courageous and heroic in the extreme. A big thanks goes to Arthur, Kev and all the lads that made his last few weeks not just bearable but enjoyable with their presence and for Cath for sorting it all out and everyone associated with getting Robbie to do the video message. Just tremendous stuff, RIP Steve.


  


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Apologies for not writing for a couple of days folks, my head has just been a wee bit scrambled the last couple of days.

 

Like Cev has already said, the suddeness of it all had been the greatest shock. I mean we all knew what was happening, we all knew that one of us was destined to break away from the pack and lead us all out again some time in the near future but the rapidity of it all after last Friday has been tough to take.

 

Last Friday was boss. The Mercantile was a brilliant and fitting way now looking back as the scene for Ste's Last Stand.

 

Cev was jockeying so I went and grabbed the main man who was wide eyed and ready for it. Ste and I had talked about a couple of things a few days before the outing, the frustration of this insidious disease and the effects of it on us all.

 

Ste and I had just come to the conclusion that you always have to be looking ahead for something, aiming for something to keep the motivational juices flowing, keep the inspiration and dreams of your childhood and live as much of them out as possible.

 

I did however make sure that Ste fully knew our definition of creative juices is not dangling your spare parts out in a garden perving on nurses, that was his own private sanctuary!! Haha.

 

This was the best way for him to deal with what he was going through. Of course he was in pain, I can only imagine the pain he was going through but he kept pushing, he kept fighting and we kept putting trips, outings, days in the garden with Green Jesus, a few spliffs and some Leffes in front of him so he could look forward to those moments to suspend his pain in a moment in time of laughs, beers and funny stories and memories.

 

When we gets to the Mercantile I go in search of momentos. I asked the girl at the bar if they had any shirts behind the counter that we could maybe get our hands on for the main man.

 

She asked me how big he was because they only had small. Aye, small is good enough girl, lash us one of them will ya? Sure enough they came out to him with the shirt. Ste sees it is a small and is kicking off!! Haha!! "I'm not fucking small!" Cev and I said we believe him he doesn't have to get it out or anything. I think that is when we were doing a couple of videos that had me in absolute bulk!!

 

Melons bra being worn on your head like some WWII fighter pilot running around the hozzie had to be the funniest mental picture of them all!

 

So I wheels Ste around the corner for his self administered pain relief in the form of a bag of weed and a pipe. He unwittingly punctures his Alex Ferguson which means we are leaning over a grate in the middle of Sydney emptying a piss bag down a drain when we realise there is a tourist group coming towards us... Oh only about 100 folks with cameras and a curiousity that bedevilled mere interest.

 

"It's ok Kev, the Germans are into all this piss and shit stuff" Ste says sort of nonchalently as he fixes himself another pipe. I am just sitting there laughing at the whole scene thinking fair fucking digs Ste, you do whatever you want man.

 

We gets back to Cev and I see he has thrown a few photos on the forum which has us all laughing again until Cev sees that Ste's pissbag has sprung a leak and he is getting ferried back to the hozzie in his motor!

 

Brilliant afternoon and night. Alex met us down there a bit later on and we got stuck into a few more Guiness. Cheap bastard Gandy like, must have been taking lessons off the alien and "left his wallet" back at the hozzie so couldn't buy us a pint!! Haha.

 

Some asked about Ste and biological family. He did have some family we had spoken about them a couple of times. I won't go into too much detail but I will say that there had been a lot of animosity in the past which had led to various splits and factions which meant there either weren't a lot of family alive or aware of what was happening. I know his aunt went an saw him a day or two before he passed and was there with him on the Saturday.

 

Ste however saw the GF as his family. He had opened his life up to us all and we opened our hearts up to him. Fair trade I reckon.

 

I keep getting a bit misty eyed writing some stuff but he was a fucking great guy. To think in such a small space of time we could form such friendships and learn so much about life as well as ourselves is mind boggling.

 

Thank you Ste for you. Someone, I think it was Anubis wrote about meeting teachers in life when you least expect too an I can only concur with that.

 

I have been humbled before. I have felt small and insignificant. I have felt unimportant and sometimes just allowed life to pass me by but no more.

 

We are all important. We are all special. We all have a goal. We all have a purpose.

 

I have promised Ste a lot. We agreed to let me get some of his ashes and take them to Anfield as well as send him around to every boozer the GF wants to send him off in.

 

We have thought of a few tributes to the man. A memorial bench or plaque near Green Jesus, lashing a 100 weed seeds around Green Jesus for others to feel Ste's love but I love the idea of Green Jesus at Anfield with FAO Stevebaby or Ste Gandy TLW is a brilliant idea. One of those perpetual Anfield signs which has everyone scratching their head is a great idea.

 

So my man you move onto bigger and better things. Shine like the crazy diamond you are Gandyji. Cev, Alex and I have loved every minute we spent with you and I know I am a much better person for this whole experience.

 

Nath, what can I say? Your efforts to get that video was incredible.

 

Cath. An inspiration. If ever you can see how a small idea can snowball into an avalanche of love it is here. Thanks for putting me in contact with Cev a few months ago and I appreciate everything you have done for Ste.

 

Col. Ste talked fondly of your phone call on Xmas Day. He treasured it. It truly meant a lot to him and allowed him to refocus on what he wanted to achieve in his remaining time here.

 

The rest of you who have written messages, sent PMs, kept up to date and just sent your love and affection to the man I salute you also.

 

You never know the power of written word, deed or action until you are caught up in the middle of something like that but it was such a positive and incredible time and one I will never, ever forget.

 

You'll Never Walk Alone Stephen Gandy.

 

Honorary Scouser. A red through and through.

 

The last book you read was Shanks. How fitting that a great man was reading of another.

 

Hope you have found a place on the Kop up there mate. Have a few Leffes and tokes for Cev, Alex and I lad, rest easy now mate you deserve it.

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