Sypho and I shared digs in 4th street in Lae, and Max Painter (Macair engineer) lived next door. We used to take it in turns to cook, and when it was Sypho's turn, I'd retire to the DCA mess a short distance away, and Olga would feed me (hahaha). Sypho was enamoured with Charlton Heston. If you visited the TAA mess bar, there was a whole lot of cartoons drawn by one of the Strachan brothers spread around the upper wall. Jonny Deewhy and the Splinters would give their version of pop/rock on Saturday nights.