They were literally his pride and joy MF - spent a lot of time on them. Then neglected for 10 years and now looked after again (not to same standard but well).
He had some moments of niceness (especially if you recently complimented his garden) but overall... (Don't like to talk ill of the dead but still)
The other I remember was him going off at the driveway cleaner guy as his pressure washer blasted dirt into the duco of his ute (ancient rusty Datsun parked 20m away) and demanded he payed for a paint job.
