Just an idea, but the future might be in self publication & eBooks.

I can help anyone who would like to set up a website selling their own, and others, works.

The principle being that the buyer pays for access to the book in electronic format, who can then download it, and can either print it or keep it in electronic format.

There are tools for securing the content too. For instance, I produce all my invoices in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format, and this makes the content uneditable by anyone other than me (indeed, I could also make them unprintable, if I so wished).

As for all the other legal stuff surrounding book publishing, well I’m sure Melvyn knows how to resolve those particular issues. My skills only go so far as making the finished book accessible.

Of course this solution isn’t so “tactile” and more difficult to flaunt on a coffee table, unfortunately.

This is one of the advantages of being your own IT department

😀 😀 😀

to make the return journey plus the recovered aircraft is by the use either of helicopters, or ski-planes, or both.

There was a Herc fitted with skis, but I think it’s been retired now. What else would be big enough for this particular job?

I take it this is a different mission to the one used to recover Glacier Girl?

Did you see the last show he did for the BBC

No, well unless you count the Radio 2 webcam. I believe Noel’s last BBC performance was standing in for Johnnie Walker – who has cancer – a couple of months ago – in the “Drivetime” 5 to 7pm spot.

I might be mistaken, though.

Look, can we try using the name – Bruce “Richard”inson = instead – we’ll know who you mean!!!!!

😀 😀 😀 😉

Fascinating – what a lucky lucky man.

But just 7 Hurri’s left – that’s not really representative, is it.

Nope – had an email from Felicity two days ago, but nothing new in that either.

I, for one, am disappointed that their promise to provide a link back to my site – so that we can build up a little extra funding for them – was approved by Felicity back in December, but nothing has happened at all.

Her response to my enquiry seemed to indicate she had forgotten about it – because it was clear she thought I was talking about something else completely.