I'm sad as well because it was a great read. Can't wait for the 'Hardback' version to come out. I reckon you're onto a good pension plan there.
Happy retirement Brian,
Ken
Kenny, nice to hear from you again.
I'm afraid that there'll be no "Hardback" version. Of course, if your'e really interested you can always cut/copy paste from the forum pages...but I don't think all the photos come out. Ah, well.
The one and only "hardback" thingy is now beginning Volume 5 of the standard 4 ring binders, and I'm just about up to the Vietnamese bit in 1988. As I complete each volume I've been putting the contents onto CDs (as a backup, mainly). But as my granddaughter is just about coming up to her 2nd birthday I reckon that it'll be at least another 16 or 18 years before she gets her mitts on them. By then I'll either be long gone or well into my mid 80s. Food for thought, eh? And heaven alone knows what technology will be around by then. But "print" will survive electronics I'm sure.
Forget the "Pension Fund" idea. Originally I did the whole saga purely for the entertainment and (hopefully) edification of members of this forum who, while being interested in "ships" had/have no idea what it's like to be away on one. I think I may have succeeded in that.
Making money out of it is and never was on the agenda. It's an open forum, so do what you will. Within reason.
I'm perfectly happy with my present cicumstances (apart from physical degeneration!) and have no desire whatsoever to begin another "career". But thanks for the thought. By the way, "my" hardback version is already over 500 pages with almost 6 years to go!!!!
Many regards. Bryan.