G'day Rod,


 RG>>> with your C64 column in ACAR though..  (still read it in the
 RG>>> newsagents) :-)
 OJ>>  Bastard... Should be paying for it and keeping me
in a job :)

 RG> F*ck that...  I'm not going to by the entire magazine to read just one
 RG> page.

It surprises me that anyone bothers to buy it, but they do. There's still
an awful lot of people out there looking for material for the C64. Apart
from the diehards, it's generally a new batch of users. These are the ones
that have found a complete C64 system for $50 at a garage sale and bought
it for the kids to muck about on, only to become interested in it
themselves.


 OJ>> I've just written the fourth anniversary issue. Four years is
 OJ>> something I thought it would never reach. I'm
 OJ>> constantly expecting a quiet tap on the shoulder and a
"that will do,
 OJ>> thank
 OJ>> you...", but it hasn't happened yet.

 RG> Do you still enjoy writing this column or do you do it just because
 RG> you can ?

I can't really say I get a great deal of pleasure out of it, but I don't
dislike it. The challenge has gone and it's now just a routine that's
thrown together about a week after the deadline. I do some Amiga writing
from time to time, and will be commencing a regular Amiga column in the
very near future.


 RG> If you ever think about "retiring" I know someone that will jump at
 RG> the chance of taking it over for you.  (No, not me).

I'll keep that in mind. I've started to `repeat' myself and after four
years I'm running out of things to say. I'll let you know if I retire.

Cheers,

OJ.


... "Nurse! I said: "SLIP off his SPECtacles!" 
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