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| Filename: | L/+WILLWA |
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| File size: | 1219 bytes |
| Load address: | 2B204556 |
| Exec address: | 4C4C4957 |
File contents
HELLO EVERYONE! My name is Will Watts (just like Michael Caine but com-
pletely different) and, for the benefit of those who don't know, I
should explain that I started the Electron User Group in June 1991 and
edited the first thirteen issues before handing things over to Gus
Dnnachaidh in 1994.
The first eight issues of EUG were paper-based "magazines", but when
the cost (and hassle) of photocopying became too much, I thought it best
that we move to disk. I should also point out that during this change-
over I received invaluable help from Richard Dimond and (ex-member)
Derek Walker as well as many other people.
You may be interested to hear that our new(ish) editor Dave Edwards
has plans to transfer (transcribe?!) those early paper beauties onto
disk, making them available as back issues. I hope he intends to put a
health warning on them!
Our editor requested that I write a piece for inclusion in this, the
landmark fiftieth issue of EUG, and I understand that Gus will be
writing something too. Without detracting from Dave's exciting new
innovations and infectious enthusiasm, I think Gus is the person we
should all be thanking at this moment. He kept things ticking over for a
very long time and, in collaboration with Richard Dimond, made many
improvements to the EUG disks.
Dave - and several other people - have asked how I feel about the way
EUG has developed since I bowed out. Well, on the whole I've been quite
pleased with the way things have gone. Gus created stability and brought
new members on board - many of whom were refugees from other 8-bit
groups which folded. With no commercial companies now supporting the
Elk/BBC directly (as far as I know!) [Superior do! - Ed], everything is
up for grabs and, under Dave Edwards' administration, it looks like
'protected' software will be cracked and distributed! Then there's this
new-fangled Internet thingy...!
So, with Dave Edwards as the new skipper at the helm and Gus Donna-
chaidh as the 'glue' that held things together for so long, I have to
see MYSELF as a brief piece of ancient history!
I'll leave the other two Eds to ponder the growth and future of EUG
and explain why I started the thing in the first place...
When ELECTRON USER magazine (Database, later Europress, Publications)
rolled off the press for the last time, I was a bit stunned, along with
many other Electron owners. THE MICRO USER magazine had promised to
cater for Elk users but made no great effort because, like ACORN USER
magazine, it was rushing to cater for the expanding Archimedes market.
However, Europress invited ex-EU readers to subscribe to what it
described as a "BRILL!" new magazine called LET'S COMPUTE! So, partly
against my better judgement, I sent off my subscription and in due
course, the LET'S COMPUTE! club pack arrived. The pack consisted of a
folder containing - amongst other things - a paper baseball cap, a badge
and a red plastic ruler (or 'rule' if you want to be pedantic). I
remember my partner Alison trying very hard not to laugh as she watched
a hulking great (then) 35 year old examing goodies suitable for a kid of
eight.
There was only one course of action. Very solemnly, I put the paper
hat on my head, pinned the badge to my shirt, held the red plastic ruler
like a baton and marched around the room singing, "Let's Compute! Let's
Compute!" to no particular tune. At this point Alison's composure began
to crumble. It's true what they say, you know. "If you can make a woman
laugh..."
I think that was the turning point. LET'S COMPUTE! could not, and
WOULD not, be the end of the line for the Electron. Someone HAD to do
something! So, I took the bull by the horns, grasped the nettle with
both hands, put my nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel,
stiffened my upper lip, took a deep breath, girded my loins, threw
caution to the wind, put my whole self in and did the Hokey Cokey. I was
knackered. The rest is history.
There can be no doubt that running EUG is a labour of love. It can be
very rewarding and great fun at times but there is still an awful lot of
boring hard slog involved. I'm glad I don't have to do it any more and
my hat (NOT the one from the LET'S COMPUTE! club pack) is off to Gus and
Dave for all their hard work.
Well, I think that's quite enough from me for now. It only remains to
congratulate everyone who has had a hand in keeping EUG going - onwards
and upwards! Here's to the NEXT fifty issues!
Will Watts
134 Great Knightleys, Basildon, ESSEX SS15 5HQ
00000000 0d 0d 48 45 4c 4c 4f 20 45 56 45 52 59 4f 4e 45 |..HELLO EVERYONE| 00000010 21 20 4d 79 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 57 69 6c |! My name is Wil| 00000020 6c 20 57 61 74 74 73 20 28 6a 75 73 74 20 6c 69 |l Watts (just li| 00000030 6b 65 20 4d 69 63 68 61 65 6c 20 43 61 69 6e 65 |ke Michael Caine| 00000040 20 62 75 74 20 63 6f 6d 2d 0d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c | but com-.pletel| 00000050 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 29 20 61 6e 64 |y different) and| 00000060 2c 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 6e 65 66 69 |, for the benefi| 00000070 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 77 68 6f 20 64 |t of those who d| 00000080 6f 6e 27 74 20 6b 6e 6f 77 2c 20 49 20 0d 73 68 |on't know, I .sh| 00000090 6f 75 6c 64 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 74 68 61 |ould explain tha| 000000a0 74 20 49 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 |t I started the | 000000b0 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 55 73 65 72 20 47 72 |Electron User Gr| 000000c0 6f 75 70 20 69 6e 20 4a 75 6e 65 20 31 39 39 31 |oup in June 1991| 000000d0 20 61 6e 64 0d 65 64 69 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 | and.edited the | 000000e0 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 68 69 72 74 65 65 6e 20 69 |first thirteen i| 000000f0 73 73 75 65 73 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 68 61 6e |ssues before han| 00000100 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 6f 76 65 72 |ding things over| 00000110 20 74 6f 20 47 75 73 20 0d 44 6e 6e 61 63 68 61 | to Gus .Dnnacha| 00000120 69 64 68 20 69 6e 20 31 39 39 34 2e 0d 20 20 20 |idh in 1994.. | 00000130 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 65 69 67 68 74 20 |The first eight | 00000140 69 73 73 75 65 73 20 6f 66 20 45 55 47 20 77 65 |issues of EUG we| 00000150 72 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 2d 62 61 73 65 64 20 22 |re paper-based "| 00000160 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 73 22 2c 20 62 75 74 20 |magazines", but | 00000170 77 68 65 6e 0d 74 68 65 20 63 6f 73 74 20 28 61 |when.the cost (a| 00000180 6e 64 20 68 61 73 73 6c 65 29 20 6f 66 20 70 68 |nd hassle) of ph| 00000190 6f 74 6f 63 6f 70 79 69 6e 67 20 62 65 63 61 6d |otocopying becam| 000001a0 65 20 74 6f 6f 20 6d 75 63 68 2c 20 49 20 74 68 |e too much, I th| 000001b0 6f 75 67 68 74 20 69 74 20 62 65 73 74 0d 74 68 |ought it best.th| 000001c0 61 74 20 77 65 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 64 69 |at we move to di| 000001d0 73 6b 2e 20 49 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 6c 73 |sk. I should als| 000001e0 6f 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 6f 75 74 20 74 68 61 74 |o point out that| 000001f0 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 63 68 61 | during this cha| 00000200 6e 67 65 2d 0d 6f 76 65 72 20 49 20 72 65 63 65 |nge-.over I rece| 00000210 69 76 65 64 20 69 6e 76 61 6c 75 61 62 6c 65 20 |ived invaluable | 00000220 68 65 6c 70 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 |help from Richar| 00000230 64 20 44 69 6d 6f 6e 64 20 61 6e 64 20 28 65 78 |d Dimond and (ex| 00000240 2d 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 29 20 0d 44 65 72 65 6b 20 |-member) .Derek | 00000250 57 61 6c 6b 65 72 20 61 73 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 61 |Walker as well a| 00000260 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 6f |s many other peo| 00000270 70 6c 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 |ple.. You may | 00000280 62 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 65 73 74 65 64 20 74 6f |be interested to| 00000290 20 68 65 61 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 6f 75 72 20 6e | hear that our n| 000002a0 65 77 28 69 73 68 29 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 20 44 |ew(ish) editor D| 000002b0 61 76 65 20 45 64 77 61 72 64 73 0d 68 61 73 20 |ave Edwards.has | 000002c0 70 6c 61 6e 73 20 74 6f 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 |plans to transfe| 000002d0 72 20 28 74 72 61 6e 73 63 72 69 62 65 3f 21 29 |r (transcribe?!)| 000002e0 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 65 61 72 6c 79 20 70 61 70 | those early pap| 000002f0 65 72 20 62 65 61 75 74 69 65 73 20 6f 6e 74 6f |er beauties onto| 00000300 20 0d 64 69 73 6b 2c 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 | .disk, making t| 00000310 68 65 6d 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 61 73 |hem available as| 00000320 20 62 61 63 6b 20 69 73 73 75 65 73 2e 20 49 20 | back issues. I | 00000330 68 6f 70 65 20 68 65 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 73 20 |hope he intends | 00000340 74 6f 20 70 75 74 20 61 0d 68 65 61 6c 74 68 20 |to put a.health | 00000350 77 61 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 6d 21 |warning on them!| 00000360 0d 20 20 20 4f 75 72 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 20 72 |. Our editor r| 00000370 65 71 75 65 73 74 65 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 49 20 |equested that I | 00000380 77 72 69 74 65 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 66 6f |write a piece fo| 00000390 72 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 73 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 |r inclusion in t| 000003a0 68 69 73 2c 20 74 68 65 0d 6c 61 6e 64 6d 61 72 |his, the.landmar| 000003b0 6b 20 66 69 66 74 69 65 74 68 20 69 73 73 75 65 |k fiftieth issue| 000003c0 20 6f 66 20 45 55 47 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 49 20 75 | of EUG, and I u| 000003d0 6e 64 65 72 73 74 61 6e 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 47 |nderstand that G| 000003e0 75 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 0d 77 72 69 74 |us will be .writ| 000003f0 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |ing something to| 00000400 6f 2e 20 57 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 64 65 74 72 61 |o. Without detra| 00000410 63 74 69 6e 67 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 44 61 76 65 27 |cting from Dave'| 00000420 73 20 65 78 63 69 74 69 6e 67 20 6e 65 77 20 0d |s exciting new .| 00000430 69 6e 6e 6f 76 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 6e 64 20 |innovations and | 00000440 69 6e 66 65 63 74 69 6f 75 73 20 65 6e 74 68 75 |infectious enthu| 00000450 73 69 61 73 6d 2c 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 47 |siasm, I think G| 00000460 75 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 70 65 72 73 6f 6e |us is the person| 00000470 20 77 65 20 0d 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 61 6c 6c 20 | we .should all | 00000480 62 65 20 74 68 61 6e 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 74 |be thanking at t| 00000490 68 69 73 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 48 65 20 6b |his moment. He k| 000004a0 65 70 74 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 74 69 63 6b 69 |ept things ticki| 000004b0 6e 67 20 6f 76 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 61 0d 76 65 |ng over for a.ve| 000004c0 72 79 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 69 6d 65 20 61 6e 64 |ry long time and| 000004d0 2c 20 69 6e 20 63 6f 6c 6c 61 62 6f 72 61 74 69 |, in collaborati| 000004e0 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 52 69 63 68 61 72 64 20 |on with Richard | 000004f0 44 69 6d 6f 6e 64 2c 20 6d 61 64 65 20 6d 61 6e |Dimond, made man| 00000500 79 0d 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 74 |y.improvements t| 00000510 6f 20 74 68 65 20 45 55 47 20 64 69 73 6b 73 2e |o the EUG disks.| 00000520 0d 20 20 20 44 61 76 65 20 2d 20 61 6e 64 20 73 |. Dave - and s| 00000530 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 70 65 6f |everal other peo| 00000540 70 6c 65 20 2d 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 73 6b 65 64 |ple - have asked| 00000550 20 68 6f 77 20 49 20 66 65 65 6c 20 61 62 6f 75 | how I feel abou| 00000560 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 0d 45 55 47 20 68 61 |t the way.EUG ha| 00000570 73 20 64 65 76 65 6c 6f 70 65 64 20 73 69 6e 63 |s developed sinc| 00000580 65 20 49 20 62 6f 77 65 64 20 6f 75 74 2e 20 57 |e I bowed out. W| 00000590 65 6c 6c 2c 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 68 6f 6c |ell, on the whol| 000005a0 65 20 49 27 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 71 75 69 74 |e I've been quit| 000005b0 65 0d 70 6c 65 61 73 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |e.pleased with t| 000005c0 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 68 61 |he way things ha| 000005d0 76 65 20 67 6f 6e 65 2e 20 47 75 73 20 63 72 65 |ve gone. Gus cre| 000005e0 61 74 65 64 20 73 74 61 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 61 |ated stability a| 000005f0 6e 64 20 62 72 6f 75 67 68 74 0d 6e 65 77 20 6d |nd brought.new m| 00000600 65 6d 62 65 72 73 20 6f 6e 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 |embers on board | 00000610 2d 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 77 68 6f 6d 20 77 |- many of whom w| 00000620 65 72 65 20 72 65 66 75 67 65 65 73 20 66 72 6f |ere refugees fro| 00000630 6d 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 38 2d 62 69 74 20 0d 67 |m other 8-bit .g| 00000640 72 6f 75 70 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 66 6f 6c 64 |roups which fold| 00000650 65 64 2e 20 57 69 74 68 20 6e 6f 20 63 6f 6d 6d |ed. With no comm| 00000660 65 72 63 69 61 6c 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 6e 69 65 73 |ercial companies| 00000670 20 6e 6f 77 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 69 6e 67 20 | now supporting | 00000680 74 68 65 0d 45 6c 6b 2f 42 42 43 20 64 69 72 65 |the.Elk/BBC dire| 00000690 63 74 6c 79 20 28 61 73 20 66 61 72 20 61 73 20 |ctly (as far as | 000006a0 49 20 6b 6e 6f 77 21 29 20 5b 53 75 70 65 72 69 |I know!) [Superi| 000006b0 6f 72 20 64 6f 21 20 2d 20 45 64 5d 2c 20 65 76 |or do! - Ed], ev| 000006c0 65 72 79 74 68 69 6e 67 20 69 73 0d 75 70 20 66 |erything is.up f| 000006d0 6f 72 20 67 72 61 62 73 20 61 6e 64 2c 20 75 6e |or grabs and, un| 000006e0 64 65 72 20 44 61 76 65 20 45 64 77 61 72 64 73 |der Dave Edwards| 000006f0 27 20 61 64 6d 69 6e 69 73 74 72 61 74 69 6f 6e |' administration| 00000700 2c 20 69 74 20 6c 6f 6f 6b 73 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 |, it looks like | 00000710 0d 27 70 72 6f 74 65 63 74 65 64 27 20 73 6f 66 |.'protected' sof| 00000720 74 77 61 72 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 63 72 |tware will be cr| 00000730 61 63 6b 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 |acked and distri| 00000740 62 75 74 65 64 21 20 54 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 72 |buted! Then ther| 00000750 65 27 73 20 74 68 69 73 0d 6e 65 77 2d 66 61 6e |e's this.new-fan| 00000760 67 6c 65 64 20 49 6e 74 65 72 6e 65 74 20 74 68 |gled Internet th| 00000770 69 6e 67 79 2e 2e 2e 21 0d 20 20 20 53 6f 2c 20 |ingy...!. So, | 00000780 77 69 74 68 20 44 61 76 65 20 45 64 77 61 72 64 |with Dave Edward| 00000790 73 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 73 6b 69 |s as the new ski| 000007a0 70 70 65 72 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 68 65 6c 6d |pper at the helm| 000007b0 20 61 6e 64 20 47 75 73 20 44 6f 6e 6e 61 2d 0d | and Gus Donna-.| 000007c0 63 68 61 69 64 68 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 27 67 |chaidh as the 'g| 000007d0 6c 75 65 27 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 6c 64 20 74 |lue' that held t| 000007e0 68 69 6e 67 73 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 66 |hings together f| 000007f0 6f 72 20 73 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 2c 20 49 20 68 61 |or so long, I ha| 00000800 76 65 20 74 6f 0d 73 65 65 20 4d 59 53 45 4c 46 |ve to.see MYSELF| 00000810 20 61 73 20 61 20 62 72 69 65 66 20 70 69 65 63 | as a brief piec| 00000820 65 20 6f 66 20 61 6e 63 69 65 6e 74 20 68 69 73 |e of ancient his| 00000830 74 6f 72 79 21 0d 20 20 20 49 27 6c 6c 20 6c 65 |tory!. I'll le| 00000840 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 74 77 |ave the other tw| 00000850 6f 20 45 64 73 20 74 6f 20 70 6f 6e 64 65 72 20 |o Eds to ponder | 00000860 74 68 65 20 67 72 6f 77 74 68 20 61 6e 64 20 66 |the growth and f| 00000870 75 74 75 72 65 20 6f 66 20 45 55 47 20 0d 61 6e |uture of EUG .an| 00000880 64 20 65 78 70 6c 61 69 6e 20 77 68 79 20 49 20 |d explain why I | 00000890 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 6e |started the thin| 000008a0 67 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 |g in the first p| 000008b0 6c 61 63 65 2e 2e 2e 0d 20 20 20 57 68 65 6e 20 |lace.... When | 000008c0 45 4c 45 43 54 52 4f 4e 20 55 53 45 52 20 6d 61 |ELECTRON USER ma| 000008d0 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 28 44 61 74 61 62 61 73 65 |gazine (Database| 000008e0 2c 20 6c 61 74 65 72 20 45 75 72 6f 70 72 65 73 |, later Europres| 000008f0 73 2c 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 29 |s, Publications)| 00000900 0d 72 6f 6c 6c 65 64 20 6f 66 66 20 74 68 65 20 |.rolled off the | 00000910 70 72 65 73 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 |press for the la| 00000920 73 74 20 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 61 |st time, I was a| 00000930 20 62 69 74 20 73 74 75 6e 6e 65 64 2c 20 61 6c | bit stunned, al| 00000940 6f 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 0d 6d 61 6e 79 20 6f 74 |ong with.many ot| 00000950 68 65 72 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 20 6f 77 6e |her Electron own| 00000960 65 72 73 2e 20 54 48 45 20 4d 49 43 52 4f 20 55 |ers. THE MICRO U| 00000970 53 45 52 20 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 20 68 61 64 |SER magazine had| 00000980 20 70 72 6f 6d 69 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 0d 63 61 | promised to .ca| 00000990 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 45 6c 6b 20 75 73 65 72 |ter for Elk user| 000009a0 73 20 62 75 74 20 6d 61 64 65 20 6e 6f 20 67 72 |s but made no gr| 000009b0 65 61 74 20 65 66 66 6f 72 74 20 62 65 63 61 75 |eat effort becau| 000009c0 73 65 2c 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 41 43 4f 52 4e 20 55 |se, like ACORN U| 000009d0 53 45 52 0d 6d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 2c 20 69 74 |SER.magazine, it| 000009e0 20 77 61 73 20 72 75 73 68 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 | was rushing to | 000009f0 63 61 74 65 72 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 |cater for the ex| 00000a00 70 61 6e 64 69 6e 67 20 41 72 63 68 69 6d 65 64 |panding Archimed| 00000a10 65 73 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 48 6f |es market.. Ho| 00000a20 77 65 76 65 72 2c 20 45 75 72 6f 70 72 65 73 73 |wever, Europress| 00000a30 20 69 6e 76 69 74 65 64 20 65 78 2d 45 55 20 72 | invited ex-EU r| 00000a40 65 61 64 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 73 75 62 73 63 72 |eaders to subscr| 00000a50 69 62 65 20 74 6f 20 77 68 61 74 20 69 74 0d 64 |ibe to what it.d| 00000a60 65 73 63 72 69 62 65 64 20 61 73 20 61 20 22 42 |escribed as a "B| 00000a70 52 49 4c 4c 21 22 20 6e 65 77 20 6d 61 67 61 7a |RILL!" new magaz| 00000a80 69 6e 65 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 4c 45 54 27 53 |ine called LET'S| 00000a90 20 43 4f 4d 50 55 54 45 21 20 53 6f 2c 20 70 61 | COMPUTE! So, pa| 00000aa0 72 74 6c 79 20 0d 61 67 61 69 6e 73 74 20 6d 79 |rtly .against my| 00000ab0 20 62 65 74 74 65 72 20 6a 75 64 67 65 6d 65 6e | better judgemen| 00000ac0 74 2c 20 49 20 73 65 6e 74 20 6f 66 66 20 6d 79 |t, I sent off my| 00000ad0 20 73 75 62 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e | subscription an| 00000ae0 64 20 69 6e 20 64 75 65 20 0d 63 6f 75 72 73 65 |d in due .course| 00000af0 2c 20 74 68 65 20 4c 45 54 27 53 20 43 4f 4d 50 |, the LET'S COMP| 00000b00 55 54 45 21 20 63 6c 75 62 20 70 61 63 6b 20 61 |UTE! club pack a| 00000b10 72 72 69 76 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 61 63 6b |rrived. The pack| 00000b20 20 63 6f 6e 73 69 73 74 65 64 20 6f 66 20 61 0d | consisted of a.| 00000b30 66 6f 6c 64 65 72 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 69 6e |folder containin| 00000b40 67 20 2d 20 61 6d 6f 6e 67 73 74 20 6f 74 68 65 |g - amongst othe| 00000b50 72 20 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 2d 20 61 20 70 61 70 |r things - a pap| 00000b60 65 72 20 62 61 73 65 62 61 6c 6c 20 63 61 70 2c |er baseball cap,| 00000b70 20 61 20 62 61 64 67 65 0d 61 6e 64 20 61 20 72 | a badge.and a r| 00000b80 65 64 20 70 6c 61 73 74 69 63 20 72 75 6c 65 72 |ed plastic ruler| 00000b90 20 28 6f 72 20 27 72 75 6c 65 27 20 69 66 20 79 | (or 'rule' if y| 00000ba0 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 70 65 |ou want to be pe| 00000bb0 64 61 6e 74 69 63 29 2e 20 49 20 0d 72 65 6d 65 |dantic). I .reme| 00000bc0 6d 62 65 72 20 6d 79 20 70 61 72 74 6e 65 72 20 |mber my partner | 00000bd0 41 6c 69 73 6f 6e 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 76 65 |Alison trying ve| 00000be0 72 79 20 68 61 72 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 6c |ry hard not to l| 00000bf0 61 75 67 68 20 61 73 20 73 68 65 20 77 61 74 63 |augh as she watc| 00000c00 68 65 64 0d 61 20 68 75 6c 6b 69 6e 67 20 67 72 |hed.a hulking gr| 00000c10 65 61 74 20 28 74 68 65 6e 29 20 33 35 20 79 65 |eat (then) 35 ye| 00000c20 61 72 20 6f 6c 64 20 65 78 61 6d 69 6e 67 20 67 |ar old examing g| 00000c30 6f 6f 64 69 65 73 20 73 75 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 |oodies suitable | 00000c40 66 6f 72 20 61 20 6b 69 64 20 6f 66 0d 65 69 67 |for a kid of.eig| 00000c50 68 74 2e 0d 20 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 |ht.. There was| 00000c60 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 | only one course| 00000c70 20 6f 66 20 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 56 65 72 79 | of action. Very| 00000c80 20 73 6f 6c 65 6d 6e 6c 79 2c 20 49 20 70 75 74 | solemnly, I put| 00000c90 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 0d 68 61 74 20 6f | the paper.hat o| 00000ca0 6e 20 6d 79 20 68 65 61 64 2c 20 70 69 6e 6e 65 |n my head, pinne| 00000cb0 64 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 64 67 65 20 74 6f 20 6d |d the badge to m| 00000cc0 79 20 73 68 69 72 74 2c 20 68 65 6c 64 20 74 68 |y shirt, held th| 00000cd0 65 20 72 65 64 20 70 6c 61 73 74 69 63 20 72 75 |e red plastic ru| 00000ce0 6c 65 72 0d 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 62 61 74 6f 6e |ler.like a baton| 00000cf0 20 61 6e 64 20 6d 61 72 63 68 65 64 20 61 72 6f | and marched aro| 00000d00 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 73 69 6e |und the room sin| 00000d10 67 69 6e 67 2c 20 22 4c 65 74 27 73 20 43 6f 6d |ging, "Let's Com| 00000d20 70 75 74 65 21 20 4c 65 74 27 73 0d 43 6f 6d 70 |pute! Let's.Comp| 00000d30 75 74 65 21 22 20 74 6f 20 6e 6f 20 70 61 72 74 |ute!" to no part| 00000d40 69 63 75 6c 61 72 20 74 75 6e 65 2e 20 41 74 20 |icular tune. At | 00000d50 74 68 69 73 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 41 6c 69 73 6f |this point Aliso| 00000d60 6e 27 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 75 72 65 20 62 65 |n's composure be| 00000d70 67 61 6e 0d 74 6f 20 63 72 75 6d 62 6c 65 2e 20 |gan.to crumble. | 00000d80 49 74 27 73 20 74 72 75 65 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 |It's true what t| 00000d90 68 65 79 20 73 61 79 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 6b 6e 6f |hey say, you kno| 00000da0 77 2e 20 22 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 6d |w. "If you can m| 00000db0 61 6b 65 20 61 20 77 6f 6d 61 6e 0d 6c 61 75 67 |ake a woman.laug| 00000dc0 68 2e 2e 2e 22 0d 20 20 20 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b |h...". I think| 00000dd0 20 74 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 75 | that was the tu| 00000de0 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 2e 20 4c 45 54 |rning point. LET| 00000df0 27 53 20 43 4f 4d 50 55 54 45 21 20 63 6f 75 6c |'S COMPUTE! coul| 00000e00 64 20 6e 6f 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 57 4f 55 4c |d not, and .WOUL| 00000e10 44 20 6e 6f 74 2c 20 62 65 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e |D not, be the en| 00000e20 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 66 6f |d of the line fo| 00000e30 72 20 74 68 65 20 45 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 2e 20 |r the Electron. | 00000e40 53 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 48 41 44 20 74 6f 20 64 |Someone HAD to d| 00000e50 6f 0d 73 6f 6d 65 74 68 69 6e 67 21 20 53 6f 2c |o.something! So,| 00000e60 20 49 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 6c 6c | I took the bull| 00000e70 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 68 6f 72 6e 73 2c 20 67 | by the horns, g| 00000e80 72 61 73 70 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 74 74 6c |rasped the nettl| 00000e90 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 0d 62 6f 74 68 20 68 61 6e |e with .both han| 00000ea0 64 73 2c 20 70 75 74 20 6d 79 20 6e 6f 73 65 20 |ds, put my nose | 00000eb0 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 69 6e 64 73 74 6f 6e |to the grindston| 00000ec0 65 2c 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 65 72 20 74 6f 20 74 |e, shoulder to t| 00000ed0 68 65 20 77 68 65 65 6c 2c 20 0d 73 74 69 66 66 |he wheel, .stiff| 00000ee0 65 6e 65 64 20 6d 79 20 75 70 70 65 72 20 6c 69 |ened my upper li| 00000ef0 70 2c 20 74 6f 6f 6b 20 61 20 64 65 65 70 20 62 |p, took a deep b| 00000f00 72 65 61 74 68 2c 20 67 69 72 64 65 64 20 6d 79 |reath, girded my| 00000f10 20 6c 6f 69 6e 73 2c 20 74 68 72 65 77 0d 63 61 | loins, threw.ca| 00000f20 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 77 69 6e |ution to the win| 00000f30 64 2c 20 70 75 74 20 6d 79 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 |d, put my whole | 00000f40 73 65 6c 66 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 64 20 |self in and did | 00000f50 74 68 65 20 48 6f 6b 65 79 20 43 6f 6b 65 79 2e |the Hokey Cokey.| 00000f60 20 49 20 77 61 73 0d 6b 6e 61 63 6b 65 72 65 64 | I was.knackered| 00000f70 2e 20 54 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 20 69 73 20 68 69 |. 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