Well, so much for waiting for Bryster to post a WIP

Don't hold your breath.

Sorry to have to tell you this, but my pc crashed, taking out two hdds and everything on them. I've lost the lot...about 250 gigs worth of my life. :crying:  100s of photos, family movies and work, not to mention all my Bryce stuff, research and Flying Scotsman wips.

My mother-in-law is very ill in hospital - about 200 miles away and I had to take my wife to see her and stay at her place. We took my pc and most of my workstation. About 2days in to a week long visit my pc gave me a nice little present.....the blue screen of death. I got back home yesterday and my son has spent all of today rebuilding so that at least I can get back on line. The bad news is that my 300 and 160gig hdds were toast....or at least the data on them. I've backed-up most of the vital stuff from when I had trouble a few months ago, but the latest stuff has gone. You wouldn't believe the stuff I've lost.

All I can do now is go back to square one and ...you've guessed it......ask for an extention. However, seeing that Danamo has gone to all the trouble and that I don't ask any favours, I hereby conceded the challenge and go quietly off into the night.

What hacks me off is that I'd even gone to the trouble of buying several dvds about locomotives for referance material.

About 20 mintues ago we had a phone call from the hospital to say that my wife's mother (she's 84) has deteriorated and that we may expect the worse. We're now waiting for my brother-in-law to give us an update so that we know wether or not to go to the hospital tonight.....it's 11.30pm here and we'll have to drive for 4 hours to get there.

I'm sorry, but there's the breaks. When I get things back together I'll carryon (start again) with the Flying Scotsman but until then the crown belongs to Danamo.

Regards

The Bryster

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...