[neilmarr]

By the way, David, a very old pal of mine from shared newspaper days in England and Scotland is Val McDermid the crime novelist.

I remember telling her over a beer one day, when a piece of my own launched in the real world in the mists of the last century, that there is nothing quite like being asked by a reader if you'll sign a copy of your book.

She said: "Aye there is, Neil. It's when you can say back, 'sure -- which one?'

Keep it up, mate.

Bestest. N