Topic: My occupations

[Bob Wessner]

p.p.s. Bob: Ann Arbor is definitely interesting. Can't say as I have a fully developed opinion yet, but I like it so far. Does take some getting used to, though, coming from a big city.

I know what you mean. I've been here since late '68 and I'm still trying to get use to it. 

[grumburg]

Hell, everyone's entitled to their opinion. I work for the damn book, and I still think almost every UK/Brit-based enthusiast magazine out there (Evo, Top Gear, the like) does what we do BETTER than we do it. But it just means we have reason to work hard and suck less. And as of this month, Jean's been moved upstairs by corporate, and a new ed-in-chief installed (who happens to, oddly enough, be a Brit, and was formerly of Autocar/Classic & Sports Car/a few others).

So. Things are looking up. We keep trying harder. As for me, I'll say this: it's awfully frustrating when you don't make a lot of the decisions, and your magazine simply ends up being, well...full of big chunks of boring each month.


But...I take that back. You didn't hear me say that.
Signed up for Winding Road when I 1st heard about it. Still like something I can hold in my hand. I stare at a computer all day. Still not a replacement for print.
p.s. DED didn't retire. He got shoved out by the suits upstairs, and Jean was hurriedly shoved in as a replacement. FYI: He currently runs the digital mag Winding Road - www.windingroad.com.


p.p.s. Bob: Ann Arbor is definitely interesting. Can't say as I have a fully developed opinion yet, but I like it so far. Does take some getting used to, though, coming from a big city.

[grumburg]

Signed up for Winding Road when I first heard about it. Not a replacement for print. Stare at a computer all day.  Ever try to drag a computer into the can..er..library?

[nickjtc]

Signed up for Winding Road when I first heard about it. Not a replacement for print. Stare at a computer all day.  Ever try to drag a computer into the can..er..library?

That's when you need a notebook and an internet connection in the wall, by the toilet.

[cbjunkie]

what century do you live in nick...ever heard of wireles...??   


seriously - now you can buy a card for you computer/cell phone and get the web through your phone on your computer.

[nickjtc]

what century do you live in nick...ever heard of wireles...??   

Gosh, what wonders! Next thing you know there will be a man on the moon!

[cbjunkie]

time for a new conspiracy thread??

[nickjtc]

time for a new conspiracy thread??

Well, everyone knows that the film 'Capricorn One' was based on the true story of man actually not getting to the moon....

[ChrisR]

Hi upperlake - thanks for sharing your wonderful work with us. I can identify with the famine or feast thing - Still it makes life interesting.
Funny the conversation turned to internet connections as I have been 'off' the last couple of days because a lightning strike messed up half the routers, etc in our area. A lot of people had them burned out but luckily it just upset the settings on ours but it's taken me a while to get round to fixing it.
Nick, I think we ought to get one of those new fangled wireless contraptions - surfing on the bog sounds like the business (as it were)

[nickjtc]

Nick, I think we ought to get one of those new fangled wireless contraptions - surfing on the bog sounds like the business (as it were)

But if wireless is affected by atmospheric disturbances, perhaps the bog is not the best place for it...?

[ChrisR]