Would I lie to you.....

[walnutfarmmick]

You can be as scathing and sarcastic as you wish. I am simply stating my view. Prof. Griffiths, John Walter, Gordon Bruce and Christoper Thrall didn't feel the need to include the word 'Collectors' in their titles and they are all high class invaluable books to both the collector and the enthusiast. I feel by aiming it directly at collectors , he will be holding back some of his sales.

I presume John's book with be as valuable a source of information as are the other books mentioned, so why target it at one section of it's possible audience?

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I'm sorry if that came over as scathing. It was intended to be a teasing dig at John himself, to say nothing of my probable last chance to use the word 'redacted', now Trump has gone. I had this mental picture of John, working by candle-light, sleeves rolled up, muttering 'I've spent 10 years writing this and now they want me to change it, before it's even been published! Where's my thickest, blackest crayon?'

I'm sure it'll become the standard reference work of the genre, a latterday Gas, Air and Spring Guns with the term ' Ah! But according to Milewski. ' passing into everyday usage even beyond the bounds of Kempton Park.

John needs neither of us springing to his defence. He's already on the road to fame and fortune, so let us just wish him well, enjoy the book and keep scanning the Sunday Times Best Sellers list.

ATB, Mick