Ed
Your right about the publishing. Put the book on the computer. It could be
printed or e-mailed to anyone interested.
My old brain seems to work better in the morning, but also seems to be when
I have the least amout of time to do that sort of thing.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
To: <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: Tom Bryant...
> Tom--
> Write the book now. You'll never regret it. Your family, friends,
> descendents
> and the rest of us will appreciate it after you head off to join all the
> old
> racers who've gone to a better place. (and maybe even before) Every
> autobiographical tidbit from our sport immeasurably enriches it.
> Lately I've taken to annotating old photos that I insert into MS Word
> documents. I do this early in the morning when I'm physically but not
> really
> mentally awake. Most of us old farts have times in the day when we are
> just
> awake enough to do something; but are damn sure it shouldn't be anything
> critical (like working on the race car). Neat thing about publishing
> today is
> that it doesn't have to be done in a conventional book format. Computers
> and
> the internet have changed all that. And if you think your work is worth
> it, a
> copyright is cheap and easy to get. Amateur photos and text in your own
> way
> of speaking not only conveys info, it mirrors your very persona--something
> most readers will want most of all. And spell checkers take care of our
> lousy
> spelling if that is of concern.
> Put it on a website or just send it off to a bunch of friends as an
> attachment
> to an email.
> This is something all of us should do. Especially the old guys like me
> who
> could just up and die at any moment. And I include the "kids" among us.
> Even
> they could die young; or more likely, have their life change to where they
> have to leave landspeed racing behind them for a while.
> Consider a record in our own words of our contribution, however small, to
> landspeed racing, hot rodding, drag racing or whatever as an obligation
> and a
> way of saying thanks for all the good times.
> Ed Weldon
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