Due to the recent computer cock-ups (and by the way, I was mildly irritated to receive a letter which read:
"Dear Mr Downes,
You should not claim to have had a `massive computer failure` when actually you had a malfunctioning disk drive"
I bravely resisted the temptation to recommend that he undertake an act of biologically impossible self-procreation, and ignored the pedantic fool.)
I have lost a lot of data, including the contact details for Tristan - one of the youngest bloggo contributors, but a field naturalist for whom I have a great deal of respect. I keep on hoping to lure him and his family down to the Weird Weekend. But his e-mail address is lost in the aether.
So Tristan, if you are reading this, please either ring me, or email. And if you happen to be in Devon next weekend....
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In November Sahar Dimus, our guide on four CFZ Sumatra expeditions, died of liver failure leaving a widow Lucy and four Children. On the 2nd November, Dezyama D. Sangma, wife of our friend and colleague Dipu Marak, our collaborator on the 2010 Indian expedition died, leaving her grieving husband and two small children.
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I took my laptop in to be repaired too. The guy in the shop thinks the corruption might be due to a Windows Vista update.
I suppose this is another case of a "malfunctioning disk drive" but when you can't access your computer and when lots of your data is in jeopardy, of course it feels like a "massive computer failure".
looks like a jolly nice garden he's sat in in that pic
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