On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 at 11:05:59, wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>>He was used to his explosive Mazda with >>rock suspension. >>No ordinary car - he got it half price 'cos the person selling it >>didn't realise it was a special ZX. it did 180mph, and he had proved >>it many times. > >>Bzzz! Actually, it was a Nissan 300ZX Turbo... > >Hmmm, quite a car - Which just goes to show the kind of money Freddy made >from the QL and his other interests - I remember him saying he made quite a >good living from DP in its heyday. He made more from accountancy I reckon. The car only cost him around £17000 - it was worth a lot more. > Pity there isn't the same abundant QL >shows for us poor traders these days! I have had three very good shows this year. Considering I only sell hardware, and only for original/Aurora based machines, that is very encouraging. > Nice to recall things like this, >hopefully we can get him to the next QL show for a chat? That would be a good idea - if advertised, it might attract more people. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG