It’s partly the fault of my good friends online. You see, about 5 years ago, the only Dukie websites were those belonging to Mike Shaw and Glenn Bridges and one belonging to Mr Jabberwocky (can’t think of his name). Then along came Chad Stather with the excellent DYRMS.NET and then me, shortly followed by Stan. Mike Stevens was around for a while and although I haven’t checked recently, I suspect most of the sites to briefly surface have stayed stagnant for a while.

I suspect the reasons for this are several-fold. Have I invented a new word? (again).

1. As I found out myself and endlessly retold to others, a website is a lot of work.

2. My forum. Yes its immodest but true. There are 57 official members but I suspect the figure climbs to over a 100 if you take all the unregistered guest readers into account. In any case, its more interactive and immediate.

3. Blogs. I seem to be the last person on earth to have one. I have wasted a few hours this week reading Helen’s, Stan’s and The Tanners’ NZ edition. I am glad to see that they have all been sucked into the fantastic world of telling the world about yourself.

So, once I have sorted the website out and mended the broken links it will probably live out its life as a favourite book we all take off the shelf now and again. I will still put the odd new article online and I will happily accept new photos and memories from anyone who cares to send them my way, of course. But the pressure is off. I am on the forum now and in here - mostly.

Cool.

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