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So my attempt at writing an innovative sci-fi book has gone live as a Kindle Ebook under the name David Timmins.

David Montgomery is the head of LIFE the largest and most innovative genetic drug company in the world. He has the most affluent lifestyle but having survived terminal cancer he suddenly realizes that death would take all this away and although LIFE has produced a range of drugs that are capable of extending human life David wanted far more than just a few extra years, he wanted immortality.

At one of the regular brainstorming sessions Peter Simpkins a brilliant scientist suggests developing human clones as a way of fast-tracking their research. Produced in batches of ten the clones have only basic intelligents, no awareness of what life means, and poor mobility with a lifespan of only a few weeks.

All the clones are kept in secure glass fronted rooms and are monitored twenty -four hours a day in a high security section of the complex. On a perfectly normal day and without any warning the whole facility is plunged into darkness for thirty minutes and when the power is restored Joe one of the latest clones has disappeared without security being able to find out how or where too.

In an effort to get results John Smith an enigmatic and distant figure is brought in and he soon realizes that this is no ordinary investigation and that Joe has somehow metamorphosed into something that is far superior to even his creators.

There is a small amount of violence and sexual mater in this book of approximately 66,000 words but no bad language.

Best read while drinking a bottle of red wine in a warm country or the UK on that one hot day in summer.

So here we go again, another leader of a large and ambitious country who is in complete control of its political direction without the restraints that sometimes come from having and listening to a group of sensible advisors.

And who wins in a war, no one. But even if one person and one country eventually rules the world there is something that will take all that away and that is death.

This will rival Woodstock or Glastonberry and will generate a large amount of money.

Just think what you could do with it, (1) redecorate your flat because when I saw pictures of it last week on our local news I felt so sorry for you and your wife because it was still the same as it was in Victorian times.

(2) You could have a really good party but take my advice and call it a business meeting.

(3) Watch what you say in front of the cat because they have no loyalty; a bit like colleges.

So my real thoughts

We all make mistakes and in engineering, there is a saying (if you have never made a mistake you have never made anything).

But you have made a lot of mistakes and the only way around this is to apologize and mean it.

But I wonder how many other members of the cabinet were involved in these business meetings, no doubt we won’t find out until one of them becomes the next PM. But surely because all the members of the cabinet are extremely clever non of them would risk a leadership cull until the furor over the business meetings has died down; it would be like the turkeys voting for Christmas.

‘Look who’s coming to dinner)

‘Born too late’ was a song from around 1958, a time when some of the great new innovative singers had just started to emerge.

The Poni-Tails only had one major hit single and although many would say that there was nothing special about the way they put the song together I liked the melody and especially the lyrics which described a longing for something that was unobtainable.

Plus it was accompanied by what I thought was one of the most interesting sax riffs which turned a simple tune and backing into a rare combination that could transport someone back to the time in America when it started to become musically alive’ a time when music changed from black and white to colour.

Perhaps the sax possibly by Frank Jenson was not as inventive as the one played by Raphael Ravenscroft on ‘Baker Street,’ but for me, it had a far more subtle feel and it combined perfectly with the piano arrangement.

Listen to it while having a glass of red wine and have it loud enough to bring out the marvelous backing arrangement,

Picture of nuts and fasteners; the one nut is in a shallow housing which spins if someone tries to remove it without the correct tooling.

This is a fastening system that looks the same as an existing one but I have made simple changes to the fasteners and the tooling which changes it into a high-security fastening system.

The fastener if sunk below the surface of the component it is securing would be very difficult to remove without the tooling. It has a greater torque rating than an allen pin, has less wear, has a better compression figure, and can be used as a high-security fastener or nut.

These tables are intended for loft areas, penthouses, and barn conversions but will look good in nearly every setting.

I will be making them in for four sizes, the table shown is the smallest one.

The tables are made from 45mm thick- kiln-dried carcass timber sanded all over but with the knots and deeper marks left as it is part of the tree’s history.

The carcasses are held together with lengths of extruded aluminium which are sunk into the underside of the table and an 8mm gap is deliberately left which produces a very aesthetic look.

The colour is stunning and changes in different light sources. (Tilt the computer screen to see the differences) It is derived from a mixture of dyes and not a paint finish and all surfaces are treated with three coats of dye then sealed with three coats of flat wax.

The black legs are made by the Hairpin Leg Company and are very strong and excellent quality.

Not available to order until February and at the moment a seven-week delivery as I store them at room temperature for three weeks.

Only made individually to specific orders.

U.K delivery only and initially I will be using Etsy as the Website please see for sizes, full description and prices will be posted on web site. (not set up until February)

Registered Design and Design Right DJT Precision.

Book scenario

Nearly everyone could remember the moment the holographic spot appeared on their hand. It would be almost impossible to miss the thin black 25 mm ring with a white centre. But it only happened to humans over the age of seven years old because this was the age that the Sheen considered the people who inhabited earth should arrive at a time in their lives when they became aware of the difference between right and wrong.

And the spot ….. well it was put there for a very specific reason.

I am very grateful to Boris Johnson for showing me a way to have a great Christmas even though there is a pandemic.

So I am going to have a party with two hundred people invited, two father Christmases, and eight dogs. There will be lots of kissing and no social distancing. The tables will be full of food and wine, so much that I may have to re-enforce the table legs.

Then when the police arrive I will just explain to them that this is a business meeting the same type that was held at number ten last year.

At this point, they will just tell me to stay safe and have a happy Christmas.

Politics is a wonderful thing to be involved in because you can never be wrong

Was it only a few days ago that the Prime Minister gave a speech to UK business leaders and mixed up the pages of notes he was reading from.

I remember the classic comedy sketch by Morecambe and Wise in which Eric Morecambe played the piano totally out of tune and when Andre Previn the conductor pointed out that he was playing the wrong notes his response was to say ‘I’m playing all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.

If only Boris had said ‘I’m reading all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.’ he would have saved the day but not everyone is a genius, Morecambe and Wise were.

To understand this post you may have to watch the original sketch on youtube

Become an MP with a basic salary of nearly £82.000 plus expenses, then even though it’s against the rules Lobby for firms that you work for.

And even when you resign Borris may make you a Lord; a gateway to making even more money.

But most of the shambles that developed was the inept decision by some members of the conservative party to change the law to keep Owen Paterson in his position. It’s like coming last in a marathon then the organizers deciding that last is the new first because they like you.

I am however sorry that OwenPatersons wife committed suicide, Money can do many things but it can’t guaranty happiness.

I guess we may have to wait another few days before the next dire incident.