Open Letter to All

[propsjonnyb]

Open Letter to All
It is with much regret that I have to announce my immediate retirement from this wonderful hobby of ours, as many of you know I suffered earlier this year from a period of illness , unfortunately this has been diagnosed as incurable and one of the complications I now have is early onset arthritis , it has now become very difficult for me to handle tools with any precision , it is also difficult to type and write, which is why I am dictating this to someone else to type and post on the forum . I have been endeavouring to contact people to make arrangements to settle all my outstanding business , this has been slow for me and I have contacted and negotiated with all but three . Someone saw fit to publish my work e-mail address , so I know someone has been trying to contact me , unfortunately due to my companies internal policy on personal mail, it is impossible for me to read or reply to those mails, the person who published that knew this , so please either resend your mail with full contact details to propsjonnyb@gmail.com or my personal email address johnwbullock@btinternet.com , I have not moved, so my home address is still the same, neither have I change my home phone number 01295 760461,so if you believe you have a problem with me , they please ring or mail or get in contact as I have replied to almost everyone who has contacted me direct , I grant you it has not been the fastest response, as I have more bad days than good , but I have replied and will still reply, until I am nailed in my box.
I simply stopped posting on the forum - nothing else - and I did so because my condition was depressing me as I could not participate in a hobby I’ve been actively engaged in for the last 30 years , it hurt a lot, so I distanced myself , so for that I’m sorry, I like to say thank you to those who have contact me , I don’t want any sympathy letters or mails , others are far worse off than me , I am starting another course of treatment on the 23rd December so physically will not be around until the New Year , so let me wish you all an early Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.

[racprops]

I for one am very sorry to read of Johns problems, as one fighting my own health problems, and how we lost a few fellow builders over the last few years.. I feel your pain…

John, thanks for you for your years of help, I am sorry that we can no longer safely get these models into England, both mine and others that you helped import.

I have to say that as a small one man operation, I cannot afford to lose any models to customs, sorry I am just too small and hand to mouth…SO any overseas orders will have to at the buyers risk..

I suggest if you want to order that I take the model partly apart and ship it in two or three boxes so that customs will not see a complete model, this will add to the shipping costs.

Again I am sorry but if you cannot afford the lost, please do not order…

Rich
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