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Oh shit, didn't it work? Sorry! Try these instead...

So you tried to email me by clicking that link, and it didn't work? Sorry. That genuinely distresses me. It works when I try it myself, and plenty of other people find it works, so I have no idea why it didn't work for you. It doesn't use any fancy tricks, so it ought to work for everyone, but there's no accounting for Microshite...

I do sometimes worry that it doesn't work. The server logs do quite often show that someone has looked at the front page of my site, then looked at the contact page, and then not sent me anything. Since it's a bit pointless doing that, it makes me think they did try to send me something but it didn't work. This worries me intensely. So I feel that it is essential to provide some alternatives.

Or if for some undeclared reason you simply want to leave anonymous untraceable messages scattered round the internet where I will find them, these links will enable you to do that as well.

Accordingly, here are some other ways to contact me. Please don't use them if the email link does work, I'm only posting them for emergency use!

• You can post a message on the RatBike Zone with a subject of "FAO Pigeon". You don't need to register or any shit like that, anyone can post on it. You don't need to supply an email address, and a glance at the forum index will make it obvious that if you were to post your name as "Dept. of Quantum Teleparadigmography" it would not be regarded as particularly unusual. I usually look at it several times a day. Best to include something like "Tell me more about your MZ" so there's some bike content to keep the admin happy :-) And I know I go on about the disadvantages of the method of chasing down through off-topic forum threads on the previous page... so bear that in mind! :-)
• You can post a message in The Pie and Piston on Pistonheads, again with a subject of "FAO Pigeon". For this one you do need to register, but it's safe, it doesn't send you loads of shit or otherwise abuse the information you give it. Again, I usually look at it every day. But there's loads of traffic on it, so it's not unlikely that the message would get buried so deep I never saw it. And if I'm away from home and don't have access to a broadband connection I generally don't look at it much. The same applies to registering on the Chew-The-Fat forum and sending me a private message on there. Possible, and safe for the sender, but again, not really recommended.
• You can email me via my profile on Pistonheads. Same as with posting on the forum, you need to register. Emails via this route come into my normal email inbox.
• You can send me a private message via my profile on the Barclay James Harvest forum. Again, you need to register, but again, it's safe. When you use this method, I have to log into the forum to read the message itself, but I also get an email telling me I've got a message. The same applies to the similar option of sending me a message via my profile on the Volvo Owners Club forum.
• DO NOT EVEN THINK OF TRYING to send me a message via my myspace profile. I can't stand that site and I never log on any more so I'll never get it. (And if you're not already registered on myspace then stay that way, because myspace is a hotbed of evil code that fucks up people's computers. I'm safe on it because I don't use Windows, I run Debian GNU/Linux - and even so I still get occasional browser crashes. People who do have the misfortune to have to use Windows are constantly getting their machines screwed by shite on myspace.

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