what on earth are you going to do na**er half-jokingly used to ask with all those scraps of paper they'll come in useful i laughed history is written with leisure to reminisce an even temperment hindsight selectively applied a luxury not afforded those completely given to their times you and i will have to sit down i said write all of this alone all i can do is attempt to recapture the spirit of the time as we experienced it history is written... you'll have to do it yourself he said i won't be there when the time comes my friend people with a job like mine burn their candle at both ends history is dissected and shown out of context unpredictable events in retrospect are made to fit an inevitable patter and action and consequence leisure to reminisce an even temperment selectively applied given to their times