The bizarre fact is … I could not have a better situation for blogging right now … at the lower end of the income spectrum, nevertheless I eat well, the site HQ is a dream to compose from, with oodles of disk space, plus good security, my abode is organised, there are dear friends, there is home security.

Yet this summer, starting June and possibly stretching through to the following February, there is every chance … real chance, not speculation … that I am about to lose all, including income and home, freefalling into the abyss as I did in 2008, 2003, 1998, 1993, 1988, 1983, 1978 and so on backwards … 2025 breaking the numerical pattern … but always in summer, early or late.

The only reason for mentioning it is that readers visit on the understanding that HQ is quite likely to suddenly cease, just as N.O. ceased last July … lock, stock and barrel. This time though with forewarning. Therefore, anything you wish to salvage from HQ, something you value and need a copy of … you’d best start doing that now.

My cunning plan is always to keep blogging one way or another and the best chance would seem to be UHC, the WP version as the new flagship … though the severe 1Gb disk space restriction, as against about 2Tb at HQ, changes the whole way I’d blog.

For a start, I’d be sending from phone, not from the ipads, a major killer for readers. It would be almost entirely text, mainly headlines, with some youtubes. There might be a few weeks when I’ll be completely incommunicado during the changeover, but I’ve every intention of getting around that silence, finding a way through.

Unless govt start doing what they are doing to increasing numbers … they’re the wildcard.