> Hearing this tale of international travel, high technology, 
> emergency
> improvisation, quick thinking and an unlimited ability to Get Things
> Done, not to mention Russell's already well known tendency to 
> uncover
> global engergy conspiracies and probable way with the ladies makes 
> me
> think he is actually but one man:
>
>
> James Bond
>
>
> Well, that or MacGuiver, but I can't even spell that,

That would be MacGyver

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGyver

> and my childhood
> had far more classic Bond reruns in it. Star Trek and Aliens too, 
> but
> that's another story...

Flattery will get you somewhere :-).

I'm certainly not James Bond. James McNewton will reassure you on 
that. And, while I have enjoyed James Bonds many adventures, and share 
his penchant for fast cars and useful gadgets, I would not aspire to 
be him. More like Q, probably :-).

I count the MacGyvers and Indianna Jones's  that lurk behind the TV / 
movie versions as role models :-).
ie I like to be able to achieve anything necessary anywhere using 
available resources, and sometimes I even manage :-). But, that just 
defines me as an engineer.



        Russell

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