Doonhammer commented on my last post.

“I am grateful that you continue to run the Martin S site especially considering your present troubles.”

I will start by saying I am happy [and proud] to be running both Martin Scriblerus and Anna Raccoon. I have the server space and the only cost to me are the two domain names. That cost is less than I would spend on a few pints, but seeing as I don’t drink many pints these days I’m not worried.

However Doonhammer refers to my “troubles” and that brings me to the point of this scribble.

My current foray with cancer has tended to set me pondering my mortality. They say that my particular cancer is not necessarily a death sentence and in practice has an excellent survival rate. I have every intention of beating it and so far there has been little to concern me. However if the cancer doesn’t get me then possibly age or Putin will and that has focused my mind somewhat.

What happens to Martin Scriblerus and Anna Raccoon when I finally go to the Great Smoking Room in the Sky? The answer is simple – unless my hosting bills are paid in my absence they will both vanish, and as I discovered with Anna Raccoon, would be extremely difficult to resurrect.

I hasten to add that I have no intention of disappearing just yet, but I would be happier if someone maybe healthier and younger took on the mantle of hosting both sites.

The proposal is very simple. You [or someone else] opens an account with the company I’m with [to make things a whole lot easier] and pays the account every year. That’s all. It would cost at current rates less than €135 [around £112] a year, and that includes both hosting and domain renewal.

What would it involve then? Well, nothing. I would transfer the sites and continue to maintain them and do the techy stuff. In fact I would possibly set the sites to auto-update so they would happily run forever once the bills are paid.

Thoughts anyone?