Thank You...

Hey, not so much of the old Ron.

Hi Diana.

Okay imagine this as the headline then Alan:

'Pictures Of England.com gets a visit from Google with a view to buyout'

Now what are we going to do, where do we start? Probably need to nip round to Chris and Sarah and break their fingers so they can't sign anything. Anybody else got any suggestions?

Yes, we all tell Google that if they want POE and our photos, they will have to pay us all £1,ooo,ooo each for the said photos. That would stop them. How many contributers are there on POE?  Add to that  Chris and Sarah's payment for all the time and effort setting it up, £10,000,000? I dont think they can afford it.

Sorry POE, you will have to keep on running the site.

Hi Ron, My reply above was a tongue in cheek joke. But do we want a company to take over POE that would change it from the site that we all love to something too commercial?

I am not a buisenes man by any means. Chris and Sarah can do whatever they think is best for them, but I would worry about the larger company swallowing them up and wrecking a fantastic family site.

Here endeth the lesson in non  comercial thinking by a non comercial nut.