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[RJJB]

I saw it yesterday at Barnes and Noble for $5.98. Overstock already.

[DAN LIGHTER]

I accompanied a friend of mine to the Ridgewood, NJ signing. Since I already have a signed US & UK copy I went mainly to keep my friend company and to try to get a photo of him receiving the book from Sir Roger. Ahead of us on line was, presumably, a father and his young son. The son had done a drawing of Sir Roger as Bond to give to him. I didn't see it clearly but from what I saw it looked good. The son was able to give the drawing to Sir Roger, and the father tried to get a quick shot of his son getting the book from Sir Roger but didn't get it. No second chance for a photo as a store employee rushed them along to keep the line moving. Off to the side, the son began to cry. The father suggested he ask someone in line to let him skip in order to get a second chance. Hearing this, my friend and I were ready to do so until we were stopped by the same store employee who said he had to be the bad guy and couldn't allow it. I don't think Sir Roger was aware of what was going on because I'm sure he would've been okay with giving the kid a second chance.

So, my friend goes up to get his book signed, and I tried to get a shot of him receiving the book from Sir Roger in profile. Store employee stopped me from moving to a position from where I could've taken the photo in profile so I quickly got the shot from behind my friend, which was better than nothing.

Before anyone says anything like "Well, if you let the kid take a picture with Sir Roger then everyone should be able to do that but it would take too long" or "Well, if you let the kid skip the line...", consider that everyone else in line were adults. I doubt none of us would've minded giving the kid another chance to get a picture.

The Saint I have read this post of yours a few times. Every time I read it I feel so sorry for that kid! That bookstore need a kick up the backside! Chances are the boy will remeber what should have been a great moment as a sad one for the rest of his life.

[DR76]

He didn't really say much about the breakup of his third marriage. I wonder why. It must have been very painful.

[DAN LIGHTER]

Your right. Did he not just come out of hospital and decide to leave her for his current wife? I think there was only a few lines about it.

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[Qwerty]

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[Blonde Bond]

Sir Roger Moore also visited Finland last week. Sadly I missed him.

[B. Brown]

There were over 500 people sitting and standing in the store during Sir Roger's Q&A session. The store had only 600 books and each one was signed and sold by 9:30 pm. Two hours after he began signing them.

And that's certainly the reason why the signing was done this way. 500 customers, each of which would certainly have loved to talk to him for only a minute and have a pic taken with him. If you do the maths, that'd be more than 8 hours. Plus the Q&A. A long and exhausting day's shift and a lot of work for a man that (mind you) turned 81 a few weeks ago.

Thanks for the math lesson, but we were told very early that Sir Roger may not be able to sign all the books and therefore the employees were pushing us through so that he could sign all the books. Otherwise, if he left early and customers did not have their books signed, they would have asked for a refund and the book store would lose revenue. In this case the book store sold $18,000 worth of Roger's book alone. After overhead that's not too bad.

I just wish the book store had a digital camera off to the side that would take a photo of Sir Roger and the person buying the book. Therefore the person can get a photo with Roger and the store can make more money. Of course Sir Roger would have to agree to that setup since he is only making money off his books and not his image.

I was near-last in line ... 3rd to the end, I believe.

The employee gave me a slip, with a number on it, and said my number would be called. I went outside with my Uncle, who accompanied me, to have a smoke and check out the guy with Simon Templar's car out front. When I came in, and walked near the stairs, I asked if my number had come up yet - the last call wasn't remotely close to mine, so I figured I had time. They ended up rushing me up the stairs, telling me that the signing was almost over.

An employee rushed me through ... he signed my book, though, and I shook his hand and told him that it was a pleasure to meet him. The employees kept pushing me on while I tried getting a picture with my camera phone -- ended up turning out like crap.

However, I ended up going around the store after he left the building. A small group and I caught him leaving the premises. He gave a friendly wave, and was on his way. Some half-wit kept yelling "MISTA MOWAH, PWEESE SIGN DIS!" It was rather rude.

Overall, it was an interesting event.

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