Tony Duell wrote:
  I've always found fellow classic computer types to
be a very honest
 bunch. I know full well that if I lent a menual to one of them they'd
 return it to me in the same condition that I lent it out in. But alas the
 postabl 'service, at least in the UK, is not something I'd trust with an
 irreplacable manual. So alas I can't think of an obivous way to share
 said manuals... 
How about this:
The next time I come through the UK, I could stop by with a scanner and
a laptop, and we could spend an afternoon or two scanning things for
people.  Would that be agreeable?
I travel to the UK fairly often, and I usually travel with equipment.
Peace...  Sridhar