OFF: Ringo just says no so autographing.

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

Eh, the dude is like 68 now and must still get just vast quantities  
of mail (and fans soaked in the doings of the _Hard Days Night_ film  
must still expect handwritten replies!).  I can't really say I blame  
him for saying "sod it, I'm knocking it off now". :)  After all, most  
people have had a few decades to drop him a line.  Sure, perhaps  
artists have some level of responsibility to their fans (for  
practical if not moral reasons), but ... I dunno -- I'm inclined to  
give him a break.  Yeah, he's totally rich, but he must be blimmin'  
tired of signing his name over and over.  I think I would be, were I  
him, by now. :)

Cheers,
Carl

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Carl Edlund Anderson
http://www.carlaz.com/