DT 25,745 25ac attn pbeach et al

[Strix]

Just in the interests of accuracy and for anybody who really thinks they have a chance of winning a fountain pen (I think I have a better chance with the lottery!) and has looked at the earlier answer given for this clue.

25ac is RIDER not RYDER

after Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)

[Beatrice35]

Glass half full not half empty- this way the world is a much brighter place- we need more optimists like me! Everyone has a chance if they enter. Actually think the odds are better at winning a puzzle comp than the lottery!! Better to use your brain, too, other than just choosing some random numbers in hope of winning some cash- not my idea of fun!
Always better to exercise brain plus a sunny outlook! Besides real wealth is the attitude one has anyhow- to live a life full of love is to be rich/properous!! Ciao, Beatrice35. Like Norman Vincent Peale I am a Possibilitarian. Apollo 13 - would recommend you watch this film or Lorenzo's Oil or Patch Adams to lift one's spirits + to see that everything is possible if you believe!!

[Mamyalynne]

There endeth the lesson ;-)

[Strix]

Oh gosh, common sense on a saturday afternoon!

Cynical old Strix is firmly of the opinion that a pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

I'll try and cheer up!

[JMR27]

gosh....:o)

[pbeach]

Eminently possible - just took the obvious answer that seemed appropriate at the time. Note I do not enter the comp. so it doesn't help me :-)