It's never done me any harm to cancel.  I usually let it run to completion later on, when it is convenient for me.  I've never found anyone who can tell me why it would be important to do the "updating remote manifest".  It seems clear to me that you don't need to do it every time you update your site.  So if you are worried, do it when have the time.

By the way, I have a very large site .. about 5000 images and hundreds of pages. It takes "updating remote manifest" about an hour to run.

There once was a man
Who had a good plan
But as much as he tried
His Internet died
And he never was heard from again.

Thanks.  Sorry to hear about your friend .. I'm 78 ... can't avoid thinking about (and hearing about) such stuff .. but didn't Shakespeare nail it?  Even when I was young, I had the "Complete Works of Shakespeare" with a bookmark planted on the page where this speech occurs. 

I use to think I'd like to play the guy who comes on and says, "The Queen, My Lord, is dead."   I think its his whole part in the play.  That's it. Just the one line. 

I would rehearse that speech in the mirror.  I was ready -- but sometimes I'd get it wrong and say, "My Lord, the Queen is dead." .. I'd have to look it up.  To me this was real drama.  All these years later, I finally made something out of it.

I didn't go into cardiac arrest at the ending -- in fact, I laughed.  It was unexpected.  Clever. Good job.
But why do we always assume that Aliens are up to no good?

Well .. let them speak for themselves: https://youtu.be/mioq-tRAGBQ

Thanks for your comments.  The "radio" comment was most interesting.  I suppose I could have made the piece much more visually interesting -- but somehow I liked it as it is .. Theater of the Absurd.   I guess I was a bit lazy too.  This way it was very easy to shoot.  Still, at the end of the day, I liked it that way so that's what I went with. 

What motivated this piece?  First it had to be something I could do entirely myself.  Second, I wanted to use the famous soliloquy from MacBeth.  I started fooling around with it, acting it out in front of a mirror.  Gradually the "story" of the appointment came to me.  I started shooting and then running the voices through various filters for effect.  The two characters started to be different.  I worked on the script and found an ending.  This, for me, is always the most important thing.  The ending.  Does it make any sense?  Does it complete the story?  Very very often I have a story idea that has a nice start, but no ending.   I wish I could learn to start with the ending and work backwards.  I'm constantly looking for one-man-band ideas with a good ending!!! .. Got one?

This little grim piece is not for everyone. BUT .. It worked for me as it gave me the chance to do the speech from MacBeth.  As far as politics or some other meaning in the piece, there is none that I was aware of .. It's about checking out -- and I guess I'm answering Shakespeare by saying, "It's not so bad" .. I say guess because I don't try to analyze these little pieces.  I leave that to others. I do what feels good to me.

Happy to help out Alfred ... You've already done the heavy lifting and given us all a place to discuss whatever and also share knowledge on the Serif products we all use and love.  THANKS ALFRED for all you've done!

I fooled around with this and couldn't find a way .. I use CTRL plus the scroll wheel to zoom.

I saw this a second time Gordon .. Did you do the production completely on your own?  By that I mean a one-man-band ..

I've do a number of those kinds of productions and it's hard framing shots and judging if you have what you want when shooting.  The advantage is that you are depending only on yourself. 

It's amazing what you can do on your own these days compared to days gone by in film production. 

What's the hardest things for you?  For me, it's getting an idea in the first place that I can do on my own (without help).

Astonishing .. must be something in her DNA .. I doubt you can train yourself to do something like this.

@Gstree and @Joe

Both links work for me .. using Firefox ..

BUT are either of you guys registered to fly drones in the UK?  Is there a fee to get registered?

Thank you GStree for the nice comment.  I watched your drone footage posted above.  I have no experience with drones.  We will be taking a cruise to Alaska next summer (2023) and I got to wondering if folks would be bringing drones to launch from the ship to truly capture the scenery?  I would imagine they won't allow this as it could be safety hazard.  But it's a great tool for getting exactly the kind of footage you got.  Very impressive.