h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ladies, the Aroma Café is dry. You can bring your own if you are subtle about it.

*Slips a little bailey's into her hot chocolate.*

Oops!

Strong coffee, please.



I have a flask in my bag.



Lovely establishment. I should have dropped by sooner.

* Grabs flask gratefully *

Oh, what a lovely crowd!

*hides herself into PPB and lights ===~~~*

Earl Grey hot.


And loads of it please.

Harrnaged

DD

'Lo all.

Hel' Marv.

DD
(beginner of people's sentences)

I have asked Teuchter to drop by as she had made her first to the Atelier just as it all went pear shaped.

*waves to Marv*

Have you recovered from the snowboarding?

I've had enough of hootoo for today, so I am going offline to get on with stuff.

This has completely distracted me from my paperwork and admin, and I am going to focus on that tomorrow and the rest of the week.

Take care, everyone

B

Thanks DD, could always count on you.

Caer, the snowboarding was something of a flop. I did not manage to actualy board that much as once down I could not get back on my feet. I told my friends to go along and I would suffer at the lodge with a beer and watch people fall all over themselves at the bottom of one of the runs. I really need to loose the weight I have been carrying to try it again. It is a goal for next winter.

So should I don an apron and hand out drinks? This place has certainly changed since I was the Latin Spewing Philisophical Waiter.

Hello fellow refugees. Perhaps the regulars here could tell me what ever happened to Ook?

Ben, it was really none of your fault and please don't disappear for long.

Peels a banana in hope Ook appears.

Just going to chill for the evening. Pretty Woman is on ITV tonight, and I have never seen it.

I am going to roast some beef, open some wine, raise a glass to DD , and generally chill.

B

What never!!!!!

Faints*


*Note DD has only fainted Salonistas

Bye Ben. *waves* Hey, bring back my flask!

Hi Marv. At least you did it. That is something I've wanted to do for years. I'm jealous.

Well, yesterday was frantic for me. The city was threatening another delay on signing the final contracts with the builder and the builder refused to extend the deadline and wouldn't guarantee his bid after midnight. The architect was yelling at the city guy, the city guy was yelling at my board president, the mayor was trying to calm everyone down. Ay-yi-yi. We were looking at having to rebid the whole thing.

So we had an emergency board meeting and got the mayor to agree to change the agenda for the council meeting at the eleventh hour. They signed a letter of intent which pacified the contractor but which didn't satisfy my board president who is still annoyed at the city for saying it was the board's fault when it clearly isn't.

So, the asbestos removal is proceeding and should be completed next week. Then construction is supposed to start in two weeks - providing the final contracts are signed. Now they're arguing about insurance.

I know the city needs a bigger library, but I'm wishing I hadn't started the project. It's just about to drive me crazy.

*removes flask - Thanks Ben - and pours a generous slug into her coffee*

But is better unchilled.

Sounds blissful, Ben. I shall be watching the season opener of Angel and wondering if I had persisted with judo, if I could kick butt like that!

Marv, I never could understand the need for people to hurl themselves down a mountain on two planks of wood, let alone one! I'm glad you are still in one piece.

If what the SLC Main branch did is any indication, the bigger better library will be well worth it in the end.

*Checks the rafters.*

There he is.

*Waves to Ook.*