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

Surreal is what one might call my first bicycle ride this Saturday. After only talking about it for nearly two years we finally went out and bought new bicycles. It's approximately twenty years since I last had one, so the excitement was big! The one I got is fire-engine red with black details and 24 gears that I don't know what to do with. And a nice little green helmet in case I fall on my head.
And fall I did. About twenty meters from the shop I had to stop for a red light and as I put my foot down it (the foot) gets caught on the pedal and I land awkwardly, spraining one ankle, scraping up the other. Brave as I am I climbed right back up again, ignoring the pain.
Bicycling home without any more incidents (alright, I nearly ran over that old man but I couldn't find the bell..) I ended up with one foot with bandages and one on a cushion with an ice bag.

Sorry to hear that Bb I bought a bicycle last year and have been out on it a total of 5 times. Some would say a waste of money. (I would agree ) It's just trying to find the time (and weather) to use the blooming thing.

Amy, it is my back that hurts, because when I try and look adown at the keyboard, it strains the muscles in my neck and back, causing intese pain. wish I knew how I did it

Marv, why not glue 2 or 3 cds together, to bulk them out and give them a bit more weight. Do you have a trap? (as in device used for firing clays [or skeet, whatever] into the air, for the purpose of target practice) or is it a case of somebody frisbeeing said items into the air?

Once upon a time I did all of my local traveling via my Univega mountain bike. I have only recently taken it out of storage to tune it back up and perhaps ride again. For about eight years all I ever did was ride. If it was more than an hour by bike I did not go.

I do have a trap, but it will not fit the cd's (yes I have tried). I like to snipe at the discs with a long rifle however. I have only one shotgun and I do not like loading the shells for it, buying preloads is too expensive. I think that next time I will use 100 year old technology vs. new(ish) tech when I take my muzzle loading black powder rifle out. I would love to see what a .50 calibre ball from my muzzel loader will do to a certain POS compaq. I remember that there was a company in the 80;s that would shoot levis and jean jackets full of holes and then sell them, I have often thought of taking the case from a computer sans power supply, and shoot it full of vent holes, ya vent holes that is why I would do it . I have seen footage of the effects of double ought shot modifications to various hardware about the net. I will post a link in The Other PLace should I find it again.

MTG

[Amy]

Marv, maybe you could glue the CDs to a top hat and convince a friend to wear the hat while pedalling into the distance on a bicycle.

William Tell rides again.

Sorry, drink. Lots.

[op]

Actually, Loony, I like that idea.

here's another one, Marv. string the disks together with fine gut (say fishing gut or twine) and susspend them from a habdy tree, so that they blow and spin in the wind. Hey presto, a handy reflective moving target

That is about what we do. One of the best things about living in the desert is the expanses available to us to safely use firearms without endangering anyone else.

Yep, used to be like that for me too, when I lived on Islay. Lots of open spcae and not a soul in sight, nor likely to be, where we went shooting. Been a long time, but was fun. Wish I had a chance to do it again. What used to amuse me was the fact that the council would pay for a new roadsign to be ereted to replace any that were damaged, and within 2 days, somebody would have shot it. All our roadsigns had been peppered at some point

{WM}

[Sol]

[BB]

*Goes straight to the kitchen with a roll of duct tape and straps the microwave door closed* In my opinion, the microwave is an example of unnecessary technology that represents the leading edge of the culture of instant gratification. It doesn't do anything that a conventional oven or saucepan can't do. It only does it faster.

*returns to occasional table in foyer and looks over cards, then comes out to the veranda with a cup of tea*

[PCT3]

*Oi, MR! 'What ho' is my greeting! *

*looks up from where he is engrossed in his laptop*
Hi Lil

Hi Babel, carry on. Lovely day, what?

*cue swelling noise of cicadas*

It's ok, Lil. Nothing important, just reading the threads hanging off the Camelot article. Weird stuff going on over there. Talk about taking role play to a new high!

Our current microwave is a built-in one and we are debating whether to buy a new one when we move. We tend to agree with you Lil, for the most part, but we do use it for defrosting meat. It seems that we have trouble remembering to take the meat out of the freezer in the morning so that it is thawed by dinner time.

Regarding the house inspector, don't be too concerned. His job is to report the condition of your house, good or bad, to the buyers and he will poke into every nook and cranny of the place. Unless there is something major wrong with the house, the buyers will simply accept whatever he tells them, since they have already mentally moved in. You had mentioned that the house needs a new roof (and some other things that I forget) and you priced the house accordingly. The inspector should find these same things, but it shouldn't bother the buyers because of the price. It's a good idea to stay with the inspector when he goes through. That way you can explain away anything that is truely inocuous that otherwise might look negative.

{[B17 hometime again ]}

I thought, as things are fairly quiet just now, it would be a good time to launch a new conversation, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F38024?thread=117771&post=1004655#p1004655 What is this Camelot thing then? Has it filled the vacuum left by the disappearance of Damogran? Thanks for the advice, Garius. How is work? Do you approach a quieter patch when the students leave?