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

the weather here on the noo is TERRIBLE! i was going to go the cyclo x at Oxford, but it's pouring down and blowing a gale!

Morning all. Was I only here six hours ago??!? At the moment I have a kitten nibbling on my toes as I try to type. She seems to have a fetish for feet.

Lizzy, before my latest knee injury I used to ride my bike everywhere. I never really got into road cycling I am more a mountain biking type of guy. Of course living a few hours away from teh greatest mecca of mountain biking in teh wolrd (Moab Utah) helps a bit.

heeeheeeee! froody!
in the winter i do a lot of cyclo x, but i prefer road cycling! i'm thinking about maybe doing some time trials next year.......

Thanks for the encouragement, B-17! Much appreciated!

The Grand Tour, Lil? Two years just won't go by quick enough.

Oops! I haven't supplied a description of myself, have I? Ok, I'll make one up in a tick.

Oh, and The Big C Board is finally up and running on my website! Pop on over and have a look at [usual URL]/board.

Here's my description, Lil. Sorry for the delay.

Prof. C. Tonks - Another scientific genius, and resident know-all of Infinity and Dimensional Theory. Forever rambling on about his personal trials and tribulations, and never fails to bring up his book, Post column or website in some form during normal conversation. Drinks too much foreign alcohol, and has a habit of teleporting a lot and making things appear and disappear with his hands when least expected. Looks at his watch quite frequently.

oooooooo!

Well I am off for church for the first time in about a year, unencouraged (aren't mothers wonderfull?)

LOL. Hmm. Have I supplied a description? Can't remember. Sorry.

*notes the Professor's excellent though self-deprrecatory description*

No, Babel, you have not. vincent has now kipped out on my left arm, so i am typing one-handed. this might make me a little more terse.

Oh, right you are Lil. I'll have a sleep on it and let you know soon, ok? End of another working day and time for sleep.
Night all.
*curls up on the sofa and dozes off once more *

[Affy]

Wham, bam, thank you Afghanistan eh.

*thinks nasty thoughts about US and UK government*

Aw, c'mon, man! What else are we going to do to stop this? Talk to them? Pah!!
As if we're targetting civies. Piffle!

Could the US maybe lend Britain some subs so we can go off and bomb Ireland. We're not fighting Irish Terrorists; we're fighting Terrorists. We just tell the Irish: we like the Irish people, but we still want to bomb your country for bombing us.

(don't flame me for being simplistic. please.)

What exactly is it you're trying to stop?

In Northern Ireland some people probably go about in fear everyday that they will be targeted. All you have had is one big attack.

spelugx -- getting a flame-proof suit out...

*Hits the sign. It changes to "75 Down, 105 To Go"*

Milestone! Milestone! Inflatable squids for everyone!

Cause the US (don't know as much about Across the Pond, sorry) is always so darn good at missing civilians, eh? Look at Belgrade, baby, look at Baghdad. Ooops.

// looks at sign and then at the inflatable squids

What's the excitement all about, Affy?

[op]

The attacks currently underway are aimed at /military/ installations and the leaders of the Taliban (sp?), i.e. The Bad Guys, OK, not the civvies.
What we aim to stop is terrorism. We do so by wiping out (yes, I'm going to say 'wiping out', so there) the leaders of these terrorist factions and regimes. We start with the greatest threat. By recent example, Bin Laden and the Taliban regime are the most dangerous we currently know of, so we're getting rid of them.
We are not 'bombing Afghanistan' - that sounds like we're just getting revenge upon that country. We're not. We're attacking the leaders. If we /do/ kill civilians, it will be as nothing to the suffering inflicted on them by their own government, the very one we're trying to destroy.
It's time to stop sitting back idly and trying to negotiate deals, because the terrorists don't think like that. We have to strike back, /at the evildoers/. For heaven's sake, we're /helping/ the Afghan people!
The reasons, I believe, as to why we are not bombing Ireland is because it is civilised. It's impossible to actually bomb military targets. There's no set bunch of Bad Guys to actualy hit. Afghanistan is, frankly, easier to split up into areas to be targetted and others not to be.

Right. Sorry. There are threads made for this argument, but if I post there, no one will read it.