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

you'll like it, witty! 'twas a great movie. just don't try to sleep while home alone afterwards.

well, it seems that after five years of friendship, my best friend and i may become a couple. wish me luck, i'll need it

I'm back. I agree, sea. It is a good movie. I don't anticipate sleeping troubles, though. It didn't creep me out.

And good luck.

Oh, that can be tricky! But I wish you luck nonetheless.

*checks dictionary again*

Dog days? Is that what you call the time towards the end of summer, with high humidity and food rotting faster than usual?

+20 C (68 F) at 6.30 in the morning, probably won't be more than +25 (77 F) in the middle of the day - but it's so humid!

Take out a cold bottle from your fridge, fill a glass - and in less than a minute both bottle and glass are dripping wet on the outside - I checked the flower boxes on my balcony this morning - didn't need any water despite the fact that I last watered them 3 days ago and the sun has been shining every day - not to talk about myself - sweating even when doing nothing - I could feel the sweat running down my back on the commuter train - and it wasn't all that warm...

It's freezing cold here in Leeds. Brrr!

Wet and warm here. I spent the weekend painting windows and balcony-doors inbetween the rain-showers...
It's funny, the smell of oil paint always reminds me of my childhood. It seems like there always was some paint-work going on.

I have to comment on the intro - Very nice, Amy!

{[caer csd] Dog days are so called be because Sirius, the dog star rises and stes teh same time as the Sun. I discovered this whilst reading Frances Maye's book Under the Tuscan Sun.

Sea, H and I were friends first, admittedly only for a few months, but I think it can be a very good way to start a relationship.


Frontier House
Witty, there was a brief catch-up at the end of the programme and I had said to the menfolk that I thought the Glenns wouldn't survive as family after the second programme and old man Glenn was getting more and more feral, I was really pleased for him that he went back. Nat Brookes, his Dad and Logan were the only three I would have given house room to.But the girls did grow up alot and I hope their experience will stop them returning to the vapid, vain girls they were prior to the experiment.}

I swear my hearing was blasted not only by standing next to speakers at too many gigs, but sitting next to the brass section for so many years. Apparently, an orchestra in full bay (bey?) breaks oodles of noise pollution barriers. I'm told professional classical musicians are starting to wear earplugs now (as well as the rockers) in self defense. I really should look into sueing my local council for this, as well as the repetative strain injury

And so I was watching Pulp Fiction last night, and it reminded me of all the knock off Lock, Stck... films I've been watching recently, one of which (can't remember the name) had some good movie moments. Stars Samuel L in a kilt, and Robert Carlyle, which of course is not at all the reason I liked it. Anyway, the moments... When RC walks into a pub full of ManU supporters and displays his Liverpool shirt... When RC opens the boot of his car and finds his inexplicably missing chemist, whereupon his sidekick says "But you told me to _take care_ of him...", and when Samual L casually and elegantly lays into a bunch of skinheads weilding a golf club like a lightsabre.

Sol, tis the 51st State.
Nice intro Amy.
Beer Fest was fun, we raised a glass to absent friends. My recommendation from Friday is Umbel Magna. Made in Suffolk, its a Porter with added Coriander. Absolutely gorgeous and easy to say when slurringly drunk.
Favourite film moment, when The Third Man is revealed in the film of the same name. He just looks so smug.

[Munchkin, still not here technically as I'm actually lost in the caves looking for Lil. And its dark, ooooooo]

Is it really easy to say when drunk, or just the right mix of consonants so that you *think* you've said it correctly?

Right mix of consonants. None of those fiddly hard sounds that you struggle to pronounce after a few.

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[Amy] It has warmed up now .

Amy, great intro, you done our missing hostess proud.

Well I missed my doc appointment this morning. Now I have to see if I can get one this afternoon.

Can I say that I am a visitor in Utah even though I have lived here all my life?

I don't know if you can stretch the meaning *that* far!! Although I think that perhaps, for you, we can and should make an exception. You're certainly not like most Utahans I've met.

I do believe Amy was channeling Lil there!

Happy Monday all.

Hello one and all. I suddenly realised that I am not working at least for the rest of August, and therefore have time to loll around here in the Atelier. (If by 'loll' you mean 'run around doing errands, moving out of my flat and moving back in because they are decorating it, and clearing the mountain of filing that would be a fire hazard if only the fire officers knew about it' )

Thanks for the Intro Amy, a backlog of 34 with such a good introduction is really easy to slip into.

My we move around a lot don't we.

Yes MR, I think it is perfectly possible to hear loud sounds 20 miles away - whether you actually DID would depend on the wind, ambient noise, and the intervening terrain. But my mother saw Crystal Palace burning from a distance of 100 miles (or more accurately, she saw the glow in the sky at a distance of 100 miles) so sound at 20 should be a cinch in the right conditions.

Good to hear that Marv's knees are slowly on the mend. And good luck to sea - friendship is the most important thing in a relationship, and for me laughter is right up there with friendship.

I have finished the contract which almost finished me, and am 'resting up' (ha ha!) I moved into my flat in March 10th and slept in it approximately 30 of the following 150 nights, so it is gooood to be home. They need me to move out so they can refurbish, and I hope that my budget stretches to carpeting the place while it is empty. Otherwise it will all be to do again, at some point.

I have spent the day buying tiny pots of paint and daubing the walls. Does anyone know why paints have such ludicrous names?

At a guess what colours (broadly) would you say would be called:

(1) Pashmina
(2) Babe
(3) Moonlight Bay and
(4) Atmosphere?

It's good to be back

Ben

Okay, I'll try...

Pashmina - ivory
Babe - soft pink, like a piglet
Moonlight Bay - teal
Atmosphere - soft baby blue

I have a friend that imports wool for resale to fashion designers. He has the same complaint about the names of colors making no sense. His favorite is a yarn called "coffee", which in actuallity was green. He expected it to be a shade of brown. When he inquired as to the inspiration, he was told it was because coffee beans are green before they are roasted.

Can you imagine? Maybe it has something to do with designers being artsy creative types.

[LIL]
working at post office, finding revelations in caves

designers - make them all speak in Pantone

In post 37 I asked about the dippy names they give to paint. What would you think the following are?

(1) Pashmina
(2) Babe
(3) Moonlight Bay and
(4) Atmosphere?

Witty Ditty said: *answers between asterisks*

(1) Pashmina - ivory - *nope*
(2) Babe - soft pink, like a piglet - *near enough, it is an overbright pink; any piglet that colour would be running a temperature*
(3) Moonlight Bay - teal - *nope*
(4) Atmosphere - soft baby blue - *close but no cigar*

Standardising to pantone - if only...

I have a dilemma, the living room of my flat is very tall (12ft/4 meters) with a picture rail at about 10'6" then a gap and then a very decorative plaster moulding. (I bought the living room, the rest of the flat just came with it!)

My curtains and sofas are a rich dark red, Claret if you want to be arty about it.

I have decided to paint the walls 'Blossom White' (basically white with half a smidgeon of pink) and the gap between the picture rail and the plaster work 'Japanese Cherry' which is a dusky plum. The plaster work and ceiling can either be Brilliant White or Blossom White.

But what colour should I paint the picture rail and the rest of the woodwork, which are gloss or semi-gloss? I strongly prefer magnolia or cream for doors and window frames, but I think it will be too yellow. Do I go for brilliant white?

(You have NO idea how good it feels that this sort of decision is the most dificult thing I have to do right now )

Decisions, decisions.... Any words of wisdom welcome.

B