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

Thanks for the Heinlein recap, Lil. Eventually, when we start reaching out that far, I'm certain those wanderers will think just that. Take me home. Even if it's for a day, take me home. Let me recharge my batteries, catch up with old friends, walk the familiar paths, and store a few more memories to carry me through another year or so. Then I'll travel outward again, pushing to the edge of the unknown...again.

B4

Is it just me, or does that rocket smiley look like a flaming pea pod?

No corpses in the traps this morning. But we shall be leaving them up there for the time being.

I bought SimCity 4 yesterday and I'm still rubbish at building cities. I managed quite a metropolis with the original game, but I was a complete failure at 2 & 3, so I've no idea why I decided to get 4

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I'm grown up litening heroic sagas about brave and glorius soviet cosmonauts. That gave me this innocent feeling that nothing can go wrong up there.

Thank you for the Heinlein quote. I have been rearranging my bookshelves and have put my SF and the books about the Mercury Gemini and Apollo missions on the same shelves. I am horrified to find I have no Heinlein - they were all my sister's and she has them.

On a more cheerful subject, y'all may like to know that GTBacchus and I are doing a Rolling Meet around the US and southern Canada in GTB's white ford van in the Summer. Check out the page we have set up, if we can see you we will! U217918

Ben

This is so !

America and Canada and so...

Here's a link that came up on the digital fine art list:
http://www.overlike.com

[Nora]

We are in the throes of a dust storm here. Glorious sunrise this morning, covering the sky with red clouds, soon gave way to strong gusts of wind. And I had planned a photo shoot outdoors for today!

Well, now the white gypsum sands have arrived, airborne from Alamogordo, and sitting here at my computer I can taste the dust in my nostrils. Visibility is poor outside...

[mt]

*sends Lil a mask and goggles*

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I love Heinlein. Splendid writer.

"Earth below us drifting falling floating weightless calling home"
-Major Tom by Peter Schilling.

We have our snow now. We have had a fairly large system move through and now are covered in 6 inches after all the melting from the warm land.

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[T.] *snow chaos in Stockholm today*

[Mindspring] *feeling mischievous today, considers tickling T., takes one look at her facial expression, reconsiders, starts quietly sneaking up on his great aunt instead*

Cold north wind here, but sunny. First Monday of the month, so I've got to get stuck into some accounts

agcBen, that is just what No1 son wants to do through Europe. He was hoping it would be this summer, but looks unlikely now, what little he is earning gets swallowed up by his huge overdraught from his Uni days.

Needless to say H is the only one with a city which is making money in SimCity 4. He applies logic, start small with highish taxes. Whereas the rest of us rush in with large street patterns, fancy buildings and amenities and bankrupt in 5 years

[Munchkin]