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

Oh, how *exciting* Sol.

Damn! No key for me, either. That'll learn me.

There was a lovely piece on the radio today about a Street Piano in Sheffield.

http://www.streetpianos.org/Story.htm

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71313784@N00/



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Mornin All,

Belated thanks to Wilma for her top drawer . Thanks Lil, what an interesting key, tucks in secret wing pouch for later. to Sol, seems like the Salon has a new generation coming along. Have to start thinking about a cretch thingy extension.

Big wave to the biggest Internatinal event currently going off Huh, oh right, post firework lie in.

Huh how come I'm here, what patch. Right on with the day, weather's far too good for work so I'm off, pottering etc.

Morning... Overcast in Swindon with threats of big storms, but still too bloody hot!

Huge thunderstorms woke me this morning, they are still rumbling around and I shall take the lonw way round to my pilates class this morning. The usual route is over the hills in high sided lanes and no room to move if a branch comes down.

Congratulations, Sol!

And Happy B'day, Caerwynn

<- A nifty little fold-out thunderstorm shield to keep you safe and keep you warm, shelter you from darkness

(and an extra to those catching the musical reference )

Congratulations Sol

What a delightful story Ben.

Accepts key and spends time admiring it's rather detailed and intricate functional end.

*manages to steer his sack into the Salon, and after a bit of wriggling, makes it out*

Did I win?

Oh. Never mind.

for Sol.

Big booms over berkshire this morning too, apparently the first strike I saw this morning actually hit something and set it on fire - so was the cause of the sirens I heard shortly after...

Weird weather today.

We couldn't sleep for the heat and humidity. The children finally dropped off after mignight, moaning. Trog had brought in a dehumdifier (from work) that has a cooling function. We turned it on at 7pm and it registered the temp at 32C. By 2am it was 28 Then I sat bolt upright at 6:30. It sounded as though someone had dropped a bomb on the house. The curtains actually moved. So for the next house till we had to get up, we had two trembly melty steamy kids in with us It is so hot and humid there is a haze. Having dropped off the children at school, I stopped for a coffee and the headlines are full of it. A boy was struck by freak lightning, a terrace of houses were set on fire and 40,000 commuters were stranded when the sugnalling or somesuch on the trains was hit.


Cor hasn't the weather changed in the last 30 years

*waves to Sol's prawn and tells it to stay put*

*gracefully accepts praise *

*waves enviously at the Meeters again*

*sits eating a peach* I bet you thought that wouldn't work .

It is still warm here but tolerable. I got to sleep last night eventually but only after spraying my pyjamas with a plant sprayer* and standing in front of a fan for half an hour.

* just water, not high potash feed. I am unlikely to flower now.

Thunderstorms threatening here, but nothing actually happening. The pigeons look more ruffled than noraml though, so I suspect it may well happen soon.

Wonder if the UKIan thunder is part of what has been rumoured by the met people to happen here Thu-Fri...

If the pigeons are looking flustered, it is possible that we should actually start to worry:

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

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I'm really hoping for a storm because:

a) they're cool
b) sleeping is getting very, very hard in this humidity

/* Gathers up all the spare sacks. */

If the state budget crisis isn't solved soon, we might need these for clothing. We've hit the media-fixation point - the casinos are closing. Personally I think there are more important consequences, like 40,000 people out of work.

Blech. It's humid here too.

And congratulations, Sol

I have just been to buy some Fish and Chips for lunch, yes I know, it is soooo English! Although the weather has been around 30c mark the Chip shop wasn't that hot.
I then went to buy some pickled onions to go with it, I simply cannot explain just how hot the small shop was!! I would say around 120-130f, we had a 100f day around a year ago and the shop was MUCH hotter than that.
I think the problem is that the shop is small and one complete longest wall of shop is full of tall refrigerated units for drinks, food, etc.
I personaly believe that what is happening is the weather is warm so the refrigerator units are working hard to keep items at correct temperature, the front of fridges are open so the cold is getting out, But as the shop is so small the waste heat from fridge motors is filling shop with hot air, so the fridges are working even harder to keep the food, etc cold, which naturally makes the fridges work even harder which produces yet more heat, which again makes the fridges work harder to keep cold....presumably the refrigerator units will simply stop from being overworked eventualy!

So much news! Congratulations now to Solnushka who, together with Kelli, will be sharing a whole new experience. We'll all do breathing exercises with you. Lamaze classes right here in the salon.

Amy, how long will the move take? Will there be an ant blackout?

Yep congats to those expecting.
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What I forgot to mention about the hot shop is the jar of pickled onions was as hot as a cup of hot tea! That was really strange and bizar.

That sounds like a really BAD feedback loop.

I wonder what's happening in Webb City this morning?