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

[Bagpuss]

Long distance charges? What decade does he live in? My local calls cost more than my long distance.

Roofer #3 showed up, talked so much I couldn't get a word in edgewise. Seems to know what he's doing though, gave a lot more detail than Roofer #1.

I wonder if I have to gather them all in a room and give a rose or a tiki torch or a golden hammer to the roofer I want to keep while cameras film it for TV.

Cattle prods work for me.

Sounds ominous, GDZ. Hope it's something nice.

Well after the nightmare week from Hell last week, my professional life is resolving itself much better this week. Problems A and B have sunk without trace and I really should have trusted problem C to be able to pull its finger out and do the necessary as in fact it did, bless it.

Problem D - which was a whole set of sub problems in itself - has gone from something which looked as though it was going to occupy all my remaining time and patience until the end of the course to getting itself a sick note and removing itself from view. Showing a hitherto unexpected streak of initiative. Which set up an easy solution to the timetabling conundrum of problem E, which in turn turned out to be no longer necessary - nice to see some problems have a brain. Problem F falls under the heading of somebody else's problem and will therefore be ignored, and problem G I don't have to begin to think about til next week. So assuming nobody else starts playing with fireworks...

It's posted, not really all that nice.

[SG V] Goodnight

You would be surprised, d'E. Certain people (usually those of an older age) plunking down thousands of dollars on a vacation to Montana balk at dialing any phone number that is not toll free. Some of them throw a major hissy fit because some rinky-dink mom-and-pop motel in the backside of beyond doesn't have a toll free number. My god, the horror! Having to pay ten cents for a phone call! Ack!

*Diving deep into the backlog. Expecting to come up for air in an hour or so*

[MTG]

{[J'au]}

[Ag]

I really should not be online. I just got back from the eye doctor and had my eyes dialated. I can't really see all that well and my eyes hurt. I guess I am a glutton for punishment.

*wanders through in the direction of the library carrying several copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince....locks all but one in her desk until Saturday morning*

Excuse me everyone, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have a new book to read. Sometimes it's nice being the librarian.

[G7]

Hypatia, you are mean...just mean. But tell us how it is!

I'm dreading going back into D's room. I've saved the worst corner for last, and I'm just dreading it. It's awful and evil and I'm sure there are dead things back there.

2 hours in the backlog

Belated Happy Anniversary WM.

Had a look at Google Earth, but my area isn't well covered, so a blurry coastline is all there is. Have noticed several towns and villages have the names offset by a mile or so. Zooming in loses the name from the village completely! Ho hum

I hate being harranged, but it's not as messy as being merranged

Artwork? Even bigger . Hmmm.

> I've never got the chainmail bikini thing... firstly they'd chafe like buggery and secondly how to they expect to protect their vital organs in such a skimpy garment? And there's *no* way such a skinny woman would *ever* be able to comfortably wield a six-foot greatsword.

I was at Texas Renaissance Faire a few years ago, and they had several females in chain-mail bikinis. Those women that were skinny enough to wear something like that would indeed not be able to lift a broadsword. But then again, none of the guys cared whether they had a broadsword or not. They all wore some sort of garment under the chain-mail, so the links wouldn't catch on their... er... skin.

Has Gwen posted in this thread before today? Is she setting a record for the Cattle Prod I mean, post 1974, wow!

I thought there was a legal injunction in place preventing people who had advance copies of HP6 from reading it before Saturday? I'm sure that's what DH told me earlier today.

I cannot sleep. I have spent most of this week sleeping and resting and being ill (DH has actually been quite worried, bless him). This evening I suddenly had a burst of energy at 9pm and rushed about tidying and sorting out tax forms and declaring the house was a pigsty and how could anybody bear to live in it. It was very rewarding, and I was fine as long as I didn't try to do anything too quickly. But my sleep cycle has been ruined.

I'm also worrying about burglars and car thieves. I really shouldn't pick up Neighbourhood Watch bulletins just before going to bed.

Perhaps I should do another calming virtual-oil-painting.

I don't think a legal injunction against reading a book would be possible, at least not in the US. A trade agreement might be possible, but then how could they enforce it?

I am impressed that Gw7en has a blank page all her own attached to her calling card. [G7]