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

A belated Happy Birthday Witty

Happy birthday from me, as well.

Hyp, that's just .

Leg hair doesn't bother me, but I don't think my opinion on it is particularly relevant.

*waves to the pirate that ran through the forum*

Morning.

Hair? Um, well I wasn't getting rid of it, but recent developments (see posts passim) have inspired me to purchase a pack of razors.

"Leg hair doesn't bother me, but I don't think my opinion on it is particularly relevant. "

Sure it is, you can be a token male.

One of the delights of being a natural blonde is that my leg hair is pretty much invisible unless there is a bright light shining directly on it, so I'm pretty lazy about the whole shaving/waxing thing. I know people that shave their legs *every day*

Well, my plan to get seriously marital with the Gorgeous Washer-Upper was derailed by our neighbour. She left her keys at home, and when she came back from work she discovered that both her house-mates were out. So she came to us to borrow some paper and a pen to leave a note for them and went to wait in the pub. But they never came home, so she took us up on our offer of the spare room and we stayed up late chatting. She's a great person and we were delighted to help, but, the walls are thin...

Anyway *sticks labels down industriously for a few minutes*

Who was that pirate I thought I saw hurtling through?

Reading to foetuses, oy vey. As for the lady having her son pee in the trash can, well, that surely explains the small but persistant sub-section of men who are utterly incapable of peeing into the toilet bowl. They've been badly trained by their mildly insane parents.

Moaning all.
Good to see you back Affy.

Yup, it wasn't just me who saw a pirate through here.

I did go swimming last night at the big fancy pool here in Manchester. It had been split down the middle so I wasn't going up and down the whole 50m length but only 23m. It felt good to be swimming again but I'd forgotten that it can be hard work after half and hour! Still I hope to get into a routine to do this each week and it should get easier. Now I need to get a good pair of goggles to stop my contact lenses getting splashed about.

Sigh.

My brain is made of glue this morning... not that it would be a problem if I could find my bloody Beechams. I only need to take one to tide me over until I get to the supermarket in Bridgend and can then buy some more.

I've had a busy morning, I sewed rabbit skins to my leather jerkin for that feral look, and like the bloody fool I am I cocked it up. I *could* have overlapped them and while that would have meant more effort would probably have looked better than the version I have now which was "cut them down so they meet in the middle", and now I have rabbit fur everywhere because for some reason rabbit pelts explode in the presence of scissors. *And* I can't find the bag which has all my make-up sponges and face-paint in it. *And* I can't find the beads which go in my hair.

Does anyone know anywhere that supplies resin or plastic bones, the next addition to the jerkin will be bones and I think fake ones would be rather more hygenic.

Real ones would be perfectly hygenic as long as you boil them properly first.

Rabbit pelt drops to bits in the presence of anything sharp. I know this from long and bitter experience. I spent a large proportion of my youth coughing up rabbit fur hair balls.

Scratch that bone request, I found a rather good anatomical supplies place... Human femur for £15? This place is a dream come true for a LARPer!

Anyhoo, I are signing off now on account of needing to shower and finish packing and stuff. I'll be back on Sunday and in the meantime I'll leave a stockpile of hugs in case people need them over the next couple of days.

That a *plastic* human femur by the way...

Glad you clarified .

I really cannot concentrate on work today. This is a very Bad Thing, as in effect I'm starting a new job, for new roles, new procedures, and new software. Sadly a combination of lack of sleep, lack of food and the MMWWAFH are conspiring against me.

And what prat thought that ALT-SHIFT-BACKSPACE was a good keyboard command for a heavily used function?

201 postings....? Blimey

*deteminedly, if not doggedly, sits down to read*

>The most enjoyable example of effective use of English so that it gives a period flavour... etc
Well - a Danish minister went to a meeting in the EU and insisted on speaking English rather than depend on the ubiquitous translaters. She opened "Well, as I am in the beginning of my period...." The UK journalist corps supposedly looked as if they really didn't want to hear more...

>Silence...

Later today, going to Sweden. While it's not completely silent - the odd car or tractor comes by and there are these nasty birds making noises ) - it's nearly there. Nice

>Hyp, that is probably the one good thing about snow....
Snow is nice! (honestly, no need to start up more religious sects over this one, though )

>If you're looking for a job, you might try hot air balloon repair, or training chickens in aquatic ballet, or even underwater crocheting.
Lentilla - you had me there...

>Denmark's charm was based on the fact it comprised the stay-at-homes
Do I take this as a compliment??? I probably should have been a Viking, then - judged alone by the fact that atm, I do not stay at home. From Sept 11 to Nov 1 I have 6 business trips...

Happy b'day, Sir Marv and Witty - better late than never (and offline in Italy is not a good basis for being timely )

I once talked on the phone to a Scottish colleague and during the conversation went "you English .... .... (here I started thinking fast and sweating a bit> ... -speaking people..." Back it came (put on your best broad Glaswegian accents, please), "That was close". All in a good mood, it has to be said.

>There's a lot in the To Do pile, but I should be ale to knock it on the head tomorrow night.
B - could you teach me the trick? Mine's kinda tower-high...

Me think me saw a , too...

There was a pirate, and then there was Affi -- hey, Affi, have a loobrush! -- and I think there was a child in the lobby. Titania, thank you for showing such courtesy to the visitor.

I'm up an hour early, courtesy of the beetle that scuttled across my arm and woke me up. Leaky old house...

*gets some tea and a cupcake for breakfast*

Those elderly s run fast, don't they?


Again someone is going to see my house this week, my real estate agent said.

An olive stall has appeared in Canterbury market...

Kerr, as a library person and an amateur actor/singer, I spend rather a lot of my life being a token male.

David

Good morning everyone. I'm glued to CNN again. It looks like the area where the boys live is going to take a direct hit. One is safely in Dallas and the other is god knows where. Being his usual irresponsible self, I imagine. Standing on the beach shaking his fist at the thing. He never did have a lick of sense.

Hi Pierce.

Morning already?

I've been watching the Rita news on tv - with fascinated horror.

One thing occurs to me - we seem to have gone from K to R very quickly.
What happens if we get to Z (the letter, not our chum) before the end of the year? Do we just start again from A? (the letter, not our chum's chum)

Teuchter - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23889-1792355,00.html

B