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

Definately see HMS Warrior - I wrote an article about it here: A538030 I'm working on one about the Mary Rose at the moment. I wish I could have gone to the Festival of the Sea, but I just didn't have the money. Most of the time I don't have a spare 20p, so £20 is just out of the question. It's a shame as I wanted to be able to go. Oh well, they should have another in a few years...

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I think my problem is that I've lived here all my life

i was born in Southampton and lived there for the first 9 months of my life, the rest has been in New Milton

what i'm saying is becuase I've been here so long I've done virtually all there is to do. It would probably be the same whever I lived.

i know what you mean, you can never get bored by the Forest though!

Well that goes without saying. I don't like the towns to be homnest

small ones are ok (like New Milton) but big ones i can only stand for a short while.

I don't know - large towns still have a novelty value for me - they have escalators and lifts! Fun!

I've been in Portsmouth twice in the last week - once to go to the dog races as part of work; my view was that it was very cold, and essentially a circular sandpit with a few park benches. Are there any nice takeaways in Pompey, as I haven't found any yet...

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where did you live before?

Sandown, Isle of Wight.
I remember well the tourist attraction which was BHS when it opened in Newport in 1993 - the Island's first public escalator! It went up!

People queued for half an hour and more for the priveledge of walking into BHS, travelling up the escalator, going down the stairs and out the shop. No-one actually bought anything, but we all went on the escalator.

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that's brilliant!

Good points about southampton.

1. Paul Weller is coming to the guildhall (guess who's going)

Hmm.... So, who's Paul Weller....?

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He was in the Jam played organ on the riverboat song, I think he's guested for osais as well.

who?

another point of greatness about Southampton, we live near it!

So, who is the Jam?

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I've got to point you in the direction of clasic punk.

I see.
I don't s'pose anyone else is going to the Power In The Park in Southampton on Sunday?

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I've never been ususally there's been a couple of acts who i wouldn't mind seing. Apart from Sophie Ellis Baxtor there was no one yesterday.

Sophie Ellis Bexter was the only person I wanted to see - and I saw her, so I'm happy. It was very wet...

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