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

Would you believe it?

I wouldn't have remembered to post on the 24th unless somebody had rang my doorbell around midnight, and then left by the time I managed to get out of bed to check the eye hole.

Because, these days, I never ever open the door without looking in the eye hole first.

It didn't use to be that way. I grew up in an area with houses with seven floors (mostly, some had even more), all alike (and yes, I even went into the wrong house and opened the door, just to be extremely surprised at the interior - oh, wait - this isn't my home!.

My point is that when I was a wee kid, nobody even bothered to lock their doors, because the kids would be in and out all day.

These days, they are firmly locked. In my case, locked double (with the security lock) because of my sleep walking.

[Amy P]