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

(manly ) cheers Paul, that means a lot dear friend

We need all the grumpy geezers we can get.

We Yorkshire folk can moan about anything/anyone, even at ourselves

You can grump at yourself, sure!

I don't have more than a foggy idea what Yorkshire is like anyway. You have a much better idea of what to be grumpy about there than I would.

http://county-wise.org.uk/counties/yorkshire/

http://www.livingnorth.com/yorkshire/things-to-do/50-great-things-about-yorkshire

So Yorkshire has castle Howard, which must be expensive to heat, what with 145 rooms .

mine's classed as 4 bedrooms and THAT costs!

I'll bet it does.

Mine has one bedroom. Fortunately, I'm small enough to fit there.

You only need one per person.

I changed from a double bed to a single bed, but when I can afford an "au-pair" it's back to a double bed (I've got the internet to remember what happens next)

"You only need one per person" [Dmitri]

The bedroom is small enough that a double bed would be a squeeze. My single bed is okay now, but if I weighed 400 pounds, it would be a bit on the small side. I hope to stay under 170 pounds for the duration of my stay on this planet.