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

hi anyone who reads this that knows me

you,ll have to bear with me, its my first one,and probably my last lol.

in the last 12 months, like most people ive had bad and god days,

i lost my last sister in june,and then found my long lost cousin,
then i got to say hello to him for 15 mins,and the next week i was going to his funarel

ive only family related now, all my amediate family as gone, all my aunts, uncles as well.

i dont have a crystal ball, so i cant see what this year as to offer.

tomorrow(31st dec 2003)i,ll be taking a trip a few miles from here, to meet a lady(jinty)so at least the end of the year will be a happy one

well here,s to the end of 2003,roll on 2004>jim jimcracker7

Hi Jim

Well i know you and i am replying to you aswell, cos you are a dear friend to me now.
I know this year has been really stressful for you, so i hope that you have a better one next year and many more to come.
So here's wishing you all the very best of health, for now and the future too.
xx*NATS*xx

hiya jim.....
lots of and best wishes for the new year and always.....

sheryl.....xxxxxxxxxxx

thanks nats, sheryl

i just thought it was time i put something in writing

now i can start the new year off, with a clean start

jimcracker7 jimxx

here's to new beginings and a brighter future....

hello there jre jim,,,,i know it has been a hard year for you but we both wish youyou a very healthy and happhappy 2004,they are both more importnt tht than prospeity,but we wishish you that as well..
you have a lot of friends inn h2,and they are all wishing you wellell,i'm sursure.<good luch for the nhe new year .ns salxxxx

hi jim.

i think that 2003 was really cruel to a lot of people in one way and another.
i think a lot of us are glad to see the back of it.

hopefully 2004 will be kinder
have a good time with jinty

happy new year


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well 2004 started the way i half expected.

we here had a snowstorm, and first the channels went off in groups, also taking the emails,

then to put the iceing on the cake, the phone went dead,about 15mins into 2004, only got all of the cable back about 2-00pm today(new years day)lol

what a start to the new year jimbobxxxx

same here jim mate special present from telepest

Happy New Year by the way


REBs

Same happened here in West Midlands Jim,what a start to New Year.I am hoping for a better one HAPPY NEW YEAR to you
xxxSan

snow did'nt last long did it jim
it all washed away yesterday,
we lost email as well but got it back at dinner time,
happy new year to you and everybody on h2g2
jackie

hi rebs, jackie and sanand anyone else who wrote a reply.

as its yorkshire where cable is from,
and we where unlucky to get 6 inches of snow at the wrong time lol

it clobbered all the cable network.
yep jackieits nearly all gone,
lets hope for good,but im not putting odds on it.lol

HAPPY NEW 2004, TO YOU ALL,JIMBOBXXX

hi san,same thing happened here in blackpool,storms then cable channels and phone went off but ours happend just before midnight here,well happy ne new year too you hope all ll went well over xmas and the new year apart from cable and td the phones going off,i would blame telewest but people here are actually blaming the bad weather for it,well hope alls well your end hun,hope to catch you again later take care till we meet again hun,bfn lots of and and hope you had a great to see the new year in,see you later hun,sue/family.

Hi Sue,Happy New Year to you and Yours,we had a good time,need a rest now,so going to have a quiet weekend,not stopping on long,got Lord of the rings to watch tonight ,now John as gone off to bed,you take carexxSan

Everyone have a peaceful weekendxx

Just thought I'd let everyone know Telepest's version of events:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dear all,

On New Year’s Eve there was severe service disruption to a number of our
services including the loss of TV services nationally.

We would like to apologise for the inconvenience this caused our
customers, and thank them for the patience and understanding they gave
our staff whilst we worked to restore services.

A full investigation is taking place. In the meantime, I wanted to give
further details of how the issue was managed.

At approx. 22:00 on New Year’s Eve, severe weather caused flooding in
our Digital Control Centre in Knowsley, this in turn triggered automatic
alarms to the fire brigade.

The fire brigade arrived on site by 22:10, and ordered a complete
evacuation of the site and the immediate shutdown of all electrical
power and water supplies. This was done to ensure the safety of staff
and fire personnel dealing with the issue.

The removal of power at the site disrupted digital TV and some analogue
TV services nationwide. Additionally, Internet services (broadband and
dialup) and telephony in the Liverpool region were also disrupted, as
was access to Internet services dependent on servers in the Centre; such
as e-mail, PWP, and the blueyonder and Telewest websites, including the
status page.

Due to the loss of access, we regret that our technical support team
were unable to update the status page, mailing lists or the announce
newsgroups. Given the scale of disruption the number of calls coming in
to our technical support teams caused congestion problems, which
prevented some customers getting through.

By 22:30, after a full assessment of the situation by senior management,
a decision was made to invoke our contingency plan. This involved
routing as many services as possible to a designated recovery centre at
Hayes.

All on call engineers nationwide were en route by 23:00, despite being
hampered by traffic congestion due to New Year’s celebrations.

By 23:30 the fire service had contained the flood, and some power was
allowed to be restored from back-up systems. By 01:00 on New Year’s Day,
we restored e-mail and PWP services, but were still unable to restore
full power due to health & safety and power equipment integrity
considerations.

Re-routing of traffic from Hayes was completed at 04:00, resulting in
the restoration of the majority of TV services nationally, although in
some areas customers we experiencing some residual freezing pictures issues.

At 06:00 we were allowed to restore all power in Knowsley by the fire
brigade, and we subsequently re-routed all traffic from Hayes back to
Knowsley. This restored all services except in the Liverpool area. By
08:00, all services were fully restored nationally.

Again, please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this
incident has caused you and please be assured all involved in Telewest
concentrated efforts to minimise the disruption caused by this serious
problem.

Regards,


Colin Whitbread
Group Operations Director
Networks, Technology & IT
Telewest Broadband<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


Happy New Year to all!

hi sean, everybody

just to let you know, i spoke to jinty last night about 5-30.

she wanted you to know she,s home and safe from her trip to my part of the world.and she,ll be on line later over the weekendjimbobxxx

hi hun,well i hope you have a great weekend,hope alls well,its quiet et here in our street at at the moment but it is also raining here and still chilly,hubby's at work at the moment he's on split shift,and our oldest son is at work too allall day i think and our youngest is still in bed at at 11-25am,theres not a lot going on here at all at the moment hun,but once ourour youngest gets out of of bed there will be,im hoping to get some washing done today and also im cooking dinners,then i think i will bl be relaxing after that till teatime,well hun have a great weekend ho hope to see you again real soon bfn lots of and and sue/family.