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

Talked (face to face) with a friend today whom I haven't seen for months.

I had that feeling yesterday, it's wonderful isn't it?

Yes, absolutely.

What's wrong with hootoo today? It takes ages to load, shows smileys as links and crashes my IE browser.

For some reason, it was also showing me the Front Page from January 11th yesterday morning

So it's not just my PC? I'm relieved to hear that.

Hi ladies....

After promising I'd be around a lot more in 2008 looks like I made it twice in one year....



Bassman

Well knock me down wiv a fevver if I gone and fergot to asks all of yerz how you is!



Bassman

WEll, the subject title says it all, really.

How are you? Nice to see you, it's been years (or so it seems) since I last did.

Back to Post 1 - face-to-face is an odd expression. Do you ever talk face-to-foot?

Actually - when I worked for GTZ in Yemen, my boss - whenever we met socaialy - only ever talked face-to-boob with Latha - my consort at the time.

Demonstarting where you got your name from, aren't you?

'Demonstarting' - sounds like Bel-Hel's bought herself a Ducati. NO - I will NOT allow myself to think of her in red leathers astride a Desmo. Putting he thirty year-old wooly jumper has taxed the aged brain enough!!

I probably has been years, which is entirely my fault.

I suppose life moves on and things change. I like the way little pictures keep popping up all over the place - that's new (to me anyway).

There was one of Galaxy Babe I saw earlier - she was only just in the top she was wearing....

Where did I put those handkerchiefs?





Bassman

Never mind having been absent for so long, there are still people here who know who you are.

I think it has always been possible to add little pictures to the message centre, but you can still only add what is 'coded' on h2g2. I was lucky to have this picture in a Post article I wrote, so I could use it. Same goes for GB, but hers is somewhat more prominent.

PBS, what is a Desmo?

DES = Department of Education and Science.

mo = moment. month. Missouri. medical officer; money order.

take your pick

That doesn't sound so exciting.

I thought it might be a bike.
But then I'm too thick tonight to get what people say.

this is what happens when you socialize with barbarians who don't speak a proper language

But you do speak German.

i even speak danish

nah, i'm just kidding, of course. with all the danish words in english i really shouldn't make fun of english

meeting old friends is great. my mother just informed me that an old school friend of mine just celebrated his 25th year in the same bank. she's sending me an article about him and i can't wait to read it

25 years? it seems like it was only yesterday that we left school together

however, that was 38 years ago - so he must have done something else inbetween

Maybe he worked at another bank before.

Meeting friends is always great. Can't wait till the next spring meet.

Italians barbarians?? Whatever next. 'Desmo' refers to the shaft (rather than chain) driven overhead camshafts of Ducai motorised bicycles. 'www.Desmo-de-something-or-what' (and PLEASE bell-hell don't go clicking on the link!!) are the 900cc things that went too fast as MotoGP bikes so they reduced the cubic capacity and sold off the old ones as 'street-legal' bikes. Make a lovely noise too - like a Laverda Jota gone mad.