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

Split ends, 'frizzies', hangnails and chapped lips are all symptomatic of B-vitamins deficiency and brewers yeast is an excellent source of B-vitamins.

One thing leads to another, calcium is needed to potentiate absorbption of B-vitamins.

Vitamin D is needed to potentiate absorption of of calcium (carbonate, please - or, at least bone meal) supplements, so it pays to take them altogether at meal time.

Paul, are you ticking over on all cylinders now mate ?

I'm doing all right. Thanks, prof.

I just got back from my sister's mountain cottage in New Hampshire, where I spent the weekend. I drove my father up there on Friday, and drove him back to his home this afternoon.

I could use a weekend in a mountain cottage myself. Sounds very relaxing

I couldn't agree moreespecially if close to a good fishing river or lake

The river is about thirty feet form the house. You hear the sound of rushing water day and night. My brother-in-law is an avid fisherman.

I may take up fishing. If not for anything else than the peace and quiet of sitting near a stream with a picnic basket and some

that close I'd be scared of flooding if heavy rain

Flooding actually has happened. The cottage would be hard to sell, since it's too close to the river to qualify for flood insurance.

still jealous though

It's a very nice cottage, though, and my sister wants to keep it as long as possible.

I joke about living in various parts of the world when I become "rich" but! to have a cottage near a fishing river has always been my main dream - early morning then tackle up and waders on - sod the world for a few hours

My brother-in-law tells of the time he had been fishing in hip waders, and got hungry. he didn't feel like scrounging for whatever food was in the house, so he headed for the opposite bank, waded ashore, and had supper at the spaghetti place across the stream.

I can go one betterme and a mate went river fishing for a weekendand one of us forgot the food so our sunday dinner consisted of dried bread (was to be ground bait) and the sweaty black pudding (bait for barbel)made with hands covered in squished maggot remains a feast it was

it sounds as though you had to swallow your pride as well.

Yorkshire menif it's edible, we'll ate it