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

I'm off to St.Louis to watch the Cardinals and take in some museums and the botanical garden. I'll be back Friday with a report.

WooHoo! It's going to be fun.

Have fun.

*Looking forward to report*.

Go Cards!

*Looking forward to dinner*

Have a safe drive and, just so you're not surprised when you get here, it's *frigging hot*!!

Hi Hypatia,

I expect that you watching "ball"" is like me watching rugby!!

Are you going to watch the Olympic Games.? I am going to have a very difficult time keeping to any sort of schedule during this period.

Keep well,

Christiane AR80

*Just looks*

Hi tinker, go and have a giggle

I know how you feel, Hyp. I'm off to Lord's in a few hours. Probably means nothing to you, but I'm tremendously excited about watching a few blokes chucking a ball around as well

Enjoy yourselves both. I'll admit that Lord's would hold more attraction to me than St Louis baseball stadium. Mind you, I'm just down the road from Headingley Stadium and haven't got round to watching cricket there yet.

I'll be taking in some baseball myself next month. Having a birthday trip to New York, will head to Shea for the Mets, as the yankees are on the road

The Mets aren't half bad.

The Cardinals, though....

I just went to a minor league game last night. It's not a bad way to spend a night. Maybe not as much fun as a major league game, but it's sure less expensive.

*creeps in in ignorance*

It's like rounders, isn't it?

Well Stankyrich that is something we have in common - apart from both loving Cornwall - that is cricket.

When I was a young bride I used to spend every Sunday(when there was a home match) with some of the other cricketing wives preparing a sumptuous lunch for the team visiting our husbands home team.
:ater I started watching Test cricket and met many of the visiting Australian and English cricketers through my brothers who were also very good cricketers,
When I came to England - well if there was a match on I would go to Lords.actually and also Wimbledon if the timing was right! Oh and Chelsea - if the timing was right!!) I can still remember the excitement I felt as I sat down in the ground of LORDS to watch either Australia or South Africa playing against England.

I had met Richie Benaud and Neil Harvey on their first tour of South
Africa. In fact half of the Austrlian team had come out to my parents farm and we had had a huge BBQ.

Richie was always very kind and came and chatted to me.

Ah!! those were the days - what wonderful memories.

Christiane AlsoRan80

Oh, You luck thing, Christiane...

Good luck my dear. You may conceivably also meet them. Give them my if you do. Mind you they are all as old as me now!!. I do not remember that |I ever met any NZ cicketers- I think they were all climbing mountains.!! at the time.

Good luck with your packing.

wishing you well, and don't let us loose touch.

CME AR80

You naughty girl!!

It is - but one does not say so !!

CME AR80

Lovely, Christiane

Though I will say I have no strong feelings for Cornwall. I prefer Dorset