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

Cor, sorry I was away so long, I had the lurgy in the week before xmas and yesterday was my first day back at w*rk, so it was predictably NOT calm!

I'm glad you all had good christmases. I am looking forward to new years Another day off! Woohoo!

The snow came and went while I was ill unfortunately, so I'm hoping we get some more between now and my birthday (us early year birthdayers are, I think, the only people who love early spring. As I call the end of winter )

Be careful of the train: that's down to three wheels too. Part of the government's austerity measures.

Sorry to hear you were * that * ill Robyn - glad to see you back!

I hope the travellers had a good train journey. Did you hear that the Eurotunnel had major problems before Christmas Paul? At one point there were 5 trains trapped inside it and thousands of passengers had to be evacuated...it was the wrong kind of snow apparently.

Both I and my man were laid up, sniffling and coughin all over each other and sharing medicines ("Is this my tray of beechams or yours?" "I dobt care, gimme!") and taking turns to stock up on lucozade and soup...

Anyway, we heard about the eurothingy. His response was 'Sod that, I'd bloody walk'. I suggested that this was probably the only answer anyway, so it was lucky he felt that way.

I love the snow. And driving in it. Some people do find it easier to start off in third or second, I find first is easiest, I have better control and am not over-revving to get the wheels to move without spinning them... I kept trying to tell people, Gentle and smooth. If you remember to be both gentle and smooth, your driving will work, if you're impatient and jerky, you'll lose traction and get nowhere!

Oh, and I wasn't at death's door, it was just a nasty cold and my sinuses got a bit infected as per!

i was in the tunnel in may and for some strange reason i arrived in paris 30 minutes later than i was expected to. what's wrong with those trains?

good to see you again, robyn

Gentle and slow is my approach in the snow, too.

Slow? Smooth yes, slow? Only on public roads

Thanks Pierce It's good to be back!

Now then... Who's not w*rking today?

Me! but I gave up proper w*rk years ago.

I've just planned the smoked salmon and for this evening.

tax return needs filling in - and washing needs doing - but on the plus side, I've got my air flight sorted for Sunday.

Yay!

I'm finishing early, unfortunately I couldn't manage a day off, but there we go, it's a relaxed sort of wind-down of a day so no real stress now our manager's left for his half day (what he doesn't see, he doesn't have to report or tell people off for is his philosophy on days like this!)

Ho! I am planning to come to the Bristol meet though.

So far I have achieved precisely nothing this morning, procrastination rules

I do have a soft spot for some good, hard earned procrastination

Well, I have *just* managed to have a shower and wash my hair ready for tonight. now a little methinks

I'm at w*rk today, but my mind is on visitng my friends tonight. I've baked a cake for us to have for dessert:

Dry ingredients:
Standard batter mix
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried cranberries
4 tsps nuts (preferably pecans), ground

Wet ingredients:
1 small can evaporated milk, put through blender with:
1 egg and
1 small can sliced peaches

Combine ingredients, put in greased loaf pan, and bake for an hour at 350 degress F.

Wait, I left out some ingredients:

Also add 1 apple, diced, 1 pear, diced, 1 orange, sections cut out.

i did neither w*rk nor bake

Hello Lanza & everybody else

I hope you all had a great New Year with friends, family & maybe strangers. Lanza, strangers can be the most welcoming & accommodating people you'll ever meet. Once I went to Wales (I know, what was I doing?), & I was treated as a princess by people I didn't know, purely because I was Scottish. The eldest son in the household gave up his bed for me. I was overwhelmed by the generosity, once I had sobered up

Happy New Year everybody. I hope 2010 brings good fortune and happiness to you and your families

the very same to you, dear

if the New Year brings you happiness, that's a form of good fortune.