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

Well, it seems my comment about another country's web site got a laugh out of you. So, I suppose I should overcome my fear and apologise for breaking into your and st boelan's private (nej) conversation. I had never seen or heard of that unwriten rule or glyph on h2g2, and I have been floating around here for over two years. Well live and learn. A Formal Apoligy for my rudness. ?

Love your tiger! My favorite animal, though I like the Siberian version slightly more. Trivia: If a Tiger and a Lion were to get involved in mortal combat, which would win? The Tiger because it fights with both its front paws whereas the lion favours one paw. You can observe this in the common domestic cat because it is more directly related to the Tiger than the Lion. 's need meat!

Glad you didn't chew my ear off like Mike Tyson! Ha!

MJM ACE

I'm Danish, you know!

Hej!
I meant to talk to you weeks ago, but I've been so little online...
I'm sorry that you thought the way you did of my reply in broelan's thread. I've read what you've said about it (*) and I really didn't mean it the way you took it!

(*) Probably *all* you've said about it at h2g2!
There is no such thing as privacy here, and I'll be the first to say it. Actually I was the one who designed the "lurker" badge you'll find at many peoples pages! But as broelan says, many of us still think of some conversations as kind of private anyway. I've often broken into a conversation, but usually I feel I need a rather good reason for doing it, if it's a conversation that has gone on between two people for a long time. (If I've done that, it's almost always been because they were talking about me! ) There's no rules to follow, I'd say it usually depends of the tone in the conversation, whether it's okay or not to jump in. (Not even rules about my Hej conversations! (By the way, 'Hej' is just the Danish word for Hi.) Some of them has turned into one kind of conversation, others into another kind. 'Hej elwood' (F69934?thread=123338) has turned into a quiz! )

So I don't want an apology from you, it's okay! I don't feel I have to apology to you either, but I'll do it anyway: I did NOT mean to upset you!

See what I found yesterday!
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Oh, and I don't drink , I'll have a cup of , please!

You are very generous Ottox, so beware, I broke in to the Hej elwood conversation. I had to. I am a teacher and I just might see book critiques like the Moby Dick example. Besides I felt I was invited this time. I felt bad about the st broelan thing because you two were having a private moment but seeing as it was an h2g2 party I felt it was OK to bust in. I should have read the backlog first. Before I forget, I would love to learn to put that Siberian Tiger blob on my page but I still haven't mastered GuidML. Good find!! I would of course ask for your permission.

The strange thing Ottox is that when I first joined h2g2 (shortly after Amy the Ant, my mentor and [one of] my guardian) I did not spend a lot of time on h2g2 and everyone was "cheers" and have some . I had to take a short sabbatical (August 2001-Jamuary 2002) for family reasons during which time I lost my second job. Since January I have had lots of time to spend at h2g2 and even found myself ACE'd. My experience since then has been about 50-50. I have discovered that it is much easier to rub folks the wrong way on the internet than in real life. Maybe I am just overly sensitive (as say Amy and AGB and yourself) but I have found it a bit frustrating that I cannot make friends as quickly on the internet as I can in the coporeal world. I am the easiest guy in the world to get along with. 99 of 100 folks would find me agreeable. Yet I have found I am clumbsy on the internet; breaking into conversations or leaving before I have given the other party a chance to have their say. One ACE almost reached through my screen to grab me until I pointed out their mistake and got a sincere apology, which I greatfully accepted. And sunny, the little snot, was quite stand-offish until I told why I wanted to talk with him/her (Had a red cat named Sunny once). It is just strange. My brother, a PhD in English literature and semantics, is working an a book which wxpresses his belief that the internet is changing the way folks interact with eachother; is changing the very way we write and think. I am very interested to see his final work.

Danish, huh? My younger brother (I have 6 siblings) was hosted by a Danish family one summer several years ago. He said it was one of the greatest experiences of his life. I have never left the 48 states, though I might have been in Canada once, I'm not sure because I was on the water and could have floated into Canadian waters. For me this is sort of awkword because I teach University level Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian History. Yet I have never been to any of those countries. Someday, someday. I have a small trust coming when Mom (who is quite unwell) dies (hope that doesn't sound morbid, she is 80 and has lived a full life and is not in pain and is rather looking foreward to being with Dad again who died 22 years ago). So I might be doing some traveling in a few years and learn first hand some of the things I teach. I want to see those Siberian s in the wild before their habitat is destroyed (the USA is about to open many thousands of Artic miles to polar oil drilling: fools that we are).

Also, I hate to admit it but I might have just been a bit jealous of you and st broelan. St. Louis is my hometown. I never wanted to leave it but my Father just had to leave private medicine and go into research in Omaha, Nebraska. He made a big hit in medical research, but none of us were happy about the move. st broelan brings back a lot of nastalgia. Ah, St. Louis! Good food, good music, good schools, and all-in-all good people. (Never go to East St. Louis)

Must run now! Hope to visit Mom tonight. Thanks again for the warm greetings. It means a lot to me. I am rather an empath and when I disturb or hurt others I tend to feel just as bad. I shouldn't do that to myself. But then I wouldn't be me! Tigger, my royal tabby says "Growl" which is hello. In the 7 years I have had him he has never hissed or growled. He is gentle as a lamb.

Take care and good to have met you. Oh, I prefer also!

Mcheal Jay Mole ACE

You are very generous Ottox, so beware, I broke in to the Hej elwood conversation. I had to. I am a teacher and I just might see book critiques like the Moby Dick example. Besides I felt I was invited this time. I felt bad about the st broelan thing because you two were having a private moment but seeing as it was an h2g2 party I felt it was OK to bust in. I should have read the backlog first. Before I forget, I would love to learn to put that Siberian Tiger blob on my page but I still haven't mastered GuidML. Good find!! I would of course ask for your permission.

The strange thing Ottox is that when I first joined h2g2 (shortly after Amy the Ant, my mentor and [one of] my guardian) I did not spend a lot of time on h2g2 and everyone was "cheers" and have some . I had to take a short sabbatical (August 2001-Jamuary 2002) for family reasons during which time I lost my second job. Since January I have had lots of time to spend at h2g2 and even found myself ACE'd. My experience since then has been about 50-50. I have discovered that it is much easier to rub folks the wrong way on the internet than in real life. Maybe I am just overly sensitive (as say Amy and AGB and yourself) but I have found it a bit frustrating that I cannot make friends as quickly on the internet as I can in the coporeal world. I am the easiest guy in the world to get along with. 99 of 100 folks would find me agreeable. Yet I have found I am clumbsy on the internet; breaking into conversations or leaving before I have given the other party a chance to have their say. One ACE almost reached through my screen to grab me until I pointed out their mistake and got a sincere apology, which I greatfully accepted. And sunny, the little snot, was quite stand-offish until I told why I wanted to talk with him/her (Had a red cat named Sunny once). It is just strange. My brother, a PhD in English literature and semantics, is working an a book which wxpresses his belief that the internet is changing the way folks interact with eachother; is changing the very way we write and think. I am very interested to see his final work.

Danish, huh? My younger brother (I have 6 siblings) was hosted by a Danish family one summer several years ago. He said it was one of the greatest experiences of his life. I have never left the 48 states, though I might have been in Canada once, I'm not sure because I was on the water and could have floated into Canadian waters. For me this is sort of awkword because I teach University level Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian History. Yet I have never been to any of those countries. Someday, someday. I have a small trust coming when Mom (who is quite unwell) dies (hope that doesn't sound morbid, she is 80 and has lived a full life and is not in pain and is rather looking foreward to being with Dad again who died 22 years ago). So I might be doing some traveling in a few years and learn first hand some of the things I teach. I want to see those Siberian s in the wild before their habitat is destroyed (the USA is about to open many thousands of Artic miles to polar oil drilling: fools that we are).

Also, I hate to admit it but I might have just been a bit jealous of you and st broelan. St. Louis is my hometown. I never wanted to leave it but my Father just had to leave private medicine and go into research in Omaha, Nebraska. He made a big hit in medical research, but none of us were happy about the move. st broelan brings back a lot of nastalgia. Ah, St. Louis! Good food, good music, good schools, and all-in-all good people. (Never go to East St. Louis)

Must run now! Hope to visit Mom tonight. Thanks again for the warm greetings. It means a lot to me. I am rather an empath and when I disturb or hurt others I tend to feel just as bad. I shouldn't do that to myself. But then I wouldn't be me! Tigger, my royal tabby says "Growl" which is hello. In the 7 years I have had him he has never hissed or growled. He is gentle as a lamb.

Take care and good to have met you. Oh, I prefer also!

Mcheal Jay Mole ACE

You are very generous Ottox, so beware, I broke in to the Hej elwood conversation. I had to. I am a teacher and I just might see book critiques like the Moby Dick example. Besides I felt I was invited this time. I felt bad about the st broelan thing because you two were having a private moment but seeing as it was an h2g2 party I felt it was OK to bust in. I should have read the backlog first. Before I forget, I would love to learn to put that Siberian Tiger blob on my page but I still haven't mastered GuidML. Good find!! I would of course ask for your permission.

The strange thing Ottox is that when I first joined h2g2 (shortly after Amy the Ant, my mentor and [one of] my guardian) I did not spend a lot of time on h2g2 and everyone was "cheers" and have some . I had to take a short sabbatical (August 2001-Jamuary 2002) for family reasons during which time I lost my second job. Since January I have had lots of time to spend at h2g2 and even found myself ACE'd. My experience since then has been about 50-50. I have discovered that it is much easier to rub folks the wrong way on the internet than in real life. Maybe I am just overly sensitive (as say Amy and AGB and yourself) but I have found it a bit frustrating that I cannot make friends as quickly on the internet as I can in the coporeal world. I am the easiest guy in the world to get along with. 99 of 100 folks would find me agreeable. Yet I have found I am clumbsy on the internet; breaking into conversations or leaving before I have given the other party a chance to have their say. One ACE almost reached through my screen to grab me until I pointed out their mistake and got a sincere apology, which I greatfully accepted. And sunny, the little snot, was quite stand-offish until I told why I wanted to talk with him/her (Had a red cat named Sunny once). It is just strange. My brother, a PhD in English literature and semantics, is working an a book which wxpresses his belief that the internet is changing the way folks interact with eachother; is changing the very way we write and think. I am very interested to see his final work.

Danish, huh? My younger brother (I have 6 siblings) was hosted by a Danish family one summer several years ago. He said it was one of the greatest experiences of his life. I have never left the 48 states, though I might have been in Canada once, I'm not sure because I was on the water and could have floated into Canadian waters. For me this is sort of awkword because I teach University level Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian History. Yet I have never been to any of those countries. Someday, someday. I have a small trust coming when Mom (who is quite unwell) dies (hope that doesn't sound morbid, she is 80 and has lived a full life and is not in pain and is rather looking foreward to being with Dad again who died 22 years ago). So I might be doing some traveling in a few years and learn first hand some of the things I teach. I want to see those Siberian s in the wild before their habitat is destroyed (the USA is about to open many thousands of Artic miles to polar oil drilling: fools that we are).

Also, I hate to admit it but I might have just been a bit jealous of you and st broelan. St. Louis is my hometown. I never wanted to leave it but my Father just had to leave private medicine and go into research in Omaha, Nebraska. He made a big hit in medical research, but none of us were happy about the move. st broelan brings back a lot of nastalgia. Ah, St. Louis! Good food, good music, good schools, and all-in-all good people. (Never go to East St. Louis)

Must run now! Hope to visit Mom tonight. Thanks again for the warm greetings. It means a lot to me. I am rather an empath and when I disturb or hurt others I tend to feel just as bad. I shouldn't do that to myself. But then I wouldn't be me! Tigger, my royal tabby says "Growl" which is hello. In the 7 years I have had him he has never hissed or growled. He is gentle as a lamb.

Take care and good to have met you. Oh, I prefer also!

Mcheal Jay Mole ACE

Hehehe... yes, you should be less sensitive (so should most of us). AND maybe you should read more backlog before talking about other people... like my latest journals and my latest guide entry (where there's another tiger picture).
The internet has sure changed the way I am! For better and worse, but mostly better I think.

Good luck with travelling, I hope you'll get the chance to go. I would like to do it myself too, but actually mostly to meet some of the wonderful people I've met here on h2g2.

I thought your page was in plain text, but I've just checked it and saw that you *have* changed it to GuideML. Putting the tiger picture in is very simple, just copy this little piece of code in somewhere:



(And you sure don't need my permission for doing that! )

Just ask if you need help to place it somewhere special on the page.

Holy mother of god how can I read the backlog of a conversation which has over 2000 postings? I have, sincerely, tried to follow the backlog of many conversations but my computer is just too slow (or I am just too impatient). But I really do try to get the gist of a conversation before I jump in. Sometimes I find the conversation too heated for my tastes and I try to bow out with a smile. Maybe I am being cynical but I feel just too old or too tired to get involved in long drawn-out, protracted conversations. (I am a fan if the senior moment smiley)

Question: have I offended someone by talking about them? I called sunny a snot, but I have to believe he knows I meant it in a friendly way. Whoever sunny is, s/he is in my book. I hardly know enough other people to talk about. I cannot think of anyone who would be offended by anything I have said. Now I >am< worried! I am going to stalk your page (which I have visited before, cool tiger) to see if I can discover what you meant by "talking about other people".

I am not sure how much the internet has changed my life. During this period of underemployemnt it definately has; h2g2 has dominated most of my spare time. Soon, sadly, it will be back to reality and working 50 hour weeks. One thing is certain: I will be on the net much more even when fully employeed because the University I teach at has gone completely cyber. I can post my whole class(es) on the net, even set up student/teacher chat rooms. So I guess it has changed my life a lot.

I do not know enough people on h2g2 to feel comfortable visiting in person; perhaps one or two. Maybe this will change. For a teacher its odd that I am really not a joiner. I have lived alone for 22 years (except fir Tigger Growl!!). I have become awfully set in my ways. I am reminded of the Beatles song, "I'm in love but I'm lazy."

Have I really got my page in GuideML? That means I followed some of Amy the Ant's instructions correctly. I am computer compromised you know. In another conversation I said "GuideML scares the snot out of me!" Jimster must have been lurking because he dropped a posting saying: "'Scared the snot..???' ." Let me see what I can do with that Siberian Tiger. I may cry "Help!" and panic like crazy. Oh yes, the reason for the triple post is because there was horrid server problems here in the central USA. I didn't even have a full window when I posted last so I had no idea it came out triplicate until just now!

OK, prepare to have your page lurked over. I want to find out who I have been talking about. Is there a way to check the backlog when there are eight hundred million postings? There must be an easier way than going from dot to dot.

Ignorance is not bliss. Another h2g2 member (sorry I forget who) pretended to feed me knowledge "Matrix" style and did a very good job of it. Too bad none of it stuck.

Thanks for the kind words and advice Ottox! I am a wiser man because of it! If you hear a lout HELP its me either getting eaten by a Siberian Tiger or my own cat.

MJM

My latest journal entry only had about 20 posts, but I guess you found out.

Haven't got time to talk now, I'll be back after the weekend. Have a nice time!

Uh, yes. See "AWK!" I am so embarrassed. I am going into early hibernation.

MJM Terry