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

OK re phone numbers, Gnomon. You are also welcome to divulge my RL name.

Otherwise I am taking notes. I shall try and get on line again tomorrow, but have a busy day and leave home about lunchtime. We fly late evening, but I have to go to a funeral on the way.

So any changes by phone please.

Hope you can make it, KB.

TRiG.

I may have the lesser spotted Aye Bee, pirate wench me, albeit briefly.
See yours tomorrow- hope the evening diners all found each other!

I won't be coming down, I'm afraid - it's a combination of the twelfth and family events. Have a good time though, everyone!

Pity. However, it looks like the Zens will be up here on Sunday night. KB, Bea (and whoever else is lurking around), would you like to come over for dinner?

That sounds lovely, Mal.

Meet you all in Stephen's Green in an hour. I will be travelling by recumbent

Hah! The Chinese Water Deer is really known as a "vampire deer". And the fangs are used for fighting over girls and for self-defence, because they have no antlers.

Well strike me pink

Not for opening coconuts after all? I'm rather disappointed.

Could we have a smiley please?

Symbol of incongruity.

'Twas good to see you all.

Here's to next time!

TRiG.

Terrific to meet up. Hope the evening developed satisfactorily. Good onward journey to the Trillians!

What a great bunch, eh?

Thank you so much Gnomon and Recumbentman - both repositories of a wonderful collection of local knowledge. And special thanks for showing me bits of Dublin I'd never seen before.

The Zens and I finally found a pub (a very nice porterhouse down by Trinity that had stout that wasn't Guinness! ) and remarked on what a remarkably sober meet it had been (well, until then.)

Mala and Tav joined me on the 1900 train, which unfortunately was disrupted due to disturbances at Lurgan. But we pooled all our edible resources and had a rather marvellous picnic of trail mix, roast broad beans, 9-seed bar, cheesy oatcakes and haribo bears. And we even out-wierded the Goth sitting next to us. Home by 21.30 which wasn't bad, all considered.

Hope the TCs enjoyed the somewhat nicer weather we've been having, and wish the Zens happy travels, a successful lecture in Cork, and look forward to joining them for dinner at Mala's on Sunday.

Out-weirding goths sounds like excellent fun!

TRiG.

He got up and left shortly after we started experimenting to see whether severed gummy bears' heads or sunflower seeds make better catapult ammunition

Just brought Tav to the bus stop.

I'm at home again. I slept for a few hours in the afternoon but I'm still very tired.

Take it easy, Tav. It can take a long time to recover from a holiday.

You were probably being far too cheerful for him.

TRiG.