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

The day will be especially short today, and it's so gray I doubt we'll see the sun. A good day for staying inside, though I plan to drive out to my father's house for lunch/brunch. On the way, I will do some walking in a shopping mall. To avoid the worst crowds, I plan to do it early in the day. At least there will be color and light at the mall, though the sales force will probably look tired after what seems a long holiday shopping season already .

I wrapped whatever gifts I had on hand Thursday night. By wrapping them, I realized that there were still gaps , so I went out for more shopping on Friday. Yesterday, I made photocopies of "The Lost Isle of Arborvilla" so I could give copies to my sister and her two sons. At night I collated the pages, punched holes in them, and put them in three-ring binders. I don't know what they'll make of the story, if they even read it. With so much other stuff being thrown at everybody at Christmas, it might be a while before they even get to it.

How about a full copy to "The Post" ?

Would anybody read it? It's 45 pages, after all.

serialised

Much easier in Liquid form...
I'm in the pub with a pint of
Downtons, Winter Solstice

Happy Solstice.

I definitely would loved to read the Lost Isle of Aborvilla on the Post

"serialized" [Prof Animal Chaos]

I gave a copy of it to a friend last night.

Paul

My friend has a library of writings that I've given to him over the years. I haven't been shy about sharing my stuff.

I hope he keeps them all, one daythey could become a collectors item and have value to them

Considering that his chances of being alive five years from now are around 15%, I'm dubious that he will profit within his lifetime.

that is sad news, but he's got a good friend in youso he's not going to be alone as such

His wife is fantastic, but she is struggling to get established n a new career, the old one having petered out. She's stressed up to her ears.

believe it or not Paul, I have a friend in the same boat. His illness/disability is 1 great weight on his shoulders, his daughter adds another (wiselong story) and his mam's days are now counting down by the big "C"

Two cancer cases in the same family? Have they checked the water supply, or is there a nuclear power plant six hundred yards away?

he has osteoarthritis, his vertebra is crumbling he's near paralysed from hips down (daughter "borrowing" his money to prop up her family)

Hands, knees, hips and spine are the most common locations for that, and it sounds as if it's too late to slow progression by being active .

My father has it in his hands and back, but remarkably he keeps moving. He's on three meds for the hands, though they've had to drop the Celebrex because of blood in the urine.

it's like I told him, it's a pity that "medical science etc" can't sort of put scaffolding around your spine to prop it up maybe in the future things like that might arrive ?

I certainly hope that will happen, the sooner the better.

I always refer the human body to cars
the petrol tank is the stomach (so right fuel essential) brain is the computer muscles are the engine to move the body and many other parts can be attributed to car parts

so firing on all cylinders gets harder as the body/car ages