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

Milestones galore

Faith is now 5 years old Where does the time go?

I've been 'round these here parts for 7 years

And tomorrow is Tom's and my 11th anniversary

Please do consider all occassions met, one way or t'other.

PS: Paper-Baby is a sweetheart, but you are going to have to tell me what the joke was ... Her laughing through it kinda made me miss it.

It wouldn't have made any more sense if you'd heard it, anyway She's at the age where any randomly strung set of words=big joke

I think I've been at that age for several decades now.

But I've never heard you talk about a noodle petting a guinea pig and licking a lollipop (which was the gist of things, Nick)

Hey Amy happy 7th year at h2g2 and happy anniversary to you and Tom and happy 5th birthday to Faith! My little nephew Christiaan will also be 5 this November! He's currently visiting us ... I'm having a 'break' from him now, and working a bit online. I've been busy all this day reading stories to him, playing with lego bricks and with 'putty rubber' (using it as modelling clay), drawing pictures, and taking him to a little park and pushing him on the swings, climbing a little hill, collecting pieces of plants (he insisted on taking a huge fallen aloe-leaf as a souvenir) and showing him a litte baby plover bird crouching motionlessly in the grass hoping we won't see it ... a fun day but it sure can get exhausting! He's now at the questioning stage. He sees how far he can keep asking 'why?' - for everything I tell him he wants a reason and when I give him the reason he wants to know the reason for that and so it goes on endlessly! Quite a challenge to the wits! He's right now speaking very loud nonsense to my mom in the kitchen ...

Jeepers, some scarey numbers of near dates come to mind now. Okay, September 5th is our own 21st anniversary, and last year I grovelled a bit in a park in Chelmsford (Essex) to re-propose and issue a new diamond ring. But this year also (same date) marks the 5th wedding anniversary of my baby. Gawds, is it that long since I reluctantly handed her off to that little guy? ...

Congratulations, Amy and Tom!

My oldest nephew turned 42 a few months ago. I'm waiting for him to explain the meaning of life, the universe, and everyhitg, but so far....

Ah Rev. Nick you will have to remind me againl.I shall forget otherwise. !!

AR80

Very dear Paul,

With a newphew of 42 you must have been the very youngest of your family!!

AR80

I was the middle child .

well you hav done very well.

CMe Ar80

Thank you, thank you!

And you are an inspiration to me, AlsoRan. You've come through some terrible ordeals, and you never gave up. I hope I can do even half as well when I run into heavy sledding.

What on earth is sledding?
Ar80

Sleds are like miniature sleighs that children ride on for coasting down snow-clovered hills in the winter.

Heavy sledding is an expression that means going through troubles.

Hi my special English specialist!!

thank you for the explanation. I thought that sled was spelt sledge. As I have never seen one let alone been on one, I would not know the feeling.

AR80

You missed a special treat! Sledding was a lot of fun....

I cannot believe it. !!

You are pulling "zis old leg" and I might fall over and break it. !1