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

hi kat
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its about an hour to the first bus to the interchange then the express about midday.
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going half hour early to use the atm, need to top up, save time in scotland.
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bye for now, will try to message in the week if there is a library near,take care jimbobxxxx

There is quite a variety of shops and there is an Italian community in the Glasgow area. I remember going in one shop there and they have a good selection of Italian food.

hi kat
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we went into glasgow a few days back, i got a few things i needed, shirts, pants, and underclothes, my shirts where a bit yuck on the collar(friad)
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had to get another holdall, the one i had was from a mate and it was tatty and the zip stuck, i got a bag, houston 50, for £5, it was on offer,
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margaret,his lass, as made me alsorts of scottish meals, bridie,stoggies.haggis, and others i cant remember.
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one drawback,(sort of)you had to have the exact change on the bus, it was a pain getting change, the shops made you by a small item to get change lol.
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yesterday we went to a country park nr east kilbride,it was great, a small zoo, a tor trail. horsefalls,a large consevertary full of exotic plants,
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so all in all, apart for a glitch last night when he broke a promise to his lass, it was a great few days awayjimxxx

Hi Jim

It's very nice to hear from you.

I have had haggis and scotch pies but I have never had bridies or stoggies when I was living in Ayrshire.

When I was ever in Glasgow I would use the underground. I cannot remember the nickname the Glasgowians gave to their underground.

The small zoo and botanical gardens sound to very interesting places to visit.

hi kat
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we went evrywhere on the bus, its a pain though when you have to have the exact change on the bus.lol
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stoggies(if ive spelt it right)are a kind of sausages,with potatoes on thingsjimxxx

Jim I hope you have had a good day. Stoggies sound very tasty.

Today, I have managed get over my fear of using the lawn mower, ( I have this fear it will blow up or I will be electrocuted) and did the front and back lawn. All I have to do are the sides of the lawn.

hi kat
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have to do my front and back garden in the next few days its getting a bit straggly
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ive been contacted by an old lder that lost her hg2 and box ages ago, carol333, with luck she will be back soon, ive sent her the new link ive set to her own spacejimxxxx

Jim it is good that you have been able to get in contact with an ex lder and I she will be able to get back to her own space.

hi kat
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her son also wants to get on the h2g2, im doing well, i think thats 5 coming back evetually.lol
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its been another warm one here again,the factor 25 the doc gave me last year must have lost its potence,as my arms and back of my hands are red and blotchy, i they dont half itch loljimxxxx

Jim to hear about your skin reaction to the sun/heat. I hope that you will be able to get something different from the doctor for your skin.

Whenever I have had itchy skin in the past I would on camomile lotion. I have also had anti histamite tablets from the doctor as I have had heat rashes in the past. I remember there used to be times I would get so hot that I would get up several times a night and try cool myself down by splashing cold water on my face and neck and put cold water on my wrists and sometimes bathe my feet in water.

hi kat
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ive just emailed the direct link to another two old lders,(mother and son)
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supernantwo(carol333)in the brackets was the old page
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and lordvampire.
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i make that a posible 7 will appear soon some where on h2g2.loljimxxxxx

Hi Jim

Great news 7 new members!!

It's been a much cooler day today and no sign of the sun. I have been watching the Star Trek original series and I am now watching Star Trek The Wrath of Khan on the sci-fi channel.

hi kat

you mean to tell me you have sen the wrath of khan yet

im not much for star trek, i was when it was the kirk series
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ive been watching,the ghost of mars thing,ok but over the top.
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do you remember a series about true or false ufo checks, i think it was called,blue book.
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and space 1999, invaders.
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the first ever sci fi style thing i remember was,dan dare, you would only be a twinkle in your mothers eye,lol.the space gun, and the secret ring, the two peice walky talkies that never worked.
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followed by, the black and white flash gordon.man im showing my age loljimxxx

Jim I used to have the Wrath of Khan on video it reminded me of a tie in one of the episodes in the original series about a colony of genertically enhanced people from earth.

I do not remember the blue book but I do remember the Tomorrow People, UFO (the women in the space station had purple hair) and Space 1999.

I was looking in the local newsagents for Marvel comic magazines, not one on sale. I have seen them in WH Smiths but they were for young children. I would like to get the X-Men magazines if it is possible.

I am getting the Dune novel by Frank Herbert from the library soon.

hi kat
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i havent read a book or mag in years, the varifocals i have to wear give me an headacke if i try to read for to long.
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you will be lucky to get any marvel comics, most are now worth a small fortune
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didnt superman and the hulk appear in the early ones, and maybe spiderman.
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the tomorrow people and saphire and steel(i think it was called that, was for the young teens,kids hours.with joanna lumbley, and david macullem.
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do you remeber one with a star thing on a barn,that opened like a flower, cant remeber what it was called, man im showing my age,loljimxxxx

Jim I cannot remember about the tv programme with the star over the barn but I do remember Sapphire and Steel and Remmington Steele.

I have just got a new perscription for some spectacles as I am long sighted and have them for reading and watching the television.

I am watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

hi kat
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havent seen any of the potter ones, not my thing,star wars, horror,a good war story(like the longest day).
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sci fi is ok, but depends what it is,alien,predetor.
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i dont watch many films even the old stuff much now, im more for the detective things on tv, and later poker after 11pm to about 1am or 2am.jimxxxx

Hi Jim

I have got a letter from the library saying that the Dune book is ready for me to pick up. It is a big read!

I have watched in previous years Lou Grade, The Streets of San Francisco as well as Columbo, Poirot, Miss Marple, Quincy and even the Professionals.

hi kat
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a quick on and off tonight, im having to get up at 7-30am, i have to ring the docs before 8am to see if i can get to se the dic, if there is a canallation,jimxxx

Hi Jim

I hope you can get an appointment at the Doctor.

I have got the book Dune from the library today and I can read it without my spectacles. The typescript is very easy to read. When I was at the library I got a book about the countryside in Essex. A bnok which I have been looking for a long time. It has all the woods, forests and nature reserves of Essex.