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

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Hope that answers any queries you have for the moment.

Tonto

Thank you for all the good info.Enjoyed your site. Will spend some time studying all this, and then probably have some questions for you.

A banker eh? I don't suppose you are unattached...My daughter is currently available!(she's twenty)Just(half) kidding.

Thanks again!

Coldjam

I'm glad you enjoyed my page How are you settling in<?> As soon as you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, thats what i'm here for

So is your daughter on h2g2 then<?>

Well, when I can wrest the mouse away from my daughters...no, I haven't had an opportunity since I signed on til now. My eldest daughter is visiting for the week, and aside from showing me the site ,between she and my younger daughter, there is little free time at the computer. NOT that she is a computer junky, it's just one of her many facinating pasttimes. I am shamefully undereducated concerning The Hitchhiker's Guide books(she has read, and, I dare say ,memorized them all(perhaps even some embarrassing statistics about Adams as well)mostly during her high school years. I do remember listening to some of the first, on "vinyl", in the early seventies, however,I am ashamed to say I remember very little. Though remember enjoying it to some extent. Ascribe whatever meaning to that you will, remembering I am in my 40's(and o.k., I was a flaming freak".My daughter is on this site at Yankee-shoes, or you can find her on the "Thingites".

Thanks for your interest!
Coldjam

I love the Hitchhiker books. I keep re-reading them but never get all the way through them before starting again so I've only read the 5th book twice

the Thingites. You either love them or hate them. A thread I am in had a couple of races with the No No No thread that they have. First to 10,000 and 20,000 posts. It was a lot of fun

I shall look up "thingites" and the no no no thread(?).What is meant by a "race"?

A race as in running race. The first thread to reach 10k postings, and later 20k, won.

And this is a good thing? Ok,I'd really like to see this conversation. Where would I find this? ( My daughter is gone for the day)

WHat does one do while waiting for a job at a big bank in England? Is there unemployment, or flipping (turning them with a spatula)( just in case there is a problem with semantics) burgers, or living off Mum and Dad? No disrespect, just curiosity.

Well, questions only is here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/F63419?thread=100987 and the race is approximately posts 7000 till 11000 and posts 17000 to 21000. The no no no thread is I can't find it, hang on. As for a job, I've worked at a car supermarket for the last 26 months in the admin and finance departments so i'm doing that all summer to get a bit of money It pays quite well too which is

No no no is here F63252?thread=100492

Now, now... don't try to turn my Mum against me... not fair! Race is all in good fun, now that I know about it, I will be sure to help it on! So much anger toward us thingites... as a famous American once said "Can't we all get along?"
Y.S.

Hehe, i'm not trying to turn your mum against you

Come on questions only

Ahh so. I get it now. Questions. Great fun. My youngest daughter used that game in her performing arts group. Love the tv show'Whose Line is it?" as well.(I am a frustrated actress turned folk singer) I now understand the thingites as well. Thanks!

Glad you are able to stay employed. Is a car supermarket the same as a used car dealership here? Or even a new car dealership?

Change of subject. Are you familiar with any folk music in your area? Or do you hate it?

coldjam

Well, not really, we sell both new and used cars but no cars older than 5 years old. Technically all the cars are used as we buy all of them allready registered but some are brand new. We call ourselves a supermarket because on each of our 4 sites we have at least 1500 to 2000 cars (one of everything) and we advertise that we can get customers finance and the car ready in an hour to drive away with!

And if you had to choose between the thingites and questions only, which would you pick<?>

As for folk, it isn't really something I listen to. Actually, i don't really know of any in my area though that might be because I don't listen to it!

From my brief exposure I would definately be questions only.

Do you carry a lot of foreign cars then?

Don't blame you a bit re the folk music. We (my husband and I) are pretty heavily into the humourous sort. He writes a lot of what we do. He really doesn't like the Irish stuff much as it all seems the same sawing away on the fiddle. His favorite memory is of one of the Chieftans at the Border Folk Festival in El Paso, Texas, who was jamming with the guys ( a bunch of cowboy types) and was called to do another set on stage , to which he replied," Excuse me, I've got to go play some more of that fing boring Irish music!" Ah memories.

What is the hold up with your job at the big bank, if you don't mind me asking? ( I'm not like, nagging, only curious)

Yay, Questions only

By foreign cars, do you mean imports or foreign makes. We have foreign makes but don't sell imported cars.

And the hold up is over today. They told me where I would be placed

Doesn't help you that she voted your way... she won't join in the thread...
Hope all goes well with your placement! In the middle of applying to a college myself.
Y.S.

what are you planning on studying<?>

Creative and professional writing.
Y.S.

I've just finished a Business studies degree but have to do another on the job degree in financial something or other with my graduate placement company