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

Jenny is your dog's name?

Didcot is brilliant when the kitchen's dirty. She cleans up everything edible as a kind of 'pre-wash'. We stayed overnight with friends earlier in the week and they had a grill-pan full of bacon fat when we all wanted toast for breakfast. As usual, common sense won over a seriously greasy cleaning job - and the pan went down on the floor.

A light wash over with soap and some boiling water and everyone was happy....

It is: we didn't choose it, as we've only had her for the last eighteen months [we reckon she's about five]. We thought it would be a bit strange as we've never had a dog before, but it's been surprisingly easy: it's as if she's been here forever! My mum's sister used to have her, but couldn't look after her anymore...so we had her!

Jenny is excellent as a hoover as well! She likes milk, grapes, chocolate the lot! She doesn't like roast potatoes though, as we let her have a little of what was left on Christmas Day...and she spat it out on the floor! She was a bit mad in the morning, as dad put the turkey in the night before, and she had to sleep in the kitchen with the turkey fumes all night!

It is: we didn't choose it, as we've only had her for the last eighteen months [we reckon she's about five]. We thought it would be a bit strange as we've never had a dog before, but it's been surprisingly easy: it's as if she's been here forever! My mum's sister used to have her, but couldn't look after her anymore...so we had her!

Jenny is excellent as a hoover as well! She likes milk, grapes, chocolate the lot! She doesn't like roast potatoes though, as we let her have a little of what was left on Christmas Day...and she spat it out on the floor! She was a bit mad in the morning, as dad put the turkey in the night before, and she had to sleep in the kitchen with the turkey fumes all night!

Mad as in cross or crazy? Didcot spent most of Christmas afternoon on our bed because she doesn't like large groups of people and she hates the bangs of crackers. But she had a wonderful time in the morning and we bribed her down after tea with a piece of goose.

She eats everything except fruit, raw mushrooms and raw parsnip. Oh, and liquor chocolates....I threw her one once and she went 'glomp!' and then spat it out in total disgust.

We dragged her around the family for three days...and she is so good. She met other dogs, cats, ferrets, got trodden on - all the usual stuff - and she felt she had to stay awake all day because something else might be happening. At 12 1/2 that was really tiring and she was just so glad to be home again. She gave a big sigh of relief, climbed up onto the sofa, burrowed under her rug and went peacefully to sleep.

My mum's bringing her dog (a bit of fluff on a stick) today so we're going to be seriously furry for a week.

Crazy dog! Jenny spent Christmas dinner under the table, hoovering up anything she could! She also was being creepy to my dad's mum, who thought it was wonderful!

Jenny quite likes fruit...apples, grapes and the occassional pear anyway! She only likes certain chocolates, but will usually eat it and then leave it half-chewed just below where you are about to tread...oh and she's not really that fond of crisps.

We've mostly had family around to us: my mum's parents came over on Boxing Day with their hound. They get on OK, but she can be a right bully: she's tiny and he's a small horse, yet she's the one who's taking things of him! We walked them at the same time, and he get sniffing around her backside when she was going to the loo...it was a surprise that he didn't get an even wetter nose!

Jenny likes to curl up in a ball too, but only if nothing is going on! She's quite a snorer!

and Apologies to Nick for invading your space!

I think as the conversation has now degenerated (as it does!) to doggy bum-sniffing, perhaps we should leave the poor guy alone and take our lowest common denominator elsewhere!!

It's pelting with rain and I have do do some shopping soon. Oh well, thank God for fires...

Why does it always happen

It's just miserable here...

Now where should we move our dog smut talk too?

don't mind me guys ... I'just keep thinking that you are going to come up with some inspiration re the syntax for links within a page that work in GuideML sometime ...

At least its warm and bright here in Melbourne at this time of year - a bit hot in fact - its been over 30C most days for the last week or so - but not humid so very pleasant really.

I've been out sailing these last few days - t-shirt, shorts and bare feet stuff - I love sailing in sunshine and warm winds.

Nick

Didn't Anna's stuff help?

No - didn't work - this was my reply at the time:


Thanks Anna - I tried this on page A903917 but it doesn't seem to work. Instead when the go to link is selected (in this case 'Sail for the Albatross') it opens up the form to create a new H2G2 entry.

I've triple checked the syntax but maybe I'm missing something.

Thanks

Nick

- at the time I left the non-functioning code on the page but I think I may have removed it since.

- Please try it out yourselves - see it if works for you!

cooler here today - not forecasting much over 20C - typical changeable weather here around Christmas and New Year. Back into woolies.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you too...and I wouldn't be in woolies at 20 degrees! I'd be sunbathing.

Hopefully Anna will pick up your message.. otherwise I'll chase up the rest of the chaps on Monday. We're locked out of the office until then...

Okay thanks

Nick

How was your Christmas Nick?

Christmas in Melbourne (AU) - pretty good thanks - I haven't had a cold (UK style) Christmas for years now - I've kind of got used to it being the beginning of the serious summer weather as it is here.

Very often Christmas day itself here is quite cool and gloomy (like 17C maybe) then it steadily improves through January and February. Like today - clear blue sky, about 25C, light wind, very low humidity, its just beautiful. I have an old (but rebuilt) '65 MGB Roadster (the convertible) and I just never put the hood up... I love it.

My wife and I have two daughters (16 and 18), the older one (Erica) has just finished school, the younger one (Mariko) is entering her final year. Erica is planning to go to Uni and is in the midst of confirming a place, but is also planning to defer for a year and come to the UK in March for 9 months. She'll be looking for a job... At this stage she's planning to stay with my sister who lives in Derby to start with - maybe get some work there in the first instance.

Anyway neither my wife nor I have any other family in Australia, so that is always a bit sad at Christmas, but we have lots of friends and make up for it with them! No dogs though...

Nick

Yes I remember my one and only Christmas in Montana. We had moved out in the October and even though we did have a few friends out there it was a bit lonely without the family.

Ironic as my ex was fiercely anti-family and hated the 'obligatory visits.'

Christmas out there was icy cold and knee-deep in snow but utterly beautiful. Couldn't get over the fact that it was all over by lunchtime though! Some of the shops downtown were open again in the afternoon.

Ref. the guide, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/dontpanic-guideml and if the answer isn't clear, just ask at the bottom and a 'Guru' will come and help!

I like the Christmassy bit after Christmas!

It must be weird to have Christmas in different climates whether hot or cold: Christmas in Loughborough could only really be described as....mild!

thanks for this link to a mine of information - good one - I can see all I currently need there thanks

Nick

Phew

Christmas is probably best the way it was when you were a kid - when it had all that magic.

It was lovely to have all the snow in Montana because the Christmas cards were all reflecting real life outside.

But you couldn't get decent beef sausages and as my ex was Jewish we had to have weird ones... indeed. I was quite happy to respect his views - and he loved the American sausages - but ol' greedyguts here didn't enjoy her Christmas lunch much.

This Christmas we didn't have snow but we did have pork chipolatas and rolled-up bacon! And we had an 'enlightened Jew' as a guest who happily called it all 'smoked beef' and ate up heartily. Bless him!

Smoked Beef! I like that