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

So that's why you didn't post back to me!!!

Typical!!

I think I shall have to tattoo your password etc on your forhead.

Hi Vicki.

I'm wearing the "IT Numpty, 1st Class" name as a badge of shame! Having worked in IT for about 17 years you'd think I would remember to keep a record of my password, wouldn't you? It is, after all, the first thing I tell people to do!

How are you?

<Smiley>

all is well considering the time of year

(I work in an accountants and we have 1 week left till the end of self assessment )

All will be calm come 1 Feb and calmness will reign over the office

Self assessment? I had no end of aggro with the Inland Revenue last year as they asked me to do 2 years of back-dated self assessment, then kept giving me different tax codes etc... Nightmare.

Well, with over 100 tax returns to go (cos some people just don't like to make life easy for us), I think I will have my work cut out.

Oh well 5 days left then TOUGH!! If it aint in they can blame themselves. Eveyone got at least 3 reminder letters during the year begging them to send their stuff in before September, so tough!

(BTW, only 5 days till I give up smoking too

Good luck giving up smoking, I've been trying for a while now but haven't got the willpower. I might get the patches on prescription, as my Doctor has offered them to me (nice man!).

I wish mine would!! He just says "it's all about willpower" and leaves me to get on with it! I think I'll have to see another doctor at the surgery and see what he/she says.......

My doc says you're entitled to help on the NHS now, the rules changed recently. That way it only costs about £6 a month for the patches, which is way cheaper than paying over the counter. Ask again, you have a right to help.

Just to let you know, I've been in touch with my who put me in touch with the smoking clinic. Apparently they do prescriptions for FREE!!!! YAY!!


Heres to giving up smoking!!

Good luck! I've tried and failed a few times, but my wife doesn't smoke (never has) and we've got a 16-month old boy so I've got plenty of incentive and plan to quit soon.

I currently smoke about 20 Silk Cut Ultra per day, so I'm cutting down as a fore-runner to giving up.

The secret is, keep trying, one day you will succeed!!

Hiya,

How's the giving up smoking going?

Don't even go there!!!!



BTW do you want to become a United Friend? Please say yes!!

Hi Vicki,

What's a United Friend when it's at home? Enlighten me...

I take it giving up smoking is going as well for you as it is for me!

Hi VV biker

Here's a thought - time to get your "baby" back on the road again - conditions aren't too bad (at least not here - 'dahn sarf'), providing you wrap up well. The pleasure of riding your little beauty will take away the cravings for nicotine. Have you tried lighting up at 60 mph ? A full tank = 2 packs fags. Afterwards you'll be too busy cleaning all that chrome!

Good luck


No war in my name!

Oh, I'm no good with all these links. Pheloxi is the grand leader of United Friends. It's all about world peace and what not.

Good stuff really.

Greybeard......tooo cold for biking!!!!! Just think what damage all the salt on the road will cause to my chrome!!!

Vicki,

How you been? Given up smoking yet? I gave up 3 days ago, using an inhaler to get me through any bad moments. It seems to be going well.

The V-Max is still asleep in the garage, and will need a bit of work before it sees the light of day again, so I'm toying with the idea of getting a 600 Bandit to tide me over, and to get back on the road on something a little easier than the Max!

My neighbour has just bought a YZF-R1, and a new guy has moved in opposite, and he has a KTM 640, so I keep seeing the bikes going past and it's driving me nuts!

Happy easter, BTW.

Hi V Max

Doing OK I suppose. Taking things very s l o w l y at the moment. The patches seem to be doing the trick though!!!!

As for bikes

Not that good at the moment.......a flat tyre, a broken mirror and a dented tank to boot!!!!!!!

I blamed my fella for the mirror and the tank, but it wasn't really his fault (although he was playing with the mirror at the time).

I think it's time you got on the road though!!! How could you not!

BTW Happy Easter

Yoah V MAX-I just thought i'd dodge in and tell yeh about the meeting we're havin' 2morrow nite.The meeting starts at eight but we get in the Kings Head at six just to have a couple of the owld jars before the meetin' starts.If yeh want i'll save yeh a seat.I got a extra Union Jack tea shirt so i'll lend yeh that..see yeh ta 2morra V MAX.