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

Doing anything interesting/exciting on your 10 day holiday from work? Jammy git!

2 minutes?<--green with envy (I know there's an 'envy' smile, but I like this one better

I live outside of Stockholm and go to w*rk by commuter train - all in all it takes me around 1 hour from door to door (in one direction)

I couldn't handle that long travelling to work and back anymore! For my old job I had to get bus into town which was okay as I didn't start work until the afternoon anyway but I didn't finish work until 6.15pm.I would usually miss the 6.15pm bus and more often than not the 6.30pm wouldn't turn up and the 6.45pm bus would be late and turn up at 7pm so most nights I wasn't getting home till anout 7.30pm. There's only one bus that travels to my area from the town centre so I spent half my life waiting for buses which wasn't funny in the middle of winter!

Hello

Have you ever sent an e-mail you wish you hadn't sent?(I think I already know the answer to this one!) I have and I just wanted to say I was sorry.

A lot of what was written was said in the heat of the moment, when I'm upset/hurt/angry I tend to say a lot of things I don't mean.

I just wanted to say that and to say I'm glad you started talking to me again through H2G2 as I've missed our friendship.

For anyone reading this that don't know us, we are old close friends, not ex-lovers as you might think from reading this .

Well, i'm afraid i agreed with just about everything you said, and i think you were correct to say it, and i understand why you said it. Though i only skimmed the email before deleting it(i didn't need that stuff floating around my head in too much detail), it seemed to agree with what other people have said to me as well, though perhaps not in quite so many words....

I tend to think stuff said in anger, or when is more likely to be the truth, than carefully thought out tactfull letters.

I often feel lonely and as a consequence i put far too heavy a demand on people close to me. I know this- but it is kind of a complement i suppose- it means i enjoyed your company very much! But that kind of attention is scary, i know that as well. Afterall two people in the last few months have been doing something similar with me- almost stalking me!! and while the attention is nice... well lets just say i understand how you felt.

My social skills are awful, and it is absolutely amazing that i have as many friends as i do. I truly don't mean to hurt anyone, i just say some really really stupid things, and say them in really really stupid ways. So it's me that's sorry. You don't have anything to apologise for.

Perhaps we are better off as virtual friends via the hallowed pages of H2G2, for now at any rate?

And there i go again- talking about myself too much






Titania- you must be wondering what on earth you have stumbled into Your travel does sound a mite nightmarish, though perhaps your city is a little more picturesque than most of ours? What do you do to relieve the boredom during your journey?

Oh right-holidays. No i'm not doing anything in particular- just had to use up the time. Though i did start off the day well, by electrocuting myself via an exposed light socket....

Really ought to be more carefull with electricity, especially as there aint no one around to re-start my heart!!

Sorry, I seem to have stumbled into a private conversation here - just let me know if you want me to unsubscribe... - I wouldn't take any offence, honestly!

30 minutes of my way are spent walking to or from the commuter train station - and I enjoy walking, so that's no problem

30 minutes spent in the commuter train, usually reading, or listening to music, or struggling to come up with another episode of my series in - or playing a game on my PDA!

No worries T+R- there's no such thing as a private conversation on the web

Your travel arrangements sound similar to mine. I have a nice walk to my station (15mins, or 8 minutes if i which i usually have to)then a 20-30minute train journey. I usually get a wee local bus on my return journey from the station though.

I live in a semi-rural village which is very pretty so i much prefer this way of getting to work, than driving, especially at this time of year with early morning mists over the loch and all the Autumn colours

Once on the train i usually unless there are folk i know on board, in which case we talk loudly,annoying all the other folk who are trying to

I recently got a free sample of... of... uh... book-on-a-CD? Listening to a book rather than reading it? And of course I had to end up next to two persons who were happily chatting away while I was trying to listen...

Suppose that's why so many folk drive, eh? Getting your own space and all that. As i live alone, however, i usually enjoy the chance public transport affords of some social interaction with fellow human beings!

My train usually has 6 carriages, and i get the very last one as it is usually very quite, so i'm not usually disturbed. On the downside, when train arrives in the city, i have about a 5minute walk pushing past folk, just to get to the front of the train and out of the station!

Thanks for accepting my apology (I wouldn't have blamed you if you didn't), I know I said some pretty horrible things and I do feel bad about it as I don't like saying bad things to people. I hate arguing!

You're right though, for now I think we should stick to talking on H2G2 and see how things go from there. It's just nice to have cleared the air.

Who's been practically stalking you? Can you tell me in code!?! Sorry, just being nosey!

In code

Well, i'll try to think of a way...

Right- back from pub... oh wait a moment what's happened too the last 2 days?

AAAAanyway- just about to leave for Glasgow- meeting John for drinks in Shawlands- staying over at mums tonight.

Hope i don't miss any Aurora whilst indoors- you keep an eye out. (check out the relevant thread on my page)

As for stalking news- well i cannae really comment hear- you never know who may be reading

How's John?

yeah- he's good. Got a woman by the name of Catherine! Not met her yet, but they seem to get on very well!

Martin And Caroline(Celine) still blissfully happy too

Since I stumbled into this conversation following a link from the most recently updated conversations on the <./>info</.> page, and since you two seem to know each other not only on h2g2 but in RL (Real Life) as well... I can't help feeling like a sort of intruder, even though none of you have implied anything...

So - this will be my last posting in this thread, and then I'll unsubscribe. I hope that you'll find h2g2 as 'sticky' as I have, and if you have any GuideML questions (my original reason for butting into this conversation) you know where to find me!

Enjoy yourselves and remember:

Don't worry about it Titania, you're welcome to join in our conversations any time!

Saw Martin and Caroline aka Celine! in Somerfield a week before I went on holiday but I didn't make myself known cos din't know what he'd be like with me considering the situation at the time. Also saw Choi Woi aka Jet Li! that same night, he was there on his own, so we said hi to each other anyway.

I've never really explained to anyone what happened, so you would've been ok. Only told Martin we werent in contact anymore about 2 weeks ago!
It's not exactly a situation i was proud of, so i wasnt about to go blabbing to anyone, despite John's constant prodding

I'de rather we didnt ever discuss this again, put it in the past, and start a fresh. I'm deeply sorry, and i hope im a better friend to you in the future.

So, TBG, whaddaya look like?

I agree totally. What were we talking about again

What do I look like? Well, I'm totally stunning (I wish)! What do you look like then?