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

He'll get chairs this evening. A colleague of mine has some to spare or knows where to get some.

I told him off for drinking the . I hadn't expected him, so had only made less than I used to do.

Not leaving me enough is punishable by death. Or at least makes the person wish for death rather than listen to my incessant moaning.

That's nice your colleague can help with the chairs. It's great when people can contribute stuff- everyone wins. Most of the furniture in K's and my living room is hand-me-downs from family. Our sofa is older than we are.

Yes, it's great that she know where to get the chairs. She mentioned a small table, too. We'll see.

When my daughter moved recently in London they used Freecycle (in yahoo groups) to ask for bits and pieces. They got a big tv, book shelves and a good quality vacuum cleaner from people looking to get rid of this sort of thing positively, rather than put it in landfill.

I don't think we have anything similar here, but they could go and look for something called 'Sperrmüll' - that's furniture etc people deposit near the road for the council to pick up and recycle. There are often useful things to find.

i wish my parents had left me when i was 20. it was such a nice flat

but i guess it wasn't meant to be

did i mention my parents preferred my imaginery friend to me?

That's not really surprising. I mean, I'm sure your imaginary friend never objected to anything, was never noisy, or messy, didn't eat, didn't need his laundry done....

I only bought one piece of furniture for this flat, I think

i blamed him for everything - and i mean EVERYTHING! - but they never believed me



ps: i think i only bought a two person sofa for the house i occupy now, mala

My sofa was in my parents' first flat. And it's still white!

sorry to break into the conversation, but i was just hootooing around. This reminds me of my 28 yr old nephew who said, when my sister said she was thinking of selling the house, "I hope the new people like me."

i just acquired an 11foot sailboat from freecycle. i'm so stoked.

My cousin is famous for his statment (made to his mother when he was two) "I'm moving out as soon as I can wipe my own @rse!"

i have to admit some of my bookshelves and a matress was bought by me as well. the bookshelves while i was married and lived somewhere else, though.

i take great pride in recycling

- and spending my dough on and instead

Nice one, both lml and Mala.

mala, did your cousin live out his promise?

i'm not sure i want to hear the answer

Well, he has moved out, so we can but assume...

And he became a politician and put that on his official website!

that he can wipe his own @rse

I understand your surprise Pierce - it seems to make him a bit over-qualified for the job, no?