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

Right,hahahahha You don't think of 'our' ordinary food being so expensive in other lands.Your making dinner,I was just about to have tea and toast ! 5:34 am here ! I still find it weird,the otherside of the world I mean,so far ahead.How is the weather over there ? On the news it was telling us huge storms are threatening Japan ! x

sim post . Those beans cost 1pound fifty over here n i can get another brand for 50 p

Really ? God,we should be importing beans to Japan Arnold.This time next year we could be millionaires hahahhahaha .Thats extortion x

Yeh Tea is expensive too I always carry lots of tea when I go home but run out now

Now that surprises me,I'd have thought tea was cheaper,I mean your nearer China and India ,the tea growing countries ! Do you get home often ? x

We buy Indian tea at the coop very small package 50 grams I think and cost 1pound 50 p,I do have oxo cubes still, a couple of boxes

I lost a line on that last post saying ,
Japan does grow tea but it's the green stuff n I don't like that so much

Ahhh,Oxo cubes,very important Arnold,you can't make a cottage pie without Oxos hahahhaha Good to know your OK,hopefully we'll chat very soon.Sadly I have to be making a move.You take care.Catch you later x

PS I confess,I prefer a good old English cuppa too Arnold.I do know what you mean ! See you later x

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I haven't been home for 2 yrs n that was for my brothers funeral. Took my wife and daughter home 4 yrs ago in june lovely weather . had a good time .When my mum was alive I used to go home every 18 months xmas then june but she died in 91 n don't go home much since then .

Think I have a friend coming to visit this year not sure when yet .

Yeh you have a good day Pinky.Going back to the kitchen now to put finish the pie .

It is strange how when mums die,the family sort of lose touch don't they ? Do you miss 'home'very much Arnold,or not at all ? I hope you enjoy your friends visit anyway..I MUST get moving hahahahaha I could stay and chat all day you know ! I WISH. See you soon OK ? x

I left home my village in 69 and went out of England in 75 ,I still keep in touch with family and friends .

I miss some food ie pastys n pies chip shops n pubs ,I miss summer evenings, short here, the birds singing, I am a country boy .


I have adapted to being here now, my home and family is here ,I listen to and watch the bbc here .


when I do go home it's to my village and I stay with a friend not family and usually stay for a month but by the 4th wk I miss this my home .So really I don't miss it so much .

The friend I stay with lives alone in his own house his girlfriend often stays over but they don't live together .He has a very good job and a really lovely home and quite a big boat 27ft one and he keeps my motorcycle in his garage with his bikes too so I have a japanese bike in england and an english bike in Japan.

I will try to send that E Mail soon I did promise ,

I'm so pleased you enjoy your life in Japan Arnold.When your close family are there of course,it's all important ! I confess,I begin to feel homesick even on a two week holiday hahahahaha I still have my Mum,brothers and sisters all here in England,it's difficult to think of life without them not being close to me.Please don't worry about the e-mail you promised,I look forward to reading it whenever it arrives.No problem.Speak soon Pinky x

i do have a brother and 2 sisters plus a sister in law still in england, and always go to see my sister in law the first morning home but after being away for 30 yrs, we are not so close a family anymore.
Losing my brother was a bit of a shock like the reaper has started on my generation now .
Got some sausages on their due date so I have just made up some batter for toad in the hole tonight with some roast veggies.

The weather is nice again no wind Taamyu misses all the nice days she should get out more.

Toad in the hole hahahhaha Good to know your keeping our British menu alive and well Arnold hahahha Your making me hungry hahahhaha I think Taamyu is back at work today ! But I'm not positive ! Are you OK ? x

I'm fine thanks and yes she should be about 2k away from me at the moment .

I do like to eat english food but tomorrow I am thinking about Japanese stuff because it's easy and we have it in the fridge to use up ,thursday is food shopping day for us so have to make space

I've never eaten Japanese food,not that I can think of anyway ! Do you shop in large supermarkets like we have here ? Or is it more sort of specialist shops ? Hahahahahha,I know she wasn't keen on going back to work

We shop in large supermarkets for general food stuffs n they are a little different than at home, at least what they sell is not the same, much more fish and pickles here they smell different too .

We have about 5 supers quite close to home to choose from and the one we will go to thursday is on a cheap day thursdays ie many things are half price on thursday so ..


there are also large liquer stores with import food we use and we go to a Cost Co 5 or 6 times a year they have good english chedder cheap baked beans

Cheddar,hahahahha it amazes me Arnold,we hear about the 'wonderful'diet of the Eastern world,yet the Eastern world seem to be eating our diet hahahhaha It all sounds pretty incredible.Sadly it is time I was going.Speak to you soon Take care Pinky x