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

And while we're drinking a farewell to Australia, maybe we can remember the last time you did this sort of thing:

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Incidentally, those posts too so long to find, I think I'm sleeping on the sofa tonight. Best scoot

Sound's like it, I 've just got permission from my boss to put a shelf up for my Cacti nice and dry spot south facing about one yard up from mama plant , to the shed

The Jan 2006 move was a pathetic apology of a move compared to this one It was just 25kms along the road, not international

Mind you, I was clearly still managing to get stressed about it. Funny how the pain and anxiety erases itself from your brain... rather like childbirth. (Well not really, but you know what I mean.)

Blimey... time for another I think.....

There is a Body Shop in Chchch What a relief

How sad is that? I was about to go to our local store to stock up on shampoo, conditioner and body butter if there wasn't a store in Chchch

Their are three Body Shops in Christ Church

Woohoo! I only found one. Fantastic

FB This may sound crazy to you but, is there a decent english style loose tea that can easily be found in australia ? just need a name to give to my sister in law who is starting on her way there in four and a half hours, (I take her to the station at two) she is going on business for one week.

There are lots of teas here, including Twinings English Tea Just tell her to go into any supermarket and she'll find familiar brands

Thank's that is the hard part, getting her to go into a normal Supermarket, When in London she would rather go into Harrods and waste money on some stupid waste of time ,funny tasting tea bags , cause the package looked pretty/expensive but mostly both.
She did buy us some nice tasting Candid Lotus Seeds from Taiwan tho a couple of months back, I shouldn't knock her really ,just she has no idea

She could go into any deli here and pay twice as much for the same brands as she'd find in the supermarkets, if she would prefer

Talked to the wife who talked to my sister in law who said , she will try to get some tea for us but she won't be going into any ordinary stores , wouldn't know which tea is which because she can't talk or read english,six years of schooling down the drain but she will try to get some at the shops at the airport.

I don't have to take her to the station now because her friend is getting a taxi and they can travel 45 min's to the station together, for the price of a taxi I could fill a suitcase with tea .

Moonraker,

Do you have a craving for English tea then/ Perhaps I could help? Just a thought.

Websailor

WS yes I do When I used to come home regularly every eighteen months I was always able to get enough to last till the next trip but as I haven't been home for four years I ran out a long time ago, Thank you but I don't expect anyone to send it ,I will get on to my old friends to send me some, back later , got to go to the station ,

Moonraker,

You are welcome if you change your mind.

Websailor

Thank's WS I will keep it in mind

Just got An E Mail about my friend who saw his Dr yesterday and she said chemo has a shelf liife and an end of the month op is too late , so she may start him on more chemo locally to get ready for an op.

Hope it does the trick for your friend.

Websaiaor

Just heard a bit more news about another couple of old friends who now live in America and have decided to go back to the UK for a holiday in January, It will be her 60'th birthday and she want's to spend it with her children and friend's as she wasn't expected to live this long also her husband (old friend) is now thought only to need a pacemaker.

I've already lost three friends recently to the big C not counting my brother and it does make you wonder.

On a better note it won't be long now FB, you've done it before n so have I, pretty soon you will just go into transit mode and let it just happen around you before you know it you'll be all settled in and enjoying your new garden

There is way more cancer around than ever before, AGM. My dad believed it was because the other main causes of death are gradually being cured/prevented... so we're left with cancer, heart disease and another that I can't remember There is also the argument that environmental factors are causing cancers too, of course and I must say I suspect they may be influential.

But the bottom line is that we all die - somehow, sometime. Is cancer a worse way to go than the diseases of previous eras? I'm not sure.

As for the move... well, the removal men arrive between 9 and 10 tomorrow so I'm on a frantic last minute clear up and am filling the bins furiously I also have customs forms to fill in and inventories to complete and print out.

Just as well I'm sleeping well again

Bon Voyage