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

just seen you online, i cant remember the last time i was on your page but theres LOADS on it! lol

anyway i see you have added me as a pal touched lol however i lost that page awhile ago, i have a new 1 now

so how was the States? things back to normal now?

Hi Insomniac!

Yes, I have been darned busy alright! After France I spent a week playing catch-up at work (it was the worst week for a long time ) and then I was sat on a plane on the Saturday, and whisked off to Chicago (one of the worst plane trips of my life ) and then stuck in a room all week trying to bring common sense to a project that we are taking on. Actually Chicago wasn't so bad, but I had a lot of work to do, and because of jet lag, I didn't really get up to too much in the evening and I missed not being at home quite a bit.

I'm not sure if I will be doing much more travelling in the near future, but the way my company works, I could be on a plane tomorrow!

My page is getting a bit old now, but I just haven't had the time to spruce it up a bit.

Hope all is well with you! Any trips to Connemara planned ?

Hiya

cor i dont know we'll have to start calling you speedy soon, your around all over the place! lol

sounds like work has a lot of pro's AND cons! do you get to go anywhere else other than the States?

well when i saw you online earlier i took a look at your page, there is a hell of a lot going on! where do you find the time to fit everything in?????

my mum wants me to go over in sept. but im skint and theres (have to put this delicately) a lot of family 'stuff' going on over there right now, so i dont know whats best, whether i should make the effort and go or stay the hell away! lol

Getting the hell away is always an option !

I have done a lot of travelling with work over the past few years, including Saudi Arabia and Australia, but mainly I go to Europe (Netherlands, Germany, France etc) a few times and I have been in the US a good few times. I have been in the UK loads and loads of times with work - mainly London. My current job actually involves much less travel than previous jobs!

I love travelling for holidays, although with small kids it has been really curbed. I have been to Egypt, Thailand, and Mauritius. I have also been to a good few places in Europe on vacation. Nowadays we try to get to France each year, but thats about it. My kids are too small (and we don't have the money) to go on exotic vacations.

There does appear to be a lot going on, doesn't there! I am meant to be doing a masters and I have done nothing. It's ground to a halt in reality. I also have some big family things going on too. I think I am going to get really, really, really busy in a few months time but its still too soon to tell. More news soon, hopefully!

Hiya

normally id love to get the hell away but things are erm (hmmm searches for an appropriate word).............really cant think of 1 thats apt! not sure if they need visitors just now, or if it would help matters perhaps a bit of time to themselves might be a lot more helpful gonna think long and hard before i make any travel plans in that direction or at least leave it for a bit till we know how things are

i love travelling myself but as you say, exotic loactions go out the window with children and money plays a big part in it too (or lack of it)! lol

more news soon? all good i trust? well hopefully!

Sounds -- complicated!!

All is good - well, I have some big news really. My wife is expecting twins. Guess I'm going to be busy in a few months time!

Woodpigeon

yeah could be, but im keeping my fingers crossed it'll all turn out ok

yes i just read your other post, congratulations to you both!

Hi there IV! All going well with you? All is quite well over here, although the weather could definitely be better. No real news - I am all newsed out since the big news a few weeks ago . I have been quickly getting used to the big change on the way (both my wife and I come from relatively small families, so there are no precedents whatsoever!)

See you later!

Woodpigeon

Hiya
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i replied to your other post (ISS) yesterday, big long post it was too, even said Hi to Mandy but h2g2 went up and i got thrown out, msg didnt send either so i will have to go back in that 1

everythings is pretty good here thanks, same as except i am not coping at all well with this heatwave! NEED RAIN, LOTS OF IT NOW! lol

if i remember right, you already have children dont you? so another 2 should be ok, im sure you'll both manage if your prepared to kiss goodbye to sleep for about 6 months! lol

Yes - I have two kids, and since they don't sleep well during the type of weather we are having now, I am currently getting good practice for 2004, when *everything* changes! My kids are really good for sleeping - so TOUCH WOOD!

I like the weather at the moment - it's incredible weather for Ireland! I'm indoors all day, so I'm only getting small snippets of the sun in the evening.

W

Hello Again

deja vous? didnt i just post to you? lol

rather you than me, im finding these hot days and nights unbearable!

hey your getting the practice in now for not sleeping talk about thinking ahead! lol

well im afraid i will not be going over to Ireland now after all and not due to family things going on over there either but the financial situation so no need to umm and ahh about going i cant so 1 less thing to think about, but i will be visiting my Mum soon instead perhaps next year when the weather gets back to normal! i happen to like Irish Mist weeks on end!

right couple more to post then im off again,
take care

Not coming to Ireland? Ah, better take the teapot off so!

Weather is great here - hasn't gone over 30 degrees yet, so we are able to bear it. Irish people are the worst climate adapted people in the world. If it isn't an overcast day with the small probability of a shower every now and again we are lost. We hate the rain, the country closes down if it gets too cold. We all get a bad dose of sunburn if it gets too hot. I dunno - we're strange folk.

Woodpigeon

you was gonna make me ? hmm well thanks but i need something colder just now, you stop in the kitchen if you like im off in search of a good pub

strange folk? hey no need to talk about my family like that, theyre ok just a little different lmao

all my immediate families Irish, and i love the rain, storms, snow, its just the sun i have problems with..erm beginning to think if what you say is true i might of been born with a defect lol

36.7 here yesterday, nearly died of sunstroke..its too much! im freaking out when it goes about 15'c! about 29'c give or take here today..got to go somewhere, ive been putting it off all day but i have to expose myself to the sun in a bit

oh now the batteries have run out in my fan! lol

see you later
take care

take no notice of me just strolling through, i accidentally unsubscribed to a conversation think it was this 1!

Aw, and you left footprints all over the hall! I just washed that!

yes i know but i was thinking of you at the time..you know what they say about idle hands so you should be thanking me really lol







p.s/ about the long wait in reply, got booted off the site AGAIN

Not half as long a wait as me! I have another Peer Review article in the offing, but its taking me ages to write it!

Woodpigeon

Hiya

peer review eh? hmm thats somewhere on here ive never been, what sort of things do people write about then? how do you get into that then, and where might they be on h2g2? (its a big place)

i have a friend who's a very good writer, he rarely comes on here cos he finds it too hard to figure but hes a great writer, he could do with an audience and some feedback, it would be good practice for him as i dont think he has enough confidence in himself

i think i will have to go and check out these peer reviews and take a look for myself


take care

Getting to Peer Review is easy - see that big fish on the bicycle on the top of the screen? Give it a click!

Peer Review is a core part of the guide - the late Douglas Adams, who was involved in setting up the site, wanted to create an Earth Edition of his famous "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", where researchers would write articles on things in life and the universe that interested them. If they are good enough, they are then published for all to read. People write the articles, then they submit their entries to Peer Review, where lots of different people critique them and add their points and comments. When the article is in a state that everybody thinks is adequate it is then recommended and made part of the "official" guide, or "edited guide". The article is catalogued, put on the front page for a day, and given lots of tags so that search engines like Google can find them easily. The only real stipulation, apart from being well written and your own material, is that the article must be factual and based on general objects. Every day, the front page of H2G2 presents 5 of the newest edited guide entries.

I will be submitting my entry in the next few days hopefully.

Woodpigeon

Hiya

big fish on a bicycle? top of my screen? no, are you ? lol actually i think i have seen it before but im on digibox friendly so my screen looks different to yours

ok well i will go look for the fish, on a bicycle and check out these peer reviews..whats the title of yours? i will also point it out to my friend and see if i can persuade him to come on here again

thanks Woodpigeon and heres a lol

have a good weekend,
take care