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

Hello and welcome to the wonderful community of h2g2 , also called 'hootoo '
I am your <./>ACE</.> and have come to meet you and to greet you and to help you with your first steps on this site.
First things first :
, there's always somebody near to help you with whatever your problem might be. For example you can reply to this message and/or ask me a question by simply pressing the reply button. Or you can click on the name above this message, which will bring you directly to my Personal Space ( recommended ), where you can leave a message for me.

Feisor has set up a wonderful page with hints and links, so please, go and explore them here:<./>A719840 </.>

Things you should know before you start :
This is an open forum, so everything you post can be seen by everybody else, and you cannot delete it, nor can you correct it once it is sent. This is where the 'preview' button below your answering box comes in handy
The only thing you can edit or delete, is any guide entry you create,( go here for more info : <./>A53209</.&gt which includes the introduction on your Personal Space.
If you reply to this message and tell me a bit about your interests, I can most certainly point you directly to the best places to go.
This is where I would explain a few site-specific things, but my friend said it was too long, so I'll wait until you ask

Take your time, have a look around the site, and enjoy yourself
P.S. I'm certainly prone to have forgotten something vital to you, so please don't be shy, hit the reply button below this message

Bel

Hello All
well,my nickname gives away the fact thet I'm almost past it!(whatever it is)

I'm interested in cosmology,astronomy,photography,quantum physics,horse racing,
but only interested,know very little about them.
My favourite book is "Q is for Quantum" by John Gribbins,always something in it I've forgotten.I'll think of more the longer I stay in the Forum,
Cheers,oldonone

Good morning/afternoon/evening - whatever it is in your timezone
Ahem - I'm only one of the ACEs, the welcome is not an automated message, as most people believe.
I have to admit that I haven't come across your fields of interest yet, but then hootoo ( h2g2) is a vast place, I'm sure I'll find something for you. I'll have a look later,when I'm back from work, and then I'll come back to you.

Bel ( *old* herself )

Right, to give you something to start with, there are entries about astronomy here:
C834
I'll do some more researches on your other interests

Ok, cosmology here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/Search?searchstring=cosmology

photography here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/Search?searchstring=photography
Quantum physics here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/Search?searchstring=quantum+physics

horse racing here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/Search?searchstring=horse+racing

Then there is SEx Science Explained Forum A4108330
and the H2G2 Bookworms Club A745544 here.

Guess that should get you started

ACEs
Good morning,thankyou for the information,I think it will take a while to get through it all and I am sure I will learn a little more than I know now,
Thanks again, oldonone

I'm still the only one talking to you here
My name is B'Elana, short Bel
I hope you'll enjoy reading the things you find

good evening, do I call you Bel,or does protocol say it must be ACE'sHI?
Thanks for your suggestions,only got through "cosmology" today(some people make it hard for us beginners!)
I'm in dronfield,uk,Iget the impression you're in europe somewhere.
Regards, Oldononehttp://www.h2g2.com/h2g2/skins/brunel/images/buttons/smiley.gif

Hello, you're right, I am in Europe somewhere - more exactly in Germany - what made you think I was ?
I don't think there is a protocol of how to call people, usually, names are abbreviated,though. ( Yours will probably be abbrev. to oo or something similar)
'ACE's Hi' is only the thread title, to let you know what this conversstion is about. People call me Bel, or B or B'E, or even Bella - just as they like
I must admit that I haven't read all the entries I posted you the links to, so can't tell whether they're difficult to read, or is it only the amount of stuff you were referring to ?
Btw, you can do smileys by simply writing < smiley > -without the spaces. If you are in brunel skin, and your link indicates that you are, there is a collection of smileys below the answering box - just choose your smiley and click on it

Bel

Guten Morgen Bel,
is that right? you gave it away by asking about the time zone.
I like germany a lot,I was a truck driver till 2 weeks ago and delivered
computers to Mulheim am der rhein(Duisburg) & herrensburg,load pizza's from
Berlin and take dumplings to wunstorf.etc.
where do you live? Are you english(don't take it as an insult!) I really like your Autohofs,wish we had them in uk,
schuss(?) oldonone

Good afternoon oldonone
Although most researchers here are UK based, there are quite a few from other time zones like Canada, the USA, japan and Oz, so you can never know, eh ?
Except for having gone to Berlin nearly 30 years ago, I don't know any of the places you mentioned, i.e. I've never been there. My husband's born in Wunstorf, though.
I am German, and I live in Frankfurt.
Oh, and 'Schuss' is a shot - I guess you meant 'Tschüß'

Bel,
Sorry about the lost"T" and scharfers s. Don't know how to do it on my mac,
it's got other languages on it but these machines confuse me. I was using the word regularly up to 3weeks ago but it's a long time since I saw it written,
Going to shops now for brotchen from bakerei
Thanks for the corrections,
Don

Sorry, didn't mean to sound patronising
I've never found out: what's the word for Brötchen ? Rolls ?

Bel,no not patronising at all ,I like to know the correct words,
thankyou, Don

I'm relieved to hear that.
I've just read your introduction, can hardly believe that you think people in Germany are more friendly than people in the UK - you must have talked of the more southern countries
I'll keep my fingers crossed that you'll find a job

Hi, it's me again
Just thought I'd tell you here before somebody gets annoyed over at the 'questions only' thread.
It actually is a thread for questions only, so everything you say, you have to say in form of a question somehow. A few people can get quite 'mean' if you don't play after the rules, so in order to avoid this, I thought I'd better pop over and tell you here.

Bel, thanks,but it's not deliberate. I normally answer questions and so I forget.
I hope nobody takes offence,it is all for fun, er isn't it?
Thanks again teacher,won't do it again,won't do it again,won't do it again!
Guten nacht
Don

Don, it's ok for me, I don't mind if tere are a few answers and not questions, but I've been told off on enough game threads for not saying something according to the rules, that I thought I'd tell you.
And I really don't want to come across as patronising

Bel

Good morning Bel,
you are Not patronising,I would never take it that way.
Whatever you say it's nice to hear from you
Regards, Don

Hello Don, it#s aleways nice to hear from you.
How does the job hunt go, any news ?