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

hiya..."waves"

i'm wazzow just thought i'd pop by & say hi...

hows the night shift..

Hello Wazzow

Thanks for stopping by............ or perhaps while you're here?

The night is still young and there's 9 hours left to go

wow i'm a lightweight by comparison....

i have a mere 7hrs & 3 whole minutes left to do..lucky me

for the coffee

so go on then hows things shaping up on your shift tonight..

pretty boring as usual unless we get a couple of nutters on the line to liven up the night

We work 12 hour night shifts here but the days off are fairly good thank god

What do you do then?

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promise not to laugh but i work in the freight industry moving containers throughout the country by train....

nothing too exciting really but hey i get to play at being the boss on nights soooooooo

no jokes about cagoules & notebooks please..

my shifts are usually 10hrs,i did years of 12hr nights you must be wasted at the end of the week i know i am...

yep you've got it right there..........am usually like a wet rag and fit for nothing by the time we've done 6 nights out of 7........end up spending most of my first day off asleep

cagoules and notebooks never crossed my mind......honest

uh huh...

just though i'd get that in quick before you did..

i don't know how you do it,i find it difficult about 0300 to keep me mince pies open so how you do it....

anyways would you like some to go with the coffee....

if I was perfectly honest we don't manage it Generally by that time in the morning it's pretty quiet round here with only the odd call coming in, so we put our feet up on another chair, tip the back of the chair back and close our eyes and doze but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anybody or we might be for the 'chop'

Would love some thanx but I don't think my waistline will appreciate it

Are you busy tonight?

Where are you from by the way?

mine either but what the heck...

i have enough trouble trying to keep in shape as it is but never mind...

as for being busy..no not really,but to be honest its a welcome quiet the last three months have been for want of a better word or words bl**dy hectic...

so the quiet is great ,at the mo were listening to 70's rock.... & i suppose i'll have to break the dvds out shortly..

as for where i am ..well ever heard of sunny felixstowe in suffolk...(me neither) its always raining...

not the greatest of places sort of an annex to eastbourne..

don't suppose you want another ..?

Believe it or not........I've actually been to Felixstowe Was visiting a friend in Ipswich in the summer and went down to the seaside in Felixstowe and walked on the beach Saw all the container parks too...........quite impressive!

We're not allowed music where we work but sometimes we bring a portable DVD player in and watch a film in the wee small hours

JUst been on a break but never say no to another

i live in ipswich....how spooky is that..
go on then....how do you like your

were you down for long...?,did you have chance to sample the marvy ipswich night life...

shame about the music but i can understand why...

well for watching tonight if i'm lucky i have spiderman 2 & harry potter 3,coyote ugly & alien vs predator..

White no sugar for the please (is it freshly percolated by any chance )

Only spent a couple of days in the great Suffolk metropolis so no..........didn't sample the exotic night life

Don't think anyone's brought a DVD player in tonight so looks like it'll be chat on here or feet up and eyes closed! I've got a book to read but don't think I can be a***d to be honest

take your pick hun....perc,latte,expresso.

..never mind you did'nt miss much,in fact i'm of out saturday night for a few white wine spritzer's & coke colas...

eyes closed.....lucky you....

go on then ...what are you reading anything good...

I'll take a then

I never go out in Cardiff either..........am not much for night clubs and bars.........prefer somewhere quiet where you can hear yourself think and manage to talk to whoever you're with Dinner for 2 in a nice country restaurant with a blazing log fire and a decent bottle of red (bliss)

Am readin a book by Edward Rutherford called 'Russka' - bet you're none the wiser are you

ok you've pegged me for a heathen...

no i have'nt ..i like to think of myself as reasonably well read but i must admit defeat...

no don't get me wrong i like the meal for two thing & i enjoy a nice bottle of red but this job is fairly stressfull so going out & having fun every now & then does the soul good,well it would if i could remember where i left mine......

so whats your fave food then.....?,which reminds me i'm hungry now...

I shall now update your literary education

Edward Rutherford has written a series of novels chronicalling (think that's how you spell it but doesn't look right ) the history of a given place from prehistoric times to the 20th century! It usually follows 5 or 6 named families through the centuries. Very well written and researched books but not everyone's cup of tea I guess! He's written about London, Salisbury (Sarum) and the New Forest and I have read all those so am now reading the last one on Russia

As for going out and having fun being good for the soul........that would depend on how old the soul is.........mine (when I can find it ) is getting on a bit now Perhaps yours isn't quite as old???

Fav food......hmmmmmmmmmm...... let me see......anything hot and spicey but my home made chilli is a cracker

So what's yours?

ahhh well the soul is 37.....ishhhhh..

oh & thanks for the update i now know something new....

chilli....great one of my favourites too..,do you cheat or do you use the kidney beans.....

well to be honest if its food its favourite...

as for authors well perhaps a tad predictable but tolkien,pratchett.eap,conan doyle,autobiographys etc blah blah...,that is when i get chance to read them..

so how many of you are on overnight & being nosey.... what sort of centre do you work in..?

Hmmmmmmmmmm your soul is a wee bit yuonger than mine then

I make my chilli from scratch - all fresh ingredients apart from the tomato and kidney beans which are tinned - saves a bit of time and effort Next time your passing thro Wales give me a call and I'l make you one

The actual night team consists of 4 of us plus a supervisor but there are a few other bods about until 2.30am and then we're on our own until about 6am when the morning shift start arriving We work for one of the new directory enquiry services (118888) NOT 'the number' I hasten to add

hahahahahahha.........

nice one,so no fake moustaches & running shoes then...

only a wee bit younger.....

maybe i will thanks for the offer...,see everyone likes me coz i'm the boss on nights...oh the power..

so we have a pretty good time,i like a relaxed atmosphere..

so will you be on duty friday..?,were having a chinky..i ,do you guys get the option of doing that or are'nt you allowed away from your desks for any length of time

about 12 years (cough) younger but don't tell anyone cos they all think I'm younger

It's pretty relaxed here on nights too.........small team and we all get on really well so we have a laugh and a joke when it gets quiet! Yes, we can send out for takeaways, that's allowed We get 3 15 min breaks during the night and a 30 min lunch break Not much time to eat, have a coffee and a fag too

Won't be here on Friday.........it's my w/e off this w/e........yesssssssssssss Am here 2morro night and thurs night then off again til Monday