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

Well, about the attached files of photographs, I doubt you'd think you were missing much had you been able to open them up. Just pix of a surrealistic Dali-esk compilation of photos I graphically pasted together. I think it looks pretty cool. The other photo was of me guiding a tour through the Everglades.

Your traveling around a bit leads me to believe the work you do is the cause. Especially if you have to leave your 'girlie' alone. She sounds very creative being a thespian in a mystery and having to cope with you trapsing about the UK. Oh, but what I'd give to travel about the Isles. Save for maybe skipping the bitter months. I hope you are enjoying the respite of Summer.

I'm going to take a quick pause for the moment here and go on one of my three daily power walks. I'll return.

have a good time in the meanwhile. DH46

Though it's supposed to be excellent for the health, I just enjoy the ritual and sort of regimentation I find in relying upon myself to follow through with the excersize. The other likely reason is I do enjoy walking. It gives me a quiet space, a form of meditation, going Zen around the neighborhood. I sometimes walk on the beach, which is only a couple of blocks from my home. Way too many distractions- one forgets to center, go inwardly to serenity, OR gasp aloud at passing young things in miniscule pieces of fabric with deep coppertone tans and legs reaching to Heaven. I said sometimes I walk the beach.

Riding bikes can be hazardous to life and limb around the avenues, especially the main boulevard. We'll load them onto the Jeep and haul them to the nearest park with bike trails. Bring plenty of water, wear a hat and bring the best bug spray available- OFF, DEEP WOODS OFF both have an ingrdiant called teet.

Well, I'm not quite sure whether you're off to work or coming home to get some shut-eye. The time difference is mind boggling. Speaking of mind boggling...

The site I spoke of earlier, the one with the name 2-legs? It's pretty off the wall, way out of the box and frankly kind of dischantingly bizarre. But the truth is, the poster, web owner or site coordinator is not all that inhuman as I first thought. He had some interesting and wise thoughts about some of the hootooers. He refered some to badgers (the ones with a sense of humor and who are open minded) and called the others weasels or lampposts .

Thanks for the company and the endearing friendship and have a good time. DH46

2-legs is one of the Hootooers I've met IRL. He's a smashing chap, like you said - a bit off-the-wall, likes his beer!

Wrong kind of bike my friend!! I'm talking 1200cc 120BHP

http://www.zrxoa.org/webpages/generalinfo/zrxpicsstock/zrxpicsstock.html

Cursor down the page to the 2002 Red bikes. They're just the same as mine.



Bassman

Now, that's one fine ride to tool around on. I guess being from this side of the Bay I was thinking how much most of the UK nad Europe like to bicycle around. Hence placing your butt on a 'wedgy' seat as well. Sorry, my friend. But now that I think of it and put together what films I've seen, I can surely imagine you tooling around on a 1200cc.

A friend of mine just picked up a '05. I can't think of the model at the moment. But it is this side of appearing alien and might well be considering its look and not to mention breaking the sound barrier. There are mostly Hogs here in Floridah. Big loud noisey Harley Dees. I rode a Triumph for a good spell...that is until I moved here and had too many close shaves with the very unbrilliant and the very ancient. Got rid of my ride for a truck. Safer...so far. But man oh man, to be out in the country on winding roads, small hamlets flying by and sweeping meadows to zip through...

Stay frosty and have a good time. Later. DH46

I've not been around lately but my pc at home is still terminally sick and doesn't look like it's going to get cured anytime soon and I've been away from work for just over a week so haven't been online at all!

Am in work over this w/e and then off again for a week as I'm moving house and am going to be up to my eyeballs in packing cases and removal vans I'll be back in work and hootoo on Monday 27th if I survive the move

Hope you're both ok?

Moving from one place to another always leaves one with mixed feelings . Leaving a place can be and most of the time is saddening what with thoughts of times spent under the same roof for any length of time. But moving into a new place, under a new roof can be filled with great expectations and high hopes. I prefer the latter part because I get too attached and sentimental. Actually, it is rather tough breaking habits and familiarity with the place once you called home. I hope your move is bountiful with joy, my friend.

If you lived across the bay and next to me your pc would be, by now, up and runnin'. My best friend, Joseph from New York and my wife's son Courney are both wizards. They also make their livings from doing exactly that...fix, repair, build and program computors. Me? I have their phone numbers on speed dial.

Good luck on the move. Thanks. Have a good time. DH46

The move is all done and dusted now and I never ever want to move again in my whole life ......they say it's the third most stressful thing you can do in your life!!! I'd love to know what 1 and 2 are???

I'm now living under a new roof, altho unfortunately it's not mine but it's comfortable and will tide me over until I've sorted myself out and have decided what to do Am surroubded by packing cases, boxes and bags still but, hopefully, in a week or two, I'll be a little more organised and will be able to move around without falling over things

The only thing left to fetch are my cats, who I left with my ex mother in law while I did the move. I used to have 5 but now only have 4, having lost one yesterday on the road ......why do they have to go across the road when there's acres of forestry and fields to the back of the house??? So, am a little sad at the moment!

Hope everything is ok with you? Catch you soon?

Helen

Stress just leads to more stress. We attempt to quell the rise within ourselves of the anxiousness and try to stem the anxiety but the imbalanced chemistry set inside of us goes about mixing the wrongs formulas and whammo! You're stressed. I would say the first on the list of stress related issues would be divorce. And I'm assuming by you mentioning your ex-mother-in-law you've joined the ranks of the ever growing,

DON'T ASK ME HOW THAT HAPPENED

...the ever growing forces of 'freedom fighters'. The next stressful event I think would be the loss of one's job...as in getting fired, the boot, pink slip or getting laid off- being fired politely with a touch of hope. And the third most assuredly is moving, picking up stakes, changing one's habitat. The thing is they all, all stress related issues, fall under one roof top called- CHANGE We always have to keep in mind invariably all change, in the end, is for the best.

Hey, man, I'm really sorry about your felicious feline. That must have been a real bummer. I'm not going to ask you if it had a good life or was it an old cat. People ask these things in the attempt to ease your suffering. Time heals the wound.

I sent an e-mail a few days ago. Will write soon. Glad about your new digs. Good luck. I'll send you a house warming gift.

Thanks for friendship and have a good time. DH46

Really sorry to hear about your cat, I hope the fond memories are enough that you don't miss him/her too much.

As far as road safety and human logic go.... I think if animals were that sensible, they probably wouldn't put up with us!!



Bassman

thanx both it's not the first cat I've ever lost and I doubt it'll be the last and I have 4 others that need to be cared for, so with time things will get better!

Yes, I have joined the ever growing ranks of the divorced, altho I did manage 24 yrs of the ball and chain before I finally succumbed! I can't complain tho cos it was me who instigated the divorce and have to say, altho life aint always easy, at least it's a lot happier

Holy mackerel! Did I ever screwed things around a bit. I thought the Bassman was moving...not Helen. I'm sorry felloes hootooers. I'm new at this chat thigamajiggy and didn't observe the name change from one entry to the next. I gotta watch out for that, manOHman. It could get me into a mess of trouble.

Have a good time. Later, DH46

Well, I moved in November, so I'll take it as a belated thought Thanks....



Bassman

Well I did move about a month ago now and all went as smoothly as these things usually do.........more than a few fraught moments and the odd expletive but we got there

Thank you Bassman for the vote of confidence on another thread

Hope all is well with you both?

My move was a minor nightmare. To start, the van hire company let my big van go, because (despite the fact that I'd paid for it up front) I was late picking it up. It took them 3 hours to find another (smaller) van. It was in Harlow and not Southend, so I had to get there, which took another hour.

I was collecting some furniture that I'd bought on ebay, but as I'd started out late, I ended up in the Friday rush-hour traffic on the M25 and didn't get to collect the keys before the estate agent shut.

I had to drop all my gear off in our drummer's garage and give him a lift to that night's gig. Then, go back to his and load up my stuff again, drive to my new house (which is near Leicester) and kip in the van on the drive. Get the keys in the morning, unload, drive back down to my Mum's, load up the rest of my stuff, which took ages because the van was only 2/3 the size and had to be packed more tightly.

Drive back up, unload, get some sleep and get the van back by 09.30....

Lovely

You'd get my vote of confidence Any time

"You both?" Don't remember mentioning an "Us both"?



Bassman

by 'you both' I meant you and Dustyhiker, not you and any 'partner' you might or might not have :D

Jeez! your move sounds like a nightmare.......am glad mine went a bit smoother than that I hope the van hire company gave you a discount for all the inconvenience, specially ending up on the biggest car park in the world

Awwwwwwwwwww thanx.......you get mine too

This is even better.

I was moving from an RAF Married Quater into the house that I'd bought in a nearby town. I'd arranged for the van to be at ours first thing ("At the crack of a sparrow's" as we used to say) 8am because I was off on a training course the next day and wanted to have enough time to attain some semblence of order in the new house.

9am came and went, the mover's office was now open, so I phoned -"Where's your van?"

"He's just left, he'll be there by half past."

My (now ex) wife had arranged for one of the ladies in the new close to look after our lad, while the move was progressing and had phoned her, to say things had gone a bit astray - only she didn't tell me she'd used the phone.

10am came and went.... I phoned the movers again - using the redial button on the phone and gave the woman at the other end such a mouthful - only for her to say "I'm sorry, but I think you've got the wrong number!" (Lots of apologising to do when I met her the first time ish

The long and the short of it was , the driver's wife had left him the night before and the driver had taken the removal lorry to go and find her. They eventually found a couple of guys and a van, but they didn't turn up till 2pm, as they had to have their regulation amount of sleep. One of the guys was mid-50's very overweight and the other was Albert Steptoe, complete with flat cap.

I ended up humping all the heavy stuff myself, as the two of them couldn't manaage between them.

When we eventually got loaded, and drove to the new house - which was on a brand new estate, the gas board had been round the day before and dug up the path right outside our house. Everything had to be taken across the lawn, most of which got trampled into my brand new carpets. Nice.

By this time, the remover's office had sent all the drivers finishing their day's work round to help unload more quickly. The lounge ended up piled floor to ceiling - literally.

I of course, got accused the next day of running off to have a good time and leaving her (the ex) to sort out all the mess....

It doesn't matter how well you plan things, if something's gonna go wrong on a move day - it'll do it BIG STYLE.



Bassman

PS,

I didn't realise you were referring to DustyHiker

JFYI, my other half is fine





Bassman

Oh, boy oh boy! Did someone say dustyhiker? Never, never say dustyhiker three times while standing in the open doorway to the entrance to your home on a chilly winter's day naked and especially not right after having highly compassionate conversation with your mate . Oh, never never...mind. Why, you should ask. Well, first you'll catch a nasty draft causing you to take to your sick bed for sure. Then miss work and miss out on all the other highly compassionate conversations with your mate- having only your faithful kitty or pup to cuddle with- and they're not always going to want to be bothered. Why never say dustyhiker three times while standing naked in an open doorway? Cause illness or not they'll haul you off to the looney bin. And that's not because you said dustyhiker three times in the nude with lips turning blue...no, no. It's the crazy gaze your face gets frozen in from what you just espied after saying the third dustyhiker that brings the men in white with nets to your doorstep my friends. Now let me tell you a secret. Come a little bit closer to the monitor's screen. Place your left ear up against the screen and be very quiet.

This is all I got. I'm sorry I don't have any really good moving experiences to tell you. But remember what I just did tell you. Becasue it is true and quite a moving experience...that is getting taken away.

DH46

Well.... That was a conversation stopper if ever I saw one!!



Bassman