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

I listen to the Goons while I'm doing the dishes. It lessens the agony.

when the roll in (hopefully sometime this century)I'll buy the entire radio series/collection


and nowto mam's first and then I'll have to openmy wallet in town

catch you later Ivan - be safe be well mate

thebefore mam's - is I never know if I'm going to get a lug clouted

Is it always the same lug?

from mamyep! I always cop it,my sister who is 9 yrs my younger - never gets it

Life's unfair like that. I used to be blamed for everything by my sister - until I learned to talk...

I said to mam a while ago - how come it's ME that always cops iteven at 60yrs old, her reply was - because you expect it and that I love you


that's because for many years, I purposely took the flack off my dad, to save my mam and sister copping it

There are a few people around here who would have benefited from being brought up by hand. I wonder if it's too late...

a clout round the ear is missing from many here as well

anyway! have you fully recovered from the recent illness/off colour you had ?

The short answer is 'no'. I can expect this to linger for months, with the main issue being fatgue. I look normal I feel normal, but I just can't do everything I want to do at the same speed as usual. Even worse, I can be getting on with life and doing things and then suddenly it's as though someone's taken my batteries out and all I can do is sit down and stay there until I get my energy back again.

But in the great scheme of things, I'm lucky, and I know it.

my wishes are for a speedy recovery then Ivan

it's very hard to convince folk that "you" have an illness, when you look ok. (as in proving it)

My problem, is not the shape of my bodythat's a dead give-away, but my bad memory due to a car smash is a problem, you tell folk you've a short term memory and they just look "eh"

I do have a couple of short term memory and concentration issues as part of the whole fatigue thing, but I'm lucky there too - I have a colleague who has MS and her memory is erratic so the workplace is already set up to allow for that.

I say to my friends (my age) that while at school etc, THEY did all the sports, climbing trees and the stuff that lads didwhilst I, because of my spine was limitedBUT 50 odd year down the line and now I'm more or less at the same level,whereas they are either deador physically way below me. another reason why I've nothing to moan about

time Ivantake care mateand please give the batteries time to recharge before the "country" comes first(jobwise)

catch you later

sod I got to the door first

I have another week of leave, then I'll be back to w*rk and probably on reduced hours.

as for w*rkonly give 75% and keep 25% in reserve, as the more you give, the more they'll want and with no thanks

I'll be operating under instructions from my doctor, which my boss will abide by. (She's a nice, sane person.)

just follow doc's orders thenand no cheating

No chance of that.

anywayif you DON'T follow doc's orders, you'll get a long distance ear clout off LilI do here and I'm only on the other side of the Pennines to her