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

I didn't mean to.
And I'm only shy sometimes.

And probably so very cute when you are.

I dunno...

Well, you obviously are when you .

No...I because you're making me feel shy...

Ah well, we certainly don't want that now, do we?

So, my friend, coming closer to it, have you any plans for fun, games or anything whoo-hoo on the week-end?

No...none at the moment actually.

Oh, I'm sure something interesting will find you.

My own week-end will be mostly domestic chores, and packing a suitcase for a week away ...

Where're you going?

Myself and a co-worker (military) are away to Edmonton, Alberta for a week. There are a pair of radio transmitters that are no longer needed there, but ARE needed in the very far north. So we'll uninstall and pack all the wiring and modules and stuff next week.

For a whole week?

We'll only actually arrive and register in to a hotel about mid-day Monday. So probably that afternoon will be little more that looking the task over. And we leave again fairly early Friday morning. So really, 3 days to carefully extricate everything, package it for shipping ... We should be okay, time-wise, without a need to rush.

What if you leave a wire out...?

In our military, with the fiscal restraints we've seen for years, we ARE the masters of improvisation. We can build most wiring or cabling from what-ever other bits can be found. It's just so much simpler to take care notes and cautious time.

Ah - the old ducktape-and-coathangertrick of McGyver, eh?

With duct-tape, a Swiss Army knife and a jar of peanut-butter, there's NOTHING you can't do.

Yeah - and if it was Black Cat peanut butter you could last up to three weeks in the jungle...

Is that pretty good stuff then? It's not a brand that I have seen.

But hey, if it's thick and consistent, you can eat it, use it to "mud" together shelter, even make projectiles for any cannon materials that just 'happen' to be at hand.

South African brand. Black Cat and Skippy are always trying to be better than each other.

Personally, I'd say nearly any brand beats Skippy, but that's just my taste and opinion. Here, the main labels are Kraft.

And I have even heard it said that the extra-creamy has other 'interesting' applications.