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

OK, this is my first Journal Entry, so I apologise beforehand for the
likely awfulness of it. East Kilbride is a little-known town in
Scotland, near Glasgow, and it is where I live. This is an obvious
statement since I wouldn't know about the existence of it otherwise.
Although it has a population of over 80,000 (people) and it almost has
a city status, a surprisingly large number of people (other people)
still don't know about it. This is why I have chosen to write about
it; to cleanse the masses of their ignorance. So here goes...
One of the many strange things about East Kilbride is that it is
the centre of all freaky weather. Really. I'm 17 (female and single)
and still go to school (a private school, so it's not in East
Kilbride), and to get to school I have to get the train to Glasgow.
Now, whenever it snows in East Kilbride (and not just in the Winter)
it REALLY snows. I'm talking about full-blown blizzards here. I get
on the train, caked in snow, and when I get off at my stop, the sun is
shining, and there I am standing beneath the clear blue sky, snow
still melting between the creases of my rather large and unwieldy
rainjacket.
Other, less extreme examples of this are that when it is
particularly windy, or rainy, or dull in East Kilbride, it is more
than likely that not far away, in Glasgow, it will be calm, dry or
bright. Geographers might persuade you that this is due to the fact
that East Kilbride is higher up and on the top of a hill, whereas
Glasgow is lower down and more sheltered from the elements. But I
refuse to believe a word of it.
My theory is that the reason why East Kilbride is the centre
of all freaky weather is because it is the centre of WWSAVS
(Wierd Whirly Swirly Awesome Vortexes), aka grey holes.
OK, I think I should stop now and relieve you of the pain of
(trying to) read my attempts at being fairly amusing and informative.
I might possibly write something later, expanding on my theory of
WWSAVS (Wierd Whirly Swirly Awesome Vortexes), aka grey holes.
So, stay tuned...

Grey Holes - excellent! Do you know about fish? You can get them to appear in your writings by using > < > but without spaces and they appear as .
Oh, by the way welcome to h2g2. There are some crazy people on the site If you check on my home page you will be able to get a listing of them.
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Enjoy! ; - ) =

Hiya FlipHip,
Cheers for the nickname.
I'm just being lazy coz I'm sitting next to you but I can't be bothered talking to you.
Are other people going to read this?
Yikes! (Remembered lack of self-confidence).
See ya.

Thanx for replying to my Journal Entry.

I really appreciate it.

I didn't actually think that anyone would look at it, never mind
reply to it.

I still haven't quite got the hang of this yet - so no fish or
smiley faces yet - sorry!

I've had a look at your home page - wow! It certainly is a heavy
responsibility to save the planet Earth. Can I help? I could
recycle stuff and save the planet's resources.

Whaddayathink?

I seem to remember a 'Grey Hole' over Leeds when I worked there - do you think they maybe breeding ?


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Yes, saving the earth can have serious responsibility side effects but fortunately I have had my scruples removed (they do it free on the NHS if you pretend to be over 65).
Recycling stuff is a great way to save the eath. I've got about 4 tonnes of saved earth in my bedroom so far. It's under the bed. I have to be careful how I sit up otherwise I bash my head on the ceiling.

Spare a thought for those of us who actually live /in/ Glasgow. We have three types of weather, in order of frequency:

- rain
- cloudy and windy
- sunny (but not for more than three minutes at a time)

No snow. Ever. (well, maybe sometimes, but it's really wimpy, and if it lies, it's less than half a centimetre deep. And then the stuff in my garden takes several more days to melt than the snow anywhere else does.)

As Garrison Keeleer said of Glasgow on the wireless the other night, "It's weather keeps the riff-raff out."

Glasgow has the best weather! No I've not gone mad think about it if we didn't have such fascinating weather what on earth would we talk about? For example this discussion would not exist and would have instead been replaced by some rubbish about jazz music for example

Or solving all the probnlems in the world...

Or politics!!! Aaaargh, the horror!!!

...perish the thought...

Not that you would but if you want to see a political discussion on h2g2 look at
http://www.h2g2.com/forumframe.cgi?forum=35317&thread=44290