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

The BBC did us proud by making sure we were looked after..and negotiating the bid in a way that was the most civilised outcome.

Huge respect to the people here who did the bidding stuff.

It's brilliant.

Yes, they worked their socks off on our behalf. Well done them! I'm really glad to see how everyone is behind them.

There was a lot of work... thousdands of posts on Google groups, various private forums, personal Email, skype, internatinal skype conferences, Z et al did so* much... I felt exausted just seeing what some of the more active bods were doing, Helping where and when I could... It feels very unreal now... even though of course we had a few days before the announcement went live for us to attempt to bite our tongues and just not blurt anything out which was bluddy difficult... but today... even I'm like at it... and well... I think this is really going to be something... Just look at all the out of the woodwork people who've suddenly matterialised already!... just imagine that multipled when we're actually through the whole (hopefully very smooth) transition to a new site.. (and I've already indoctrinated the others into teh ways of teh nighthoover... ) drunk> I'm so drunk... must mean its time to open more beer

Thanks 2 legs for letting us know a bit about what was done.

I find it a bit scary how grateful I feel.

(And I have this stupid childish attachment to the BBC to deal with as well. Because I had so many problems with my parents..they are a bit like a substitute. I know that sounds bizarre but it's true..and to do with lots of other things..which are all muddled up with this thing.

Everything feels just so amazing at present though.

I'm enjoying that.

How's William doing?

I've got to be a bit cautious in saying too much stuff about the bid and stuff... even though itd gone public now, I think there is still reasons for that... which I can't quite remember... but I'm trying to be a good girl.. err a good boy...

Really... so much of waht went on in those Email groups, the forums... was so totally over my head, and I kept gettind distracted, and missing a whole day or twos of stuff and then found it really difficult to catch up.. I just chipped in as and when I could, and leant a hand where i could be useful, .. even so.. wow... It all came together... and we did all agree ultimately, this is, and I really think it is, not only teh best future for h2g2 post BBC, its potentially going to be putting h2g2 in a better place, than its been even whilst with the BBC...

err your attachment stuff to the BBC.. I won't patronise you and pretend I've a clue about any of that, sorry! ; I've always been a person myself of very very few attachments, gone out of my way really to avoid hthem in most ways, cept for my Brother and my Dad, and now my Dad's new partner, but really that was always it... well.. until the last few weeks.. when I met William...

he's fine, coming over tommorrow (and because I cannot but mention food, he's bringing over a few things from his garden to help re-stock my fridge ).
We had a very good long chat on the phone last night, about ... all kinds of things and another talk on the phone this afternoon
But... I'll get to see him tommorrow!... I can't wait... I can't wait to kiss him again

err... what was we talking about?

Yeah the BBC thing is to do with my younger days..when I was so unhappy and stuff like Dennis potter's plays were on...or Dad's Army

Culture was a substitute for me..to deal with unhappiness.

It's very tragic.

It probably needs a book written.

Man isn't this all just so amazing...

awww... again I can't pretend to know what that is like... I had, I guess either a very boring, or very idealic childhood, though one which was certianly early on involved with knowing about the real world; with death of my mother and such like... but idealic non the less in many ways ...

and yes... its amazing... what's happening... both to h2g2, and to me, 'with' someone.... 'with' William... Its so strange.. and fab (both, the hootoo stuff and William!) damn I am quite drunk... taht's my excuesse for makign less sense than normal... whatever the eck normal is anyhow!

2legs it's lovely having you here on my space...and I'm allowing myself a bit off the leash at present here...in celebration.


It's brilliant. It's cultural.

cultural? Me? I really enjoy talking to you on here, anytime... I'm probably a bit drunk now though... ok... I am* a lot* drunk now awww... I think the new h2g2 with what is happeneing is going to be so much more than it ever has been the past few yras... better... I really think so and... nighthoover must* surely return now!

>cultural? Me?<

You do realise you just saved the British Empire?

Okay I'm silly and quite drunk as well

But heck this is fun...

And I get to know about my 2012 tickets tomorrow I think. I'm fairly sure I've got boxing and weighlifting...but if I get Tom Daley in the diving...that will be...another night of madness for me.

WE've saved the British Empire from a fate worse than a fate worse than death! to insanity and beyond! damn... I really oughta go to bed, so I'm conscious tommorrow in order to be with William I can't now decide if I should have another beer or not

Oh, and good luck with the olympic tickets! I dont' really understand sport... well... not that kind of sport

>I dont' really understand sport..<

You didn't have a father drumming it into you then from the age of 3...and then went to a nice Girl's Grammar school?

And be taken endlessly to football matches, cricket matches...from the age of 5?

I would see h2g2 as one of the great British cultural icons.

2legs, you got a boyfriend with a garden? Well done

Nope... never really did any sport, viewing, when younger...

Yep, he's got a garden, though sadly lives far enough away to be annoying... well not really that* far away, but public transport is pretty useless and he doesn't drive Our living together, is somethign we'll have to work out, probably not sutiable at his, nor at mine, for differnt reasons

Sport really does fundamentally define where I'm from. Thing is I managed to find a way to discover that it wasn't just about winning..it's the dance.

But the winning always itches

Working out how to live with a lover is very difficult. But I think a garden helps.

It is, really the only fly in the ointment... In so many ways I'd prefer to be somewhere like where he lives, as he's got outside space, but I'm not sure now I could cope with living so far out of town, especially as it'd be so difficult for me to get into town and back out... I've gotten quite used to just being able to pop next door to the shop pretty much anytime and grab cigs or coffee or wahtever I have run out of...

He'd find it equally impossible I think to live at mine; No garden, a road which is to be honnest just too noisy half the time for me let alone for someone who's been used to living out in a more rural environment... Plus of course he knows everyone where he lives...

Having said which, William's commented that he's really enjoyed when he's been round mine, in this area, as there is just stuff near here, and its nice, being in a bit more of a city environment...

Kinda ideally I'd love to have a house near me, just a few streets away, where they do have gardens... but sadly those two minutes walk to such a street from mine, manages to put at least £200,000 onto the price of the houses

For now, and we've talked of this, we're going to remain each with our own places, and see what happens... oo my phone just made a noise