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Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Started conversation Oct 11, 2002
Well, I've just received my package from Amazon.com. It was found left in the hallway next to my door by the nice UPS person. I've opened it, and as expected, pulled out a shiny new copy of "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide" by Douglas Adams. It's a hard cover version. I hate hardcover versions, but it was a lot less pricey than the paperback set I found at a local bookstore. Personal peeve: a hard cover book is not as comfortable to drag around the apartment, curl up with, eat, pee and sleep with as a paperback is. You can't roll up the cover and hold it in one hand while doing stuff with your other hand, like one-handed twiddling, for instance. If you try this with a hardcover, you will be instantly cramped and poked viciously by unyielding protruding bits ... but I digress.
I know that most of you out there will be horrified to discover that I haven't read the entire DNA "Guide" series. Many of you have doubtless noticed my ignorance of a few key Hitchhiker's jokes, such as my missed references to "Almighty Bob" ... heck, he wasn't in the first two books, was he? I haven't read any of this stuff since I was twenty. By now, those brain cells have certainly died.
Anyway ... I'm off to do some catching up, so that I can pass myself off as being properly Hitchhiker-fied.
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Lady Scott Posted Oct 12, 2002
It figures, I'm back from the pool, and now you're lost in a book....
And if I had to read the guide in hardcover, I can guarantee you it won't kill you to read a hardcover copy! 
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Oct 12, 2002
Okay. Read the introduction, the other introduction, the introduction after the other introduction, the first three chapters, and the Earth has just been demolished by the Vogons.
Apparently, the brain cells containing that part are, in fact, still alive, because I remembered it. Rats. 
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Lady Scott Posted Oct 12, 2002
Oh, wow, this journal entry will become a review of the books!
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Oct 12, 2002
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Lady Scott Posted Oct 12, 2002
Yes, it should, you know....
You've already started out by telling us what you read so far, please keep it up, ok?
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Yowuzupman- New Top Speed 122 (thats mph you metric fools) Posted Oct 13, 2002
yeah!!
I too read the entire series in hardback. Besides, it's good for you, it'll build character.
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Oct 13, 2002
I have bruises from the #@*@%$# hardcover!
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Lady Scott Posted Oct 13, 2002
Did you manage to read any more of it, or did that nasty real life interfere with your reading?
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Oct 13, 2002
I spent most of the day cleaning and rearranging cupboards, but I read a little ... Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent are now aboard the Vogon ship and they've been discovered.
President "Whatshisbutt" has made off with the Infinite Improbabilty Drive.
*Now* I know what a "vogonpoet" is. 
Usually, I hate to start reading a book, because once I'm sucked in, I can't out it down until every last word is read. So far, I haven't gotten that far.
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Lady Scott Posted Oct 13, 2002
I had a hard time putting the book(s) down too... I think I consumed the whole thing (the hardcover 5 volumes in one) in just a few days...
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Oct 17, 2002
I read the whole mess in just under a week (all 5 plus the short story in the omnibus edition).
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Lady Scott Posted Oct 17, 2002
Mess??!
You called it a mess??!?!?
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Oct 17, 2002
In a loving way, of course. 
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Candi - now 42! Posted Nov 16, 2002
How are you doing with the book(s)?
Didn't I tell you to read them ages ago? Isn't it horrible to be under such pressure? 
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Nov 16, 2002
*doesn't dare tell AW that she found a presentation box containing all 5 books {in paperback} for £15 in a cheap shop in Grimsby*
Where the heck did I put that towel?
Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. Posted Dec 2, 2002
Rats! 
I could of had a spiffy paperback set!
*sneaks away before anyone notices she hasn't gotten *into* the book yet*
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Lady Scott Posted Dec 2, 2002
Shouldn't be too hard to fit a washcloth in a book....
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- 1: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Oct 11, 2002)
- 2: Lady Scott (Oct 12, 2002)
- 3: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Oct 12, 2002)
- 4: Lady Scott (Oct 12, 2002)
- 5: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Oct 12, 2002)
- 6: Lady Scott (Oct 12, 2002)
- 7: Yowuzupman- New Top Speed 122 (thats mph you metric fools) (Oct 13, 2002)
- 8: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Oct 13, 2002)
- 9: Lady Scott (Oct 13, 2002)
- 10: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Oct 13, 2002)
- 11: Lady Scott (Oct 13, 2002)
- 12: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Oct 17, 2002)
- 13: Lady Scott (Oct 17, 2002)
- 14: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Oct 17, 2002)
- 15: Candi - now 42! (Nov 16, 2002)
- 16: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Nov 16, 2002)
- 17: Avenging Washcloth, An unhurried sense of time is, in itself, a form of wealth. (Dec 2, 2002)
- 18: Lady Scott (Dec 2, 2002)
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