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

Ah yes, that's how you do it. You say:

My 2016 Najopomo is at A87879929

Found it!

Sorry to read about the bass viol. Can't you get a case for it?

Presumably the solid design of the viola family scroll is because too many viol scrolls got broken.

Well it *was* in a hard case.

In fact both the viol and the case were made in 1981 by my workshop partner (known here as Chaiwallah) and myself. The case did its job and protected the instrument as well as could have been expected. The scroll also did its job and took the hit for all the rest of the instrument.

A sort of crumple zone.

Exactly. It's so efficient you'd wonder did they foresee its usefulness.

Especially as there probably weren't many trains around when the first viols were designed.

I've just caught up on all your entries up to last Monday. I thought of loads of things to say whilst I was reading, but was so captivated I had forgotten them by the time I got to the end.

However, I will be on the lookout for Killian Farrell.

As you can see, I haven't bothered to keep up to date, but my intention is to write 30 entries sooner or later.

Finished, only a week late.