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

Traveller in Time still with reflexes trained by years of reading and evaluating postings at the Beep
"I should some ed postings as they use a bad link, well an outdated link at least.
Not to say I ed much in that time, most times a fitting reply was enough."

Traveller in Time not the Ravens again . . .
"I do remember the Raven postings though, after every episode of this BBC television game show the site was flooded with Raven fans, spam posting to get attention. Have spend many nights together with ..., trying to keep the site clean and under control."

Traveller in Time still moaning for the real eyes
"I do not know when the online went awe, I do know it was after I left. I did and do spend more time online then any other Researcher. Maybe I am or was asleep during some hours still checking every few minutes and reading some conversations was and is my 'living' on this site. Just keeping track of conversations with some margin in time makes you know what happens. "


Cool old Guy not starting a new conversation thread
"Remember in 28 days to Check in with the Keepers < A441596 > "

Traveller in Time not longing for wiki
"Though I have been there a few quiks before returning here. The wiki site is a dead place. I could recognise several Researchers, feeling their inner glow while I read their contributions to the wiki site. but not as much as I feel and read them here. It may be partly the smilies, but there is more. "

Traveller in Time re-re-reading 'The Second Foundation'
"Well it is better then reading some Entries and finding a shamefull bug and not beeing _allowed_ to report it."

Traveller in Time enlessly looping the episode for the announcer ending
"'Time travellers of a nerveous disposition are advised to listen to something else for the last half hour.'

Just to find out where the anxiety would be. "

Of course you can report errors in Edited Entries: A388334

Just be clear, concise and polite

Cool old Guy grinded to a halt
"One of the advantages of beeing a little authistic is I read and see rules as commands. < A87706713 > clearly states:
'not permitted to submit entries to Peer Review or to start new threads'

So as in ' to disagree' But I am not allowed to start a new EF thread.


I even take one part a little further, I will not create or work on any entry.


for the delay
1) I had to look up the phrase
2) I had to prepare diner (messy thing this real life)

In the mean time lots of and good health "

Traveller in Time trying to define busy areas
"Apparently many Researchers spend a lot of time downstairs of The Lounge, that is in
Ask h2g2 < A148907 > < <./>F19585</.> > Just who in their right mind started shouting h2g2 in the ask banner ?
This is and will probably ever be the most interesting Forum in all HooToo, many are subscribed to it even while they unsubscribe at the second posting. You never know what happens to any topic.
The 'Games Room' < A4167605 > < <./>F2137311</.> > Mainly word games though also some statiscally unexpected conclusions may be drawn.
Miscellaneous Chat < A121096 > < <./>F16034</.> > Unlike any other place here the approach seems to be to loose a match."

Traveller in Time Trying to interprete the rules once more
"On Posting I get

>Thank you for posting. Your Posting will be checked by our Moderation Team and will appear on the site once it has been approved. If you just started a new Conversation, it will only appear on your Personal Space after it has been approved.

Guess that gives a hint not to post a new thread everytime you give a reply."

Traveller in Time running out of messages
"One thing I do hope to accomplish with my monologue is showing the average content of my postings.

Last calculation it weights down to 0 grammes so they must be 'Mostly Harmless' ."

Sorry about my message about EF - I forgot that you can't start threads at the moment.

Traveller in Time being locked down in Pliny
"This has the advantage I have to get to know the skin.
Just have to extrapolate some extra 'features' due to my identity, I really hope so much.
The major disadvantage is I will not be able to crawl my backlog.
I still have some 20,000 threads to read. Pliny only shows me the last 500 . I will not unsubscribe from them, actualy I will (ever I hope) read them chronologically.

On the busy areas I nearly forgot Pheloxy . Once my Guru to this site.
< A703126 > 'United Friends of H2G2space' < <./>F84886</.> >"

Cool old Guy counting
"So HooToo generated less then 12 threads a day even today there are as many. "

Traveller in Time
"This is and conversation lists combined is the info except the lounge and United Friends."

Cool old Guy in a delayed reply to Milla
"As I did say before: (The meditative, relaxed kind)

I am not allowed to make Threads, so I shall not create Forums. For the next 26 days. (countdown)

25 Volunteers on the Editoriar process and 5 for the Community . . . "

Traveller in Time did you know
"Peta and Mark are married

We should ask Mark for permission to copy his Version History from the Hub, before it is binned.

As far as I know Peta is still ning (on) the BBC boards."

Traveller in Time trying to earn (a buck/ his )
"Is showing the adds enough or do we have to click them "

Cool old Guy listening for Traveller
"Nothing.

No, he is gone to his own account.


Just heard The Gouverner of Texas on a speach
'Houses have been wiped of, completely off, of the maps'

Some terrible floodings have happened in the south of the US (and tornado storms in Mexico)

However what I do not (wish to?) understand is the scale those houses will have had, most countries only place towns, villages and roads 'on the map'. Apparently the houses in Texas are big enough to fit 'on the map'.

It is a tragedy for Mexico, those people already did have nearly nothing, now they also have lost their shelter. "

A google search reveals that the idea of houses being 'wiped off the map' is a very common locution in the UK. At least, UK newspapers have used it quite a lot before this. The Daily Mail and Blackpool Gazette seem to be chief offenders. So I wouldn't come down too hard on the governor of Texas because:

1. He's having a hard time right now.
2. He IS from Texas.

From what I can tell, this torrential rain fell on the just and the unjust - rocket scientists, middle class people, and the very poor were all rendered homeless by rushing water. One woman called her sister and told her that she was in her house, her house was floating down the river, and please pray. They haven't seen her or the kids since, I believe.

It's a tragedy for everybody.

Cool old Guy watching television
"It came to me as a curious formulation. Special as also Mexico was hit by the weather. The contrast in the reporting could not have been greater.

I know both areas have a hard time, lets hope the caller from her floating house grounded sooner then the house did break down.

(Did I do the 'of, off, of' correct in post 37 ?
This is for me as much an exercise in english as anything on this site. )"

I think the UK papers said 'off the maps'.

And I'm pretty sure someone from Texas would say 'off of the maps'.



And no, there is no one right way to speak English. No matter what the snobs say...