On 7 Aug 2009 13:02:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 6 Aug 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Contrary to public opinion, I don't actually like the Goons. I'm the
>>>> wrong age group. Too young to appreciate them the first time round and
>>>> too old for the retrospectives. The same goes for the Glums and ITMA.
>>>
>>>I could see that happening.  :-)
>> 
>> Not hip to like what your parents like. :)
>
>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be so 
>unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>

LOL
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     Stephen

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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2009 13:02:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Aug 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Contrary to public opinion, I don't actually like the Goons. I'm the
>>>>> wrong age group. Too young to appreciate them the first time round
>>>>> and too old for the retrospectives. The same goes for the Glums and
>>>>> ITMA.
>>>>
>>>>I could see that happening.  :-)
>>> 
>>> Not hip to like what your parents like. :)
>>
>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be so
>>unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>
>>
> LOL

This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> On 7 Aug 2009 13:02:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6 Aug 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> Contrary to public opinion, I don't actually like the Goons. I'm the
>>>>>> wrong age group. Too young to appreciate them the first time round
>>>>>> and too old for the retrospectives. The same goes for the Glums and
>>>>>> ITMA.
>>>>>
>>>>>I could see that happening.  :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Not hip to like what your parents like. :)
>>>
>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be so
>>>unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> LOL
> 
> This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)

The thread goes highly off-topic and completely random?

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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:47:24 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>> 
>>> On 7 Aug 2009 13:02:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6 Aug 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Contrary to public opinion, I don't actually like the Goons. I'm
>>>>>>> the wrong age group. Too young to appreciate them the first time
>>>>>>> round and too old for the retrospectives. The same goes for the
>>>>>>> Glums and ITMA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I could see that happening.  :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Not hip to like what your parents like. :)
>>>>
>>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be
>>>>so unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> LOL
>> 
>> This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)
> 
> The thread goes highly off-topic and completely random?

Precisely.  And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)

"I love deadlines.  I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly 
past."

Jim

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On 7 Aug 2009 14:14:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be so
>>>unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> LOL
>
>This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)

Dying, was the only deadline he did not miss. :(

It has been years since I've read anything by him.
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     Stephen

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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:47:24 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom>
wrote:

>The thread goes highly off-topic and completely random?

Not so random. We are drawing on a shared experience.
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     Stephen

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On 7 Aug 2009 17:05:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Precisely.  And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)

I posted my "deadline" comment before reading this. So we are drawing on a
shared experience.
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     Stephen

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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:23:46 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2009 17:05:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Precisely.  And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)
> 
> I posted my "deadline" comment before reading this. So we are drawing on
> a shared experience.

Indeed we are. :-)

I found DNA's attitude towards deadlines to be somewhat helpful when I 
was working on the books I got published. :-)

Jim

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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:18:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 7 Aug 2009 14:14:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be
>>>>so unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> LOL
>>
>>This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)
> 
> Dying, was the only deadline he did not miss. :(

It's the only one he achieved ahead of schedule, sadly.  49 is too 
early. :(

> It has been years since I've read anything by him.

I listen to Hitchhiker's at least once a year.  I know the primary and 
secondary phases well enough to recite along with the recordings.

He had such a way with metaphors and the English language as a whole - 
"they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't", for 
example.

Jim

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On 8 Aug 2009 14:05:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:


>It's the only one he achieved ahead of schedule, sadly.  49 is too 
>early. :(
>

When the gods speak even authors listen.

>> It has been years since I've read anything by him.
>
>I listen to Hitchhiker's at least once a year.  I know the primary and 
>secondary phases well enough to recite along with the recordings.
>

I think that I prefered the Dirk Gently series. But that may be because HHGTTG
was so cult-ish ;)

>He had such a way with metaphors and the English language as a whole - 
>"they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't", for 
>example.
>

A bit like Pratchett IMO :)
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     Stephen

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