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Old 25-05-2012, 12:55 PM
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To all you Hoopy Froods, Happy Towel Day.

Celebrating the life and works of Douglas Adams.
It's been 11 years already.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
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Old 25-05-2012, 01:41 PM
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Hard to believe it has been 11 years, was way too early
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Old 25-05-2012, 02:51 PM
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He's still missed!

Happy Towel Day, Zeb, and Zeb, and Zeb, and...

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Old 25-05-2012, 02:56 PM
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Old 25-05-2012, 03:21 PM
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Cool He's just zis guy, you know

Hi JJJ,

When we were chatting at Lostock last year, I mentioned that I once had a brief
email exchange with DNA back in 1993. I promised I would track one down for you.

At the time, he was interested in travel in the Danakil Alps of Ethiopia and I had
recommended some books that had accounts of travel in the region.

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To: gary@cumulus.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Gary Kopff)
From: adamsd@nic.cerf.net (Douglas Adams)
Subject: Re: Danakil


Thanks a lot for the info! I'll look for the books.

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>No relation to Douglas Adams of the Hitchhikers Guide ? :)


Yes, that's me in fact.

Best,

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London, UK                     |   dna@dadams.demon.co.uk (dormant)
Currently in Santa Fe, NM      |   adamsd@nic.cerf.net (current)
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Old 25-05-2012, 03:38 PM
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Old 25-05-2012, 03:40 PM
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Very cool, Gary!

What's that... one degree of separation?

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Old 25-05-2012, 03:47 PM
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happy towel day

When living In UK I used to go to the ZZplural z alpha pub meetings- I know very geeky. And I have a striped blazer like Ford's (in original BBc adaptation)
So long and thanks for all the fish!
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Thanks for sharing that Gary.
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Old 25-05-2012, 07:29 PM
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big loves for douglas today. sadly missed
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Old 25-05-2012, 11:29 PM
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Hi All,

Cold as a nun's nose in Sydney tonight, so I have my towel wrapped around be for warmth.

Happy towel day to you all. I have absolutely no doubt that I am the biggest Douglas Adams fan here -- particularly the radio plays. The book "So-long and thanks for all the Fish" is one of the finest pieces in the English language. Utterly sublime in execution.

Now, if I could write like that ...

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Here I am, brain the size of a planet...

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Brain the size of a planet ......
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Old 26-05-2012, 08:25 AM
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and thanks for all the fish ...
and great laughs over the years .
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Old 26-05-2012, 08:29 AM
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You can't beat Marvin. Sorry fixed the grammar.
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Life, don't talk to me about life....
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I can't believe that I've never heard of "Towel Day"

Rest assured that will be rectified next year.
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