The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

The Road Goes Ever On…

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[RosieCotton]

Nope. Highland. The big loud obnoxious suckers.

They're actually pretty cool...from a distance.

[SuziQ]

Oh what a terrific picture!! And what fine and estimable Hobbit Holers you are!! Austin sure is a cutie!!

[RosieCotton]

Grr....in spite of zinc and Vitamin C and all the rest, I now have a sore throat in addition to the chills. Ugh. Gonna hit the hay early and hope THAT catches it before it gets worse.

[JenB]

I like Highland bagpipes...

[RosieCotton]

I like 'em too...but up close they're wayyyyy too loud. Seriesly! Those things put out some serious volume!

OK, NOW I'm gonna go to bed...

[g'nad]

...one who would even be willing to clean the kitty box...

If'n wimmin want cats, they need to be willin' to clean out the box.

I ain't fondof a critter what dooks in the house... I know, I know... it's in the litter box... and then the expendable furball walks on yer counters, furniture... won't have it...

[g'nad]

oh great... I got the 666... just call me natas...

[JenB]

the 666 was preceded by a 7 which is a good number so I think you're ok.

Or at least you're hundreds of miles from me, which works out the same in the end.

[Lil'freeper]

We have cats. They do their thing, I clean, and they don't care much for counters (they're the cower-under-the-bed types). It's these blasted dogs that mess all over the place- weekend before last was projectile excretions. If only they'd learn to use the litter box! Fortunately they're not *my* responsibility ;).

[300winmag]

Today must be the day for critter probelms.

I was at my mom's house, and looked out the back window. I saw what looked like a HUGH squirrel underneath the sunflower seed feeder. But it had a short, stubby tail. It finally dawned on me it was a groundhog.

I ran outside to chase it off, but it scurried away and vanished. Then I noticed a large hole in the ground right next to the chimney that wasn't there a couple of days ago when I cut the grass. The thing is digging a burrow right next to the outside of the basement wall!

I grabbed the garden hose, and started pouring water down the hole. After a couple of minutes on full volume, the groundhog stuck his head out of the hole, where I hosed him down some more, and he ducked back inside. But it was a standoff. I couldn't stay there forever with the hose.

So I went into the house, and found a bottle of industrial-strength Drano. My mom wouldn't let me shoot the groundhog, but had no objections to chemical warfare. If he was still in the hole, or was coming back to it later, he had a nasty suprise waiting for him.

So now I have to plan to eliminate the critter if he's still there tomorrow. I'd load up my "dressage show special" with .38 shotshells, but my mom is opposed because this is a built-up suburb. But she isn't opposed to me trying to cut him in half with a heavy-bladed ice chopper.

So it looks like I'll be there tomorrow to flush him out and terminate him. If anyone has a better idea, I'd appreciate it.

[Overtaxed]

I grabbed the garden hose, and started pouring water down the hole. After a couple of minutes on full volume, the groundhog stuck his head out of the hole, where I hosed him down some more, and he ducked back inside.

We used to flush moles out that way and beat 'em with a baseball bat.

[SuziQ]

She's not into the American Graphic novels much. She likes the Japanese language Manga series. One of her favorites is 'D N Angel'. I think she said they're going to start publishing the English versions later in the Spring of 2004.

[JenB]

That's cool.

I'm going to bed now... see you all tomorrow!

[Prof Engineer]

P.S. HOTD is in the photo!

IS this a M.A.S.H. moment?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

From the "Better Late than Never" Department...

HH IV Weekly Post Count, Week 4
(Aug. 25 through Aug. 31)

Daily Count, Total, Average
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Tot	Ave
781	580	588	533	639	389	467	3977	568

Top Ten
Rank	Poster	#Posts
1.	Wneighbor	838
2.	Corin Stormhands	461
3.	HairOfTheDog	431
4.	Prof Engineer	279
5.	2Jedismom	207
6.	Lil'freeper	189
7.	Ramius	182
8.	Bear_in_RoseBear	158
(tie) 8.	SuziQ	158
10.	g'nad	139

All Posters
Poster	Week 4	To Date
2Jedismom	207	855
300winmag	33	97
Alkhin	16	128
Argh	10	68
Bear_in_RoseBear	158	426
bentfeather	28	44
Corin Stormhands	461	1090
cuz_it_aint_their_money	2	2
ecurbh	127	519
Elisha	1	1
Fire-Breathing_Freeper	3	10
g'nad	139	359
HairOfTheDog	431	1864
Jalapeno	2	6
JenB	88	221
ksen	2	303
libarian	1	8
Lil'freeper	189	383
LinnieBeth	12	12
Lucius Cornelius Sulla	8	14
Mamzelle	2	2
msdrby	17	127
mstar	9	172
My back yard	56	148
osagebowman	31	111
Overtaxed	50	301
Pippin	3	26
Prof Engineer	279	627
proud_2_B_texasgal	59	273
RadioAstronomer	15	93
Ramius	182	747
RMDupree	110	665
Rocko	3	7
Rose in RoseBear	6	13
RosieCotton	129	621
Sam Cree	39	170
Samwise	39	76
Scott from the Left Coast	22	84
SuziQ	158	341
The Iguana	1	6
trini	11	94
Wneighbor	838	2328

[Prof Engineer]

one who would even be willing to clean the kitty box. I think those are the rarest type out there...

I clean the cat box around here, for Msdrby's cat.:-)

[osagebowman]

Bear & Prof & Wn; great pic from the Texas moot.Thanks for posting. Guess we've seen most of the HHD crew now.

[g'nad]

draino is good... yuh got any carbide?... even better...

gasoline works great... 'specially when yuh touch it of... but with it right next t'yer foundation, not sure that's a good option... werks great out here... as do moderate explosive charges...

other options, yuh got some heavy wire tuh make a snare?...

[SuziQ]

I clean the cat box around here, for Msdrby's cat.:-)

Whatta guy!

Girl, you oughta marry him as soon as you get the chance!! ;o)

[g'nad]

Or at least you're hundreds of miles from me, which works out the same in the end.

yeah... yer outside the blast radius...