The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

ecurbh

[ecurbh]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

• 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!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...

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.

[Wneighbor]

Of course, I just remembered, when I live up there, in Kennewick, I was sunbathing in a bikini when it was 58 degrees out. Gees, my whole body musta been numbed by the cold that year!

I am not doing that next week!

[RosieCotton]

The airport is about three hours away...so no.

And it's the distance that's making it hard to get a ride. If it was an hour away, I can think of a lot of people who might get us, especially now it turns out we're getting in at nine. But three hours...that's a lot to ask.

[2Jedismom]

Ok. Jotting all this down. Sounds good...sounds like what Rose told me last night.

I may take it in this afternoon, but might not have time. If not, I'll take it in in the a.m.

[RMDupree]

Aren't you flying into Orlando?

[RosieCotton]

This is on THIS end that it's a problem. On THAT end, I should be all set.

I need to stop whinin' about it. But I'm fretting...

[Wneighbor]

Well, the men finally figured out what they're doing to get me to the airport tomorrow!!!

'Bout time!!!

Good news is I can leave later and don't have to drive so far. Bad news is, my truck ends up 40 miles from the airport and it will be a pain getting back to it when I fly back cause we've got a ministry meeting that night.... and I want to be able to leave quickly from that meeting and run back down home for the next couple of days. *sigh*

[ecurbh]

Which city are you flying out of?

[Ramius]

I liked the steaminess, but then again it was only for a little while. dunno if I could take it if it went on for weeks and weeks.

A sauna is nice once in a while, but you don't wanna spend the whole day in one, ya know?

[Overtaxed]

I used my drives and cards that I was using in the old computer.

[Wneighbor]

dunno if I could take it if it went on for weeks and weeks.

You grow gills.

[ecurbh]

Here's a page you can check:

http://wholesale.superpages.com/b2b/C-Airport+Shuttles/S-VT/

[Professional Engineer]

But I still don't know what it IS!

They sponsor this car

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Can you call them before taking the computer over there?

I've been meaning to ask, are the geeks an actual business, or just geeks?

[Professional Engineer]

LMAO

[Overtaxed]

You don't really save much cash building a system yourself these days.

At least building one myself, I only have to buy the parts that I need. :) And I didn't have to transfer my files from one hard drive to a new one. The motherboard came with a 1-year warranty. I've had the system since August 2001. How long are the manufacturers' warranties? I don't do the extended ones. :) If the HD went bad, I'd just buy another one from Seagate or whomever and put it in myself anyway.

[2Jedismom]

I suppose i could call.. It's called "Computer Home Care" here in the town where I live (you know the town name)...just down the street. I think I'll just swing by after picking Josh up and speak to them. See what they offer

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

That sounds good too!

[2Jedismom]

You know how I was talking about the den leader in Matthew's cub scouts giving me a bit of grief for not showing up for that bear carving...I didn't tell you what she said that night...

Background...remember how I told you that none of the women at the Mom and Me campout had anything to do with their sons while we were there, just visited with each other and had nothing to do with me because nobody knew me? Remember how i was disappointed that no one seemed interested in what their boy was doing?

Well, Steve had noticed the same thing at various other events...nobody deals with their kids, the kids run rampant and the parents socialize.

Now, back to the carved bear.

Steve and Matthew worked hard on it. Hours and hours sitting at the table, practicing technique and slowly chipping away at that bear. Steve would demonstrate, Matthew would attempt and so on. By the time they were finished, i thought the bear looked pretty darn good.

So we go to the pack meeting and Matthew shows his bear to this den leader and she picks it up and laughs at it. Then says "Say, Matthew...did your dad "help" you with this?" where Matthew truthfully replied "Yes!" She turns to the other people at our table and says "Whattaya think guys? Ya think his dad HELPED him with this?" Then she just roars with laughter.

Stung me to the core, but I kept quiet for Matthew's sake. He didn't realize what she was up to.

What brings this up now?

Monday, at the den meeting, she says "Everyone needs to email a corporation and tell them what you think about their product, be it a product you like or one you don't like. Get your parent to help, but make sure you do it...if your parent does it, I'll know..." then she looked at me and said "I always know."

I'm just sick. Matthew has no idea that the woman is a bald faced hag. He loves his den, but the main reason is because of the effort "we" put into it with him.

I don't know what you guys can do about this...not much advice can help. Just be thinkin' about me, I guess. The whole think is just very disappointing.

[RMDupree]

A well-placed smack across the head does wonders for those type of people. Grrrrr....

How dare she act like that?! Oh 2J, my mommy hackles are raised now!!

Lord help me, but I despise a woman I've never met! I mean, besides Hillary Clinton!

[Ramius]

Just make the corporation: Sturm, Ruger & Co. :-)