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The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
ecurbh
Posted on 12/11/2003 2:07:57 PM PST by ecurbh
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
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.
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To: Professional Engineer
This is great news. You all should be very proud of yourselves. Doesn't it feel wonderful to have helped save lives. Wow!!! Thanks for the ping PE.
16,721
posted on
01/26/2004 9:57:47 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: JenB
Thing's are going alright. Still waiting on that job prospect to pan out. They haven't done anything yet, but I am being assured that my resume is on the top of the stack. So we'll see,
16,722
posted on
01/26/2004 9:59:13 AM PST
by
ksen
(HHD - Dilandau is..........my sister!)
To: ksen
Well, I'll keep praying.
16,723
posted on
01/26/2004 9:59:56 AM PST
by
JenB
To: Professional Engineer
LOL!
nope! too many demos there!
they live to the RIGHT! HEE! HEE!
16,724
posted on
01/26/2004 10:02:11 AM PST
by
Pippin
(Fear the elephant!)
To: Ramius
Well heck. I liked the story though. :(
I knew I should have checked first.
16,725
posted on
01/26/2004 10:05:37 AM PST
by
My back yard
("America will not seek a permission slip to protect its Security")
To: RMDupree
I'm back.
Had to beat the car into submission over the weekend.
*ugh*
16,726
posted on
01/26/2004 10:05:59 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Surrender, then start your engines.)
To: Professional Engineer
Cool!! Thanks for the ping.
16,727
posted on
01/26/2004 10:06:16 AM PST
by
SAMWolf
(I am Shakespeare of Borg. Prepare to be, or not to be)
To: Darksheare
Car... my car is not with me right now.... I loaned it to my dad. I wish I had it here...
16,728
posted on
01/26/2004 10:06:45 AM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
*winces*
I had to replace the exhaust system, well.. half of it.
Now I just need to replace the catalytic converter and the down pipe.
*chuckle*
The fun goes on..
16,729
posted on
01/26/2004 10:10:47 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Surrender, then start your engines.)
To: Darksheare
Replace it yourself, or have it done?
16,730
posted on
01/26/2004 10:12:00 AM PST
by
JenB
To: HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear
In my best Gilda Radner voice -- Never Mind.
Thanks Bear.
Lee Marvin did enlist in the U.S. Marines, saw action as Private First Class in the Pacific during World War II, and was wounded (in the buttocks) by fire which severed his sciatic nerve. However, this injury occurred during the battle for Saipan in June 1944, not the battle for Iwo Jima, which took place several months later, in February 1945. (Marvin also did receive a Purple Heart, and he is indeed buried at Arlington National Cemetery.)
Bob Keeshan, later famous as television's "Captain Kangaroo," also enlisted in the U.S. Marines, but too late to see any action during World War II. Keeshan was born on 27 June 1927 and enlisted two weeks before his 18th birthday, months too late to have taken part in the fighting at Iwo Jima. A 1997 interview with Keeshan noted that he "later enlisted in the U.S. Marines but saw no combat" because, as Keeshan said, he signed up "just before we dropped the atom bomb."
In 2003 someone thought to throw Mr. Rogers into the mix by add the following bit to the existing e-mail about Lee Marvin and Bob Keeshan:
Numerous rumors about children's host Mr. Rogers having a violent or criminal past have been bandied about for years, but there is nothing to any of them. As our Mr. Rogers page explains, Fred Rogers never served in the military.
16,731
posted on
01/26/2004 10:14:20 AM PST
by
My back yard
("America will not seek a permission slip to protect its Security")
To: Darksheare
time for a Hot Wrench.
16,732
posted on
01/26/2004 10:16:56 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Then, Opportunity sends to Spirit, "Don't make me come around Mars to smack you")
To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..."
OK, I guess I've posted that one often enough today...
16,733
posted on
01/26/2004 10:17:13 AM PST
by
Argh
To: JenB
Did it myself.
Not so hard, IF you can borrow a garage out of the wind.
The only frustrating part is finding that you have to replace the cat convert and the downpipe as well.
But, for now, they'll do.
16,734
posted on
01/26/2004 10:22:54 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Surrender, then start your engines.)
To: Professional Engineer
Hot wrench or hot wench?
*scratches head*
After freezing, but not as bad as I would have if I had to be out in the weatehr rather than in a garage, I am a little unclear on the concept.
16,735
posted on
01/26/2004 10:24:07 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Surrender, then start your engines.)
To: Darksheare
Hot Wench would help too!
A hot Wrench is an oxy/acetylene cutting torch. Sure helps break those rust clamps loose.
16,736
posted on
01/26/2004 10:31:19 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Then, Opportunity sends to Spirit, "Don't make me come around Mars to smack you")
To: Darksheare
Cars are a bit of a mystery to me. Computers, now... I can repair a lot of problems with desktops, though laptops are harder... and at least that's usually indoors.
16,737
posted on
01/26/2004 10:36:00 AM PST
by
JenB
To: g'nad
Mrsnad:
You know our friend Andrew got a wild hog, right? And gave us some of the meat? Well, I cooked up some of the ground meat that he gave us, made it into sausage patties. It was very sticky stuff and I was having trouble getting it to form the nice thin patties the way we like them. It just stuck to my fingers. But I stumbled upon a solution...
Here's what I did...
I took the meat, divided it up into golf-ball sized balls, then placed a little ball on a square of plastic wrap. Then I sprinkled it with the sage, salt and pepper. Then I used the plastic wrap to knead the spices into the ball of meat. That way, it didn't stick to my fingers at all! When I got it thoroughly kneaded, I used the plastic wrap to shape it into a ball again, then, still using the plastic wrap, I was able to flatten it out pretty flat...just using the palm of my hand to smash it around inside the plastic wrap! Then I gently peeled one side of plastic wrap off, flipped that side of the meat onto my hand, then gently peeled the other side off so that the thin sausage was resting in my hand. Then plop! In it went, into a lightly greased cast iron skillet. It cooked up beautifully and by the end of the experiment, I had some pretty nice round sausages cooking...the first ones were a bit sloppy, till I got the hang of it!
Then the boys proceeded to eat every smidgen of it. All I had left was the grease. The GREASE! I tossed in some flour and sautéed the flour till brown, then added milk and made a batch of cream gravy! Mmmm! I hate to say, but I ate the entire skillet full of cream gravy with some bread and a coke!
It was delicious.
16,738
posted on
01/26/2004 10:42:57 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
(HHD with 4 Chickens)
To: Professional Engineer
Aahhh.
Didn't need the torch.
Came apart pretty easily.
But afterwards.. I needed to warm up some.
It was 22 degrees and dropping when I finished the project.
16,739
posted on
01/26/2004 10:55:11 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Surrender, then start your engines.)
To: JenB
Hey guys! I just got back from the Community high school. It seems most colleges, and the military don't except GEDs as real diplomas, so I am going to show these people what I have done, and take a grading test, and they are supposed to give me a diploma!
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