The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

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Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• 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...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - 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.

[Fedora]

I'm also already in a tense mood

Aahh! Too much pressure!

Sounds like a good time for a cup of Tension Tamer :)

[Wneighbor]

Yep, my women's flannel shorts that I got from WalMart to sleep in have Betty Boop on 'em! :-) I dunno, I don't get that either.... but for some reason Jill wants Winnie the Pooh and company on EVERYTHING she wears! She has been a Pooh Bear nut since toddlerhood but I thought she'd have grown out of it by the time she was 28... she hasn't!!!

BTW, my kiddie nickname for her (that I still call her) has always been Pooh Bear. :-)

[2Jedismom]

I actually had elderly women (they sit in a group) at my church GLARE at me for bringing Joshua in when he was a baby. Heck, he'd sleep the whole time!

Hmmm...I dunno.

[Wneighbor]

That's just weird! It's like they'd rather ya not be in church huh? Maybe those kind of elderly are around me and I just don't notice 'em. I am *not* the most observant person in the world! You can ask PQ! LOL

[2Jedismom]

I saw those Betty Boop ones...those were not so bad and I almost settled on them!! The betty boop is rather small right? Kinda up near the shoulder? Had I not found the grey shorts, I might have gotten the boop ones...that would have been funny!

[JenB]

Old ladies at our old church used to treat my littlest brother - the one with Down Syndrome - like he was a dog or something. The slightly-younger crowd at least pretended he was human,

Then again, PA has a really high elderly population, so of course I encounter more nasty old folks (they all vote Democrat). There are some older ladies at church now, on the other hand, who are so sweet. One's in our choir, she can't quite hold the tune anymore but she's so nice nobody minds.

[Fedora]

I have also had to ask a female student in one of my classes to stop wearing some really strong stuff to class.

Ugh, I used to have that problem at work. I have a strong reaction to certain types of perfume, and it turned out that the lady at the desk next to me liked to wear a lot of perfume to work. I kept trying to figure out a nice way to tell her without hurting her feelings, "Excuse me, but your perfume is choking me!" :) Fortunately she didn't do that too often, but the days she did were awful to sit through.

[2Jedismom]

Yep...they're democrats. We were sitting in the church library the other day when a lady came in while we were talking about Bush. She wanted to say something nice, couldn't say anything nice about Bush or any Republican for that matter, nor could she say anything nice about Clinton so she went on and on about how wonderful CARTER was!

[Fedora]

What is it with so many elderly women??? Why do they have to be so insufferable!?? I know not all are, but heavens, it seems like I get my undo share of encounters with those that are!

I've read it said that we should consider annoying people a blessing because they give us an opportunity to practice patience--it sounds like they're sure giving you a lot of practice, so you must be very blessed!!! :) Seriously, I know how irritating that can be. A lot of retirees shop at the grocery store here and stuff like that happens all the time. Last week a woman held 100 people up in line for about a half hour.

[2Jedismom]

Well, now some are very sweet and you just wanna hug 'em. This one little lady who was legally in front of me in line, took FOREVER to get her check written. I remembered my old grandma who had the same problem, but in a little town nobody cared how long you took. But here was this little lady in this huge Walmart, just struggling to write her name on the check. I just cried. After she got done and left, I swear, the cashier and I were wiping away tears...she was so sweet.

[JenB]

Old folks and young ones are the most likely to vote Democrat. Guess the kids haven't learned anything yet - and the old folks have forgotten...

[Fedora]

I want to do some weight training, too. Not sure where to start, though, without equipment. There MUST be things besides push-ups that can be done without purchasing anything!

I know a number of different weightless workout routines, but the best of them involve pushups. You can do different types of pushups to target different muscle groups. If you're trying to avoid pushups or looking to target muscle groups you can't get with just pushups, there's a routine that uses a resistance strap instead of a weight set:

The Weightless Workout

The book is $20 and the strap that comes with it is another $10. If you can't afford that right now, I can send you some directions if you can figure a way to improvise the resistance strap. You can make one out of the tube from a tire or something like that. I've also got a routine that uses just light dumbbells if you can get ahold of a pair of those. What muscle groups are you trying to work on?--or is this more for cardiovascular purposes?

[Fedora]

After she got done and left, I swear, the cashier and I were wiping away tears...she was so sweet.

Now that's a good story :)

[My back yard]

We should do the park and ride thing maybe. There's one very close to the campsite where 2j is staying and one near the hotel too.

[2Jedismom]

The cashier looked at me kinda anxious, because the lady was taking so long and I suspect she thought I might be getting mad. But I just smiled, tears in my eyes and that's what got the cashier...

I remember taking my grandmother shopping once when she was very old and delicate like this lady was. I forgot I was in the automatic shift car and pressed the "clutch" hard, which was the break. Oops! Threw my poor grandmother into the floorboard! (This was before manditory seatbelts, you know.)

[2Jedismom]

You mean, like a shuttle to the show?

[JenB]

Hehehe.... I've been having that problem lately - not hurling people through the windshield but I find myself with my foot on the brake before it ought to be - because I think it's the clutch!

Funny how fast the stickshift has become second nature to me, though. I love it!

[2Jedismom]

Yep...I prefer stick shift in a smaller car. But my van is so cumbersome, I'm glad its a automatic.

[JenB]

Ouch, yes! Our first van, an 11 seater, was manual. I remember Mom sliding backward down hills in that thing!

The fifteen seaters apparently don't even come in manual. I am so glad we'd traded down into a monster SUV by the time I learned how to drive - LOL, we're one of the few families who improved gas milage by buying an SUV.

[JenB]

Hmm, what's this?