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

[ecurbh]

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.

[Professional Engineer]

Thanks ladies.

[Wneighbor]

Of course bein' a brother he also substitutes "heifer" for that cow often. And we'll be in a store - like the Super Walmart or the mall down in Bryan and he'll holler across the store or mall, "Hey you two heifers get over here!"

Us, UT supporters are not popular in Bryan/College Station, HOME of Texas A&M.

But, my sister-in-law and I have been known to cruise around campus playing The Eyes of Texas really loud even the weekend of the game.... course we were under the influence of stuff too... and nobody ever caught us.

[Professional Engineer]

[RosieCotton]

Heh...I bet even Twiggy's brothers called her fat. Heck, my brothers did even when I was 12, just about my full height, and prolly thirty or forty pounds less than I weigh now. It's in the brother rule book somewhere.

[Wneighbor]

For the times I lived at home my brother always teased me mercilessly about that. My mom was so into the beauty thing that when I was there I was on a *constant* nazi diet. She'd make dinners and put what I could have on my plate and that was it. Never any starches, not much fried foods. Lots of salads and veggies - which I always liked... but still, the rest of the family was eating all the other stuff. Brothers made it worse.

[RosieCotton]

OK, I'm feelin' a little shaky, though it's silly.

Just had a student call to say his computer wasn't working and when could we fix it. Now...we don't do repairs on student PCs. We help them get set up on the network, we offer some phone support, we have helped occasionally with virus removal, but that's it...for legal reasons we just don't do hardware repair on student machines - for one thing, if anything were to happen, we could be liable, and the machines aren't ours.

So...usually when someone calls about that I tell them nicely why we can't help them, help them get the phone number for their PCs support line if need be, or otherwise give them the numbers of the local PC repair places that are listed in the phone book.

This guy was cranky about that, but seemed to take it. Then five minutes later he shows up down here with his computer and says "You guys look at this." Insists on dumping it off even though I tell him we won't work on it. Was really kinda scary.

I set it down and right away told one of the guys here who told him to come get it. He isn't happy. But he did come and get it.

[Fedora]

> Oh, no ... Roarke as described is a dead ringer for the younger (Remington Steele-era) Pierce Brosnan:

"Remington Steele" was one of my favorite shows when it was on. I always thought he'd be a great Bond. Too bad he's not doing another movie.

I'm behind on my threads this morning, just skimmed to catch up--y'all have transitioned from mysteries to catfish, I notice :) (BTW speaking of mysteries, anybody here like "Columbo"?--I usually have that on in the background about this time on weekdays.) Gotta step out for a bit now, but I'll be back later this afternoon. Hope everyone is having a great day!

[RosieCotton]

I'm glad my mom was NOTHING like that. Her only comment on the subject when it came up was that I was "healthy" and "sturdy" rather than thin. Sigh. Sturdy...guess that's hobbit-like, right?

[Professional Engineer]

Rosie, you've got nothing to worry about. Twiggy is not attractive to a normal guy.

[PurpleQ]

Who is Twiggy?

[Professional Engineer]

The Original "Stick Chick" from the 1960's.

[Wneighbor]

Blasted ugly students!!! I feel for ya! I'm glad there was a guy there!!! I hope the guy has a talk with him when he gets the computer!

[Wneighbor]

Hobbits must be sturdy to do those deeds they do you know!

[Wneighbor]

Oh honey... she was the hottest model of the late '60's! LOL

[Professional Engineer]

Oooo,, SPAM time!

[Wneighbor]

[RosieCotton]

Of course!

Speaking of sturdy...I can't WAIT to get in good shape so I can (hopefully) do plenty of hiking this summer! The snow can't melt soon enough...I want my trails back!

Dad just got some snowshoes. Guess he got tired of waiting. I've never tried that...may go try 'em out this weekend.

[PurpleQ]

Oh! okay...1960's maybe that is why I am clueless

[Wneighbor]

Hiking in snowshoes sounds like it might be fun... if you can figure out how! Of course I'd be a duck outta water there. LOL

[PurpleQ]

She isn't all that! sorry...hope that doesn't offend anyone...