The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Still round the corner we may 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...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Ramius]

Nice piece Mr Mag... The ivorylike stuff should wear pretty well, and you're right, it sounds like a good choice for something you want to carry. Beside being harder to spot, the smooth grip would draw easier from a pocket or pants.

Yah know... I'd like to think I'm pretty knowledgable about firearms and such... but I've never seen that belt/pocket clip before. What a great idea. Am I the only person that's never seen one of those before?

[Wneighbor]

I went all through childhood without chicken pox. Both my brothers had 'em. Then, both my kids had 'em and I didn't get 'em. I babysat some kids with 'em because I figured I was immune. But, then, I when I was 37, I kept my boss' daughter when she had chicken pox because they also had an infant son.... and I ended up getting the pox after all those years! Was pretty weird. I didn't have 'em all that bad I think though. But, was down for nearly 2 weeks.

[Ramius]

Guess I can be glad we all got chicken pox?

Actually... no. Shingles is something you can *only* get if you have previously had chickenpox. But then again... adults getting chickenpox is far worse than getting it as a child. So, all things considered, it is still probably better to get CPox as a kid and then take the risk of shingles as you get older.

[Wneighbor]

Okay, I'm glad you asked. I was trying to figure out *how* to use that clip.

[JenB]

It took us six weeks for the chicken pox to run it's course. (Our littlest wasn't born yet, at least, so it was only the six of us). But we couldn't go anywhere.

[Wneighbor]

I dunno. Chicken pox wasn't all that bad. 'Cept the doctor was pretty freaked out and had me be at home with someone to watch me for 2 weeks. Meant I had to go to stay with Aunt Cheryl so she could watch me. For about 3 days I felt bad, the rest of the time I was dipped in Calamine lotion, fed well, and we watched videos and played cards extensively. :-)

Was kinda like a 2 week vacation where I'd gotten a case of poison ivy or something.

[Ramius]

Easy... you slip the gun inside the waist and let the clip catch on a belt. Nice concealment without going to an inside-the-pants holster, which would be bulkier.

Sadly, the inside-the-belt carry is not often a good option for ladies. Fashions don't often serve well, and there are softer parts... and such. :-)

[Wneighbor]

Ummm.... I want to know where that clip is going on the gun, not on me.

[Ramius]

My understanding is that adult chickenpox is very dangerous. I have no data to back up this claim, however.

[Ramius]

Oh. [sip]

[Wneighbor]

oh, and forget the fashions don't serve well, softer parts etc. I wear my pants way too tight to carry inside the waist!

Back pocket works nicely for my little .22 though.

[Ramius]

Does somebody make one of those clips to fit a 1911?

[RosieCotton]

Exactly. No going anywhere. And I was the first to recover...so had the longest time where I felt stir crazy.

On the other hand, I think that's when I read LOTR for the first time, all the way through, by myself. I was 13. Also read about a hundred other books...everything I could get my hands on.

We had a teacher come in to check on us at the end of the year (that's usually how we did the state requirement thing for the younger grades) and she asked me how many books I read a year on average, and if I'd read many in the last few months. I think I just gasped, and Mom had to 'splain things to her. ;-)

[RosieCotton]

Correction...musta been earlier when I read LOTR, 'cause I re-read it later that year when I got appendicitis.

It wasn't a good year. ;-) That's also the year my littlest sister fell and cut her head so badly she got lots of stitches and my brother broke his arm - one of only two breaks over the years, among all of us. Didn't do so bad...

[RosieCotton]

Oh, and pneumonia...two people got pneumonia, too.

It was a Corin year, I guess...

[Wneighbor]

My understanding is that adult chickenpox is very dangerous.

Apparantly your understanding is correct! That's why my doctor demanded that I stay "in bed" and away from work for 2 weeks with a caretaker the entire time. He wanted me in the hospital but I refused. I went to Aunt Cheryl's, which was 4 blocks from his office, and stayed the time. He checked on me there and she made sure I was okay.

But really, for 3 days I felt flu-like stuff and the rest of the time just the itchy pox problem. And there was lots of fun had between Cheryl and I. (after that 3 day lousy part)

However, it was for the best that I was at Cheryl and Lynn's for the itchy 2 weeks because it was in July, my old house didn't have A/C... it would have been truly miserable to have something that itchy in July Texas heat. Cheryl keeps her t'stat set at like 65. Good for the itch.

[JenB]

Yep! My evaluator would never believe my list. "You read three hundred books this year?"

"No, those are just the ones I hadn't read before. Mom doesn't let me count re-reads".

But when you get done with school at noon... and you have books at hand... well, it's to be expected, right?

[RosieCotton]

Exactly!

[Ramius]

You read three hundred books this year?

Holeysmokes...

Yeah, but have you ever woke up under a table in a seedy bar in a foreign country and had *no* idea how you got there?

Get out a little... it's good for you. :-)

[JenB]

Sadly, I rarely read more than 150 books a year, these days.

Um... I may pass on the foreign bar bit.

Going to go watch something, then to bed. See everyone tomorrow.