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]

Desdemona's?

[JenB]

Wow, neat! I really want to go to one someday. Actually I want to dress up (cosplay?) but most anime chicks seem to wear a lot less than I'm comfortable in.

Maybe when I move I can join an anime club.

[SuziQ]

I'd hum it for ya, but I'm afraid you wouldn't hear it...

Might be kinda hard. ;o)

We sang "O Saving Victim" at Stations today. Turned out the church was only a block and a half from the Hotel. It was great!

[Ramius]

I dunno if there are photos. The Pt. Glass was taken out of Gig Harbor about fifteen years ago and reassigned to Florida. I think it has since been decommissioned. Not sure what ever happened to it. Maybe it's in the Bahamas.

Nice place for a good ol' cutter to retire, I must say.

[Wneighbor]

Dang, I would like to see all that chrome! :-)

[Fedora]

Wow, neat! I really want to go to one someday. Actually I want to dress up (cosplay?) but most anime chicks seem to wear a lot less than I'm comfortable in.

You can always dress like a ninja! :) I did that for a Halloween party once, and it was funny because nobody could tell who I was until I talked.

[Sam Cree]

Eagle's Nest Bar on Ragged Cay, populatio 80, Jumentos, Bahamas.

I never been there, but would like to go, I think. It's a good 500 miles out of Miami, I think, so would be something of a trip.

[Fedora]

I have no idea what could be done for him. But it is a good thought. There are many like him too. I just don't know what might be best to do.

Let's think about it--maybe someone experienced with veterans' groups would have a good idea on what's best to do for someone in that situation.

[Ramius]

Desdemona's building a rocket ship... :-)

[Ramius]

It's a good 500 miles out of Miami

Ahh... I just like the way that sounds. :-) Set the midnight watch, review the captain's night orders, and clean the sextants for morning stars. [sigh] I miss it so.

[300winmag]

Okay, folks, the Hobbit Hole knife auction is about to start. In order to not make it look like we're running a mini-eBay, most of it will be done by freepmail. I'll be posting the current bid prices here, but not the identities of the high bidders.

I'll be posting the pictures, and starting prices, shortly. The starting price includes priority mail, so there's nothing extra tacked on. All of the knives were within a few dollars of each other at $25. I'm contributing the cost of the exclusive "Hobbit-Hole/proto" engraving as my way of saying thanks for all of your past support of this growing project.

The Rules

1. All knives start at $30, which includes postage.

2. Send your high bid to me via freepmail. All bids, and increases, are in whole dollars.

3. The highest bidder's price will be announced as $1 more than the starting/next highest bid. That may or may not be the bidder's maximum bid.

4. When someone else then bids on that item via freepmail, I'll either tell them that they're the new high bidder, or that they are still outbid. Even though they are outbid, they have bumped the price that the high-bidder must pay to their newer bid price.

Auctions end at 2PM EDT Sunday, April 18, unless it appears completely dead, and we agree to end it earlier.

You can start bidding as soon as I put up the pictures. Since this runs around the clock, don't be concerned if I don't update the prices while I should be at work, or asleep. All bids will be processed by their time stamps.

If you have any other questions, please freepmail me.

[Sam Cree]

Apparently it was the 95's that the Bahamians got.

[Wneighbor]

Oh! This could get vicious! I *want* a new knife! hehehe

[Sam Cree]

I know you miss it, Ramius.

What's Desdemona?

[300winmag]

1. Schrade SX4B, starting bid $30

2. Kershaw Vapor, starting bid $30

3. Gerber LS II. Starting price $30

4. CRKT Stiff Kiss, starting price $30

5. Camillus CUDA Arclite, starting price $30

6. KA-BAR Bob Dozier folder, starting price $30

All knives come with all packaging and accessories, except the Gerber, which came in one of those @^###^%^#@ plastic security packages, which I had to destroy to get the knife out.

[Ramius]

It's a Jimmy Buffet song... Desdemona's building a rocketship...

it's about a bar and/or house built out of an old airplane.

[Wneighbor]

I'm in for 2 of 'em kiddo!

[Ramius]

You better hope you stay ahead of me. :-)

I'll bid tomorrow.

[Wneighbor]

Well, I know I *can't* stay ahead of you! I only hope that you don't want what I want! (well, this time)

[Sam Cree]

Oh, I better check out that song.

Once, back in the 80's I was drinking in a bar out in the Islands, with the guy who was mating for me. After we were tipsy enough, we went walking out in the woods to see a DC-3 we heard was crashed in some trees.

We found it and climbed up to where the cargo door was ripped off and crawled in. Then we walked up to the cockpit and sat in the seats where we had a nice view of the tops of the Australiam pines.

A drug plane, of which there are really alot in the waters around here.