The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A sudden tree or standing stone

• 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...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

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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[RMDupree]

Ah, yes. The red "x" is a level I have yet to achieve...

[Fedora]

I see a lot of potential for torn knee ligaments in that kick.

LOL! Yeah, that can happen if you do it wrong :) To avoid that it's important not to use the knees to generate the torque; the torque should come from the body's rotation in coordination with the movement of the shoulders/arms and hips/legs. Like I say it's not a very practical kick--to counter it all you have to do is step out of the way or plow into the guy while he's in the middle of his spin--but good for forms competition and demos, and good for learning fine points of balance while moving on a rotational plane.

[Fedora]

G'night, Rosie!

[Fedora]

I'm still on dial-up. [hangs head in shame]

[Fedora]

After you master the red "x", the next step is a red "m"; and harder still is the red "w", which performed by doing a red "m" while standing on your head (per an old Sesame Street episode: "One line going down--one line going up--one line going down--one line going up: yep, that's our suspect." "No, you've got it all wrong! I'm not a "w", I'm an "m"--I'm standing on my head!")

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Hobbit Hole IX
Weekly Post Count, Week 2
(May 12 through May 18)

Daily Count, Total, Average
Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Tot	Avg
332	430	277	140	94	292	340	1905	272

Top Ten
Rank	Poster	No. of Posts	Average Posts/Day	Percent of Weekly Posts
1.	Fedora	305	44	16.01%
2.	Corin Stormhands	191	27	10.03%
3.	RosieCotton	142	20	7.45%
4.	JenB	130	19	6.82%
5.	Ramius	124	18	6.51%
6.	HairOfTheDog	105	15	5.51%
7.	Darksheare	99	14	5.20%
8.	Wneighbor	96	14	5.04%
9.	Bear_in_RoseBear	93	13	4.88%
10.	RMDupree	88	13	4.62%
Totals		1373	196	72.07%

Previous Weeks:
Week 1.

Normally, only people who make the Top Ten during the week will receive this ping. If you want to be added to or removed from my ping list, send me FReepmail!

[RMDupree]

No need to feel ashamed, my friend. DSL is pricey!

[Ramius]

Hey, I was on dialup at home just last year when DSL finally came out to me.

It does still work... heck, it wasn't all that long ago when we were doing this stuff on 2400bps modems and chatting on BBS's ...

[Wneighbor]

Oh, yeah, like *that* could happen. :-)

That *could* happen! :-)

*scratching* *smiling* *scratching with all 10 nails* .... hmmm... found the keys in your pocket!

[RMDupree]

I dunno, Fedora. Sounds like I'm alphabetically challenged!

[ecurbh]

~apologizes profusely for insulting her dial-up~

[RMDupree]

I'll hit 9 next week!! *crosses fingers*

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

On Compu$erve, 2400 bps was too pricey! I stayed at 300 bps for chatting purposes...

[Wneighbor]

*praying silently for a 4 cylinder with no pick-up*

You know that is much more dangerous! At least with plenty of pick-up I can gas it and get out of *anything* :-)

[Sam Cree]

So, the ROTK dvd is coming out next week, is that right?

[RMDupree]

I'll forgive you as long as you promise to let Mr. Hanky be a guest at the Hobbit Hole door one day!

[ecurbh]

Yup, next Tuesday! The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King

[RMDupree]

*pops a few Tums*

I'm thinking I'd better invest in a blindfold, sis!

[Fedora]

Hey, I think I just discovered the origin of the Eye of Sauron: it comes from the Luminous One on the anime cartoon Battle of the Planets:

I see you, G-Force . . .

[ecurbh]

Hidey Ho!