The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...That none have seen but we alone.

• 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...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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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[Corin Stormhands]

We're doing Lava Lava Island this year too. The Mrs. is playing "Sal the Survivor." Jr. is running lights.

[proud_2_B_texasgal]

How fun!

[Corin Stormhands]

Where are y'all watching? MSNBC crapped out on me. But I got CSPAN to work. Is the FOX feed live yet?

[HairOfTheDog]

Don't know about the live feeds.... watching it here on TV.

[Corin Stormhands]

Well CSPAN seems to be working okay for me now.

[HairOfTheDog]

people are listing ones that work here:

Live Video Feeds

[Ramius]

so.... tell me about this "Afghanistan job" of which you speak...

We have a small group of engineers in Afghanistan, in fact they've been there almost since the beginning of the combat there. They're working with the Army and some of the Special Ops guys building some fun toys. A lot of the work has been on robots. Useful little dudes that can crawl into caves and such, carry cameras, and of course... the occasional shotgun or grenade launcher.

We've also developed some new kind of material that can be worn under heavy kevlar and such that seems to help keep the wearer cool in hot places.

My only role in this is to try to help them with connectivity issues... and they gots issues in spades. Currently it's all about trouble using certain secure web sites over their not-so-great direct-to-satellite internet connection. It's fun in a twisted sort of way. It's not every day that I get to make phone calls to Afghanistan.

[Overtaxed]

I've got it at http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/allmedia_v2.asp?cf0A52005C=UlRQXE1KSlNNOmJheWVyMTqURfdwsfpmQpGls1C5V/+v

[Corin Stormhands]

Maggie Thatcher's tribute...I'm losing it...

[Fedora]

You know they say Maggie's ailing physically, but she looks pretty vigorous in that video clip. Thatcher for President in 2008! :)

[HairOfTheDog]

She's still quite articulate.

[Corin Stormhands]

~sob~

[Corin Stormhands]

Live thread said Clinton was sleeping...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Shouldn't affect your travels, he's got Air Force bases to land at both places here, and shouldn't be on the freeway.

Well, it could... my friend (and recruiter) told me that when he was on his way home from his honeymoon a couple of months ago, on the last leg of the trip flying from Dallas to Austin, the captain came on the intercom to say that Air Force One was taking off from Waco (which is between Dallas and Austin) and their plane was going to have to clear the route. They had to fly out towards Amarillo (in the panhandle) for a while so that they wouldn't be in the same air corridor as AF1. Once AF1 had passed them they were able to turn back towards Austin.

[msdrby]

that is what it looked like. hillary looked like she would rather be anywhere else. actually, she looked prety angry. wonder if she was wishing she could sleep too??

I wish the camera had not panned over to them. it ruined an otherwise perfect ceremony.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

when a pager goes off, I get an adrenalin rush

Yes, I had my pager set to make a particularly loud and obnoxious tone, to make sure it woke me up if it went off at 3:00 am (when the London office opened). Which it did, more than once. Even now, three years later, if I hear another pager go off that sounds like the one I used, I jump...

[Fedora]

Typical Clinton.

[Overtaxed]

Live thread said Clinton was sleeping...

I perfer it that way....then we don't have to listen to his mouth.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

The wedding was beautiful

Congratulations! Hope you have a long and wonderful life together!

[ecurbh]

I thought Hillary looked she was gonna projectile vomit at any moment.