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The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Hill and water under sky

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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To: JenB
I like this show, only the neurosis thing is annoying me. I don't like seeing people, even fictional ones, in embarrassing situations. Maybe I'm the neurotic one here.

Same here. Somebody as neurotic as Monk is one step away from the funny farm, and it's sometimes painful, rather than funny, to watch.

I find some of the gimmicks the bad guys use to be ingenious, as are Monk's solutions. But some are howlingly wrong. As in the wp where the guy shot his wife, but the empty brass wound up falling into a pie she was baking.

Monk solved the case by saying, "X was in the military at one time, so he's allowed to own a handgun". WRONG, even in California. "And the police have samples of his fired brass." WRONG, in the real world. You can compare suspect cases against known samples, but there is no classification and retrieval system possible. It exists only in the fantsy world of the liberal mind.

3,341 posted on 08/17/2004 9:58:50 AM PDT by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: 2Jedismom

If'n you start buryin' people, you'll need some insurance.

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3,342 posted on 08/17/2004 9:59:49 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com ~ Updated 8/15/04)
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To: ksen

Cool!


3,343 posted on 08/17/2004 10:14:07 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: Corin Stormhands

I'm just astounded that you don't actually even have to have a casket at ALL! I guess if you can transport someone to the burial plot in a blanket, you can just bury them that way!

For some reason that just astounds me. Don't know why...that's how they did it in Lonesome Dove.


3,344 posted on 08/17/2004 10:16:04 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: ksen

I gotta finish checking it at home...but it LOOKS very impressive.


3,345 posted on 08/17/2004 10:17:13 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

3,346 posted on 08/17/2004 10:53:27 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: 2Jedismom

Any news yet?


3,347 posted on 08/17/2004 11:24:01 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom

It's dead Jim. Better call 2J's mortuary service.


3,348 posted on 08/17/2004 11:58:39 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com ~ Updated 8/15/04)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Dead, Dave, They're all dead!


3,349 posted on 08/17/2004 12:08:02 PM PDT by Alkhin (just another one of my fly-bys...he thinks I need keeping in order.)
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To: Alkhin

What the...


3,350 posted on 08/17/2004 12:11:18 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton
Sorry...forgot to explain...that's a scene from Season 8 Red Dwarf.

But the quote is from the first episode...Lister is walking through the ship, tasting all these little white piles of dust, and the ships computer is talking to him, apparently having a hard time convincing Lister that he is the only human left in the universe.

3,351 posted on 08/17/2004 12:13:04 PM PDT by Alkhin (just another one of my fly-bys...he thinks I need keeping in order.)
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To: Alkhin

"Red Dwarf"! :)


3,352 posted on 08/17/2004 12:16:31 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

you like red dwarf? :D :D


3,353 posted on 08/17/2004 12:21:31 PM PDT by Alkhin (just another one of my fly-bys...he thinks I need keeping in order.)
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To: Alkhin

When I was in high school my friends and I did a comedy video inspired by "Red Dwarf" :)


3,354 posted on 08/17/2004 12:26:08 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Alkhin

Oookay...

I've heard of Red Dwarf, but haven't seen it, though I've seen more goofy British comedies than just about anyone else I know...

Used to watch BBC all the time when I was overseas.


3,355 posted on 08/17/2004 12:27:13 PM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: Fedora
I discovered it well after college...took some getting used to, at first, because it was so unlike all the other british comedies I had seen, but it didnt take long. DNA and Last Day are among my favs..and of course Quarantine.

Mr Flibble is VERY cross.

3,356 posted on 08/17/2004 12:32:16 PM PDT by Alkhin (just another one of my fly-bys...he thinks I need keeping in order.)
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To: Alkhin

I haven't seen those, LOL! I used to watch a few BBC comedies the showed on public TV, as well as of course "Dr. Who".


3,357 posted on 08/17/2004 12:59:59 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: 2Jedismom
Hi 2J....

I'm wondering if I couldn't do something along that line, except doing a "home funeral" type thing. Now don't scoff...think about it...

I actually also have an interest in funerals done better... I've had a lot of experience with death and dying, and I've seen and been more satisfied with some of it than other parts. I understand the desire, I think.

I came upon this thinking that if anything ever happened to one of my loved ones, I wouldn't want to have one of the traditional type of funerals...I sure wouldn't want them embalmed...

State and local regs on embalming are everything... As well as requirements of the cemeteries. There is an allowance to bury unembalmed bodies, I think traditional Jewish funerals there is no fancy casket and no embalming, but the burial must take place ~right away~.

..and I wouldn't want them placed in a casket that's fancier and almost as expensive as a car! I think a simple wooden box with a nice comforter in it would be just fine.

Again, I agree with you on the cost of caskets, and also the room they take up. Some cemeteries and some local restrictions will require a concrete liner depending on the local situation. All those things add to the costs. The cemetery my family is at/will go to, they are more relaxed than most. I think cremation is the way to go. No embalming, and burial or dispersal of ashes is not regulated ~really~. We buried the urn under a marker, unlined and we could and did enjoy doing that ourselves.

And I'd want them at home until they are buried. No stranger flipping them around and such. Just me, or other family members. They could lay in their own bed while friends came by to "pay respects" or had a wake and a rosary (like Suziq's) and then be taken to the cemetery in a very relaxed manner. Home funerals were the norm for most of history...

This you really don't want. They may have done that throughout history, but they also buried them the same day. Some of the things you fear, like your body being moved around by strangers, is really better for your family than asking them to move you themselves and have you in the house when you are starting to turn. Suck it up, you won't care if you're the dead one.

I think it is an interesting idea 2J.

3,358 posted on 08/17/2004 1:20:45 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom
have you in the house when you are starting to turn...

After three days, fish and dead company start to stink...

What's the matter with you? Ain't you got a fridge?

3,359 posted on 08/17/2004 1:33:28 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com ~ Updated 8/15/04)
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To: Corin Stormhands

The fridge is full of potato salad for the wake. Not a good idea to store them together.


3,360 posted on 08/17/2004 1:36:06 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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