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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: Lil'freeper

I like the live threads alot sometimes.
But I'm not that thrilled with watching these conventions to start with. Seeing that the nominees are already picked, don't they seem more like huge publicity events?

In the past, I believe, the candidates were actually picked at the conventions. Now that was true excitement, I imagine.


6,901 posted on 08/30/2004 6:16:51 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Ramius

Evening! Watching some convention coverage while I work.

We tried hanging one of those door alarms on the banner today, but it is ~VEY~ sensitive. A breeze that I barely felt set it off... Will have to find another way to attach it.


6,902 posted on 08/30/2004 6:18:43 PM PDT by ecurbh ("Hippies. They wanna save the world, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad." ~Eric Cartman)
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To: Sam Cree

Yup. They're scripted and staged and kind of silly. But it's tradition and you get to hear nice speeches and music. They just played the service songs. "Over hill, over dale!"


6,903 posted on 08/30/2004 6:19:36 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper
Anything to oblige.

(Ahem)You...are weird.

You're welcome.

Now, if you please, I have a sudden urge to hunt cetaceans from a rowboat. Therefore, please,

Call me Ishmael.

6,904 posted on 08/30/2004 6:20:55 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Moving right along...to November and beyond...)
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To: Lil'freeper

Haven't heard that one in awhile.
Well, I hope W gets a big bump from all this.


6,905 posted on 08/30/2004 6:21:59 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: ExGeeEye

*sigh* I expected it from the dwarves....


6,906 posted on 08/30/2004 6:23:25 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Sam Cree
Well, I hope W gets a big bump from all this.

Not unless the masses watch CSPAN. Hope the prime time speeches are good.

6,907 posted on 08/30/2004 6:24:15 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper; ExGeeEye; RMDupree; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; RosieCotton; JenB; Overtaxed; Ramius; ...

Evenin' all. I wuz jokin' when I said I'd have tuh swim home...but I durn near did. Tropical depression Gaston (durn French) has dropped somewhere between 3-7 inches of rain on us this afternoon. To put that in perspective, Isabel dropped about 3.5. At least we didn't have the winds.

But there's flooding all over the place. I took a different route 'cause I knew my regular way would be trouble. But I was diverted about 5 times. My normal 30 minute drive took three hours.

Dinner, now watching the convention and tryin' to catch up.

Ramius - Ron Silver ROCKED. He said "President Bush is doing exactly the right thing."

Rosie - CSPAN has live streaming video if you want to try that. I had it playing at work today.


6,908 posted on 08/30/2004 6:28:11 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (John Kerry LIED and good men DIED for your right to vote against him.)
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To: Lil'freeper
I wonder if I'm short enough to qualify.

Counting against me are the facts that: I respectfully decline to grow a ZZ Top beard, and would refuse to braid one if I had it.

6,909 posted on 08/30/2004 6:30:16 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (Moving right along...to November and beyond...)
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To: Corin Stormhands; All

OMG!!! Did I just see Michael Moore at the RNC!!!!????

BLECH!!!!!


6,910 posted on 08/30/2004 6:31:37 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Good heavens! Sounds like a mess. I don't know about you, but I always find driving up to flooded areas of road to be completely unnerving...likely just me, though...I know.

I've got the streaming video going too...it's not fantastic, but it's pretty good...got a good connection.


6,911 posted on 08/30/2004 6:31:41 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RMDupree
You sure you weren't watching Moby Dick?
6,912 posted on 08/30/2004 6:33:00 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: RMDupree

I hope people were throwin stuff at him...useless swine...


6,913 posted on 08/30/2004 6:33:16 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (John Kerry LIED and good men DIED for your right to vote against him.)
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To: RMDupree

I love Laura Bush! I just love reading to my jedis.

Can't tonight, though...am totally congested and sneezing! Major allergy attack coming on!


6,914 posted on 08/30/2004 6:33:29 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: ecurbh

How about setting it on the ground, or better yet: a short post... hang the alarm on the post, and put a plastic bag over it to keep the water out... run a string to it so that if anybody moves the sign it falls off the post and sets it off.

ohh... ever better yet... a perimeter trip line... also connected to the alarm on the post...

:-)

There's fun to be had, here...


6,915 posted on 08/30/2004 6:34:04 PM PDT by Ramius (The pieces are moving. We come to it at last. The great battle of our time.)
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To: 2Jedismom

I didn't enjoy the drive home. And I wouldn't have made it in the car.

The canal walk is under water. I'm guessing they're gonna have to close the floodwall, if it's not too late.


6,916 posted on 08/30/2004 6:34:07 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (John Kerry LIED and good men DIED for your right to vote against him.)
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To: ExGeeEye
I respectfully decline to grow a ZZ Top beard, and would refuse to braid one if I had it.

Speaking from experience, they are hard to braid.

6,917 posted on 08/30/2004 6:34:40 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Have you seen my stapler?)
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To: Overtaxed

I wish I was! Un-frickin-believable!


6,918 posted on 08/30/2004 6:35:05 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: My heart remains in Washington....)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Nice truck, huh? :-)

That's amazing, Corin. I really don't like water in places it's not supposed to be!


6,919 posted on 08/30/2004 6:35:20 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RMDupree

Anybody have a harpoon handy?


6,920 posted on 08/30/2004 6:35:44 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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