The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Still round the corner there may wait...

• 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
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!

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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[JenB]

Hehehe... see, you're always such an optimist...

I'm off! I'll check back in before I leave to go partying. Hopefully someone will take pictures...

[2Jedismom]

[osagebowman]

g'nad; glad to hear it, hoped they wouldn't have to get the leeches and hot irons out.

The hunters down for scouting or for bowhunting?

A pull off the jug for medicinal purposes is oft times appropriate.

[osagebowman]

2JM: that's a cool pic of your pet snake, kinda abstract artish, with a hint of realism. :-)

[2Jedismom]

Hehe...I told Matthew to get me a five-gallon bucket and he came back with this old trashcan! It'll do.

I just wrote to an herpetologist asking what type of snack it is.

When it rattles, it makes a rustling sound, like when you blow air between your teeth and tongue.

[2Jedismom]

Hehe...I mean snake.

Time for lunch I guess.

[2Jedismom]

This diameter of the trashcan bottom is 11 inches.

[ExGeeEye]

Eww, Gollum. And Orcses. Not kid-safe...

[2Jedismom]

It's a newborn rat snake. The herpetologist wrote me right back! Told me it was just trying to scare me but it was absolutely harmless. I'd put it out in the back yard, except the girls would eat it and if it did happen to grow up, it would eat the eggs! It's also called a "Chicken Snake" because it eats baby chicks and eggs.

I'll let it go at the park down the street. It's another beneficial creature...eats rodents.

[300winmag]

They cannot even tell us whether our controls are acceptable or within common best practices or not. They cannot tell us (understand... these aren't our auditors... they are merely consultants we hired to help us understand SOX).

What does it take to become a "consultant"? This sounds like an even better deal than "Big Tobacco" lawsuits, and you don't have to be a lawyer.

[LSAggie]

Heh - when you said "snack" you knew we'd all post 'It tastes like chicken'. Got a OK herp book but it's at the office.

I'd say just take it to a vacant field, RR ROW, or a creek bottom and turn it loose. It'll be fine.

[g'nad]

I'd put it out in the back yard, except the girls would eat it

sounds like a great opportunity fer the jedis tuh see the foodchain in action...

[g'nad]

The hunters down for scouting or for bowhunting?

fall turkey huntin, scoutin', puttin' up a few tree stands... and drinkin'...

gonna try and get a bow hunt in this evenin'...

[2Jedismom]

I just picked it up with some cooking tongs and put it in a quart canning jar.

[JenB]

Well, glad it wasn't a rattler!

Had great fun freeping the leftists. Someone took pictures so I'll ping you all to that thread when they get posted.

[msdrby]

I didn't get to sleep until 2:30 this mornin. I finally played a few games of Spider to make myself sleepy.

Speaking of games...

We just finished playing LOTR Monopoly. It was like the original game, but better. (Especially since I won.)

[2Jedismom]

Excellent! I look forward to the pictures.

Steve should be home soon.

[TalonDJ]

I played LOTR Risk one time at that was pretty fun even though I lost.





grrr, I hate it when I am almost done with a project but I am just a few items short and the store that sells those is not open.
:P
Never an N type connector around when I need one :P
It is cold and smoky in here as I try to air out the burned plastic. I either need a much bigger soldering iron or a much smaller torch

[ExGeeEye]

Hi!

I was about to post this:

Oops, looks like I just did.

I was just down to the Bg Impersonal Store That Has Everything; they had LotR Monopoly, Risk, and Stratego. I almost looked for LotR Clue (Boromir did it in Shelob's Cave with a Palantir), Scrabble (additional tiles in Tengwar and Cirth), and OliPhun (bonus points if you can figure that one out!).

[ExGeeEye]

spam (what?)