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The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
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Posted on 10/05/2004 3:33:41 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Still round the corner there may wait...

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: osagebowman
Good evening!

So...

I just got a two CD set of Charles Trenet.

(Now, I test my prescience by attempting to answer the questions arising in your mind.)

French popular singer.

Between the late '30s to the early '50's. After that he was like Sinatra...had a following but no real new hits.

Well, he stayed there during the occupation, but the consensus is he didn't actually collaborate. Some of his work could be interpreted as hidden patriotic messages to his countrymen.

The genre is chansons francaises, and they cover a range of subjects.

Currently I favor La Mer, which was covered in the US in English by Bobby Darin as "Beyond the Sea"...which was covered by someone else in the end titles to Finding Nemo.

So...there you are.

3,241 posted on 10/19/2004 5:14:27 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: osagebowman; All
Sorry, folks, that last post was for all of you.

If you're interested :)

If not, feel free to ignore it entirely :D

3,242 posted on 10/19/2004 5:18:23 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: ExGeeEye

Hey howdy there evellybody! :-) [sip]


3,243 posted on 10/19/2004 5:23:56 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius
Evenin'!

Do you have that Soviet link handy? I lost it going to the new machine...

3,244 posted on 10/19/2004 5:29:36 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: Ramius

Hello! Helping Matthew with Math. We took a long long break, now we're going over a few things before bed. Test tomorrow!


3,245 posted on 10/19/2004 5:31:04 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (All I want is a pair of red Chuck Taylors, a classic air-cooled Beetle and a poodle. ASG)
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To: 300winmag; 2Jedismom; HairOfTheDog

With regard to the discussion about electric windows... I dunno if anybody has brought this up yet...

It is important to remember that electric locks and windows will almost always *still* work when submerged. So will the lights, and the radio for that matter. Probably not the CD changer though.

But that striker and belt cutter is still a pretty handy thing to have around.


3,246 posted on 10/19/2004 5:38:10 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: ExGeeEye

Soviet link? err... I don't remember... was I drinking at the time?

Was was it for?


3,247 posted on 10/19/2004 5:39:25 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius

My car has manual windows... so guess I'm ok either way :-)


3,248 posted on 10/19/2004 5:39:53 PM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom; g'nad; All
Well. I'm sunburned.

Nothing quite like Vitamin D-therapy in southern New Mexico.

Got to see a bit of artillery in action, it was quite a thrill. I love that crackling, rippling sound the air makes when the rockets go off. Sucks to be the bad guys. God bless the USA!

3,249 posted on 10/19/2004 5:40:47 PM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper

Artillery is good. You can never have enough artillery, that's what I say.


3,250 posted on 10/19/2004 5:42:02 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius
...a really good midi of the old commie anthem...

We were discussing your nick, The Hunt for Red October, and the part thereof wherein the sailors start singing.

3,251 posted on 10/19/2004 5:45:05 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: Lil'freeper

If you ever have the opportunity to be somewhere between a big howitzer and the impact area during a fire mission, do so...the description "God ripping a sheet" doesn't quite do the sound perfect justice.


3,252 posted on 10/19/2004 5:47:43 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: ExGeeEye

Ah... yah... but no, I didn't keep it. Dang. That was a great tune.

I guess I hadn't considered it, but does Russia have a new anthem?


3,253 posted on 10/19/2004 5:48:05 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius
Probably not the CD changer though.

Dangit!

3,254 posted on 10/19/2004 5:50:43 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (<<<loves her hubbit and the horse he rode in on :~D)
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To: ExGeeEye

My only direct experience with artillery was the 3"/50 that was on the bow of Resolute. Sure... it was a museum piece, and it took a gang of about nine guys to operate it... but WOW was it fun to shoot.

No way to get away from the sound. Big gun mounted to steel ship. Good sound transfer anywhere on board. :-)


3,255 posted on 10/19/2004 5:51:55 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: HairOfTheDog

The CD's will probably still spin, but the viscosity of the water will probably keep them from getting up to speed, and then of course the water will interfere with the path of the laser.

dangit anyway.


3,256 posted on 10/19/2004 5:53:16 PM PDT by Ramius (Time? What time do you think we have?)
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To: Ramius
They had an all-new one there for a while...but I understand they went back to the old melody* with new words. They're on a low-Lenin diet these days...

Which is fine with me. Good tune. If we didn't have one already, I'd suggest stealin' it :)

3,257 posted on 10/19/2004 5:54:58 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: ExGeeEye
If you ever have the opportunity to be somewhere between a big howitzer and the impact area during a fire mission,

Maybe I'm really wrong about this... but wouldn't that put you right in the middle of where the ammo's flying?

3,258 posted on 10/19/2004 5:55:44 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
Yes...but it's flying far above your head...making a most impressive noise.

Howitzers work like an underhand pitch...up and over and down.

3,259 posted on 10/19/2004 5:58:45 PM PDT by ExGeeEye ("Lens cap...")
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To: Lil'freeper

Did you think of me? Did you think "Whoa, I bet 2j would LOVE this!" LOL


3,260 posted on 10/19/2004 5:59:31 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (All I want is a pair of red Chuck Taylors, a classic air-cooled Beetle and a poodle. ASG)
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