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The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Though we pass them by today...

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: SuziQ

Back in Miami now, yes the pics are from VA.

Kids (and me) had great fun shooting the bows. We set up boxes and fired the arrows at 'em. Lots of the arrows went right through them and kept on going, although this messed up the fletching a little. Thanks.


1,981 posted on 12/31/2004 4:33:42 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: osagebowman; g'nad; SuziQ

Here is something along the lines I was considering, looks like someone's already made one. Have to read the rest of the site to see if it was successful at shooting or not. However, if it worked, I imagine it capable of shooting an atlatl.

1,982 posted on 12/31/2004 5:30:39 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree

Oh, that's seriously cool!

My sibs and I are having a lovely evening watching stuff together. Fun.


1,983 posted on 12/31/2004 5:36:31 PM PST by JenB
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To: Sam Cree

Sam; both are osage, made from staves. There was a bit of natural reflex in thegirl's bow, helped along a bit by the rawhide backing. Theboys stave was an almost perfect elb until a knot mid limb surfaced. The offending knot was to big to work around so I cut the it behind the knot and commenced to make theboys bow. I shaped to the top nock a bit different so it appears to curve up a little.


1,984 posted on 12/31/2004 6:01:31 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: Sam Cree

Duuuude, you rock. That would be awesome and I think it would be powerful enough to launch broomstick handle arrows. :-)

There is a great book on the subject: "The Book of the Crossbow" Payne Galloway IRRC. There a number of old line drawings in it and the author shows how they could or could not work. Plus the usual assortment of crossbows.

That might make a good project, build your own crossbow. :-)


1,985 posted on 12/31/2004 6:05:59 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: JenB
So... who's ready to take the "I will get a rejection slip in '05" resolution?

<waving hand madly in the air>I will! I will!

1,986 posted on 12/31/2004 6:43:21 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... gotta write more in '05 ...])
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To: Sam Cree
Here is something along the lines I was considering, looks like someone's already made one.

In ROTKEE, the corsairs had something like this on a flexible deck mount. The technology existed in PJ's version of the Tolkien universe.

The ballista was used to "reach out and touch someone" out beyond bow/crossbow range. Special targets were oficers or sappers.

My wish list for things PJ should have added includes the chief orc at the siege of Helm's Deep eatin' a 2-foot steel bolt while in the middle of his pep talk on top of that rock. Nothin' like standing right on top of an aim point that's recorded on the range card of the ballista crew.

1,987 posted on 12/31/2004 6:55:03 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: RosieCotton; JenB
Actually, the rules on submissions are made up by the publishers.

Some editors will only accept agented submissions. Some editors will accept multiple submissions, but make sure you tell 'em that in your query letter.

Check out the advice at this website.

Are y'all considering electronic publishers?

1,988 posted on 12/31/2004 7:09:43 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (... getting a rejection slip is a worthwhile goal ... but getting accepted and paid is better, no?)
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To: Rose in RoseBear
Hey girl!! I gotta tell you, David is loving living in Austin. We're thinking of buying a condo for him to live in while he's in school. Be better than throwing rent money down the drain for the next five years!

Bear said you were sleeping in this morning. I got up way too early, and as a result, conked out about 2 hours ago. I decided I wanted a fire in the fireplace, so I built one, and it promptly put me to sleep. I woke up worried I'd slept through midnight! I figured the boys were too wrapped up in World of Warcraft that they didn't notice. Then I remembered that they would have come up for food within a couple of hours after supper. ;o)

I got varied and sundry snacks and a couple of bottles of Asti for our New Year's party! It's just SSQ and me, our four kids, and the older boys' friend who is staying with us over the holidays.

1,989 posted on 12/31/2004 7:16:43 PM PST by SuziQ (It's the most wonderful time of the year!)
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To: Rose in RoseBear

You don't need a rejection slip, you've done better than that!

I'd consider an e-publishing thing as long as it's not vanity publishing. I'd rather try for print. We'll see, depends if I get a story or not.


1,990 posted on 12/31/2004 7:54:34 PM PST by JenB
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To: Sam Cree

You'll shoot your eye out.


1,991 posted on 12/31/2004 8:01:25 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: 300winmag

Hullo everyone!

We are loaded for bear to go shooting tomorrow. Got all kinds of .38, couple boxes .357... several boxes of shotgun shells, we got skunked on clay pigeons, but we gots lots of ammunition. ;~D


1,992 posted on 12/31/2004 8:04:31 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: 300winmag

Now that you mention it, 300, didn't the orcs themselves have something like a ballista at Helm's Deep?


1,993 posted on 12/31/2004 8:05:22 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree; 300winmag

IRRC - the orcs used them to shoot the grappling hooks onto the walls to hoist up the ladders.


1,994 posted on 12/31/2004 8:22:46 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: HairOfTheDog

Sounds like a good time waiting to happen.:-) .38s are wadcutters or jacketed hollow points?


1,995 posted on 12/31/2004 8:25:45 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

They had a jacketed practice round, cheaper than lead semi wad cutters.... $15 per 100. Got two boxes of them :~D

Glad to get them somewhat cheap, I am still pretty new to the idea that bullets cost money. When our friend Bob had the reloading business, he'd give me boxes of 500 at a time, leftovers in his perspective.... thought I had a lifetime supply.


1,996 posted on 12/31/2004 8:30:40 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

My .270 bullets cost a dollar apiece, 'course I don't need too many of 'em.


1,997 posted on 12/31/2004 8:34:17 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: osagebowman

Have to figure out how to make quivers, so we can reach over our shoulders and grab and nock arrows, like Legolas does ;-)


1,998 posted on 12/31/2004 8:36:57 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree

Yeah - you don't want to go shoot all day at that price.

We've got lots of .22 for my semiauto if we run out of big bullets. ;~D

I was really looking forward to letting ecurbh try a little clay pigeon shooting with the shotgun, but they were out of them... So it'll have to wait.

My friend Lisa has some kind of deer rifle she wants to shoot tomorrow too. not sure what.


1,999 posted on 12/31/2004 8:38:29 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

That's a good price on those. Well, think Lee Loader. :-)


2,000 posted on 12/31/2004 8:40:33 PM PST by osagebowman
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