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

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Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Though we pass them by today...

• 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!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...

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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[HairOfTheDog]

Wow.... real shelves...

I remember when a milk-crate shelving system just couldn't be beat.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yes, but you were rich if you had a telephone spool coffee table...

[Ramius]

It was funny... one of those Ramius-shopping moments...

Got the nightstand. It came assembly-required. No problem. But it turns out that my leatherman screwdriver wasn't gonna work... needed a regular long shaft screwdriver to fit the deep set screws. Fine... go to hardware store... get screwdriver. (Note: I've got enough tools at home to outfit an aircraft carrier... but of course I don't wanna start carrying tools back and forth) but then I think well... better get a couple of different screwdrivers just in case I need them around the 'partment. Oh, and a hammer. and... a crescent wrench, maybe some pliers... a flashlight... and now I need a toolbox to but all this stuff in...

A hundred and something worth of tools later... I had the screwdriver I needed to finish putting the nightstand together.

[sigh]

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh....

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heh, family down the street from my parent's house had one of those big empty spools as a picnic table in their back yard.

[RMDupree]

Now THAT'S livin' high on the hog!

Sure beats a TV tray.

[Ramius]

Yes, but you were rich if you had a telephone spool coffee table...

Some friends had one with a beer tap coming through the big hole in the middle. Way cool. They even insulated the keg in the middle and had wrapped it in copper tubes and the guts from an old refrigerator. Classic.

[RMDupree]

Wanna go shop for floor mats? *wink*

[Overtaxed]

I never use bottled sauce.

[Corin Stormhands]

Wanna go shop for floor mats? *wink*

Get a room...

[Ramius]

Wanna go shop for floor mats? *wink*

hehehehe... sure... :-)

[Ramius]

A room? For floor mats? :-)

Dang... but they were mats for an E-Type...

[HairOfTheDog]

We got a spool for a beach table at the beach house...

I salvageed it out a pile of the landfill myself.

[RMDupree]

Why for? The way he shops, we'll come back with a car. *laughing*

[RMDupree]

*snif* WeddingMoot.....

You two sure you don't want to throw a first year anniversary moot or sumthin'?

[SuziQ]

The rest was copied and pasted from websites.

Has he never been taught the fine art of attribution?

[Ramius]

Note the rope to keep it from floating away.

I'm *still* miffed that we lost that great big log that was settin' there for so many years.

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh, you were talkin' furniture, so I thought of a different kind of floor mat...

[HairOfTheDog]

We'll be throwin' a party alright... ecurbh and I are goin' out to have steak and lobster with reckless abandon at the restaurant we went on our wedding night.


It'll almost be our anniversary at shootmoot!

[Corin Stormhands]

'Nite folks.

We're leaving for Kentucky sometime late tomorrow afternoon. I'll be around in the morning, then it'll be iffy until Saturday or Sunday.