The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...

The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

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Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Tomorrow we may come this way...

• 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...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - 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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[g'nad]

man... when you kill a thread, you don't mess around...

I'm beginning to come to grips with this new programming language

be afraid... be very afraid...

[g'nad]

Been out in the shop ALL DAY with our first forray into auto mechanics.

mmmmmmm.... shop...

sounds like you got some werk ahead of yuh...

see yuh darlin'...

[JenB]

Shoot, strangle and burn, that's my method... But that's a really frightening graphic.

"Be afraid" is right. This is a scary language and I've only got the basics. It's going to take me a while to readjust my thinking.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

I guess the fact that I find that pic amusing means I'm a sick puppy....

[300winmag]

Those seven Cuda CQB3s that Michelle-from-Camillus promised arrived yesterday. I got around to unpacking them today, prior to taking out for engraving. I was surprised to find that four of them had black handles, while the other three had the dark green of the rest of them. I guess we have two variants out there. A pleasant surprise.

Another surprise happened when I came in to work tonight (I now switch to a Tuesday through Saturday midnight shift). The first trouble call I closed was number 400000. A quintuple precious!! And it happened at 11:11 PM.

Off to a good start tonight.

[HairOfTheDog]

A quintuple precious and honestly earned, too, I'd guess, unless you spammed the person with complaint number 399999 with "Just reboot it, it'll be fine".

Good evening! Watching early election coverage from Iraq this evening...

[g'nad]

howz the turnout look?... like exit polls are werth a damn...

[JenB]

But even if he had spammed that, it probably would have been right.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it's a camera on an empty room right now, so far the turnout is sparse... but the room's not on fire, so that's good.

[HairOfTheDog]

True enough ;~D

[g'nad]

I've been wired all day...

prayin' fer justice and liberty...

itchin' tuh kill islamofascist $#!theads...

God's will be done, and may He fergive me fer wantin' tuh do what I wish I could do to the islamofascist $#!theads...

[HairOfTheDog]

I've heard he's a forgiving guy... ;~D

[SuziQ]

Take a look at this thread of Iraqis Voting Around the World. It will make you proud for these people! You could be forgiven for getting a little fahklempt at the pictures of some of them.

[300winmag]

A quintuple precious and honestly earned, too, I'd guess, unless you spammed the person with complaint number 399999 with "Just reboot it, it'll be fine".

It was my first call of the night, and I had no idea what the number would be. I know last night I finished at about 399850, and figured someone during the day would get the magic number. So 400000 popped up on my first call, and it felt like the hit the jackpot on the slot machine.

[HairOfTheDog]

When I was working in the Tacoma housing projects, I had a client family that was Kurdish... In fact, I had written that he was Iraqi on a form, and noticed later he had crossed it out and written "Kurd".

He had escaped through Turkey during the aftermath of Gulf War 1... when Saddam was wreaking havoc on the Northern Kurds. He had been an electrician as a trade, and was trying to take classes that would allow him to be qualified to work as an electrician here. He very much wanted eventual US citizenship then... but he had family and still cared what was happening in Iraq. I've been wondering if he'd be the type to want to go back now and help... and wondered how he's done here and whether he would participate in the vote.

[SuziQ]

There were several pictures of Kurds voting. One group of men was dressed in very colorful 'native costumes'.

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, I'm back.

[300winmag]

There were several pictures of Kurds voting.

I hope the Kurds have their way.

[300winmag]

I'll even leave the precious to someone else.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'll take it....

I need Corin's pic of the nuns with the distributor off the car.... I feel like I've been very bad tonight.