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The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And take the hidden paths that run...

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: g'nad

*laughing*

Hey, if'n they can't be eaten, they may as well be pets. ;)


2,201 posted on 03/17/2005 6:35:47 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Ask me about my crabs!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

hezuh small-town Christian boy from the Ozarks... he knows purty country when he sees it...


2,202 posted on 03/17/2005 6:35:48 PM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad

Well, he's not too far from our beach house, if'n you want us to show him around :~D


2,203 posted on 03/17/2005 6:36:56 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Just when I think you can't get any shallower, you manage to drain a little more out of the pool...)
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To: msdrby

Nope, just gills.

But they're specialized gills that allow them to pull oxygen from the humidity in the air rather than from water like fish gills.


2,204 posted on 03/17/2005 6:37:04 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Ask me about my crabs!)
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To: SuziQ

No, Suzi, the baking soda and the egg white are analogous to the beer. It comes out very crispy. I like beer batters too, though, very much.

However, when Jeanne and I were first married, I remember buying these very large shrimp and boiling 'em in beer - now that was great! 'Course, that was before I figured out that I'm allergic to crustaceans. Shrimp ain't kosher anyway ;-)


2,205 posted on 03/17/2005 6:37:38 PM PST by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Land crab snaigs are nice. ~smile~

They can drown if you have the humidity too high, believe it or not.


2,206 posted on 03/17/2005 6:38:44 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Ask me about my crabs!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

jest act like yuh don't know me...

actually, I was hopin' you all might hook up with him when he gets there... nothing like havin' a friendly face that knows yer name when your in a strange place...

jest keep Ramius away from him...


2,207 posted on 03/17/2005 6:39:15 PM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad

Bangor, huh? Well heck... that's just up the road a piece. Lemme know if he needs shootin' lessons or a free lunch or sumpthin. :-)

What's MSG school?


2,208 posted on 03/17/2005 6:39:25 PM PST by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: RMDupree

How big are they? Hard to tell from the pic.


2,209 posted on 03/17/2005 6:40:29 PM PST by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: Ramius; g'nad
What's MSG school?

Monosodium Glutamate?

2,210 posted on 03/17/2005 6:41:52 PM PST by ecurbh (All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.)
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To: Ramius

Marine Security Guard...

shootin' lessons he can use...

other than that, do yer best not tuh corrupt him... his mama would never fergive me...


2,211 posted on 03/17/2005 6:42:16 PM PST by g'nad
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To: RMDupree

Hmmm..... Seaquest must have used this when creating the character Piccolo.


2,212 posted on 03/17/2005 6:42:33 PM PST by msdrby (Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen and defended by its citizens.)
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To: ecurbh

har har har...


2,213 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:04 PM PST by g'nad
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To: Sam Cree
Course, that was before I figured out that I'm allergic to crustaceans.

When I was a teenager, I developed a convenient allergy to raw shrimp. We used to help Daddy de-head them when he came in from shrimping. After I couldn't do them anymore, I cleaned the crabs. He caught them in the trawl with the shrimp, separated them at the sorting board, and put them in the cooler for the trip back. These were the tasty blue crabs. I even had to help Mama pick the meat out of them. It was a vey tedious job, but we sure liked that fresh crabmeat.

Sorry Ruthie!

2,214 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:12 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: g'nad
He just got orders for his first duty station... guardin' nukes in Bangor, Washington...

Will he do us the honor of carrying one of our Hobbit Hole knives?

2,215 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:19 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: g'nad

heh. Oh, and like *you've* been a good influence I suppose. :-P

Yeesh... corrupting the young ain't what it used to be. :-)


2,216 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:23 PM PST by Ramius (Hmmm... yeah, that'd be great...)
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To: g'nad

Cool... glad he passed his test. And Washington sounds like a pretty cushy posting, for the Marines...


2,217 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:27 PM PST by JenB
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To: Sam Cree

bottom feeders.


2,218 posted on 03/17/2005 6:43:29 PM PST by msdrby (Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen and defended by its citizens.)
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To: Ramius

Well they vary from dime-sized to softball-sized.

My "little" crab has a beer bottle cap sized shell and the "big daddy" has a gold ball sized shell.

I'll get pics up (with stuff next to them for scale) soon.


2,219 posted on 03/17/2005 6:44:17 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Ask me about my crabs!)
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To: 300winmag

already got an HH original CRKT...


2,220 posted on 03/17/2005 6:44:30 PM PST by g'nad
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