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The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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: RosieCotton

No, the bubinga natural finish.


181 posted on 08/25/2005 4:50:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: SuziQ; Sam Cree; RMDupree; All
Ruthy calls to report that she has lost her fence (cedar privacy fence) and her avocado tree. The tree just uprooted and knocked the fence over. She says she is getting more wind from this storm than any of the ones last year that didn't hit her as head on. Not known if the mourning doves stuck with the tree or decided to bail.
182 posted on 08/25/2005 4:54:22 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Rebelbase

Ah, got ya. Nice. I do love pretty wood!

My own guitar's pretty plain...but that doesn't mean I can't *look* at things like koa and quilted maple and Brazilian rosewood and nice walnut and such. Mmmm...


183 posted on 08/25/2005 4:55:21 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: HairOfTheDog

That doesn't sound too good. She still ok? Wish she could have gotten out.


184 posted on 08/25/2005 4:56:13 PM PDT by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yikes...that doesn't sound good. Is the worst over now, though? Or is more damage likely?


185 posted on 08/25/2005 4:57:14 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton
This is a great site to windowshop. Ed Romans Guitar Store in Las Vegas. The largest guitar store in the world.

There's even a section on tone woods with some pretty cool photos.

186 posted on 08/25/2005 5:01:38 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: HairOfTheDog

YIKES! Hope everything ends up ok for them.


187 posted on 08/25/2005 5:03:17 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton; JenB

The eye hasn't crossed shore yet, though it's about to, so it's not ending soon. Relatively speaking it's not a major storm, but it's hitting her more on center than any in the last year or two.

She didn't put her shutters up for it... So she gets to watch everything. Hope it doesn't get strong enough to send something in through the window.


188 posted on 08/25/2005 5:03:24 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Rebelbase
I'm not into electrics - yet - so I can't fully appreciate Ed Romans, though I've heard the name tossed around before. They do have a decent selection of acoustics, but not really quite the same. The tone wood page does have some nice pictures, though!

Typically I browse places like Cotten Music and Elderly Instruments and sometimes Buffalo Brothers for high quality guitar...umm...pictures. Cotten's instruments are pretty much all way out of my league, but gosh they have purty things! Got to stop there once. Super, super nice folks.

189 posted on 08/25/2005 5:09:13 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Eek...hope she doesn't seriesly regret not putting up the shutters!

Though...man I'd hate being cooped in with those up. That's gotta be a horrible claustrophobic feeling.


190 posted on 08/25/2005 5:11:01 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: Rebelbase
Gosh, though...with the wood not needing to be even and stable when really thin like you need for acoustic...you get away with some really wild looking wood! Just lookin' through more of the pictures. Awfully pretty stuff - I love some of the burled woods, especially.
191 posted on 08/25/2005 5:17:56 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

I agree... It'd make me crazy to hear it outside and not see.


192 posted on 08/25/2005 5:23:14 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton

I just noticed the new thread and I'm in before 1000.

Fitting, about the ending word "Dell". My son is out in Tn. training at the Dell Plant near Nashville for the next 3 weeks.


193 posted on 08/25/2005 5:31:55 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, otherwise how would you tell when you'd reached Oz?

Wait, that's tornados.


194 posted on 08/25/2005 5:33:02 PM PDT by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

Those custom acoustics in those links are works of art. Much more so than an electric.


195 posted on 08/25/2005 5:33:55 PM PDT by Rebelbase ("Run Hillary Run" bumper stickers. Liberals place on rear bumper, conservatives put on front bumper)
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To: JenB

Well, they can have those in the eye wall.


196 posted on 08/25/2005 5:40:11 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Rebelbase

And they've got the price tag to go with it!

They *are* art, though, truly! They take a lot of care and time to build...and they're totally individual due to the woods and who knows what. Mine was built in a small shop, and I've played a few guitars that officially were identical - same types of wood, same body size - but they each had their own voice.

It's just something I truly love about guitars. I'd love to work part time someday in a shop that carried high end acoustics, just to be around 'em. Visiting Cotten was something else, I'll tell ya! They knew I wasn't in buying mode, but they still let me play a bunch and look to my heart's content. It was lovely.

Heh...I'll shut up now. Just something I feel strongly about. ;-)


197 posted on 08/25/2005 5:44:37 PM PDT by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

The woods in fine rifle and shotgun stocks and even in handgun grips are the same way. Even from the same wood, they're all different. I think they aim the same though ;~D


198 posted on 08/25/2005 5:49:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: HairOfTheDog

mine?...


199 posted on 08/25/2005 5:52:18 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: HairOfTheDog

mine?...


200 posted on 08/25/2005 5:52:19 PM PDT by g'nad
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