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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: Ramius

hehehehe...

I just remembered. It wasn't a Chrysler. It was a Plymouth. An Acclaim, to be exact.

Lordy, lordy...was that car a mess to get used to.

And just when I did, my Toyota came out of the shop. :-D

Older Pontiacs are terrible with layouts too. Especially the Grand Ams of the late 80s, early 90s.


8,321 posted on 10/13/2005 7:30:27 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

He's not an easy character to watch, if'n ya know what I mean.

I hope he has a happy ending.


8,322 posted on 10/13/2005 7:30:28 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: Corin Stormhands

LOL!!

They both raise a stink if you bother them. And you wouldn't want either one around your home.


8,323 posted on 10/13/2005 7:31:53 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

On the other hand, I LOVED the layout of my little Corolla. It was kind of a bare bones model, so it didn't have many niceties...but everything was just...right. Easy to reach, logical.

I loved that car. *snif* Except for the no get-up-and-go.


8,324 posted on 10/13/2005 7:32:27 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: RMDupree
"I have yet to see a real, live skunk. Or even a dead one, for that matter."

Not to worry, there is a fairly common tree, native to South Florida, the white stopper, that smells like a skunk.

If you are ever driving with your windows down through an area that sill has the old Dade County or Keys jungle and smell a slightly skunk like odor, it's the stoppers.

8,325 posted on 10/13/2005 7:33:29 PM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: RosieCotton
For those who haven't watched the first season yet, I'll use super-secret-white-font...

I know exactly what you mean. When I saw that Mary statue sticking out of his bag, I just wanted to cry. He's beaten it. Why would he even want it around? And he's got a baby now, in a way. *shakes head sadly*

8,326 posted on 10/13/2005 7:34:45 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Sam Cree

But I've never smelled a skunk, so how would I know? *wink*


8,327 posted on 10/13/2005 7:36:28 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

...</font color=white>He should never have picked it up. I just really hope nothing comes of it...but considering how defensive he was last time we saw him...I wonder. Grrr!


8,328 posted on 10/13/2005 7:37:16 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: RMDupree
I have yet to see a real, live skunk.
Or even a dead one, for that matter.
Either way, I'm prolly lucky. ;-D

Yes... as it would happen. We had a skunk gettin' into the dog pen when I was a kid... The dog was stunk up good and proper. Dad and I went out skunk huntin'. It was pretty cool, since it was the first time my Dad let me carry a loaded rifle as we were walkin' the loggin' roads.

I was about ten, and I was packin' my Marlin .22LR Golden Mountie. Proud as can be. :-)

Killed us a skunk, we did. Whether it was the right skunk was simply not important. The dog, a Lab named Chip (pick of the litter from Gunner, our old Lab, a former national field trial champion) got the bead on the skunk... he "got it"... he knew why we were out there... that dog was simply born to hunt. It was his whole life.

:-)

8,329 posted on 10/13/2005 7:37:21 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 900 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree

Well...that was dumb.


8,330 posted on 10/13/2005 7:37:28 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: RMDupree
Font wasn't white, but my face is red.
8,331 posted on 10/13/2005 7:38:06 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: RMDupree

Good point :-)


8,332 posted on 10/13/2005 7:38:33 PM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: RosieCotton

My first car was a 1982 Toyota Corolla station wagon. Silver. Loved it.

Second car. Toyota Corolla - 1983, 2 door model. Dark blue and decorated with Grateful Dead bears in the back window. (I know, I know)

Third car - 1997 Toyota Tacoma XL 4x2 extended cab ("Betsy"). Dark green. Broke my heart to trade it in for the Rav-4 ("Ginger"), but I really needed a back seat for the kids.

All three were reliable and sensibly put together. But ZERO pick-up. If I needed to pass someone, I had to turn off the A/C first to get the extra zip I needed.

No joke. :-D


8,333 posted on 10/13/2005 7:41:38 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton

Thanks. I won't have to watch it now. ;-)


8,334 posted on 10/13/2005 7:41:44 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: RosieCotton

*laughing*

You forgot to put on The One Ring, Rosie. Everyone can see!


8,335 posted on 10/13/2005 7:42:42 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Sam Cree; RosieCotton; Corin Stormhands; RMDupree; Ramius

Evenin' folks. We just got back... had to get a new battery put in the Chevy and got some dinner while we was waiting.

One car repair down, one to go. ~sigh~

At least tomorrow's payday, so there's that.


8,336 posted on 10/13/2005 7:44:42 PM PDT by ecurbh (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Ramius

Chip wanted vengeance.

Chip got vengeance.

Skunk got smoked.

*snif* I love dog stories with happy endings.


8,337 posted on 10/13/2005 7:45:31 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree
All three were reliable and sensibly put together. But ZERO pick-up. If I needed to pass someone, I had to turn off the A/C first to get the extra zip I needed.

Exactly. I didn't do a lot of passing since I mostly drove rural roads, but I hadda turn off the A/C on hills if I didn't want to slow to a crawl. Pretty sad. Needed a few extra hamsters, I guess. I'd love a car that was essentially a slightly bigger, more turbocharged Corolla, but I don't think it exists; not exactly anyhow.

8,338 posted on 10/13/2005 7:46:10 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: ecurbh

Did you drive the Chevy to the levee?


8,339 posted on 10/13/2005 7:47:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: RMDupree

Hopefully I'm a bit brighter during the interview tomorrow.

As far as remembering the proper things to do and say, I mean...not wearing the Ring. ;-)

Arwen's making horses. Imposter...


8,340 posted on 10/13/2005 7:47:19 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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