The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• 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...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

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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[RMDupree]

So it was just a dead battery, huh? Could have been worse.

And with a check coming tomorrow, the timing's alright. If there ever is really a good time for a broke-down truck, that is. :-D

[ecurbh]

Yeah, but the levee was dry. :~(

[HairOfTheDog]

got the bead on the skunk... he "got it"... he knew why we were out there...

getting a bead on a skunk is never to be encouraged ;~D

They aren't as common as they used to be, years go by nowadays between times that I catch a whiff.

Are they not in FLA at all?

[ecurbh]

The repair guy said the battery was from 1993. So it lived a good long life. But it's time had come.

[RMDupree]

You'll be fine tomorrow, chica. Just relax, take a deep breath, put on your best smile and think "here goes nothing!".

Oh! And a super-charged Corolla is a Camry. It's VEY nice as far as sedans go.

[RosieCotton]

Wow...isn't typical battery life only about five years?

Maybe that's in colder climates.

Still...yeah, I'd say it had lived a long and successful life...

[Ramius]

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.

Mmmm... hehehe... that would 'splain why I wanna keep the Mustang and yet get something that's more "practical" for crummy weather. Sure... the 0-to-60 will get your attention... but it's the 60-to-130 that gets you digging your fingernails into the seats. :-) [sigh] I love that part. :-)

[Corin Stormhands]

mmm...whiskey and rye...

so, there's that. ;-)

[Sam Cree]

Never have seen one in Dade County.

[RMDupree]

Supposedly we have both spotted and striped skunks in Florida, but I've never seen either.

Maybe the gators ate them all up!

[RosieCotton]

Ya know...my ideal car would probably be something like a Camry wagon, but they don't make 'em. Haven't since '96.

I test drove a used one right before I got the van. It was NICE. Vey smooth driving, and with the same "cockpit" as my Corolla, pretty much.

But it had a salvage title. Flood. That was one of the reasons it didn't work out.

Wish they still made 'em - maybe even with AWD.

I guess that's a very sad and unadventurous ideal car!

[RMDupree]

WOW! Twelve years?!

I replace mine every five years, if it even lasts that long.

[HairOfTheDog]

Prolly too dang hot....

I mean... skunk smell in muggy heat, I bet they can't stand themselves ;~\

[RosieCotton]

Elrond is tattling on Isildur. Like he couldn't have done something himself...

[RMDupree]

but it's the 60-to-130 that gets you digging your fingernails into the seats.

Sounds like a recipe for Road Paste to me. :-P

[ecurbh]

Mmmm... road paste.

[Ramius]

Battery was from 93? I don't think so... That would make it pretty much OEM. I could swear there was a new battery put in there a few years ago. But even so... they don't last forever. But... Good to get a new one anyway.

[Sam Cree]

found this: "Having adapted well to neighborhoods, it's not uncommon to find skunks and domestic cats dining peacefully together. There have been cases of skunks entering homes through pet doors, dining with the family cat and finding a quiet closet or empty bed to spend the night. As long as the skunk does not feel threatened, it won't spray."

Also said their spray is accurate to 15 feet!

[RMDupree]

I guess that's a very sad and unadventurous ideal car!

No way! You're a sensible Hobbit lass, after all.

If you could have any car you wanted, I'm sure a whole set of other possibilities would spring to mind though. ;-)

[ecurbh]

Hmmm, well that's what the repair guy said after looking at the alphanumeric code on it. But of course, that would be when it was manufactured, not necessarily when it was installed. So there's that.