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The Hobbit Hole XXXII - Sweet is the sound of falling rain
The Freeper Hobbit Hole Blog ^ | December 1, 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 12:55:15 PM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

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To: RosieCotton
Yesterday, I went to Walmart and was checking myself out. (I always check myself out since the last time I went to a checker and his BO nearly knocked my unconscious). Anyway, I speedily checked myself out, including entering and weighing produce and as I was loading up, the "observer" said "Hey, you're pretty good at checking yourself out!" I said "Thank you...if my boys were here, we'd be even faster...they load up the cart as I'm scanning." She smiled and then I asked "Hey...are people pretty honest with these things?" And she said that amazingly, people are incredibly honest...rarely do they have anyone try to steal.

It made me feel encouraged. Shouldn't surprise me, I guess...leastwise not in Oklahoma where you know I have a pretty high opinion of the citizenry anyways...but it did make me feel good.
4,821 posted on 01/30/2007 12:04:16 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Won't you get hip to this kindly tip When you make that California trip.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Heh... you check yourself out, huh?


4,822 posted on 01/30/2007 12:20:52 PM PST by JenB
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To: JenB; 2Jedismom

Heh...I admit, for a second I was thinking, "You don't have mirrors at home?"

But yeah, I like those check-outs, most of the time. Still kind of miss the clerks at the grocery back home who knew me and who always had the latest local news, though. ;-) But when I'm in a hurry, it's great to be able to just slide on through with my stuff.


4,823 posted on 01/30/2007 12:27:44 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: JenB

Heh! You know what I mean!

;-)

I'm currently trying to find a lime pie recipe using jello, cream cheese, and cool whip.


4,824 posted on 01/30/2007 12:40:56 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Won't you get hip to this kindly tip When you make that California trip.)
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To: 2Jedismom
Still looking?

Key Lime Pie

1 pkg of Cream Cheese
1 pkg of lime Jello
1 cup hot water
1/3 cup lime juice
1 container of Cool Whip Free

Soften the cream cheese and stir until smooth. Dissolve jello in the hot water, then slowly add to the cream cheese.

Whip until smooth with hand mixer. Add lime juice. Fold in Cool Whip.

Refrigerate until a little thicker. Stir. Pour into pie shell. Chill until set.

4,825 posted on 01/30/2007 5:12:57 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Thanks, non-R voters, for the next two years. Hope it's only two.)
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To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad
Jack's brother first appeared last year, but as an unnamed member of the Blue Tooth Mafia. Until he was revealed to be Jack's brother, I don't think it had been mentioned that Jack even had a brother.
4,826 posted on 01/30/2007 5:19:56 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: ExGeeEye

Cool whip folding?

Hmmm...

[sip]

Evenin' folkses...


4,827 posted on 01/30/2007 5:23:04 PM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: SuziQ; Lil'freeper; 2Jedismom
I never saw "Ali McBeal". I always see Peter McNichol as the simpering, then threatening, Museum guy in Ghostbusters II.

Rose and I are most familiar with him as the geeky physics professor Larry on "Numbers". He had to leave that show to film "24"; on "Numbers" they explained the character's absence by having him go off to prepare for a flight on the space shuttle!

4,828 posted on 01/30/2007 5:23:40 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: Ramius

Evening. Another confusing kind of day. *sigh*

You'd think by now I'd stop being confused by every little detail at work. It's coming up on a year. And it ticks me off.


4,829 posted on 01/30/2007 6:10:57 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

What is that show about, anyhow? I've seen references to it, but never really understood.


4,830 posted on 01/30/2007 6:12:18 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Ramius

Sweet boat


4,831 posted on 01/30/2007 6:27:01 PM PST by Professional Engineer (Barbaro dead? Big Macs for everyone!)
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To: SuziQ

The Pianer werks good.


4,832 posted on 01/30/2007 6:28:30 PM PST by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: RosieCotton
"Numbers"? It's about a geeky math genius who uses his mad math skillz to help his brother the FBI agent solve crimes.
4,833 posted on 01/30/2007 6:33:12 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (The time grows near)
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To: ExGeeEye; 2Jedismom

The Key lime pie recipe I use (or more properly, my wife uses) involves key lime juice, sweetened condensed milk and 6 egg yolks. Plus a pie crust of course. when the thing is made, top with whipped cream, and even strawberries. I've had key lime trees in my back yard at various times in my life.


4,834 posted on 01/30/2007 7:06:58 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: ExGeeEye; 2Jedismom

Whoops, just read back a couple posts and noticed the key lime pie recipe requested jello and cool whip. My bad.


4,835 posted on 01/30/2007 7:16:09 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: Sam Cree

I'd still like to see your recipe...


4,836 posted on 01/30/2007 7:19:38 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: ecurbh

I just stumbled upon this piece of music, "Fur Elise", while searching for a ring tone for my new cell phone. It is hauntingly beautiful. I guess it would be well known to you.

It can be listened to by clicking on the rose on this page

http://www.superopera.com/mp3/paraelisa/paraelisa.htm

Wikepedia says that garbage trucks in Taiwan and Iran play it from loudspeakers, which is bizarre. I'm putting it on my cell phone, though.


4,837 posted on 01/30/2007 7:24:30 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: RosieCotton

Hi Rosie, I'll check on the exact recipe. You probably know "Fur Elise" as well, I'm thinking.


4,838 posted on 01/30/2007 7:25:51 PM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: Sam Cree

Yep - Beethoven. I attempted to learn to play a fingerstyle arrangement of it on the guitar at one point, but never really mastered it.

Sure is a purty piece of music, though!


4,839 posted on 01/30/2007 7:28:50 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: Sam Cree; RosieCotton; ecurbh; Lil'freeper

"Fur Elise" is one of the few things I can still ~mostly~ play.


4,840 posted on 01/30/2007 7:31:09 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com)
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