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The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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!

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To: Overtaxed

And in other news - light wintery mix.


10,501 posted on 12/26/2007 5:43:56 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: HairOfTheDog

Heh...apparently my dog needs another vacation...he’s been out like a light ever since I’ve been home. It’s almost kind of spooky.


10,502 posted on 12/26/2007 6:09:02 PM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

Our beagle is lame and exhausted. They had a good time!


10,503 posted on 12/26/2007 6:13:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman
Did a major ‘cubicle cleanup’ today. Archiving and recycling. It’s pretty amazing the stuff that you find when you start rooting around in the files. ‘Bout halfway done.

I did some poking around under junk in the basement. I found a crate of 7.62mm I had put there "temporarily" about ten years ago, and then forgot about. Better than finding a misplaced $100 bill, although bills are easier to misplace.

When I worked at Nissan R&D, they had a yearly cleanup of all extra paperwork, and parts that engineers tended to accumulate. I watched as a document destruction truck ran around the clock, shredding paper. The car crusher (they had their own, so experimental cars could be destroyed on site) was kept busy, too.

After all the cleanup, I walked around, and couldn't tell that anything had changed.

10,504 posted on 12/26/2007 6:37:33 PM PST by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: Lil'freeper
But didja boogie?

No boogie. But I smoked 'em in bowling and in Electronic Banking Monopoly (Board game, non-Wii related).

10,505 posted on 12/26/2007 7:07:01 PM PST by Corin Stormhands ( It's okay to tell me "Merry Christmas")
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To: 300winmag

Here’s hoping there will be an obvious difference, even to the most undiscerning eye, when I’m finished. Finding a case of 7.62, now that is way cool, can’t say I’ve found anything like that (yet). :-)


10,506 posted on 12/26/2007 7:44:05 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman
Finding a case of 7.62, now that is way cool, can’t say I’ve found anything like that (yet). :-)

It was more like embarrassing. However, the knowledge that the ammo was now worth quite a bit more than when I first bought it helped me overcome my feelings of inadequate housekeeping.

10,507 posted on 12/26/2007 7:59:27 PM PST by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Need a Wii one of these days...

We’re home. Exhausted, but it was a good trip.


10,508 posted on 12/26/2007 8:33:14 PM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; All
Well, we had an interesting Christmas. Got home from Midnight Mass, and the choir party around 2:15, but stayed up til about 4, since Paul got in around 3am, and we did St Nick, and the kids opened one gift. I got to bed, but was still having the breathing problems I'd had for a week or two, so I got up about 8:30. Just walking around did me in, so I decided I need to visit the ER. Well, that did it. They admitted me, cause I had Atrial Fibrillation. So SirKit brought the kids up to the hospital that evening and they brought me some of my gifts, and they each brought one of theirs, because I'd left before we could open any gifts that morning. The ham was still frozen anyway, so I had them put it back in the freezer and they had pizza for Christmas dinner.

Anyway, I'm still here. SirKit brought me a laptop so I'm freeping from the hospital. I had an echo cardiogram this morning and a Cardiac CT tonight. The heart rhythm doc said I have a wiring problem,and the AF caused my breathlessness. They'll come get me about 9, put me under with sedation in my IV, give me a nifty oxygen mask, then do their thing. One of the procedures is a scan of the back of the heart. They do it by sticking a tube down my throat. I asked the Doc if I'm under when they do that and he said yes. That's fine, as long as I don't have to know when it's happening. Then thehy apply tiny paddles to my chest and zap me. He said he whole thing takes about 15 mins. then they brring me back to my room.

So could y'all spare a prayer or two for me, while you're praying for g'nad? I'd appreciate it! Doc said I might be able to go home tomorrow evening, but Friday morning for sure, if there are no complications.

10,509 posted on 12/26/2007 9:58:42 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

God bless you, SuziQ, you’re in my prayers. A-fib is debilitating but it can be tolerated, I’ve been in it for 16 years now.


10,510 posted on 12/27/2007 12:36:45 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year)
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To: SuziQ

Not a good way to spend Christmas. Hope everything goes well and you can go home soon.


10,511 posted on 12/27/2007 12:39:50 AM PST by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: SuziQ

Get some rest! :)


10,512 posted on 12/27/2007 5:07:12 AM PST by Overtaxed
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10,513 posted on 12/27/2007 5:07:46 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: SuziQ

Oh dear SuziQ! I sure hope you’re feeling better and can go home soon. Thanks to SirKit for bringing you the laptop and letting us know!

Prayers that everything goes well today!


10,514 posted on 12/27/2007 5:08:49 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Overtaxed
*snort* I finally saw the entire movie The Birds just a couple of weeks ago. Don't know how I managed to go so long without having seen the whole thing!
10,515 posted on 12/27/2007 5:10:31 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: JenB

So did you have a fun Chistmas visit with your family? Did your Mom approve of the gifts for the bothers?


10,516 posted on 12/27/2007 5:11:57 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

So... what time do we have to leave this morning? :~)


10,517 posted on 12/27/2007 5:11:59 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ

Gadzooks, Mrs. Q... Dang.

Prayers up of course. An interesting Christmas indeed.


10,518 posted on 12/27/2007 5:19:17 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

I’ve been experiencing heart palpitations since at least 1998. I had a full work-up then; Holter Monitor, Echo Cardiogram, etc. Doc told me then, I had no underlying heart disease, and it must be funky wiring. He also said I might have to have the Cardio Version sometime. This was the first time I’ve ever had the breathlessness with it, though, so they considered it more series. That’s why I’m having the shock treatment. ;o)


10,519 posted on 12/27/2007 5:58:47 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

Well, ugh. That’s no fun! Here’s hoping you’re home by the end of the week!


10,520 posted on 12/27/2007 6:11:47 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton)
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