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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: Bear_in_RoseBear; All
We're watching The Twilight Zone marathon on SciFi. It's the strangest thing... yes the plots, but... I think this is the first time I've seen any of them on an HD TV. The image is too crisp and isn't congruent with my fond memories. I don't know quite what to think.
10,921 posted on 01/01/2008 5:57:23 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: Lil'freeper; LSAggie
Heh. We've been watching Twilight Zone too. They used a lot of sconces back in the early 60's.
10,922 posted on 01/01/2008 6:05:16 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Lil'freeper
I watched a goodly portion of it yesterday and today, as well. Just plain ol' regular TV here, so it looks pretty much like it always did to me. ;-) However, I started reading about the history of the show, and trivia about each episode on Wikipedia, and learned more than I ever knew before about the show.
10,923 posted on 01/01/2008 6:09:35 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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10,924 posted on 01/01/2008 6:19:36 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

We’re watching “The After Hours” which isn’t as badly redone as “Night of the Meek” was. The mannequins are grainy enough to make me happy. ;)


10,925 posted on 01/01/2008 6:23:25 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: Overtaxed

I like the hair. ;)


10,926 posted on 01/01/2008 6:26:14 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: Lil'freeper

Heh....a can of hairspray with every do.


10,927 posted on 01/01/2008 6:34:56 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: osagebowman

So I fixed collards, black-eye peas, and ham. to Brother’s house for New Year’s. The nephewz cleaned out the collards and peas. Go figure.


10,928 posted on 01/01/2008 6:37:07 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed

LSA fixed rock cornish game hens and wildrice, excellent.

Folding money and coins - collards and black eyed peas. Or so we told.


10,929 posted on 01/01/2008 6:48:24 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Twilight Zone - that was a great series. I could watch them again anytime.


10,930 posted on 01/01/2008 6:53:33 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman
Folding money and coins - collards and black eyed peas.

...with vitamins and fiber too!

10,931 posted on 01/01/2008 6:56:06 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Lil'freeper
Well, "The After Hours" was a Season 1 ep recorded on film, while "Night of the Meek" was one of six Season 2 eps recorded on videotape. So, that may have made a difference in how they look.

I didn't get to see one of my favorite episodes this year ("The Midnight Sun") but I did get to see "Time Enough at Last", "What You Need", and a bunch of other eps that I hadn't seen before.

10,932 posted on 01/01/2008 6:57:13 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Overtaxed

And that fiber and the vitamins makes it all the better.


10,933 posted on 01/01/2008 6:57:44 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman
Oh yes, I agree. "The Outer Limits" is another, similar series, one that I can watch over and over.
10,934 posted on 01/01/2008 7:07:42 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Gremlin.


10,935 posted on 01/01/2008 8:35:37 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Heh... I saw the *other* Shatner episode, "Nick of Time", yesterday.
10,936 posted on 01/01/2008 8:39:51 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Didn’t Starfleet do a background check on him before they admitted him into the Academy?


10,937 posted on 01/01/2008 9:16:52 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Corin Stormhands; All

What Ramius and 300winmag said was right on. My guess is that it’s more than likely a fan bearing. Trouble is figuring out which one. I usually use the twist tie / paperclip trick to try stopping one and see if the sound stops, though I admit it makes me nervous every time...

Happy New Year everyone! Busy day for me: I picked up that free paint, I visited brother / sister-in-law and nieces, and saw another one of the Met Opera broadcasts. And went to church. And the grocery.

I think my main resolution for the year (beside the usual ones) is “A place for everything and everything in its place.” And anything I can’t find a place for should go to Goodwill or some such thing.

We’ll see how successful I am at living it. :-\


10,938 posted on 01/01/2008 10:23:52 PM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Lil'freeper; Overtaxed

We watched a couple of those. Rod Serling was a little bent; brilliant, but bent.


10,939 posted on 01/01/2008 10:54:33 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
So, that may have made a difference in how they look.

That could well be the explanation. It was too crisp and fluid - like the Brit shows filmed on Beta look in comparison to our own shows.

I love "Time Enough at Last" too! My favoritest, though, isn't TZ, but should be. It was Amazing Stories' "The Doll" - the one where a dollmaker makes dolls that look like real people. He plays matchmaker by selling people the dolls of their true loves... and then the people meet in a true Ah-ha! TZ moment.

10,940 posted on 01/02/2008 3:18:11 AM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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