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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: Corin Stormhands

honestly, I don’t know what was so difficult about that...


2,401 posted on 09/06/2007 10:58:38 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

You’d better hope g’nad is too bsuy to notice... he might come after you...


2,402 posted on 09/06/2007 11:02:37 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

He’s still at the copier...


2,403 posted on 09/06/2007 11:03:52 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: JenB

...besides, it’s on the previous page. he’ll never find his way back...


2,404 posted on 09/06/2007 11:04:53 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: HairOfTheDog
I feel like I'm spending any pocket cash I might have had on that ticket. :-\
2,405 posted on 09/06/2007 11:10:09 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Lil'freeper

I like that idea.


2,406 posted on 09/06/2007 11:10:48 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

OK. If you’re going to keep saying “yeah but”, even in small letters, I’m going to say this. I know you’re in no mood, but you need a lecture, IMHO.

You have, or can make, plenty of cash to do both this trip and the ticket without starving to death. I know it. You make money.

My advice, pay it or put it on your credit card or put it off till you get back, or whatever makes you feel better, then put on some optimistic music, kill the sad ballads and snap out of this! Funk breeds funk. I could sit here and complain that I’m fat and frumpy and bored and lazy and work myself into a deep depression by noon. But I’d hope you all wouldn’t just let me. Buck up.

~smile~. Your life is not so bad! I’ve seen worse.


2,407 posted on 09/06/2007 11:23:16 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton
Don't buy any food for your trip before you get to the airport! You will only be allowed to bring onto the plane any food and drink that you've bought AFTER having gone through Security! Then you can bring on anything you want!

If you try to bring anything else on, they'll probably make you throw it away, especially any drinks. Don't know about bags of chips, granola bars, etc., but I wouldn't bother trying to bring anything, simply to avoid the hassle.

2,408 posted on 09/06/2007 11:23:30 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lil'freeper

Out of curiosity, what do you usually put in trail mix?

I used to take that on plane trips when I left from home, because the local natural foods place (strangely enough run by big time Republicans...) had some really good mixes, but I don’t think I’ve seen as much here.


2,409 posted on 09/06/2007 11:23:44 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Lil'freeper
Airplane snacks run $4-5 for a box of salty-sugary-starch crap.

Huh. On our last flights we had box lunches that were great deli sandwiches or a chef salad, some fruit and a cookie.

2,410 posted on 09/06/2007 11:24:59 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ

Drinks I know about...but I think they allow other stuff.

I just don’t like having to pay eight bucks for a made-ahead soggy sammich, ya know?


2,411 posted on 09/06/2007 11:25:19 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog
Woah. When did you fly last? I gotta get on that flight.

Even my trip to CA last spring was a buy-a-box-o'-granola-bars-and-chips flight. At least there was a movie.

2,412 posted on 09/06/2007 11:27:23 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

I think they do that for longer flights - and yeah, they aren’t bad! Not the sort of hot meals we had on overseas flights, but not bad.

But since I’m doing shorter flights (to OH and then to VT) rather than direct, I don’t think they offer anything more substantial than pretzels. Especially since airlines keep cutting back.


2,413 posted on 09/06/2007 11:28:10 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

1 can of mixed nuts, 1 bag o’ raisins (to taste), 1 bag plain M&Ms. Sometimes I’ll put craisins in just to mix it up a bit.


2,414 posted on 09/06/2007 11:28:36 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper

Last spring down to Las Vegas. They had terrific box lunches.


2,415 posted on 09/06/2007 11:29:12 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton
I just don’t like having to pay eight bucks for a made-ahead soggy sammich, ya know?

Its a sure ticket for, ahem, travelers' flu.

2,416 posted on 09/06/2007 11:29:41 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: RosieCotton
I don't do sandwiches. Go to the food court, to the Asian place, and for about $6, you can get your self a fantastic stir-fry with lots of good veggies! Take it on the plane and watch folks drool! I wish they'd allowed this when I was traveling once through JFK. I thought I had a 2 1/2 hr. delay, so I sat myself down with a stir-fry and a quart of water. 15 mins. later, they called my flight and I had to throw it all away in order to board the plane. Then we proceeded out to sit on the tarmac in a line waiting for take off, for another hour and a half!! I wasn't happy about that one little bit. I'm glad they've changed the rules!

As Hair said, it's vacation, just plan to enjoy it, and pay for it later! ;o)

2,417 posted on 09/06/2007 11:30:31 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lil'freeper

Mmmm...craisins...


2,418 posted on 09/06/2007 11:30:40 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
I don’t think they offer anything more substantial than pretzels. Especially since airlines keep cutting back.

We had to buy it, but they had it. Call the airline. Find out. Might even say on your ticket conformation communications somewhere. :~)

2,419 posted on 09/06/2007 11:31:30 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton

Bourbon. Apply as directed.


2,420 posted on 09/06/2007 11:31:55 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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