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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!

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

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To: Corin Stormhands; Ramius; Bear_in_RoseBear

Well...I’m going to R-U-N-N-O-F-T for a bit and find dinner....


841 posted on 08/17/2007 7:11:27 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Ramius

And if you haven’t seen that, Ramius, you *must*. Must.


842 posted on 08/17/2007 7:12:07 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Do not seek the traysure.


843 posted on 08/17/2007 7:15:59 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
We thought... you was... a toad!
844 posted on 08/17/2007 7:25:29 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: RosieCotton; Ramius; Bear_in_RoseBear; Rose in RoseBear

We have it if you haven’t seen it Ramius... the Rosebears bought it for us! :~)

Well, isn’t this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from anywhere!


845 posted on 08/17/2007 7:42:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton

We gots fixings for White Russians now. :)


846 posted on 08/17/2007 7:44:52 PM PDT by ecurbh (Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Had dinner. Opted not to try the stew.


847 posted on 08/17/2007 7:48:21 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: ecurbh

Heh...cool.


848 posted on 08/17/2007 7:48:38 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

First sip... hmmm, pretty good, rather smooth and creamy. I think I could get used to these. :)


849 posted on 08/17/2007 8:01:55 PM PDT by ecurbh (Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Yep, one of my favorite movies, I'd have to say.
850 posted on 08/17/2007 8:02:18 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
That forge isn’t sitting over the gas tank is it?

It probably is, but that isn't what I thought would start the fire... it's all the frap and boxes in his truck :~)

851 posted on 08/17/2007 8:06:21 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Ack! I shoulda’ know’d!!!


852 posted on 08/17/2007 8:13:16 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad; Ramius; HairOfTheDog; osagebowman; JenB; TalonDJ; RosieCotton; ecurbh; ...
A small tribute to our troops, by showing what they carry every day, in every kind of weather.

This particular Marine seems to be a member of an engineer unit, since there's a lot of high-explosive toys displayed beneath his rifle. A grunt would carry a couple of extra loaded ammo boxes for a SAW, or a couple of belts of ammo

The larger version of the photo (got a red X the last time) shows what looks like a non-standard revolver to the right of his helmet. There's also a black Gerber multitool to the right of the 40mm grenades, and what might be a Hobbit Hole knife to the right of the M-16 magazines.

853 posted on 08/17/2007 8:27:54 PM PDT by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 300winmag
and what might be a Hobbit Hole knife to the right of the M-16 magazines.

Standard issue! Wouldn't that be something if it was one of ours.

854 posted on 08/17/2007 10:02:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

They’re just dumber than a box of hammers!


855 posted on 08/17/2007 11:16:46 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Ramius

A friend’s son took a blacksmithing class at Olde Sturbridge Village. He enjoyed it immensely, and she was able to find a small anvil for his use at the classes. He got into the whole mettalurgy thing, welding, etc, and now has decided to attend a school in Tulsa to learn pipe fitting, welding, etc, when he graduates from high school.


856 posted on 08/17/2007 11:19:23 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ; Lil'freeper; Bear_in_RoseBear; HairOfTheDog; JenB; osagebowman; All

I've stopped snarking about Howie on theblog. If you Google "Hurricane Dean" my blog shows up on the first page. I'm getting about 1500 hits a day from it, so I'm only posting serious updates.

It's a monster of a storm.

857 posted on 08/18/2007 5:43:40 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (I drink coffee for your protection.)
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To: SuziQ
Just discovered this "DOUBLE HUBBA-HUBBA" Alert on SciFi.com:

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12:00 AM, 17-AUGUST-07
McKidd Finds Last Legion

Former Rome star Kevin McKidd, who appears in the upcoming film The Last Legion, said that the movie takes a new look at the legend of King Arthur. The Scottish actor plays Wulfila opposite Colin Firth as Aurelius, Ben Kingsley as Merlin, Aishwarya Rai as Mira and John Hannah as Nestor.

"It's a movie that takes quite a bit of license with the origins of the King Arthur legend and Excalibur and Merlin and that fable," McKidd said in an interview while promoting his upcoming NBC time-travel series Journeyman. "We're directly linked to the final legion that were lost. There was a famous legion that was supposedly lost without a trace and were kind of left in England when Rome withdrew from their occupation of England."

McKidd shot the movie in various locations around Europe a couple of years ago. "We shot that in North Africa and Slovakia," he said. He added that he had forgotten about the movie until he saw it being advertised a couple of weeks ago. "I went to see Ratatouille the other weekend and saw a poster for it, and that's the first I've known about its release date," he said.

McKidd added: "It's kind of an imaginative romp through Europe, but it's a lot of fun, a lot of action, and it's kind of a fantasy tale that tries to link those two stories." The Last Legion opens Aug. 17.

This fall, McKidd will star in Journeyman, which tells the story of a San Francisco journalist who finds himself unstuck in time, traveling back and forth across the decades to right wrongs. (NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.) —Ian Spelling

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It'sa triple Hubba hubba if'n you're fond of Ben Kingsley. I *love* the historical fiction approach to Arthur over all the fairy-dairy-hocus-pocus-Merlin-magic lore. I really enjoyed Jack Whyte's novels for that reason (the racy bits and poor characterization aside).

858 posted on 08/18/2007 6:07:37 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: 300winmag; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; g'nad; HairOfTheDog

Good Morning ALL: Excellent picture, a different photo than the usual ‘junk on the bunk’. re: the pistol handle, flare gun? That does look like a HH issue knife all right.

G’nad: radar showed you getting a bit of rain last night, was enough to coax Gunner out of the pond?

All’s quiet in our part of theshire, it was cool enough to venture further than Gypsy’s usual ‘hot weather’ loop walk. She appreciates the A/C though. Gots to harvest another crop of peppers, heat hasn’t affected their output.


859 posted on 08/18/2007 6:14:31 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Lil'freeper
Did you ever see the movie The House of Sand and Fog? Ben Kingsley played the lead brilliantly (as usual). I later read the book and while the movie fairly accurately followed the book, the book was clearer in terms of choices available, made and outcomes. Can't say either book or movie were particularly uplifting, but it was a good cautionary tale.
860 posted on 08/18/2007 6:27:40 AM PDT by LSAggie
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