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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: Rocko
we insensative ET-haters need to stick together.

I haven't seen ET either. Sounds like I'm the lucky one!

23,141 posted on 09/02/2002 3:20:40 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
That's right. But in the center where I am they make a hybrid....viengary with just enough catsup to make the sauce red.
23,142 posted on 09/02/2002 3:22:05 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
I'm expecting Spock to break out in "Bilbo! Bilbo!" any minute now.....

That happened in THIS episode....

23,143 posted on 09/02/2002 3:23:14 PM PDT by Rocko
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To: Overtaxed
I don't like fighting crowds.

Well most of the PC is kept to the movies and the wretched 'Gay' weeks (although maybe Gandalf will come to one of them, grrrr!). There are a number of times during the year when there are no crowds at Disney (or the other theme parks). As I remember, this includes January, after the holidays, until Spring breaks start, in late February; May(?); September until Christmas, except Thanksgiving week. At these periods, you usually have no crowds, and no lines at all, except for short ones at the most popular rides.

23,144 posted on 09/02/2002 3:26:08 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Overtaxed
But in the center where I am they make a hybrid....viengary with just enough catsup to make the sauce red.

Florida barbecue is smoked, and served dry, with the beef and pork sliced, with several different sauces on the side, according to your taste.

23,145 posted on 09/02/2002 3:28:27 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Rocko
Ahhhh....Spock in love....
23,146 posted on 09/02/2002 3:37:29 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Did I mention that NC barbdcue is cooked over a hickory fire?

OK...now I have to reveal what a stick-in-the-mud I am. :) I don't care for "amusement" parks or going on rides. I'd end up spending a lot of money just to be bored all day.

23,147 posted on 09/02/2002 3:43:00 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
I love amusement parks. Roller coasters are so fun... in fact I think I should demand Friday off and go to a park then...
23,148 posted on 09/02/2002 3:57:52 PM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB
Id rather go up to the Parkway and make that hike up to The Devil's Courthouse.
23,149 posted on 09/02/2002 4:00:34 PM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Yah. Sounds ... fun. Give me an amusement park any day!
23,150 posted on 09/02/2002 4:09:21 PM PDT by JenB
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To: 2Jedismom
No one in my family is that crazy about it and my parents have thought I'm a little odd because of it. Sure, I have liked my share of other music, but it's the old Celtic tunes I come back to over and over

It's funny you mention that. My older and just younger sister have developed a love of Celtic music, as I have, though we all came to it seperately and without the others knowing about it. Our maternal grandmother was Irish, but she never talked about her Irish roots; I'm not even sure when her family came over. Her paternal grandparents, the Selbys, were from Kentucky and her great grandfather was a colonel in the Confederate Army, but I'm not sure about the maternal side, the Dolans. I don't think anyone in our family ever asked her about or did any sort of search.

My younger sister loves to go to Celtic fests and Highland games, neither of which I have ever done. Living in MA, I could avail myself of some live Celtic music, but I just don't feel like schleping into Boston!

23,151 posted on 09/02/2002 4:09:41 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Had you seen Spiderman yet?

No I hadn't seen it yet... and haven't had a chance to watch it all the way through yet either... But I was getting into it before I had to leave on errands.

Well, I went to town to buy the suddenly-needed new TV! (Remember my sound finally went out on my old one?) Well, since the old one was a 25 inch and I felt it was a good size, I walked into the store ready to buy a 27 inch and be better off than I was.

Well. Once I saw the choices and the bigger sets, I splurged and bought the 32 inch! It is still in the truck... I need to put it on a different piece of furniture than the old one was on... luckily I have my old desk that will work nicely. But I have no idea how I am gonna get it unloaded. It is in a big box and it is heavy! Called a couple friends, but no one is home. hmmmm.

Oh! - and I found Fiddle on the Roof (My now-2nd favorite movie) on DVD and bought that too!

23,152 posted on 09/02/2002 4:11:00 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman
Yes I found cedar beds too (and the tv story above) and they are nice cedar beds with a foam layer too and a washable cover! - Two of the dogs are old dogs, one is young. I hope they like them better than the couch... I am getting tired of washing that cover all the time!
23,153 posted on 09/02/2002 4:13:52 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Sam Cree
Tolkien draws an authoritative, absolute distinction between the pretty sprites of Shakespeare and popular fancy, and the Elves of true folklore.

That's very interesting, SC! I feel the same way about the Victorian idea of fluff angels versus the idea of the Biblical Angel. When anyone in the Bible is visited by an Angel, the Angel's first words are "fear not". To me, that means that the creature before them is not some sort of wispy, romantic thing, but a awesome, powerful being of whom they would be afraid!

23,154 posted on 09/02/2002 4:14:04 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
O tempora! O mores!

Does that mean "Thats outrageous! That's silly!"?

23,155 posted on 09/02/2002 4:15:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Rocko; Sam Cree
Awwww... ET was nice! Made me cry and the end! - Rent it Sam!
23,156 posted on 09/02/2002 4:17:26 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Congratulations on the new set! We had the same problem when we bought a 32" set, it wouldn't fit in our old entertainment unit. Wound up putting in on an old roller cart that was just barely big enough.

Our 32" set is too heavy for me to carry alone. I can lift it, but I can't carry it very far....

The Movie should look great on the new set!
23,157 posted on 09/02/2002 4:24:11 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: HairOfTheDog; Sam Cree
Skip E.T. and rent The Iron Giant instead... much better movie, IMHO!
23,158 posted on 09/02/2002 4:26:28 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear
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To: Sam Cree
Here is Return of the Hunters by Pieter Breughel the Elder, painted in 1565.

It also looks like the style of one of my favorite artists, Will Moses. I think he is the great grandson of Grandma Moses. I just love this style of art. I'm going to have to keep a lookout for more Brueghel!

23,159 posted on 09/02/2002 4:27:27 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Overtaxed
I don't care for "amusement" parks or going on rides.

Well I don't know if you have ever been to a theme park, but the 'rides' in Disneyworld are not much like ordinary amusement parks or state and county fairs. Many of them are meant as educational experiences, presented in an entertaining way. Epcot is more like a permanent World's Fair than it is like an amusement park.

23,160 posted on 09/02/2002 4:35:20 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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