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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: Overtaxed
Plus one of my cats was in a REALLY demanding mood last night and kept yowling at me and trying to grab the bow. She was very jealous of the fiddle, I think...being held and all that.
23,861 posted on 09/05/2002 6:29:47 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
Hehehe....my sister's cats head for the exits when she practices. My kitty actually stayed beside me while I practiced last night.
23,862 posted on 09/05/2002 6:33:35 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Hehehe....my sister's cats head for the exits when she practices. My kitty actually stayed beside me while I practiced last night.

Mine NEVER leave me alone. Sometimes I wish they would! If I sit down to play, my dog and one of my cats usually tries to get in my lap, and one of the other two cats attacks the bow. If I stand, it's at least narrowed down to one.

And walking to another room doesn't help any...I have multiple shadows...

23,863 posted on 09/05/2002 6:38:00 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
My cat usually follows me around and likes to curl up beside me. However, when I get into the second octave she sometimes leaves the room (c'mon kitty...it's not that bad!)
23,864 posted on 09/05/2002 6:40:25 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
My cat usually follows me around and likes to curl up beside me. However, when I get into the second octave she sometimes leaves the room (c'mon kitty...it's not that bad!)

My cats don't seem to care, but some high notes or out of tune double-stops (when you play two strings together on fiddle) really seem to bother my dog. She won't actually LEAVE (lazy bum), but she starts sighing and sometimes even breathes in sharply like I'm hurting her.

Everyone's a critic...

23,865 posted on 09/05/2002 6:43:44 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
Everyone's a critic...

Ain't that the truth! We used to have a music critic dog. He would nap under the piano when Mom was playing it and get up and leave when my sister started playing (much to the delight of me and my other siblings. Hehehehe.)

23,866 posted on 09/05/2002 6:47:11 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
LOL...and I'm sure you and your siblings made SURE to tease your sister about this at every opportunity! My siblings and I end up being rather brutal critics of one another when it comes to music...though we also brag to people outside the family about the more musical amongst us.

When I started learning fiddle in April after having played mandolin about a year, one of my brothers came over to visit. I practiced for a few minutes while he was listening, and he came over and said, "Don't quit your day instrument." It was a slam, but cracked me up!

23,867 posted on 09/05/2002 6:56:12 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
"Don't quit your day instrument."

Hehehe....it'll be a while before I'm good enough to stake out a spot on the sidewalk with my tin cup.

23,868 posted on 09/05/2002 7:02:18 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Hehehe....it'll be a while before I'm good enough to stake out a spot on the sidewalk with my tin cup.

Me too! I've performed on mando (of a sort...little benefit concerts), but it'll be a LONG while before I'm ready for that with fiddle.

Maybe by Entmoot we'll be ready? It would help offset travel costs!

(And if we AREN'T ready, maybe someone will pay us to stop playing?)

23,869 posted on 09/05/2002 7:10:26 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
(And if we AREN'T ready, maybe someone will pay us to stop playing?)

Hmmmm....wonder if Jack Benny ever thought of that angle.

23,870 posted on 09/05/2002 7:16:22 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: ksen; Sam Cree
Thanks for bringing a bit of high culture to our down to earth hole Sam.


23,871 posted on 09/05/2002 7:24:18 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad
Was it something I said?

(BTW, where's the stinky dwarf this a.m.?)

23,872 posted on 09/05/2002 7:41:35 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Ah, yes, out here we normally don't think of the challenging parts coming from the people-type critters.
23,873 posted on 09/05/2002 7:42:56 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Corin Stormhands
Our Man of Gondor is missing too!
23,874 posted on 09/05/2002 7:43:45 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
I haven't seen the Beorning, either. What happen?
23,875 posted on 09/05/2002 7:47:05 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
It's those Elves! Their leaving ME started a trend.
23,876 posted on 09/05/2002 7:51:03 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Corin Stormhands; RosieCotton; Sam Cree; 2Jedismom; Overtaxed; g'nad; Scott from the Left Coast; ...
Hullo! - Good Morning!

I will be away today! - Gotta go on a road trip up the Peninsula for work!

Hope everyone has a nice day today!

23,877 posted on 09/05/2002 7:51:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Back in the early 1980s a double murder on the Appalachian Trail, put my home county on the map. They caught the guy, not a relative, but a classmate of my brother.

I never knew I lived in Appalachia until I moved away (we're right on the edge anyway).

23,878 posted on 09/05/2002 7:52:52 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: HairOfTheDog
Good morning!

VERY cool picture...hadn't seen that one before.
23,879 posted on 09/05/2002 7:53:45 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Overtaxed
Hair's gone....

ElfBash!


23,880 posted on 09/05/2002 7:54:52 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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