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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: RosieCotton
I don't think there are any tunes specifically for color-pointed cats Nothing for calicoes or orange tabbies? ("niece" and "nepwhew" cats)
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
It is our other little place! - There are files and other mathoms there that we collected.... And a chat room.
We go there sometimes and idly chat, and sometimes we watch the movie together, and chat through it... kinda like whispering in the theater!
The chat room is good for other live events, like the Oscars, too, when that time comes!
I will FRMail you an invitation! - It is a private place just for us, so I have to keep it secret, keep is safe! Do you have a yahoo ID already? If not you will need one... I will send you the instructions in a minute!
Since Spet. 22 is Bilbo's birthday, we think it would be good to do a chat view, perhaps Sunday evening!
To: Overtaxed
How about for cat owners who can's spell? nepwhew=nephew
To: Overtaxed
Still can't spell!
To: SuziQ
Everytime I read about stuffing, they are always warning about making sure the interior of the turkey has reached a certain temperature or you should throw the stuffing out.That's why we never did it inside the turkey. Mom was always paranoid about foods being done enough...
We have a constant debate over dry vs mushy dressing / stuffing. (Of course, ours is the proper breadcrumb dressing rather than cornbread...;-) Some of my more vocal brothers like it mushy...some like it dryish. That comes up EVERY SINGLE YEAR now. Dad usually makes it...that was always his part of the meal, that and loading the turkey into the oven and carving it when it was done.
Here it is not even the end of September, and I'm already starting Thanksgiving discussions! Shame on me!
To: Overtaxed
Well...all of mine are seal-point types. Nothing for them, unless there are tunes that reference Siam or the Himalayas!
To: RosieCotton
But then, I don't expect my kitty to dance jigs anytime soon. :)
To: HairOfTheDog
other mathoms Mathoms? I see this is my day to learn all sorts of new things. Heading for the dictionary....
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
Mathoms? I see this is my day to learn all sorts of new things. Heading for the dictionary.... It probably won't be in the dictionary...it's a hobbit word. See here
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
For the definition of mathoms, I think you will want to look in a hobbit dictionary!
At no time had Hobbits of any kind been warlike, and they had never fought among themselves. In olden days they had, of course, been often obliged to fight to maintain themselves in a hard world; but in Bilbo's time that was very ancient history. The last battle, before this story opens, and indeed the only one that had ever been fought within the borders of the Shire, was beyond living memory: the Battle of Greenfields, S.R. 1147, in which Bandobras Took routed an invasion of Orcs. Even the weathers had grown milder, and the wolves that had once come ravening out of the North in bitter white winters were now only a grandfather's tale. So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.
To: HairOfTheDog
No such word in the dictionary. Must be a techie term... I'll figure it out from context later.....
To: HairOfTheDog
Like a proper hobbit, I have LOTS of mathoms...far too many, I'm afraid!
To: SuziQ
Oh and the particular whistle I was playing was a Feadóg brass D. You can get them on Ebay for a few bucks, but don't come with any tutorial, and I wish Hair had the tutorial...it would help her. If your daughter has any kind of musical experience though, she probably doesn't need the tutorial and could get away with just a whistle alone.
I've bought 4 whistles from this guy in Ireland.
To: HairOfTheDog
Doh! I should have known better; had completely forgotten this passage. What an endearing concept. A name for the things packrats can't get rid of. I love it!
To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
To: 2Jedismom
I have a little musical experience, at least, I used to be able to read music. I played the trumpet!
I just have no control over the sound it is making! Maybe if I had played a wind intrument instead of a brass. I am blowing too hard I think.
How many whistles do you have?
To: HairOfTheDog
Let's see. I have 2 Feadóg Ds, a Meg in C and one in D, a cane whistle in B, and my Susato in D. I'm expecting in the mail that Hoover Bb from that guy, and I ordered Generation High G, F, and Eb and am expecting it in the mail. I also got another Feadóg from that guy in Ireland...don't know why I bought it.
How many is that?
To: 2Jedismom
To: 2Jedismom
I think I count eleven...
To: HairOfTheDog; rightwingreligiousfanatic
That growth moved to the other side of the blue guy's head. He may be in big trouble.
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