The New Hobbit Hole

[2Jedismom]

The Eye was incredible, though...wasn't it!?? Seemed much larger, more 3D.

[Overtaxed]

It went too fast.

I wonder if they spliced it together like that on purpose just for the ET thing.

[2Jedismom]

I imagine. ET always seems a tad hysterical to me...watching it leaves me feeling disoriented! So many people flashing by that I don't know and it seems like the music is clanging...I don't know. Very likely I'm just old.

[Overtaxed]

I'm just glad they put the trailer near the beginning so I wouldn't have to suffer through the rest of the program.

[Sam Cree]

Oh he looks rough.

I hadn't been to the site in awhile. I went and looked, his face does look kind of scratched up and he looks pretty stressed.

It's kind of sad how Frodo didn't last long after returning from the quest, with his two wounds.

I watched most of the movie last night, I appreciate more and more Wood's performance. I liked particularly where he said: "though I do not know the way..."

[2Jedismom]

I wish I could play my whistle, but everyone's asleep. Maybe when I get that new Hoover?

I really like that new tune...Cairn on the Moor. I wonder what that is? A cairn? I think they mention it in TTT when trying to decided what to do with Boromir's remains. Yes, Legolas suggests it. Is it like a mound?

I'll look it up.

[2Jedismom]

Yes, and even what we had to sit through was dreadful...the Liz Taylor drivel...

Here it is:

Main Entry: cairn
Pronunciation: 'karn, 'kern
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English (Sc) carne, from Scottish Gaelic carn; akin to Old Irish & Welsh carn cairn
Date: 15th century
: a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark
- cairned /'karnd, 'kernd/ adjective

[Overtaxed]

I think it's a mound of rocks built up like a tomb.

Kitty's sleeping....hate to wake her up.

[2Jedismom]

This Hoover will be the first whistle I own that is all one piece, doesn't have a plastic mouthpiece. It's going to be brass and with a regular bore instead of that narrow bore that I couldn't play. I sent the narrow bore one back to Mr. Hoover along with a couple of jars of my homemade plum jam.

[2Jedismom]

Here they are at The Whistle Shop...

http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/whistles/inexpensive/hoover/regbore/regularb.htm

[2Jedismom]

And that other guy (that talked bad about my livingroom)is sending me that Dixon...he says it's the tunable one...here, on the right.

[Overtaxed]

I like my one-piece Clarke although the mouthpiece seems to clog easier than my Meg. But that might be because I play it more than the Meg. Guess I should try that soap treatment again.

That Hoover is a nice looking whistle. Isn't he supposed to start making them again next month?

[Overtaxed]

So which one is your favorite whistle?

[2Jedismom]

Yes. He said he would make mine right away though..told me to give him my address so he could get it to me! I'm just thrilled. It's one of his "praise whistles". Every tenth whistle he makes, he gives away for the glory of God. All his praise whistles end in "0".

[Overtaxed]

Have you seen the Middle Earth Sweepstakes at lordofthering.net? First prize is a trip to New Zealand for two and a 2003 Kia.

[2Jedismom]

It really depends. When I'm just "playing", I still really like my Feadóg. It's easy and fun to play. The Susato takes a little more effort (not too much), and it's so loud!! Sometimes, I'm in the mood to play really loud and that's when I grab the Susato. The megs are quieter...more airy and that's good for some tunes and all the little Generations are very similar to my Feadóg...just in a different key and I play different things with them just to see how they sound. Swallowtail jig is sure cute on the high G!

[Overtaxed]

Are they engraved with an official number?

[2Jedismom]

What do you do to sign up?

[2Jedismom]

The Hoovers are, yes. And signed.

[SuziQ]

I'm not a musician, but here's me, entertaining the guests at my wife's birthday party last winter

LOL!! You bear a striking resemblance to that 'algore in Vietnam' picture that was making the rounds before the 2000 election! He was standing over his gun, looking down into the barrel!