The New Hobbit Hole

[Overtaxed]

Yes, your profile is very weak. certainly you could give us a little more info without breaching security

Maybe I'll work on that. But isn't it enough to know I've got "tinfoil hat syndrome?" :)

[2Jedismom]

They were down last night too... I wonder if they are making big changes?

[ksen]

Last year's movie winner was Galaxy Quest,....

I thought that movie was hilarious! ;^)

-Kevin

[Penny1]

This hobbit got a late start to the day...and so of course, I missed the big 3000....

[ksen]

They were down last night too... I wonder if they are making big changes?

Might we dare hope that they are putting the TT preview on the site? Or even an extended preview? One can hope anyway. ;^)

PS: I am praying for your heart test.

-Kevin

[Ransomed]

I really think JenB is the only one that can really claim that title, from the group of us that post regularly. We'd love to hear from you, now and then...at least drop us a note every morning and let us know what you're having for 1st and 2nd breakfast! Weather report is optional! ;-)

JenB really does know her Tolkien! What a great resource she is. I like your enthusiasm (obsession? LOL)-- it's contagious. I read The Hobbit to my son when he was 4 or 5 and then the LOTR a few years later. Now he's 25 and a big fan, re-reads them every few years.

Will pop in occasionally with menu plans/weather reports. LOL

Htur_75 Nice to meet you! I really enjoy The Hobbit Hole and check it out every day. In fact, when it's slow I'm annoyed and wonder if all the hobbits are out eating, napping, or partaking of pints! Too bad work gets in the way of good people's enjoyment of life!

[htur_75]

I wonder if all the hobbits are out eating, napping, or partaking of pints! Too bad work gets in the way of good people's enjoyment of life!

Most likely we are doing some or all of the above. It is a shame when we have to work, and not be able to just enjoy life. :-)

[Penny1]

From TORN, here is a link to a supposedly "best quality" version of TTT preview. I can't check it out at work (I can't believe this is happening to me again, it'll be gone by the time I get home I'm sure).

TTT Preview, high quality

I hope someone can get it downloaded and find out if it's any good...TORN won't verify one way or the other, so beware, there are a lot of really nasty hoax video files out there purporting to be TTT preview...

[ksen]

WORK!?!?!..........oh man, gotta go! ;^)

-Kevin

[HairOfTheDog]

The link already is not working - but I don't know if that is your link or the site being down already.... going to TORN now to find it... will I need a secret decoder ring to find it there or is it obvious?

[HairOfTheDog]

Nevermind on the secret decoder ring... I found it. it is downloading now... 28MB... about five minutes to download, four minutes to play, and then I will let you know!

[Penny1]

Thanks, ma'am! Here's hoping!

Was my link bad? Maybe I should just tell people to go to Torn's front page to get the link...

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, it gave me a server error, but the site might be up and down and I got lucky when I went to TORN - 39 seconds left... see you in FOUR!

[JenB]

Hello all! I've been a busy hobbit today, and the one time I was supposed to be online, the lab was closed.... grr, and now I have to get to dinner and a math test shortly. Glad we got 3000, welcome the newbies, and is the new trailer really better quality? Also I am blushing over all the "Tolkien expert" comments; I'm really more of a gifted amateur....

[HairOfTheDog]

Is it better? - Yes and No.

It is, I believe, still an audience bootleg, I can see, I think, the edges of the theater screen... but it doesn't flicker and the resolution (size) is good at full screen and the color and sound are better. It is an .avi file so it plays in WMP. It is, however, subtitled in a slavic-looking language, German perhaps. If you are broadband, it is worth the 5 minute download. If you are dial-up and already have the other one, I wouldn't bother. If you don't have the other versions, try this one!

[Overtaxed]

Too bad work gets in the way of good people's enjoyment of life!

Dontcha just hate it when work interferes with your personal life? Time for pints!

[HairOfTheDog]

And your link appears to be identical to the one at TORN, so you didn't mess it up, but it failed on me again just now... it may just be flooded.

[Penny1]

Thanks for the report! If it's still available when I get home (doubtful), I will probably try it, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it if I can't get it to work. ;)

[Penny1]

Hey, OT, do you have the new link for those stills? Everything got transferred over to: FOTR Gallery because the old location was running out of server space.

Jen, you may want to tell your sister about the new address too...that's where the images will be updated. Tonight's update is going to be more than 5 pages, all from Moria!

[JenB]

I'll email her the new address later this evening, after my math test. Cross your fingers for me, guys, and maybe even pray - I have to get a good grade or I'll get a C in the class. Now I'm going to study and eat, since the test is just over an hour away.