I liked your post 8038, it was eloquent, we should all be flattered, I think. I agree that all here seem to share values, though we are a varied group in many ways.
As a fairly new (though long time lurker) FR member, I really enjoy posting and reading all around FR. But this thread is my "home" here. If it ever dies out (won't any time soon), we'll all feel like we have friends as we surf around FreeRepublic.
Thank you, I think it was accurate for all of us I have talked to.
I hope you are feeling better Hair, can't go around burning the candle at both ends. One of the advantages of pre-Industrial Revolution cultures like Middle-Earth is that you get a lot more sleep (it is that, or go out and look at the stars, that only goes so far). Less ability to contact folks on the Internet, of course, and there are only so many palantirs (kind of dangerous things to fool around with anyhow!)