The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.

[RMDupree]

What's up buddy!?

How goes the swashbuckling? *wink*

[RMDupree]

LOL! Marlboro REDS, no less. Sheesh! I'm envious!

[ecurbh]

Mmm, thanks for the snack!

[RMDupree]

Not across the continent, I don't. *grin*

[Wneighbor]

Yes to make it weird tho, after the Navy, he spent the rest of his life working on the railroad. He bought a caboose that sat in his yard up on the banks of the river above the bridge for the main road thru town.

I went to the cemetary this afternoon. Hadn't been there alone yet. Needed to.

Grama's dad was a section foreman for the RR. They lived in the railroad "section house." It was a 2 room house and there were 6 kids. Therefore, they had a freight car in their yard for theb 4 boys.

When I left the cemetary this afternoon it seemed like the world was all in symmetry when I turned north back toward the town where they all used to live instead of south toward Grama's house and the first piece of property had a freight car built as part of the housing.

Yeah, it's a redneck white-trash thing. But, it worked for me this afternoon.

[RMDupree]

BACK! BACK YOU! Off to the backgammon room with ya!

[Wneighbor]

P'raps you have misinterpreted some prior comments. I have successfully pirated and ravished even lately. Just 'cuz I don't talk about it *here* doesn't mean that it ain't happening... :-) I'm not the sort to kiss and tell. :-)

:-) Just referrin' to all those times when you gotta think so long before doin' anything!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Not if her hair was on fire.

Wait, did you actuallly try setting her hair on fire?

[Ramius]

hehehe... howdy...

My buckles are in need of swashing. Working on that.

Just signed a lease today for my new swingin' bachelor pad. Now I just need to shop for the mirror ball, the shag carpet, the black light... all the usual stuff. Chicks dig that. :-)

[Wneighbor]

There was a problem with the dog.

Gee, a minute ago she was "a great person." Now, she's a dog.

[Ramius]

Wait, did you actuallly try setting her hair on fire?

It was an accident. At least that's what the police report said.

[Corin Stormhands]

Yeah, it's a redneck white-trash thing. But, it worked for me this afternoon.

I think it's great. Nothing wrong with rednecks and white trash.

When I was a kid I used to cringe at how "country" my family was (is). But the older I get, and the longer I'm away from there, the more I embrace it. They were solid people. With good, strong morals and work ethics. We need to admire them.

(plus it drives Jr. nuts)

[RMDupree]

That decor sounds like something out of Trading Spaces. Just call one of the kooky designers like Hildi...she'll hook you up!

[Corin Stormhands]

Put a robe on, will ya?

[osagebowman]

WN; didn't find anything really cool plant-wise but a few we had to key out. They rarely seem to look just like they do in the ID books. Dang, there's a lot of plants out there. :-)

Hair; that Paul J guy on the dog thread had to be a troll. btw, good call on the boy-friend vs dog question. Same would have to apply for girl-friends.

I'd just have to include cats in the dog issue, though. We have been dog-less for periods of time over the years but have never been cat-less.

[Ramius]

Gee, a minute ago she was "a great person." Now, she's a dog.

No, no, no... she had a dog. A beagle. Neurotic beagle. Psycho dog. Dog with tourett's syndrome.

[Wneighbor]

Just signed a lease today for my new swingin' bachelor pad. Now I just need to shop for the mirror ball, the shag carpet, the black light... all the usual stuff. Chicks dig that. :-)

Yeah, we'll check with 2J and see if she can set you up with an extra one. She might can even get you an incubator in case you wanna hatch your own.

[ecurbh]

Oops, I thought it felt a bit drafty!

[osagebowman]

RMD - Cool, snack trays, thanks Ruthie, missed out on breakfast at hole today (as with most days).

[Wneighbor]

Myranda never saw a section house nor has she seen the inside of a freight car. But, she used to love hearing the stories of the 4 uncles living in the car. There was a wall down the middle dividing it in half so there was 2 brothers to a "room." Grama & siblings have told many stories about things going on in the freightcar. All of them relatively clean --- except for the homebrew.