The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

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Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

[RosieCotton]

Are we upping the workout tonight?

Think we're ready? I'm not sure...but may attempt it. I'm going to do my workout in about ten minutes...we'll see how much courage I can get up in that amount of time... ;-)

[RosieCotton]

Came across this review of the Rankin and Bass ROTK and found it rather amusing. Also see the Bakshi review linked to at the bottom of the page.

[RosieCotton]

Excuse me...I funkled!

[Overtaxed]

It could have been the retirement fund check,

If you cashed out the retirement fund check without rolling it over into an IRA or something, they're going to charge a penalty (10%, I think) for withdrawing before age 59 1/2 on top of the taxes.

[Overtaxed]

does his laundry at my house

Charge him for the laundry. :)

[JenB]

Whooo - I'm beat. I did it, if a 4 mph jog can even be called jogging. Wow, that was hard.

[RosieCotton]

I'm going to do mine now. Stalling a bit.

I'm reallllly slow, too. I figure I'll work up speed later, once I'm in better shape.

Hope Harry Potter keeps my mind off things!

[SuziQ]

It's good to hear from you! We worried when we hadn't had an e-mail for a while!

[SuziQ]

Legend says that Tilapia was the fish Christ multiplied a thousand-fold to feed the masses.

Yep, that's the stuff! It's actually a very mild fish, so if you don't like 'fishy-tasting' fish, it's a good one. Takes marinades and sauces quite well. I've done a Cajun marinade and broiled it, and it's yummy!

[2Jedismom]

Took his major language arts test too...made a 97% on it!

He's just doing great! Not going to be a fourth grader too much longer!

[Fedora]

Thanks! (Incidentally I'm sick today, so may not post as much as usual tonight.) I read the author's Bakshi review at the bottom a couple weeks ago (that's where I got the picture of Bakshi Sam I posted for you :) , but didn't notice the Rankin-Bass RotK review. Some of it's funny, but the author also criticizes some stuff I thought Rankin-Bass did well, and in the process gets some facts wrong. For instance, in one paragraph they complain about, "The orc explains that they were fighting for the "hobbit's pretty cloak. . ." Actually the orc said "coat", not "cloak", referring to Frodo's mithral shirt. There's some other stuff like that in there, and also places where I think the author is nitpicking (like the complaint that "the wound caused by severing a finger has already magically closed up and has healed neatly in a matter of seconds"--well, of course, you're not going to show a bloody severed finger in a kid's cartoon). In the Jackson-vs.-Rankin-Bass column at the bottom, I'd add that Rankin-Bass included some things Jackson cut out, such as Sam being tempted by the Ring; and I also thought the Rankin-Bass fight between Eowyn and the Nazgul was truer to the book than Jackson's. My own biggest complaint about the Rankin-Bass RotK was that it was supposed to pick up where Bakshi's version stopped in the story, but they skipped Shelob, so there was never a version of RotK with Shelob until Jackson's version. This is one reason I was worried at the end of Jackson's Two Towers when they ended without showing Shelob--I was worried he was going to skip it, too!

Now if only we could get Rankin-Bass to do a cartoon adaptation of the scenes with Tom Bombadil and the Scouring of the Shire, the trilogy would be complete!

While we're at it, I will take this opportunity to post a picture of Rankin-Bass Sam for comparison with Bakshi Sam--I think Rankin-Bass wins on that count, too :)

BTW some funny Bakshi-bashing sites here:

Brentai's Shameless Ripoff of Thumbnail Theatre Presents: Ralph Bakshi's Animated "Lord of the Rings"

Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings, Part One: A Critique

Lord of the Rings (1978)

[RosieCotton]

I did it. I can't believe I did it, but I did it. BOY was that last five minutes tough! But I slowed down a bit and just plodded through it.

Having something else to concentrate on helped, for sure. Finished the first chapter and a minute or two of the second. Looks like the chapters are twenty five to thirty minutes long, which is about right!

So far it kinda reminds me of Roald Dahl, only I can kinda tell it's a woman writing.

[Fedora]

Took his major language arts test too...made a 97% on it!

He's just doing great! Not going to be a fourth grader too much longer!

Yay! The young Jedi learns quickly--strong with him, the Force is :)

[Fedora]

Good going on the workout! :) You two both did better than me on that today--I've been too sick to work out the past two days. I am getting some of Doomsday Book done, though.

[Darksheare]

Ringwraith: Where da hobbit at? Where da hobbit at?

[JenB]

Yes, the first Harry Potter book in particular has a Dahl-ish feeling. She settles into her stride more in the second book. Heh, I'm a fan and I still don't understand how she's made a billion dollars off Harry. Especially since the kid is, well, not the world's greatest hero... he's a little boring.


Heh, but I do love those books. Have been at midnight parties for the last two, in costume, and after Tolkien my best trivia area. (Want to know Harry's mother's maiden name? Explanations of the signifigance of various names [any strange name is signifigant.]? The rules of Quidditch or the colors of the houses? I'm the girl...)

[JenB]

Sorry you've been sick. Um, Doomsday Book is not the best sickbed reading, just to warn you.

[Fedora]

LOL! Lots of good stuff on that link:

Sam: Why should we listen to you?

Strider: Because I'm a level 20 ranger and can easily kill you all.

Frodo: Oh, well that clinches it then. You're definitely our friend.

[Fedora]

Um, Doomsday Book is not the best sickbed reading, just to warn you.

I was starting to wonder about that as I got into it :)

[300winmag]

I had the expirience of blowing the engine in a fuel truck at highway speed one time. The Air Force decided to junk the truck rather than buy a $20,000 engine for it.

Our 3/4 ton trucks were 1950 Dodges. In the 1970s, the typical truck had 12,000 original miles on, with the Guard getting it brand new in 1951 or so. Probably due to lack of use, and improper break-in, each one of those trucks was a hugh oil burner.

It was SOP to stop the convoy each 100 miles to top off fuel, and add a quart or two of oil. Every one had at least a case of oil in the back to get them to Grayling.

One guy had the engine blow between one stop and the next. The motors NCO was screaming "court martial" until he was shown the eight empty oil cans rolling around in the back of the truck. Instead, they towed the truck back to Detroit, to be stripped for parts.