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

Posted on 01/31/2004 9:52:08 AM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...

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.


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To: RosieCotton
I LOVE tabouli. I can live on the stuff for weeks at a time. I should make some now that it's not quite so cold! I especially like it with a dollop of plain yogurt, which sounds kinda weird but is ohhh so good! So are a few sliced black olives, if you like such things. I love 'em.

Will have to try that. I like having some green olives after a pita with hummus.

13,241 posted on 03/09/2004 8:35:48 AM PST by Fedora
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To: JenB
I have this curry craving... oh, I want spice. Even spicy wings would be good.

Would love some spice right now--would help me deal with this cold! Unfortunately I ran out of hot jabanero salsa last night--usually I have some of that. Also like spicy Thai food, esp. Tom Yum Gai soup followed up by spicy chicken.

13,242 posted on 03/09/2004 8:37:38 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Professional Engineer
Looking at the sign makes me wish I was there just so I could touch the edges :)
13,243 posted on 03/09/2004 8:39:10 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Darksheare
Sorry for dropping off without warning last night.

No problem, sometimes I do the same thing--I figure that way someone else can get blamed for killing the thread :)

13,244 posted on 03/09/2004 8:40:46 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
I like your views on teaching! Mom tried to do similar things with us...for example, we would try to visit museums, try foods that would have been common at the time (or in that country, for geography class), learn what books were popular...just make it a little more well rounded, or 3-dimensional as you put it, which fits nicely.
13,245 posted on 03/09/2004 8:45:26 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Fedora
Will have to try that. I like having some green olives after a pita with hummus.

I love olives of any type, really. When I was stationed in Italy, they would often bring out a big bowl of olives to have before the first course...those were GOOD. Strong tasting, but good.

I need to run out and get some pita to have with my lunch...

13,246 posted on 03/09/2004 8:47:35 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Professional Engineer
OUCH!
Good smokescreening, but in the wrong place..
Blew up a chevy V-6 once, but I don't remember HOW we did it.
What I DO remember was: We were doing a 65 mph(at least) sprint down the highway and then dropped back the speed for backroads when there was a ghastly lurching, blue-grey smoking from everywhere at once, and then a sudden stop.
It was an education.
We walked the remaining 4 miles home in record time to get a buddy who had a towtruck..
13,247 posted on 03/09/2004 8:51:37 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: Cats cannot be turned into nunchucks by tying their tails together.)
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To: Fedora
LOL!
I usually kill threads without trying.
I get teased for having a heck power for thread killing.
13,248 posted on 03/09/2004 8:52:20 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: Cats cannot be turned into nunchucks by tying their tails together.)
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To: RosieCotton
I like the way your Mom taught, too :) I especially like the trying food from different places/eras thing--I never thought of that :) My parents also tried to do stuff like that. They were both teachers, as well as interested in nature and history, so we'd often go to especially zoos, aquariums, and museums. I was always learning stuff, but didn't think of it as learning, I was just having fun--I think that was one big key to why it was interesting to me.
13,249 posted on 03/09/2004 9:08:52 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Darksheare
I get teased for having a heck power for thread killing.

LOL! Hmmm--if we sent you over to DU as a secret weapon, your power might be put to use. . . :)

13,250 posted on 03/09/2004 9:10:46 AM PST by Fedora
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To: Darksheare
LOL This case was the 2nd time I'd had to wrestle a 60,000 pound truck off the road without power steering.
13,251 posted on 03/09/2004 9:15:42 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Gooood Mooorrrrrnning, FReeeeReeeppuuubblic~It's TreadHead Tuesday!)
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To: Fedora
Interesting idea, but I am NOPT good at keeping my trap shut when it comes to DU trolls and their policies..
As seen in my rantings at a SpiegelTroll in THIS thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1093712/posts
13,252 posted on 03/09/2004 9:21:26 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: Cats cannot be turned into nunchucks by tying their tails together.)
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To: Fedora
I was always learning stuff, but didn't think of it as learning, I was just having fun

See, that's often one of the major components of homeschooling, too. People were shocked because we didn't sit at a table from eight to three...but the way my parents did it, we didn't have to. Yes, we did have "sit down" learning, but we also learned while doing everything else. I learned a lot about multiplying and diving fractions from doubling and tripling recipes...or halving them, which didn't happen nearly as often...

13,253 posted on 03/09/2004 9:23:01 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Professional Engineer
I've been lucky to only have to move a 4,058 pound car off the road without power steering.
In neutral and without brake assist.
(Engine stalled at speed in a 55 zone, everything was power. Power steering, brakes, and windows. What fun..)
I picked a place to 'set her down' and hauled the wheel over after slapping the car into neutral.
60k pounds?
I'd never have made it..
13,254 posted on 03/09/2004 9:27:21 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: Cats cannot be turned into nunchucks by tying their tails together.)
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To: RosieCotton
What you're describing is considered Greek around here, and is called souvlaki.
13,255 posted on 03/09/2004 9:29:00 AM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: 300winmag
You're right, it's very similar to souvlaki - they share a lot of similar foods, I think. But the spices are a little different.

I like both! Souvlaki is wonderful stuff, too. Anything with spiced meat and yogurt and such is OK by me...
13,256 posted on 03/09/2004 9:34:58 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: 300winmag
Do they usually cook the meat on that spit thing for souvlaki? I've had souvlaki quite a few times as there's a Greek restaurant (well, pizza place run by a Greek who makes some Greek specialties on the side), but I've never actually seen it made. The doner kebap places fascinated me.
13,257 posted on 03/09/2004 9:44:59 AM PST by RosieCotton (Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. - G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Darksheare
I was lucky to have a 2ft, at least, steering wheel for leverage, and air brakes. Still a hugh workout for the biceps.
13,258 posted on 03/09/2004 9:52:48 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Gooood Mooorrrrrnning, FReeeeReeeppuuubblic~It's TreadHead Tuesday!)
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To: Darksheare
Interesting idea, but I am NOPT good at keeping my trap shut when it comes to DU trolls and their policies.. As seen in my rantings at a SpiegelTroll in THIS thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1093712/posts

LOL! Well, killing trolls is even better than killing threads :)

13,259 posted on 03/09/2004 10:16:49 AM PST by Fedora
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To: RosieCotton
See, that's often one of the major components of homeschooling, too. People were shocked because we didn't sit at a table from eight to three...but the way my parents did it, we didn't have to. Yes, we did have "sit down" learning, but we also learned while doing everything else.

Sounds cool! Now you've got me curious, since I wasn't homeschooled (or I should say, I also went to regular school even though maybe what my parents did amounted to informal homeschooling): what exactly did you do for your homeschooling? Was it organized into specific courses and curriculums or if not how did that work?

I learned a lot about multiplying and diving fractions from doubling and tripling recipes...or halving them, which didn't happen nearly as often...

LOL! I learned a lot about fractions from playing numbers games. Also I'd watch those Schoolhouse Rock programs that put the multiplication tables into song form--would always sing those songs in my head during math class :)

13,260 posted on 03/09/2004 10:24:37 AM PST by Fedora
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