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The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...

Posted on 03/15/2004 1:45:41 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: JenB
True story. I tell it to people and they can never make it through a movie again, they always have to use the restroom...

Jen, that's not nice! :) You Evil Overlordess, you! :)

2,761 posted on 03/23/2004 2:42:18 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
Hehehe...

Oh dear, leaving for choir already. I'll be back in later. Or late. Sigh. I rather dislike Tuesdays.
2,762 posted on 03/23/2004 2:45:33 PM PST by JenB
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To: JenB
True story. I tell it to people and they can never make it through a movie again, they always have to use the restroom...
ah heck I had a hard enough time making it through long meetings before... drat
2,763 posted on 03/23/2004 2:47:27 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: JenB
Oh dear, leaving for choir already. I'll be back in later. Or late. Sigh. I rather dislike Tuesdays.

Have a good time! Will probably email you something about my new story idea while you're gone.

2,764 posted on 03/23/2004 2:49:03 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Fedora
I didn't mention them because I don't really think of Rush as "metal", but I did kinda listen to them along with the metal I listened to.

Moving Pictures is a pretty good album. Far from their best. Though I do like "La Villa Strangiato" -- I think it's on there. I'd consider them as "metal" as Zeppelin --hard rock anyway. Xanadu is IMHO their best song. You know it?

2,765 posted on 03/23/2004 2:49:55 PM PST by stands2reason ( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
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To: JenB
Oh dear, leaving for choir already.

You sing? What's your section?

2,766 posted on 03/23/2004 2:51:24 PM PST by stands2reason ( During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.)
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To: stands2reason
Xanadu is IMHO their best song. You know it?

I haven't heard that one yet--there are some of their albums I haven't heard that I'd like to. I do know the Olivia Newton-John song of the same title :) What else do you listen to?

2,767 posted on 03/23/2004 2:58:36 PM PST by Fedora
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To: Wneighbor
*EXCELLENT* job! I love scrappy quilts- it has a 30's feeling without going overboard on 30's fabric. Good range of colors and values, too. Very classic!
2,768 posted on 03/23/2004 3:48:00 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: Lil'freeper; All
*DOUGHBOY UPDATE* (Doughboy Theme Song)

Well, he has purchased Quick-crete and is pouring it in the holes around the bases of his footers and dumping some down the holes in the cinderblocks themselves.

Quick-crete is great stuff. Holds real good. Will be lots of fun to dig up and try to fix when the frost heave gets to work on it. Heh heh heh.

Shared the weekend adventure with the engineer-types at work- even drew a diagram on my whiteboard. They were roaring with laughter. Even with mortar/Quick-crete, those footers need to be set below the frostline and the blocks require some additional reinforcement.

*DEVELOPING*

2,769 posted on 03/23/2004 3:55:59 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: Lil'freeper
*DOUGHBOY UPDATE*

Can you get pictures? Or maybe video? You can start a whole web site of the rise-and-fall of Doughboy's shed. Be sure to take plenty of pictures when the inspectors show up.

Planning for that might be easier if you call the inspectors. Wait until Doughboy is almost done, so more of his efforts are wasted.

2,770 posted on 03/23/2004 4:43:54 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: Lil'freeper
I kilt it!
2,771 posted on 03/23/2004 4:44:44 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: 300winmag
I didn't kilt it after all. (((HUGS)))

Heh heh- yes we're taking pictures, but I've been too beat to upload them. And yes, the timing of the call to county will be the most opportune.

2,772 posted on 03/23/2004 4:46:55 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: SuziQ; My back yard; RosieCotton; Penny1; TalonDJ
Whoa! Where in Yellowstone was that taken?

I'm not sure. It's the Geology picture of the week.

Did you see the Flat Frodo pics we took in Yellowstone?

Oh yes, very cool shots you had.

2,773 posted on 03/23/2004 4:49:35 PM PST by Professional Engineer (3/11/04 saw the launching of the Moorish reconquest of Spain.)
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To: 300winmag
Actually, since you mention websites. I was inspired at the commissary today to devote a website to people who can't park their minivans properly.

And the commissary was an interesting experience this evening. Most shockingly, they dusted the shelves and actually stocked them. They've painted, hung new aisle signs, and created theme vignettes. One was a seaside cliff- complete with a waterfall, slate rocks, a giant lighthouse, and stacks of tuna cans. I freaked when I got to the produce section and there were ICE SCULPTURES. There was an ice FISH sculpture in the middle of the lettuce!

I finally found an employee and she explained they were competing to be the "Best Commissary in the World" and the committee was touring "right now!!!" (she was very excited). I was sooo hoping I'd get interviewed by them so I could tell them about the routinely moldy cheese, almost ripe meat, and produce that doesn't last the night. I have literally bought strawberries that were mouldy by morning. Oh the tales I could tell.

But they did have the place looking nice. Maybe it'll last a while.

2,774 posted on 03/23/2004 4:56:53 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: msdrby
hmm, sheikh ahmad yassin kinda does look like Saruman. Well at least in the before pics. The after pics are somewhat gruesome.

I had all the "gruesome" I could handle on September 11. I went to that site and laughed my ass off. I wish someone would post that animated gif of that fat Palestinian woman doing the yodel-thing on 9-11 on that site.

It is gratifying to see justice done, even if it comes off a launch rail of a AH-64. I just hope he had at least a split second of awareness of what was about to happen before he received his award of martyrdom. Just a millisecond of despair at his ultimate "aw, sh1t!!!" moment.

2,775 posted on 03/23/2004 5:12:26 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: 300winmag
Hey howdy there everybody!!! I'm baaaaack...

Took yesterday off to haul gravel with the spanky-new high-tech wheelbarrow. It worked!!!! Wheelbarrows with brakes! It rocks!! :-)
2,776 posted on 03/23/2004 5:16:55 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Ramius
high-tech wheelbarrow. It worked!!!! Wheelbarrows with brakes! It rocks!! :-)

OH? Got pics or a link? How large is the tire? (We're in the market for a robust wheelbarrow or utility cart.)

2,777 posted on 03/23/2004 5:18:52 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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To: Lil'freeper
Yes I do... standby...
2,778 posted on 03/23/2004 5:20:05 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Lil'freeper
Here it is:

It also has a "flat free" tire. It is foam-filled instead of air filled. Nice.

More info at: http://jeepwheelbarrows.com

2,779 posted on 03/23/2004 5:28:25 PM PST by Ramius
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To: Ramius
Jeep????!!! Whee!! How fun.

We'll probably have to buy one just 'cuz it says Jeep. LOL

2,780 posted on 03/23/2004 5:32:06 PM PST by Lil'freeper (By all that we hold dear on this good Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!)
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