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The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
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Posted on 09/02/2004 2:18:28 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Pass them by! Pass them by!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!






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To: 300winmag
...the DBDC Japanese keyboard requires them to assemble a character out of a top and bottom half, with special shift and function keys.

Whie seving in Korea ('87-'88), I saw and goofed around with a Korean* typewriter. I remember mainly that it seemed to have just a few more keys than a QWERTY, built three-letter syllable groups automatically and had at least one special button that skipped a space allowing for a two-letter syllable group (such as the syllable "long e", usually tranliterated as "i".

/pointless rambling

Off for coffee.

*For those who don't know, Korean is mostly a series of consonant-vowel-consonant syllables which are written in phnetic syllable groups. Example, their word for themselves is, iirc, hankooksaram, roughly Korean People, written in phonetic characters han-kook-sa-ram.

5,001 posted on 09/28/2004 3:29:31 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (25 days.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
the fat hobbit...he knows...

I resemble that remark!

literally...

5,002 posted on 09/28/2004 3:30:45 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (25 days.)
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To: All

What meaneth "woot!"?


5,003 posted on 09/28/2004 3:38:33 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (25 days.)
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To: ExGeeEye
Woot is along the same lines as a Hoooah.

Good morning!

5,004 posted on 09/28/2004 4:30:47 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; RosieCotton; 2Jedismom; JenB; HairOfTheDog
Goooood morning!

Izzit Friday yet??

5,005 posted on 09/28/2004 4:32:20 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper
Ooooh I caught myself a palindrome.

Click for Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Forecast

5,006 posted on 09/28/2004 4:34:44 AM PDT by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: Lil'freeper
Nothing light about the rain around here! That's all right, we haven't had any since the last tropical storm came through. ;o)

The leaves are starting to look gorgeous. Our town is having a Fall Festival this weekend, and after this rain, it's gonna be beautiful!! Clare's Girl Scout Troop is going to do Face Painting on the Town Common for the kidlets.

Got Hydrobics this morning, and boy do I need it! My back is feeling 'stove up', so I need to move around some.

5,007 posted on 09/28/2004 5:23:35 AM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: Lil'freeper

Oh, by the way, GOOD MORNING!


5,008 posted on 09/28/2004 5:24:02 AM PDT by SuziQ (Bush in 2004-Because we MUST!!!)
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To: Lil'freeper; ExGeeEye; JenB; Alkhin; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; HairOfTheDog; ...

Gooooood morning!

Well...the good weather couldn't last forever. Looks like we're getting your rain in a bit, Suzi. I just hope it doesn't ruin the leaves...last year about this time we had a rainstorm come through with a lot of wind and pretty much all the leaves came down at once. We barely got to look at 'em. *snif* I think that was actually a few weeks later than this, though, so we're prolly OK!

I think I may pick up some leaves to scan in so I can show folks the colors - I swear, there are even pink and purple leaves!


5,009 posted on 09/28/2004 5:44:52 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; RosieCotton; SuziQ; JenB; HairOfTheDog; 300winmag

Good morning everyone!

Well, after struggling with my nerve for a week, I have decided today is the day. (Actually, yesterday was the day, but it didn't work out.) I'm calling our local Army Aviation Support facility.

I have the number and tried call yesterday, but couldn't get anyone at the extension given for "administration", didn't think I should plug in the extension for "commander" so I put in the number for "operations" and got a very nice lady who, although she talked to me for 15-20 minutes and seemed tickled with my delight in the soldiers flying over (I didn't mention the circling)...she couldn't give me the info I needed. She said I need to speak to administration, but they aren't in on Mondays.

She said "Wow...nobody ever calls or writes to say anything nice...usually they just complain about the noise! It'll be nice to hear something positive!"

Speaking of the choppers, one flew over last night around 10:30pm...very low, right over our house. The windows shook and it jolted Matthew out of sleep and he came running into our room and said "That scared me so bad my legs are wobbly!"

Nothing wakes Joshua up.


5,010 posted on 09/28/2004 5:49:03 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Good morning! I bet there are a lot of people who stop and watch and enjoy when they fly over, but I am sure she is right that the only ones who write in are the complainers ;~D


5,011 posted on 09/28/2004 5:54:23 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

That's just a shame, imo. It's like complaining about a fire truck going by! (Of course, when a fire truck goes by with sirens going, the jedis and I love that too...although we hope no one is hurt, of course.)


5,012 posted on 09/28/2004 5:59:13 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Well, people are impossible ;~D


5,013 posted on 09/28/2004 6:03:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom

And people in general are much better at complaining than at praise.

Good morning! ~sip~


5,014 posted on 09/28/2004 6:07:24 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Lil'freeper

Steve drove me up to the ARNG in Tulsa Saturday and there were rows and rows of Black Hawks! I told him,

"Just pull in and see if someone will come out and talk to us!"

"I'm not pulling in there! See that big stop sign and the words 'Restricted! Authorized Personnel Only'!!" he exclaimed!

"I bet they wouldn't mind..." I mumbled, to no avail.

I was thrilling to see the choppers though...to get a good calm look at them just sitting there, instead of the hurried and excited look I get of them in the air.


5,015 posted on 09/28/2004 6:08:49 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom

Heh...I'm guessing someone WOULD have "come out to talk"...but maybe not in the way you hoped...


5,016 posted on 09/28/2004 6:09:41 AM PDT by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

Yeah...that's what Steve said...


5,017 posted on 09/28/2004 6:12:56 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: RosieCotton

LOL!


5,018 posted on 09/28/2004 6:13:30 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; Ramius

hey...are y'all close enough to point the webcam towards Mt. St. Helens?

* mountain go BOOM *


5,019 posted on 09/28/2004 6:13:39 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Please keep the temperature of this tagline above 68 degrees...)
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To: Corin Stormhands

It's dark out still, but I think I see it still sitting there.

Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam - Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

5,020 posted on 09/28/2004 6:16:17 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (John Kerry... Almost as presidential as Jane Fonda.)
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