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The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
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Posted on 11/03/2004 6:16:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

A new road or a secret gate...

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!

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To: Ramius
These kids today... they don't know how good they got it.

Truer words never spoken.

Such a shame to lose good people though. Even if their outlook on dealing with clients is unrealistic.

6,261 posted on 12/07/2004 7:18:44 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: The best gift I have is the friends I've got. Merry Christmas!)
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To: All
Prayers up for Andy.

And for funny Joshua, and Matthew,

and for all of us. Most of us are doing all right, it seems, but we still need to pray for others and be prayed for ourselves...for He alone knows what secret pains we keep from each other as we share our joys.

I got rear-ended driving one of the company trucks today. No damage to the truck, or to me...this time. Te Deum Laudamus.< /ramble >

6,262 posted on 12/07/2004 7:25:50 PM PST by ExGeeEye (If you let a smile be your umbrella, you'll be Grinning in the Rain...)
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To: TalonDJ; RosieCotton

Wait... you guys are freepmailing? Any chance this is, like, a prelude to backgammon or something?

All ears... ;-)


6,263 posted on 12/07/2004 7:28:34 PM PST by JenB (I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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To: ExGeeEye; Ramius; All

I'm off to bed!

Night night!


6,264 posted on 12/07/2004 7:28:35 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: The best gift I have is the friends I've got. Merry Christmas!)
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To: RMDupree
Goodnight yourself :)

Staying up a bit longer...

6,265 posted on 12/07/2004 7:30:05 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: ExGeeEye

Gosh...glad you (and the truck!) are OK!

Very nice ramble! ;-)


6,266 posted on 12/07/2004 7:34:23 PM PST 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: JenB; TalonDJ

Just briefly continuing some of the discussion from yesterday's thread.

I've got to get to bed now! Got in a good amount of writing, though. Should go past 50k tomorrow...after that I'm hoping against hope that I can wrap it up in another 10k. If I write two thousand words a day, I could finish by the middle of next week and still have time for a very little brief editting.

Also hoping to get someone to do a few illustrations. Maybe my brother Stephen.


6,267 posted on 12/07/2004 7:36:15 PM PST 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: RMDupree

Oh... dangit... :-)


6,268 posted on 12/07/2004 7:36:55 PM PST by Ramius (There's no place like 127.0.0.1)
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To: JenB; TalonDJ

Make that editing.

Don't ask me to spell after ten at night...


6,269 posted on 12/07/2004 7:36:55 PM PST 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
As Drake said to the Armada...

Sank you, veddy much.

6,270 posted on 12/07/2004 7:37:08 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: RosieCotton

Oh, that's still promising, though... and you didn't really deny...

Good luck on the story! Remember, don't ask sibs for criticism.


6,271 posted on 12/07/2004 7:39:32 PM PST by JenB (I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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To: JenB

Some of us don't know how to play backgammon.


6,272 posted on 12/07/2004 7:40:02 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: ExGeeEye

Hair and ecurbh are experts, ask them.


6,273 posted on 12/07/2004 7:43:05 PM PST by JenB (I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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To: ExGeeEye

I have lost *every* single game of backgammon I've ever played. Not much incentive to try it again.

wow... that works on a couple of levels, I just noticed.


6,274 posted on 12/07/2004 7:43:20 PM PST by Ramius (There's no place like 127.0.0.1)
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To: JenB

OTOH I will accept all challenges to Monopoly, and will graciously lose at Scrabble.


6,275 posted on 12/07/2004 7:45:01 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: ExGeeEye
Backgammon? Isn't that some kind of bizarre mating ritual?
6,276 posted on 12/07/2004 7:45:30 PM PST by TalonDJ (FR really needs a singles thread....)
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To: JenB
A Scrabble Story
6,277 posted on 12/07/2004 7:48:37 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: TalonDJ

I have no knowledge.


6,278 posted on 12/07/2004 7:49:14 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'm dreaming of a Green Springtime...)
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To: ExGeeEye

I play chess. I'm not up for backgammon. At least not the online sort.


6,279 posted on 12/07/2004 7:50:00 PM PST by JenB (I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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To: ExGeeEye; TalonDJ

Yes, "backgammon" is what Hair and ecurbh played during their courtship, the online portion, that is. Therefore, the game of backgammon is associated with... hanky-panky, in the Hobbit Hole lexicon.


6,280 posted on 12/07/2004 7:50:55 PM PST by JenB (I will not turn into a snake. It doesn't help.)
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