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The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
The Freeper Hobbit Hole ^

Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Though we pass them by today...

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: HairOfTheDog

Pretty lazy day here, too!

Went to the library and got so many books my plastic bag split :-D Includes six volumes of various dark-looking SF and one titled "Dangerous Vegetables".


4,081 posted on 01/09/2005 2:17:52 PM PST by JenB
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To: g'nad; RosieCotton; SuziQ; Lil'freeper; RMDupree; osagebowman; Overtaxed; Sam Cree; 2Jedismom; ...
dude... WTH were yuh thinkin'?...

What can I say? I did a Cole Porter show in community theater in high school. It was supposed to be nostalgia. I just kept thinkin' "I don't remember things that way..."

did alotta de-crappin' and re-organizin' yesterday...

All we have to decide is what to do with the crap that we are given...

Christmas is packed away in the garage. Gonna decrap ~theattic~ next weekend (I gots a four day weekend), then put Christmas away up there.

Gotta run. Gots a pool board meeting. Sure wish I could remember what we're supposed to talk about...

4,082 posted on 01/09/2005 2:23:51 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (All we have to decide is what to do with the crap that we are given...)
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To: JenB

Can you get wine at the grocery out there?

Just for future reference, mind you...


4,083 posted on 01/09/2005 2:25:39 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: g'nad
car-top carrier?...

Might be an option. We'll see when the time gets closer! Really, I'd like get rid of enough that I don't need such a thing!

4,084 posted on 01/09/2005 2:26:48 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

No, unfortunately. Wine stores are not state run, but they are seperate stores and aren't open Sundays.

You're really going to love the library, though. It's got more books than Barnes and Nobles...


4,085 posted on 01/09/2005 2:26:53 PM PST by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog

LOL! What a great picture!


4,086 posted on 01/09/2005 2:27:46 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: JenB

Mmmm...books...

We went snowshoeing for the first time.

And I called the couple from Montpelier that wants to meet the dogs. They're meeting me here TOMORROW at lunchtime. *bites nails* Guess I'd better at least SORT of clean up the living room!

Turns out he works as a schoolbus driver (i.e. early mornings) and she works evenings, so there's pretty much always someone home. And he sounds like a guy version of her. Major talker...

They have college age kids, so they must be older than I thought, if only just.


4,087 posted on 01/09/2005 2:31:03 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

Wow, so they really want the dogs. It sounds great. If he's a schoolbus driver then he's used to kids, and kids are just as hyper and needy as dogs.

I hope it all works out!


4,088 posted on 01/09/2005 2:32:10 PM PST by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

I missed a lot in the thread in the last day or two...

The dog people sound good, how did this meeting come about?


4,089 posted on 01/09/2005 2:35:42 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I posted a message on a dachshund rescue site and right away got calls.

I tried to describe 'em with all their faults...and I figured people who were specifically looking for dachshunds instead of just thinking vaguely "Oh, yeah...those are cute little dogs, right?" would be more likely to accept the shortcomings!

Considering this couple took the news of Fritzi's occasional housetraining troubles with a couple of dreamy, sentimental stories about the late, great "Artie" who was also "naughty" like that sometimes...I'm thinkin' they're OK...

They've had dachshunds for years. They LIKE the little monsters. ;-)

I just didn't expect such fast results.


4,090 posted on 01/09/2005 2:47:39 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

Isn't the internet wonderful?

And they're close, too, I guess? Or they wouldn't be able to just show up tomorrow. Are you going to make a decision tomorrow, or wait?


4,091 posted on 01/09/2005 2:55:27 PM PST by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

That's great! I hope it goes well, it sure sounds like the right answer to me.


4,092 posted on 01/09/2005 2:58:45 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman; Overtaxed
Steenkin' squirrels left their acorn "crumbs" all over my front porch.

They'll probably do that until you get an elevated feeding station built for them.

Did someone say "elevated squirrel feeding station"?


4,093 posted on 01/09/2005 3:12:32 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Steenkin' bushy-tailed tree rats!
4,094 posted on 01/09/2005 3:20:56 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: JenB

They're in Montpelier...about forty minutes from here.

If they like the dogs and want to take them tomorrow...I think I'll say OK. *sniff* So...this may be the last night.

I hope I don't make a fool of myself in front of them.


4,095 posted on 01/09/2005 3:21:36 PM PST by RosieCotton (A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it. - GK Chesterton)
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To: RosieCotton

They'll understand. They love dogs, too! Otherwise they wouldn't be asking for the little guys.

This is a big step and more sudden than you expected. We'll all be praying for you tomorrow.


4,096 posted on 01/09/2005 3:24:36 PM PST by JenB
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To: osagebowman
I believe when some of the trench guns were surplused, Cutts Compensators were put on them to make them legal. At least that was one story for why some you saw in the old days had Cutts on them.

Aside from the "short" 20" barrels on the riot and trench guns, the government bought plenty of standard-length sporting shotguns, too. These were used for regular trap/skeet at bigger rec centers, and for training aircraft gunners. Many of them were bought off of store shelves, so some may have had Cutts on them already.

At least that was what happened in WW2. I don't have any information on the uses of "sporting length" shotguns in WW1. The ones that made it to the trenches were not appreciated by the Germans, who tried to have them banned as inhumane instruments of war. That was from the folks that brought the world stuff like poison gas.

Shotguns made at the factory for the government usually had more, and larger, government markings. The commercial models bought from stores sometimes had just a tiny "P" proof mark added near the exisiting serial number. My WW2-vintage M12 riot gun, a takedown model, has this large, gorgeous "U.S." stamp near the ejection port, along with other military markings on the steel and wood.

I completely stripped down my M1200, to make sure there were no "nasty surprises" inside. The buttplate had never been removed, because the tung oil finish kept it glued to the stock, even after I removed the screws. It came off with a tiny whack from a plastic mallet. Stamped into the wood, and hidden away for about 25 years, was a US Army "eagle" acceptance stamp. It was like finding a little bit of buried treasure.

4,097 posted on 01/09/2005 3:30:02 PM PST by 300winmag (FR's Hobbit Hole supports America's troops)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; g'nad

Hi folkses. Did I miss anything since yesterday?


4,098 posted on 01/09/2005 3:38:15 PM PST by Professional Engineer (So that's what a coughed up lung looks like.)
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To: Professional Engineer

OH


4,099 posted on 01/09/2005 3:38:33 PM PST by Professional Engineer (So that's what a coughed up lung looks like.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Precious!


4,100 posted on 01/09/2005 3:38:49 PM PST by Professional Engineer (So that's what a coughed up lung looks like.)
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