The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

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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[TalonDJ]

You plan to use the other one? You could pull the drive and toss it in the new one.

[g'nad]

hey Homely, we gonna let this guy get away with this?...

[JenB]

We already pulled out his 10-gig second hard drive and stuck it in, there's really no room for another. And I think he planned to use the old PC.

Nice steal, btw.

[g'nad]

no, the old one'll be fer thekids...

[RosieCotton]

Eee...there may not be any easy way to do this. Most programs put files in a lot of different places - not just in their own directory. So just copying the directory from the old computer wouldn't be enough to make the program work.

You probably need the install disc. The old computer didn't come with any discs at all?

[HairOfTheDog]

I dunno. It probably has some of the tools, like fixing exposure and cropping... But I wouldn't give up on bringing in Photoshop.... It's just over my head to move it.

Is your old disk still in the old computer, or did you install the HD off of it onto the new computer?

[g'nad]

nope...no disk for photoshop...lots of other drivers, but not photoshop

[g'nad]

there were HDhd...moved the 10gig into the new puter and the 2gig (the C drive) with the OS "with photo shop" is still on the old computer.

[TalonDJ]

Yeah it will to basic stuff like exposure and cropping. Really if you are not adding people to the shot or airbrushing in some ninja then it will do the job.

[2Jedismom]

Hey, thenuggets are doing great. Eating, drinking and sleeping. I put the waterer on one end of the tote and the feeder on the other end so they have to exercise their legs some.

Also, you're not supposed to let these chickens roost, because they'll hurt themselves if they fall off, having no capacity to break their fall with their wings. Still, they have the desire to roost, so I made them a tiny little roost a mere half inch off the floor of the tote...they love it.

Also, I raised their feeder up so they have to stand up to eat. Otherwise, they'll just lay down and eat!

Think I'll put them outside in that little cooplet I made...with the net cover and open to grass on the bottom. I did it yesterday and they did quite a bit of scratching around at insects and nipping the tops off blades of grass.

It should be an interesting experiment and will answer many questions I have...

Can I raise them to fryer weight?
Can I butcher them?
Will the meat taste better than store-bought as a result of my efforts?

[Corin Stormhands]

hey Homely, we gonna let this guy get away with this?...

I got muh own youngun's tuh raise.

Yer the one that let him get away alive...

[Corin Stormhands]

Heh...

"Look, ain't they cute? Let's eat 'em."

[SuziQ]

LATS

OK, I'm still clueless.

[2Jedismom]

Lesbians across the street.

[Corin Stormhands]

Why did the lesbian cross the road?

[RosieCotton]

There was another person I forgot to thank, though others have done so!

The Shootmoot knives are incredibly nice! One of the folks with a digital camera really should get a picture of one.

My first fixed blade knife!

[RosieCotton]

Mmmm...nuggets...

Keep us posted! I'd like to know how that works out for ya.

[2Jedismom]

I'm conceding that I very likely will not be able to slaughter them. Steve is going to do that after having no real contact with them other than in passing. I would hope to be able to help clean them.

I'm ok with the concept of raising my own meat. As a matter of fact, my meat that I raise will have a better life than most meat animals. But after caring for them and them trusting me...I don't think it's too much to ask that someone else kill them.

[JenB]

Yeah, good choice. You raise 'em, he kills 'em.

[TalonDJ]

Can I raise them to fryer weight?
Can I butcher them?
Will the meat taste better than store-bought as a result of my efforts?

1) How patient/hungry are you?
2)How sharp is your knife?
3) Taste test! mmm getting hungry...