The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

• 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.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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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[HairOfTheDog]

How awful. He's in our prayers too.

[Corin Stormhands]

Nasty heat all around. Hope he'll be okay.

[Ramius]

Interesting little vignette here at da waterin' hole...

One of the backup bartenders here is an Egyptian, from Cairo, and muslim. [muslim bartender? wassupwitdat?] His name is Yassir. I have in the past given him no end of sh!7 about that name.

Tonight got into an interesting convo about the bombing in Sharm El Sheik (Cairo). One of his very good friends was seriously injured in the bombing and is still hospitalised. He has some very unkind things to say about the bombers...

A curious and interesting convo to say the least...

[Ramius]

Hey there... :-)

[HairOfTheDog]

That is interesting... And I'd have to hope most ME muslims are tired of things blowing up and people getting killed.

[RMDupree]

*waves*

Long day.

[Ramius]

What is obvious to him was that the hotel that was hit was intended to kill Egyptian muslims, moreso than foreign tourists. The hotels on that day were pretty much empty of tourists, most of them being off on various tours around the wider area than being right there at the hotel at the time. Anybody would have known that, he says.

I don't think he's saying that it would have been OK if only tourists were targeted, but more that it is instructive that the bombers seemed to be targeting the locals rather than the tourists.

[Ramius]

Buenos dias... [sp?}

[RMDupree]

Buenas noche, actually. :-D

But for you, it's still "buenas tarde".

[Ramius]

Ack... found out today that our favorite contender for our new accounting system doesn't know s#!7 from shinola about doing ACH file creation and transfers. Swell. Just Swell.

I would imagine that you've dealt with ACH files before, once or twice.

[Ramius]

I'm a "tard"???

Well... I suppose that may be true... :-P

[Ramius]

wait... is it "buenas" and not "buenos"??

I just knew that taking my two years of foreign language in French was a mistake. Spanish would have been far more useful.

[Corin Stormhands]

We are not alone...

A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 1250 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE
WINDWARD ISLANDS IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME SLOW ORGANIZATION OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON IN ASSOCIATION
WITH ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. SLOW ORGANIZATION OF THIS SYSTEM IS ALSO
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15
MPH.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Guten Tag!

[Ramius]

Tropical "Wave"...??? What the heck is that?

[RMDupree]

hehehe...

Oh, just a few...

[Ramius]

Zdrosvitie!!!

[JenB]

Tropical "Wave"...??? What the heck is that?

When a hurricane says hello?

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Heat waaaaaave... it's a tropical heat waaaaaaave...

[RMDupree]

You're not a "tard".

Nor are you a "turd". :-P

And I always say "buenas", but it may not be proper. I learned at home, so my ability to speak Spanish is far better than my ability to read or write it.