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

Posted on 07/12/2005 8:11:36 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Let them go! Let them go!

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

Precisely.

And some of us younguns do still appreciate the marvels of space travel....


2,741 posted on 07/26/2005 9:01:41 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Ramius
I loved the music in the 80s!

My first-year college roommate had a collection of punk, new wave, techno, etc. on vinyl. Was a real education for me.

I knew who Peter Gabriel was, before he had a hit in America...

2,742 posted on 07/26/2005 9:04:04 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Abolish NASA)
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To: JenB

I think it is important to be impressed by a vehicle that can move at Mach 25. I don't care who you are... that's still pretty stinkin' fast. :-)

I'd do it in a heartbeat. One of the astronauts once said the he'd still go even if the odds were only 50/50 of surviving the trip. I have to say that I would agree with that.

I'd go. Give me 50/50 or better odds of coming back... and I'm up for it. Just the decent chance of getting into space... and I'm there.


2,743 posted on 07/26/2005 9:08:19 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: Ramius

Me, too. Get me a seat by the window and I'm on. Would love to retire to the Moon.


2,744 posted on 07/26/2005 9:10:49 PM PDT by JenB
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Heh... I lost my [redacted] with [redacted] to "My Sharona" by this "new" group called "the Knack". They were a big hit in London and my g/f at the time came back from a summer there with a tape of their new "hit".

Seems funny now... :-)


2,745 posted on 07/26/2005 9:13:01 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: JenB

I think we need to go back to the moon. Then to Mars. Build permanent bases there. Robots going there is nifty, but we haven't been there until we've left footprints.

Not because we need to, but merely because we can. That's why we must.


2,746 posted on 07/26/2005 9:17:04 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: Ramius
Whooo! muh-muh-muh-My, Sharona...
2,747 posted on 07/26/2005 9:17:35 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Abolish NASA)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I still love that song. Dunno why. :-)


2,748 posted on 07/26/2005 9:19:13 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Holy moley... somebody just played "Do the Hustle" on the jukebox.

I had no idea that was legal. There should be some sort of law.


2,749 posted on 07/26/2005 9:25:04 PM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: Ramius
somebody just played "Do the Hustle" on the jukebox.

Well, with *that* pleasant memory brought to the surface, I'm going to head to bed... ;)

Good night!

2,750 posted on 07/26/2005 9:28:46 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Abolish NASA)
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To: Ramius; Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; JenB; RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog
Gooood morning!

Izzit Friday yet??

2,751 posted on 07/27/2005 4:13:03 AM PDT by Lil'freeper ("If you want to get happy, birthday cake is the way to go." -- Stephanie Plum)
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To: Lil'freeper; Ramius; RMDupree; Overtaxed; 2Jedismom; JenB; RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog; ...
When the moon is on the seventh dwarf...(sorry, I don't know any 80s songs...)

g'mornin'

In other news...Shelob gots me on the other foot. It's werse this time. Goin' to thedoctor either this afternoon or tomorrow mornin'.

Then we're callin' an exterminator for theyard...

2,752 posted on 07/27/2005 5:55:00 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands; All
Mornin' Corin.

Man, you need to get yourself one of these to go out in the yard.


2,753 posted on 07/27/2005 6:10:32 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

I need a gardener?


2,754 posted on 07/27/2005 6:11:29 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree; Lil'freeper; Corin Stormhands; All

Good morning!

Sorry 'bout the foot, Corin. That's no fun.


2,755 posted on 07/27/2005 6:12:55 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Well...that too...
2,756 posted on 07/27/2005 6:13:11 AM PDT by RosieCotton (Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Corin Stormhands

So did the other foot heal on its own or did you go to the Dr. before too?


2,757 posted on 07/27/2005 6:44:04 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I got an antibiotic and a tetanus shot for the other one. The infection is mostly gone, but it sometimes still hurts and the wound isn't completely healed (but it's healing).

I don't know when this other one happened. I didn't notice until last night when my foot was swollen and it was hard to walk. I have a new theory that both happened in the yard when I was out watering the garden. Unless I'm mowing, I'm always wearing flip flops.

It's better this morning, having been off of it, but it's starting to swell again. And the bite looks nastier.

Still, there's nothing they can do except give me another antibiotic.

Well, that and yell at me for not taking my cholesterol medicine...


2,758 posted on 07/27/2005 6:48:58 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

That gardener is mine, but you can have the sword and bauble.


2,759 posted on 07/27/2005 6:55:54 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Ouch. Lovely. At least you won't need another tetanus shot.

Morning... yawn...


2,760 posted on 07/27/2005 6:58:09 AM PDT by JenB
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