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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:
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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! |
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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! |
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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: Bear_in_RoseBear
Hey! That's not sporting!
5,301
posted on
08/09/2005 5:53:24 PM PDT
by
JenB
(Go and catch a falling star...)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
*grin*
That spam made me smile.
5,302
posted on
08/09/2005 5:58:24 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
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To: JenB
No, it's spamming!
5,303
posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:12 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus.)
To: RMDupree
Glad to be of service. ;)
5,304
posted on
08/09/2005 6:11:40 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus.)
To: TalonDJ
Yours were particularly clear explanations - kudos to you. I suspect we will never overcome the stranglehold that Aristotelian physics has on mankind.
Ask a child why the toy truck stops moving and he'll say, "'Cuz I stopped pushing it!" Ask an average American adult and you'll get the same answer.
At least being good at physics doesn't make you abberant.
To: RMDupree
Evenin' folkses... [sip]
What'd I miss? :-)
5,306
posted on
08/09/2005 6:15:17 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Lil'freeper
...Aristotlean Physics...???
Holy moly... looks like I gots some catchin' up to do...
5,307
posted on
08/09/2005 6:16:11 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
5,308
posted on
08/09/2005 6:18:10 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
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To: JenB; Bear_in_RoseBear
Wish I knew physics. F = MA
It's all there is to know. Honest. Ask Bear...
:-)
5,309
posted on
08/09/2005 6:20:14 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius
Hey there!
OT's got some remodeling pics on the last page, Bear ran with some spam that made me smile and the kids are driving me insane tonight.
5,310
posted on
08/09/2005 6:21:35 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
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To: Ramius
I made the big mistake of taking some philosophy of science courses in college. Big mistake! Hugh!
Anyhoo, Aristotle's physics hung around for thousands of years because it appeals to common sense and the senses. Things fall because they 'belong' on the ground, things stop moving because you stop pushing them. His physics breaks down logically very early on, but it requires a level of abstract thought to prove that most folks don't want to put the effort into thinking about it. You can't *see* friction, after all, and as long as your car works why worry about it?
To: JenB
That at least made sense to me but I seriesly regret, now, taking chem instead. Chem is useful at least. I regret not taking any programming classes. I've been having 'boy, I feel dumb' days recently having to put together shell scripts. *sigh*
To: RMDupree
Insanity us underrated. :-)
5,313
posted on
08/09/2005 6:29:14 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Lil'freeper
Right, the same thinking kept medicine back for centuries because nobody thought to check whether Galen's ideas made any sense at all. Try Galileo's famous experiment with any child and see how he'll refuse to believe it.
Chem is useful, I guess; I have no reservations about someday managing to impart a first-year-college-level chem class to my poor unfortunate offspring. But physics are cool. I feel much safer on airplanes, for example, because I have a basic understanding of the physics that keep them up.
And I feel stupid writing shell scripts too, but that's just cux *nix frustrates me.
5,314
posted on
08/09/2005 6:32:06 PM PDT
by
JenB
(Go and catch a falling star...)
To: Lil'freeper
I'm coming around to think that maybe the whole "Earth, Air, Fire, Water" list of elements wasn't so far off. Maybe they were right.
Sorta like the old mapmakers that put the notation "beyond here there be dragons". Well... sure. :-)
5,315
posted on
08/09/2005 6:34:13 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: JenB
I feel much safer on airplanes, for example, because I have a basic understanding of the physics that keep them up. Skyhooks?
5,316
posted on
08/09/2005 6:35:47 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius; JenB; Overtaxed; Bear_in_RoseBear; RosieCotton; All
Well then, I've got it in spades tonight. :-P
I'm gonna go because my rotten mood shouldn't be present in the Hole.
See you all tomorrow!
5,317
posted on
08/09/2005 6:35:47 PM PDT
by
RMDupree
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To: RMDupree
Ahhh... nuts. OK... see ya later. :-)
5,318
posted on
08/09/2005 6:36:36 PM PDT
by
Ramius
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To: Ramius; JenB
F = MA It's all there is to know.Except when F equals (mv**2)/r.
5,319
posted on
08/09/2005 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus.)
To: JenB
I've been wondering, why didn't you take both Chem and Physics?
Or is that something just engineers do?
5,320
posted on
08/09/2005 6:40:49 PM PDT
by
Bear_in_RoseBear
(No other object has been misidentified as a flying saucer more often than the planet Venus.)
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