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The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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: RosieCotton

"Well, now...I dunno..."

:-)

I liked him too...he was on Anne's side!


2,361 posted on 09/05/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
So...just exactly what is the appropriate response when your mother-in-law looks at you and says "My balls have holes in them." ????

She's obviously a bowler!

2,362 posted on 09/05/2005 5:37:11 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RosieCotton
I own a Pathe cabinet phonograph which I inherited in my yout'. It works quite well with the RCA-style steel needles on the RCA-style records, but to play the Pathe records properly requires the sapphire ball stylus. Also, the reproducer head must be rotated to a different angle for the Pathe records, and the sapphire stylus must not be used on an RCA-style record.

Edison-style records are another whoe bucket o' beans.

2,363 posted on 09/05/2005 5:38:14 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: ExGeeEye

In any case, congratulations on your find - enjoy those records! You inherited some Pathe records, too, I'm assuming?


2,364 posted on 09/05/2005 5:41:33 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: ExGeeEye

Whoa, I didn't understand a word of that. Ancient tech, though, cool.


2,365 posted on 09/05/2005 5:43:43 PM PDT by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

Yes, and some of them are pretty neat...the "demo" record that shipped with the phonograph, for one. Not knowing any better, I played a couple of them with the steel needles that I found in it, but the sound was unsatisfactory (because of the incorrect needle profile, as I later learned) and put them aside in favor of RCA-style records. I trust I did no serious damage to the pathe records, or if I did, that it was redundant, the same having been done by my late lamented ancestor, the former owner.


2,366 posted on 09/05/2005 5:47:24 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Thanks for the advice. They took the news well, thanked me, and said as long as I keep them informed, it's OK. They'd prefer to do it themselves, but if it's a choice between me and his peers, they'll pick me.


2,367 posted on 09/05/2005 5:50:04 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: JenB
When we have the Moot on my ancestral estate (around 2018, I imagine) I'll do a big show'n'tell'n'play some neat old records.

Meanwhile, I still have to set up some sort of recording system and digitize this stuff :)

Maybe this month while Mom's in Finland (again) :o

2,368 posted on 09/05/2005 5:53:03 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: ExGeeEye

I'm downloading a movie for my disaster relief organization...it's gonna take forever. Dial-up, you know.

Here's the link...if you have high speed, download it and tell me how it is!

http://video.namb.net/dr/Katrina_CLCP.mpg


2,369 posted on 09/05/2005 5:55:27 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom; All
Highspeed, yes. Dowloading now.

Rome: Engineering an Empire on History channel now.

2,370 posted on 09/05/2005 6:01:19 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: ExGeeEye

Oh, for an MP3 of the Monty Python Finland song...


2,371 posted on 09/05/2005 6:02:37 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: ExGeeEye

You gonna snipe it?


2,372 posted on 09/05/2005 6:04:13 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton
I know whereof you speak.

Leider, ich habe hier kein Registierung(?) davon.

2,373 posted on 09/05/2005 6:05:25 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Looks good.


2,374 posted on 09/05/2005 6:07:03 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: ExGeeEye

~sigh~

I'm at 54%


2,375 posted on 09/05/2005 6:07:57 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: SuziQ

I just put a high maximum bid on it. If I get outbid, meh...I'll survive. So far it's not even close.


2,376 posted on 09/05/2005 6:08:00 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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To: 2Jedismom
I used to get fahklempt reading the Redwall novels to the Clare and Joseph. One of the 'good' characters died at the end of each book, and I always cried. It got to where Joseph could tell when I was gonna cry, and he'd get amused. Little twerp. ;o)

Have you ever looked into those books? They are very interesting, especially for boys. Lots of swashbuckling and clear good and evil.

2,377 posted on 09/05/2005 6:08:20 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: 2Jedismom

I remember the TV adaptation of Green Gables, and when Matthew died, I cried, too.


2,378 posted on 09/05/2005 6:09:22 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

No, I've never heard of them! Swashbuckling is what the boys love!


2,379 posted on 09/05/2005 6:10:37 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: 2Jedismom
My swashbuckle broke.

Lost the swash.

Kept the buckle.

2,380 posted on 09/05/2005 6:13:40 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (What we need is a few good taters.)
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