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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

Evening Rosie, never really noticed it at time. Those were much simpler days and I guess we never knew the difference. I did see a Flash Gordon serial in College, after seeing TV Star Trek, I knew I'd been had as a young 'un. Still for all that, they were enjoyable.


7,621 posted on 10/09/2005 3:43:19 PM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: Overtaxed

Evening OT - that sounds like a nice improvement in ambient temperatures. We got the tomato vines down, only a couple of little green ones left. Grass mowed, waiting for it to quit growing already.


7,622 posted on 10/09/2005 3:47:24 PM PDT by osagebowman ((Help us support our troops! - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/))
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To: osagebowman; Overtaxed; Lil'freeper; RMDupree; SuziQ; g'nad; HairOfTheDog

I've got tomorrow off, so I'm plannin' to do yard work and start to work on the dry stream bed (must remember pictures).

Jr. told me the naybe said "tell your Dad I want to help him with the dry stream bed."

I asked Jr. if he told him I didn't want him to help. I ~do~ appreciate the offer, but ~if'n ya ask me~ it's just a tad bit manipulative.


7,623 posted on 10/09/2005 4:03:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: osagebowman

I'm planning on clearing out the planter boxes sometime this week. Need to put in more soil amendments, that's fer sure.


7,624 posted on 10/09/2005 4:12:01 PM PDT by Overtaxed (Home is where the hard drive is.)
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To: osagebowman; Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog; Pippin; JenB; RosieCotton; All
Hi guys :D

any of y'all have had a pet with a slipped disc?

7,625 posted on 10/09/2005 4:33:07 PM PDT by Alkhin (Let all the earth keep silence.)
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To: Alkhin

I've heard of certain breeds having a slipped disc, daschunds especially, but have never dealt with one.

Is it your dog?


7,626 posted on 10/09/2005 5:16:15 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Tomorrow off, lucky guy.

It's getting cold... I bet the snow starts before midnight.

In other news, I bought seventy books at the "bag sale" at the mall. That comes to about 15 cents a book. Even if there's a lot of lousy ones, that rocks.


7,627 posted on 10/09/2005 5:37:10 PM PDT by JenB
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To: RMDupree
yes...just this past weekend...in a matter of a few hours, his hind quarters are useless...

so far all Ive been able to see that can be done is surgery (which we cant afford) or a little cart...was wondering about the cart and if it was helpful....am really worried about Gizmo losing control of bodily functions

7,628 posted on 10/09/2005 5:40:12 PM PDT by Alkhin (Let all the earth keep silence.)
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I got 38 paperbacks. That comes to 13 cents each. Most should at least be entertaining...and at that price, I can always just pitch the ones that aren't.

Finally actually own some Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett...and I filled some holes in my Rex Stout and Agatha Christie collections.


7,629 posted on 10/09/2005 5:43:02 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: Alkhin

Oh dear...no, never experienced that. It's a definite diagnosis?


7,630 posted on 10/09/2005 5:43:44 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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To: Alkhin; HairOfTheDog

Hair's dealt with dogs with joint issues. Not sure about a slipped disc.


7,631 posted on 10/09/2005 5:59:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: Alkhin; All

Oh Alkhin. I'm so sorry. :-(

I've seen those little carts and the dogs using them seem to adapt quickly, but I don't know much about them.

I'll put little Gizmo in my prayers.

I'm heading to bed early tonight. I'm completely beat up from cleaning today.

See everyone tomorrow.


7,632 posted on 10/09/2005 6:15:55 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Alkhin

Sorry - I've never dealt with exactly that. I've certainly seen the dogs in the little carts on TV. I'd do some very careful thinking and talking with your vet.

When my old labrador Logan was 16, his back gave out and paralyzed him... I thought it was profound how he was obviously in no pain, but he was immobile. I put him to sleep then, but he was paralyzed both front and back and there was little else that could be done.


7,633 posted on 10/09/2005 6:16:40 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

Check with your local library about donating it at their next book sale. The write it off on your taxes. ;o)


7,634 posted on 10/09/2005 6:19:19 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Corin Stormhands

Ruh roh.


7,635 posted on 10/09/2005 6:21:19 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Alkhin
When I was in high school, our dog Susie (yes, she WAS named after me by the people who owned her before us, don't ask me why) developed this problem. Daddy certainly wasn't going to pay the several hundred dollars for the surgery, or the couple of hundred for the cart that the vet showed us.

He went to the welding shop at the plant where he worked, showed them the picture of the cart, and they made one for us. It was hilarious watching her walk; especially downhill when the wheels on the back started going faster than her little front legs. She lived for almost three years after developing the condition, but she was a happy little thing, regardless.

7,636 posted on 10/09/2005 6:27:12 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
I'm getting to be -- I don't know what. After that hay-rolling described earlier, my gonna-be-a-cousin/niece* Elisabeth's hair was a tangled mess of hay and knots. I pulled babysitter duty, swung by the store and picked up some detangler, and spent the evening pulling hay and sheepshanks out of her head while watching "Barbie's Princess and the Pauper".

Loved every minute of it.

I don't know who I am anymore :)

*This actually has a reasonable explanation...

7,637 posted on 10/09/2005 6:32:42 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (WW2 was NOT lost the day we DIDN'T take Berlin.)
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To: SuziQ
I gots me a cell phone now too...

Don't try to out attitude me. I own all the stuff.

7,638 posted on 10/09/2005 6:33:26 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (You are stuck on stupid, I’m not going to answer that question ~ General Honore)
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To: RMDupree
ebay. Seriesly.

I'm going to inherit an near-mint set from 1968. It will go quicky, and for a large sum.

7,639 posted on 10/09/2005 6:34:08 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (WW2 was NOT lost the day we DIDN'T take Berlin.)
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To: RosieCotton
I don't even have a plot...

Here ya go...

7,640 posted on 10/09/2005 6:37:36 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (WW2 was NOT lost the day we DIDN'T take Berlin.)
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