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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

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: Lil'freeper; Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands

Morning! I'm going to spend the day with a friend, catching up. It should be fun.


3,861 posted on 01/03/2006 5:52:54 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB

No new puddles under the car this morning.

So far, so good.


3,862 posted on 01/03/2006 6:01:44 AM PST by Overtaxed (Parts is parts.)
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To: Overtaxed

That is good news!


3,863 posted on 01/03/2006 6:03:22 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB; Overtaxed; Lil'freeper; SuziQ; ksen; HairOfTheDog; Ramius; ecurbh; g'nad; All

Mornin'

Can't stay long, gots to get this project done.

Mrs. got off ~okay~ for her trip to Las Vegas (and yes, BTW, I did try to talk her out of going).

BUT, we're currently not happy with USScare. Her flight was at 6:30. I dropped her at the curb and got a skycap to assist her whilst I parked the car. It was before 6:00 (my parking receipt said 5:55). The USScare agent told her to go to the kiosk (she had an electronic ticket), but the kiosk wasn't working. So when she got back to the counter, the agent said "it's after 6:00, we can't get you on this flight with your baggage."

AND, they wouldn't let her on the flight and send her luggage later. I told her she should have said "Why not, that's what you did the last time..."

Granted, I haven't flown since 9/11 and was completely oblivious to the 30-minute rule. Whilst it makes sense, she ~was~ at the counter befor 6:00 (okay, just barely). What annoys me (us) is that if the agent had just checked her in (like she tried to do when the kiosk wasn't working), then she would have made it.

She got on a 7:30 flight and will only be slightly late for her meeting. But the special arrangements and preferential seating she had pre-arranged are now "iffy." She ~was~ on the same flight as her boss who was going to help with luggage, plane changes, etc.

~sigh~

Happy New Year...

In other news, Nana just called and said she can't get the back door open (I think we left with all of the keys, although ~she~ has one somewhere). It's a big deal because Sam won't go out the front door. He's gonna have to hold it for another five hours until Jr. gets home...

;-)

(back later)


3,864 posted on 01/03/2006 6:10:46 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

So will this be another Corin year, then?


3,865 posted on 01/03/2006 6:34:07 AM PST by JenB
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To: ksen

HEY! Hi ksen!


3,866 posted on 01/03/2006 6:48:24 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Corin, Sam can't wait that long.

Why won't he go out the front door?


3,867 posted on 01/03/2006 6:49:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Granted, I haven't flown since 9/11 and was completely oblivious to the 30-minute rule. Whilst it makes sense, she ~was~ at the counter befor 6:00 (okay, just barely).

These days, the *new* 30min rule is 30min before boarding which is 30min before departure.

My mother, othh, has a 2-hour rule seared into her very soul. Her flight home departed at 0600. My initial plans were to get to the airport at 0500 - the new 30-min rule which I use routinely. She got so anxious that I finally agreed to get her to the airport at 0400. Once there, we stood in line for 45 min because the counter/kiosks didn't open until 0445. Heh.

3,868 posted on 01/03/2006 7:10:57 AM PST by Lil'freeper (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!)
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To: JenB
I'm going to spend the day with a friend, catching up. It should be fun.

I imagine there's lots to catch up on! It was a very eventful holiday for ya. *wink*wink*

3,869 posted on 01/03/2006 7:12:17 AM PST by Lil'freeper (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!)
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To: JenB
So will this be another Corin year, then?

Would we really want it any other way?

3,870 posted on 01/03/2006 7:33:56 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: HairOfTheDog
Why won't he go out the front door?

He was just trained to go out the back door. For years we took him out on a leash (until Nana trained him otherwise). The front door is for ~walks~ and ~rides~. He knows Nana doesn't take him for those.

The first week we had him was just after Christmas when Jr. was in 4th grade. We had company because my sister-in-law got married on Jan 2. Wife and I had a business dinner, so Nana, Papa, Jr., Sister-in-law (she-of-the-burned-ham) and the Japanese teacher that was living with us were at home with Sam. He had to go, but ~noone~ could open the back door (it's the same key as the front). To Norry's (Japanese teacher) credit, he was upstairs and didn't know this was happening.

Jr. insisted that he could only go out the back door.

So they listened to a 9-year-old and let Sam pee on the carpet.

3,871 posted on 01/03/2006 7:41:18 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands
Fascinating...
3,872 posted on 01/03/2006 7:46:42 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Lil'freeper
These days, the *new* 30min rule is 30min before boarding which is 30min before departure.

We were aiming for that, but getting her there on crutches took a bit longer. I haven't flown much since we lived in DC when 30 minutes would have been plenty of time, even during Gulf War I.

I understand the need for the rules and we were pushing it by not being there earlier. I even understand why I had to take of ~my~ shoes just to accompany her to the gate.

We weren't the only ones this happened to. And the agent ~could~ have made it work.

3,873 posted on 01/03/2006 7:47:22 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: HairOfTheDog

Stories.

I gots tons of 'em.


3,874 posted on 01/03/2006 7:49:13 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

They could have gotten her on one of those beepy-carts and driven her to the gate.


3,875 posted on 01/03/2006 8:08:35 AM PST by Lil'freeper (HAPPY NEW YEAR!!)
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To: Lil'freeper

She has that for her connecting flights.


3,876 posted on 01/03/2006 8:09:55 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: ksen

Hey, long time no see! How ya been?


3,877 posted on 01/03/2006 8:21:26 AM PST by RosieCotton
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Good morning! If barely, for some folks...

Halvah hasn't yet figured out that there's food in her bowl. I have to walk into the kitchen and show her before it will dawn on her. Stoopid critter.


3,878 posted on 01/03/2006 8:24:15 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

I think they just like to be served. Cartman does the same thing. Even if the bowl is full, he'll sit there and meow at me till I mix it a bit with my fingers.

Rosie.... I know it's really hard to stop, but you can't argue reason into an insane person. (That sentence was unrelated to the cat) :~D


3,879 posted on 01/03/2006 8:52:51 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, I just said I was done.

Another thought did occur to me, though. If guys who are thirty should be looking ten years younger, and ONLY ten years younger...what happens to the vast majority of the troops, who are younger than thirty? Hmmm?

Anyhow. I'm done.


3,880 posted on 01/03/2006 8:58:09 AM PST by RosieCotton
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