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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: Overtaxed; RosieCotton
I used to go find their electrical box (on the outside of the building) and cut off the juice.

Oh, VEY good!

841 posted on 12/16/2005 12:09:14 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: RMDupree

But the music was good! :-)


842 posted on 12/16/2005 12:10:56 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: RMDupree
...Spending a late night out on a work night drinking putrid beer in a room full of dead-smellin' hippies is even worse!

LOL! Yeah, the part about the body odor of the crown covering up the smell of the flat beer and old pee really endeared the place to me too. Maybe the beer WAS pee. Ya just never know in places like that.

843 posted on 12/16/2005 12:13:57 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Ramius; FrogInABlender
around sipping putrid beer (really... I took the first ones back... tried another tap... and it was putrid too... gave up)

Maybe the beer WAS pee.

Leeeermme tell y'all a story from back when I was drinkin'...

I didn't like beer until I spent a couple weeks in Germany (this was pre-Army). When I came back, I tried a few brands and settled on Stroh's as an acceptable variety.

Once in a bar somebody bought a round of Budweiser. I picked up this glass and-- just as it got under my nose, I caught a whiff.

'Zackly like pee.

Didn't drink it.

844 posted on 12/16/2005 12:25:07 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Global warming? Bring It On....)
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~pony stall done... rested, fingers warmed, starting on the last one ;~D


845 posted on 12/16/2005 12:26:24 PM 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: ExGeeEye

Ever had formaldhe-beer? Beer with a touch of formaldehyde in it. Yum. Not.


846 posted on 12/16/2005 12:33:45 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I'm telling farting stories :~D

That's downright dwarvish!

847 posted on 12/16/2005 12:36:21 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: ExGeeEye

GROOOSS! Somebody had ta go and didn't wanna walk all the way to the bathroom. Aren'tcha glad you didn't have a stopped up nose!


848 posted on 12/16/2005 12:38:35 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Ramius

Don't make me sing "branches" on you.


849 posted on 12/16/2005 12:39:17 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Global warming? Bring It On....)
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To: Ramius

Why??? Who thought that was a good idea?


850 posted on 12/16/2005 12:40:58 PM PST by RosieCotton (NaNo Wordcount:: 50026)
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To: Ramius

Man, you drink in some strange places! ;o)


851 posted on 12/16/2005 12:41:32 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: no one in particular
Went down to raid the department plotluck and saw some people watching movies on company time. They were not slacking though. It was a test of a flight entertainment system in a vibe chamber. The system was in the chamber getting 'shook' and the movies it was playing were getting routed out to some big tv's in the hall. Someone had to sit and keep tabs on the test.
Wish I had that job... so hard to get motivated before the holiday.
852 posted on 12/16/2005 12:44:16 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: HairOfTheDog

Speakin' of gas...I just got our natural gas bill.

~Ugh~


853 posted on 12/16/2005 12:49:23 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: TalonDJ

Not much going on where I work either. Everybody's either on vacation, getting ready to go on vacation, or thinking about being on vacation.


854 posted on 12/16/2005 12:50:16 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Ramius

So at least ~one~ of your five senses was happy.

Not bad. :-/


855 posted on 12/16/2005 1:23:48 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree; FrogInABlender

Whew... all done. Now to rest up just a bit before going to ~town~ for a load of bedding.


856 posted on 12/16/2005 1:51:09 PM 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: LSAggie; osagebowman

Success!

The sausage balls are all gone! I made some "cheese rounds" too - they're like the sausage balls, but cheddar cheese only. There are still a few of those left...but they beat out the "cheddar cookies." Picked up a couple of cheddar cookies to take home just to keep tabs on the competition. :)

The tortellini stuff got scarfed up big time around lunch. If we ever have one of these things again I'll bring something a bit more "lunchy" like hot wings and ranch dressing.


857 posted on 12/16/2005 1:57:29 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: RosieCotton

Actually... I'm not completely sure that formalde-beer really existed... there's some foul tasting beers in the world, especially in places with no refrigeration. It is entirly possible it was just a euphamism concocted to explain the really lousy taste.


858 posted on 12/16/2005 2:10:18 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: ExGeeEye

Branches? what's branches?


859 posted on 12/16/2005 2:12:32 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Ramius

There are fouler beers than Budweiser in the deep places of the world..."


860 posted on 12/16/2005 2:14:23 PM PST by RosieCotton (NaNo Wordcount:: 50026)
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