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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: TalonDJ

Motivated? What's "motivated", precious?


861 posted on 12/16/2005 2:16:15 PM PST by JenB
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To: RMDupree

yah... all in all it was a fun adventure. Don't get into downtown very often and this was smack into the heart of the beast. Grime, crime, cops, prostitutes, pimps, punks, hippies, drunks... and pretty Christmas lights.

It's kinda fun every now and then, in a film-noir sort of way. Needed a trenchcoat, hat and cigar.


862 posted on 12/16/2005 2:18:29 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: 2Jedismom
I just got our natural gas bill.

Sticker shock, huh? We've been considering whether or not to go all electric because the price of the two have now become competitive!

863 posted on 12/16/2005 2:28:32 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: JenB
Motivated? What's "motivated", precious?

Awww... iddntdat sweeeet!!??

864 posted on 12/16/2005 2:32:32 PM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: Overtaxed
The sausage balls are all gone!

Yaaaay you! Don'tcha love having "smug cook" rights?

You're gonna have to share that recipe, ya know...

865 posted on 12/16/2005 2:34:36 PM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper; HairOfTheDog; RMDupree; 2Jedismom; RosieCotton; JenB; g'nad; SuziQ; Overtaxed; ...

Okay, new game plan.

Wife is having surgery on Tuesday at 12:05. I'm having surgery Wednesday at 9:35.

Wife's sister is coming up Monday to help and will stay thru Christmas. Her husband and stepson will come up and spend Christmas with us (hmmmmmm....just remembered Hannukah starts the same day, step-nephew is Jewish...)


866 posted on 12/16/2005 2:37:09 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

It's an all-operate!


867 posted on 12/16/2005 2:40:57 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: Corin Stormhands

*shakes head*


868 posted on 12/16/2005 2:42:24 PM PST by Lil'freeper
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To: HairOfTheDog; Lil'freeper

Heh...it was almost worse than that. My surgery was originally scheduled for Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.


869 posted on 12/16/2005 2:43:41 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Tooth. Tea bag. Blood.

Discuss.


870 posted on 12/16/2005 2:47:03 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: Corin Stormhands
I missed it... I know why the Mrs. is going in, but why are you having surgery?
871 posted on 12/16/2005 2:50:13 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
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To: Corin Stormhands

I've heard it works. Dunno why.


872 posted on 12/16/2005 2:51:33 PM PST by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1000 knives and counting!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Heh...yep...that'll stop the bleeding. Feels good too.

After they pull the tooth, they'll stick some gauze in there. When you get home, steep a bag of plain tea...Lipton, you know? Give the tea to the wife to drink and then take the warm (not scalding hot) teabag and wad it up in place of the gauze. It should stop the bleeding...if not, do it again after about 15-20 minutes.

It feels so good but beware you don't burn yourself if the area is numb.


873 posted on 12/16/2005 2:51:47 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

I'm having a tooth removed. They're also doing a bone graft so that later they can put in an implant.


874 posted on 12/16/2005 2:54:02 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Thanks. I'll try that.


875 posted on 12/16/2005 2:54:49 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Thank goodness Mrs. S's sister can come up and be with y'all during the holidays!


876 posted on 12/16/2005 2:57:20 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Ramius

Warm tea bag compresses for extracted teeth are just the best. One of those things that just make you want to cry...you know? Such a kindness for someone who's been through something a tad traumatic.

The first time I tried it was when I had my wisdom teeth pulled, my boyfriend at the time steeped it for me and brought it to me. I did cry, that someone cared about me enough to do that. Make me feel so much better, you know?


877 posted on 12/16/2005 2:57:36 PM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Ah, ok. Hope it all goes well!
878 posted on 12/16/2005 2:58:04 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was)
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To: SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; Bear_in_RoseBear
Thank goodness Mrs. S's sister can come up and be with y'all during the holidays!

Yeah, otherwise I would've had to postpone this tooth thing. I'm not in pain, but it ~is~ infected and I'm skeered it's gonna flare up at any time. If I put it off, I'd have to put it off until February.

We're outta here. We have our "New Vine Small Group" ~meeting~ tonite.

Five couples. 10 bottles of wine.

Hope that's enough.

879 posted on 12/16/2005 2:59:54 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (This tagline has caused a general protection fault.)
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To: Ramius
Branches? what's branches?

Thought you might ask :)

From RMDupree:

I get a call at work from my mom who had just come back from the school. The kids had started the last song (O Christmas Tree) when all of the sudden, the kid standing directly behind Rebecca got sick.

She vomited on the back of Becky's pants.

Becky's retelling was funny though. She sings the last line and halfway through "branches" she makes the nastiest vomit sounds. Eeeewwww!

So "singing 'branches'" means to bazooka-barf on somebody :)

880 posted on 12/16/2005 3:00:15 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Global warming? Bring It On....)
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