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The Hobbit Hole XXIX - Until the stars are all alight...
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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Until the stars are all alight

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: Bear_in_RoseBear

Morning Bear and Rose: hope all went well with the move; we saw you had quite a weather day down there.


2,401 posted on 05/07/2006 7:01:29 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

That GPS is really neat. And we can't show it so well, but it drew a little map of our whole route on the display. He was busy messing with it yesterday, setting waypoints at important places and road intersections.

I think it can lose signal when we go down into the lowland areas that are heavily treed. It didn't seem to lose signal at all on the trail yesterday that was up in the clearcut areas.


2,402 posted on 05/07/2006 7:16:57 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Our surveyors use them all the time, but they have a back pack receiver and hand held controls that look like something from StarTrek.

It has surprised me how much the simpler units have come down in price. Wouldn't replace my Silva Ranger compass for my field excursions, though, but it would be a cool supplement.

I'm being slowly but surely dragged grumbling and muttering into the ~ higher ~ technology age. sigh.


2,403 posted on 05/07/2006 7:34:52 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

Well, the trouble with me is, a compass wouldn't do me a bit of good, because after a few loops and turns, I no longer know which direction 'camp' is. :~D I just have to stick to the trail and know where it's going.

I'm not well versed on the GPS unit, ecurbh is. But I'd like to be. What would be nice about it is if we have trouble and a horse or rider gets hurt, or if we come upon someone else up there who needs help, we can call someone and be able to give exact coordinates to where we are... OR, alternately, at least to the nearest intersection with a logging road, if we mark them with the numbers of all those logging roads. Without GPS, I'd just have to try to say "Well, we're on the Waddell Loop, about a ways past that turny part, before you get to that big white rock." Which isn't going to mean much to a guy on the phone.


2,404 posted on 05/07/2006 7:43:37 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Ramius

I've got 18 more boxes done and ready to ship. Don't worry, most are small priority boxes (flat rate).

Sending you a FReepmail on the particulars of two of the boxes. :-)


2,405 posted on 05/07/2006 7:55:26 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

I'm starting in on the kitchen stuff today. Have to do laundry after church... got my desk nearly cleaned out yesterday and most of the decorative stuff packed.

One week from now I'll be smoochmooting!


2,406 posted on 05/07/2006 8:02:51 AM PDT by JenB
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To: HairOfTheDog

The precise location aspect is what I like, I know where I am on the aerial photograph, but no one else does (except in a general sense-OB's out on the XYZ alignment). I carry the cell phone when I'm in the field, otherwise it's in the vehicle. Though it isn't on unless I'm calling someone. :-)


2,407 posted on 05/07/2006 8:06:21 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Lil'freeper

Thanks! That's good information. I could always pick up blocks a few at a time, if I go that route...and it does seem the simplest.

*yawn* Well, so much for making it to an eight o'clock service...not that I had my heart set on it. But I really seriesly slept in. Guess I needed it. Maybe that's why I was so crabby yesterday. ;-)


2,408 posted on 05/07/2006 8:25:29 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: osagebowman
Good morning... didn't actually get to *move* anything yesterday, except from the garage into the truck. We ran into a bunch of huge boxes that had been packed with books, and that had collapsed under the weight of their contents. So, we had to stop to repack them, and weren't finished when we finally stopped at 8:00 pm. I started re-packing again first thing this morning, and hope we can get out of here and take it all to storage within a couple of hours.

Pausing for a late breakfast now. Got to see some of the weather yesterday, looking out the garage door as we boxed. :)

2,409 posted on 05/07/2006 8:27:53 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes)
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To: JenB

Isn't it exciting!?

I'm starting to feel the first twinges of sadness about leaving my friends and family behind. Spent yesterday with my sister and some friends - hanging out by the pool and such.

But they've all promised to come up and visit, so it's not so bad. Besides, I'll have to come down now and again anyway. :-)


2,410 posted on 05/07/2006 8:33:20 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: RMDupree

Yup, it's exciting. I'll miss Colorado a little but not much. And I'm sure by the end of the summer I'll be so ready to leave my family behind... heh...


2,411 posted on 05/07/2006 8:34:16 AM PDT by JenB
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To: osagebowman
The precise location aspect is what I like

Plus, without the precise coordinates, how is Chloe going to find you and download the locations of the bad guys to your PDA?

2,412 posted on 05/07/2006 8:41:44 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB

Yup. I know what you mean. ;-)


2,413 posted on 05/07/2006 9:08:21 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: All

Off to run some errands.

Can you believe that Becky's school is requiring students to purchase a book to read ~now~? With only 2 weeks left of the year. Sheesh.

Gots groceries to do too. :-P

Back later...


2,414 posted on 05/07/2006 9:10:24 AM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Very difficult to set up a perimeter without proper coordinates.


2,415 posted on 05/07/2006 9:10:29 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Ah - there you are! I was just gonna post that you seemed to be sleeping in this morning...


2,416 posted on 05/07/2006 9:15:01 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton

Heh, "Download coordinates to my PDA" - Drink

"Perimeter" - DRINK - whoops (sun isn't over the yardarm). sigh


2,417 posted on 05/07/2006 9:16:03 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

Take it easy, one box at a time, lift with your legs not your back, remember the truck's height - think that covers it. OB & LSA


2,418 posted on 05/07/2006 9:17:56 AM PDT by osagebowman
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah...as I said in 2408. Didn't wake up until after eight.

I was dreaming I was at a place with a wave pool with a waterfall and dolphins. Vey odd, that. Maybe the rain did it.


2,419 posted on 05/07/2006 9:27:17 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: osagebowman

Considering what I lightweight I am, it's probably better I never attempt the 24 drinking game. ;-)


2,420 posted on 05/07/2006 9:28:09 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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