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The Hobbit Hole XXXI - Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ ^ | Sept 7 2006

Posted on 09/07/2006 10:11:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!

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: Ramius

I just got a real nice letter from Mr. Higgins.


6,721 posted on 11/27/2006 10:02:36 AM PST by 2Jedismom (http://kimsbug.blogspot.com/)
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To: RosieCotton
And the back end of that van is light enough to do some wiggling.I might have felt worse if the big pickup behind me hadn't been struggling so much harder than I was.

Here in Missouri we get so many ice storms that most people with pickups put something heavy in the back, bags of sand, firewood, etc. I have about 12 -14 bags of mulch in the back of OB's pickup; it rides much better and I have mulch first thing in the spring when I want it! LSA

6,722 posted on 11/27/2006 10:03:11 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: HairOfTheDog

6,723 posted on 11/27/2006 10:05:02 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.com)
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To: 2Jedismom

What an undertaking, 2J!! It looks great. LSA


6,724 posted on 11/27/2006 10:06:25 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: RosieCotton

I would submit that the damage done to all cars with salt is orders of magnitude greater than the damage of fenderbenders in places that do not use salt.

Sand works pretty well. Thats what they'll use here, along with some de-icer on hills. I think it's a good thing. I'm really glad they don't salt.


6,725 posted on 11/27/2006 10:07:32 AM PST by Ramius
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To: osagebowman

We're gaining confidence. It seemed overwhelming for so long, but things that we thought were out of reach are already behind us now!


6,726 posted on 11/27/2006 10:10:13 AM PST by 2Jedismom (http://kimsbug.blogspot.com/)
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To: RosieCotton
A bright shiny new laptop set up for me in half an hour of my arrival. Introductions to everyone in the building. A huge flat-screen monitor to work with. A cube of my own, and a big one. Technical documents thrown at me for my perusal. 95% engineers or computer scientists.

And I can check FR at lunch. This job r0x0rs.

6,727 posted on 11/27/2006 10:12:27 AM PST by JenB (42,000/50,000 - www.nanowrimo.org)
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To: JenB

Fantastic!!!


6,728 posted on 11/27/2006 10:13:02 AM PST by 2Jedismom (http://kimsbug.blogspot.com/)
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To: 2Jedismom

:-)


6,729 posted on 11/27/2006 10:25:57 AM PST by JenB (42,000/50,000 - www.nanowrimo.org)
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To: Ramius

There wasn't even sand out there this morning. :-\


6,730 posted on 11/27/2006 10:36:42 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,074/50,000)
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To: RosieCotton

Yah... no sand around in Bellevue either. Didn't even see a single sand truck.

I seem to remember that they were better at it in years past. Yesterday it started snowing in the afternoon, and they had all night to get the trucks out for this morning's traffic. Used to be that the trucks were out sanding in the wee hours even if they *thought* it might freeze the next morning.

Not sure what's up with that.


6,731 posted on 11/27/2006 10:48:52 AM PST by Ramius
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To: JenB

Sounds good!


6,732 posted on 11/27/2006 11:42:42 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,074/50,000)
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To: Ramius

Typically they used more sand than salt back home, really. Partly because salt doesn't work below a certain temperature. Then come spring the bigger roads would get swept, since the sand would dry out and get slick.

And yeah, I'm suprised they didn't get trucks out earlier. The roads were starting to get bad last night - they could have gotten a head start.

Looks like they'll get a few more chances to prove themselves this week. Lots of "wintry mix" in the forecast. Wintry mix sounds so cheery...too bad it ain't.


6,733 posted on 11/27/2006 11:45:39 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,074/50,000)
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To: osagebowman

I was kinda glad I had thenewdryer in the back of the van in the wind yesterday. Mebbe I should just huck the old one in there and leave it until spring. ;-)


6,734 posted on 11/27/2006 11:48:19 AM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,074/50,000)
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To: RosieCotton

I was thinking 'bags of topsoil', but if the dryer won't obstruct your rearview mirror too much, that would work!! LSA


6,735 posted on 11/27/2006 11:53:16 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: JenB

Suddenly realizing I'm within 5-10k of actually finishing this story entirely. It will need at least one full rewrite since the characters have changed so much since I first envisioned them, but still.

It almost makes me sad.


6,736 posted on 11/27/2006 12:28:27 PM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,543/50,000)
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To: osagebowman

Heh...I'm just joking. But it does make a pretty good anchor.


6,737 posted on 11/27/2006 12:28:59 PM PST by RosieCotton (NaNoWriMo: 43,543/50,000)
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To: RosieCotton

Yah. And this is earlier than we typically get snow down this low. January's our time. Makes one wonder if those predictions of a "milder than normal" winter were possibly just a little bit... off.


6,738 posted on 11/27/2006 1:12:57 PM PST by Ramius
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To: RosieCotton

I need to write... I need to exercise... I don't have time this evening and I haven't even left work yet! Argh!

And the technical docs I'm reading are giving me a headache. Hopefully I can get some code soon.


6,739 posted on 11/27/2006 1:15:29 PM PST by JenB (42,000/50,000 - www.nanowrimo.org)
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To: Ramius; RosieCotton

Hey, have y'all heard from Hair since this morning? Last I heard she didn't have any water and had gone out for breakfast and in search of a working toilet. Wells are nice but they do have their drawbacks. ;o)


6,740 posted on 11/27/2006 1:31:04 PM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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