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The Hobbit Hole XXXII - Sweet is the sound of falling rain
The Freeper Hobbit Hole Blog ^ | December 1, 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 12:55:15 PM PST by ecurbh

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

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To: Overtaxed

well, you've got to admit, guys are strange....


6,441 posted on 02/17/2007 11:45:14 AM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

Heh. Playing mind games with the wimmenfolk.


6,442 posted on 02/17/2007 11:51:23 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog

Funny squirrels. The bunnies might like it, but I guess they wouldn't come that close to the house because of the dogs, huh?


6,443 posted on 02/17/2007 12:25:13 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Overtaxed

uh, just for record Post 6441 was posted by LSA not OB.


6,444 posted on 02/17/2007 2:02:09 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: Overtaxed

We're back from gypsygirl's afternoon walk. She showed remarkable acuity when it came to walking through the shallower parts of the little snowdrifts on the sidewalks. Some place are bare, others have about a foot of snow drifted up, she unerringly found the shallowest part. LSA and I trudged straight ahead so she likely walked twice as far as we did. It was pretty cool, seeing the long casts she made back and forth through the fields with our footprints straight down the middle of her track loops.


6,445 posted on 02/17/2007 2:07:41 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman

I don't really want to negotiate the icy sidewalks of 75th street so I'm being lazy as far as the walks are concerned. I'm doing housework instead. :(


6,446 posted on 02/17/2007 2:12:17 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Don't blame you, we stayed on the back roads and byways here in our shire. Only saw a few cars. 75th Street is a major thoroughfare. Maybe the snow and ice will melt tomorrow.
6,447 posted on 02/17/2007 2:20:05 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: HairOfTheDog

Cool! I thought it looked like it was rooting last time I saw it.

Just goes to show, almost anything will start growing here. I figure "On Top of Spaghetti" probably took place somewhere in Washington...


6,448 posted on 02/17/2007 2:53:30 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
I figure "On Top of Spaghetti" probably took place somewhere in Washington...

Wha?

Speaking of you... what you been up to today? We got grass seed spread on half the yard... I give it a 50-50 chance of germinating.

6,449 posted on 02/17/2007 3:18:03 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: osagebowman; 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Ramius; All
Check this out!

Man Finds Gold Mine in Old Barn...

6,450 posted on 02/17/2007 3:22:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

How can you possibly survive childhood without knowing "On Top of Spaghetti"?

On top of spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed.

It rolled off the table,
And on to the floor,
And then my poor meatball
Rolled out of the door.

It rolled in the garden,
And under a bush,
And then my poor meatball
Was nothing but mush.

The mush was as tasty
As tasty could be,
And early next summer,
It grew into a tree.

The tree was all covered,
with beautiful moss,
It grew lovely meatballs
And tomato sauce.

So if you eat spaghetti,
All covered with cheese,
Hold on to your meatball,
and don't ever sneeze.

Been out and about. Got some Carhartt pants and generally just wandered a bit. Now I just finished talking to folks back home and I'm momentarily goofing off.


6,451 posted on 02/17/2007 3:26:36 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Huh - It's pretty hazy... I don't think I ever knew past the first stanza.


6,452 posted on 02/17/2007 3:28:57 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton

I've always wondered about that last verse...if the meatball story ended up so happily, why be so careful not to let others get away?


6,453 posted on 02/17/2007 3:29:04 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom

I was just reading another thread about that. What an amazing find!! I immediately thought of 2J!


6,454 posted on 02/17/2007 3:53:16 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: HairOfTheDog

Wow, been in a lot of old barns, never saw the like.

Someone better fetch 2jedismom her 'medicine'.

Hope the new owner can keep them.


6,455 posted on 02/17/2007 4:06:26 PM PST by osagebowman
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To: osagebowman; LSAggie; Ramius; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; 2Jedismom; Overtaxed; Professional Engineer; ...
I just posted a message on the Yahoo group ... if y'all could take a look, I'd be grateful.

Thanks in advance!

6,456 posted on 02/17/2007 6:35:07 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... http://www.rbent.com/HHLCSGetWellDonations.htm...])
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To: Rose in RoseBear; osagebowman; LSAggie; Ramius; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; 2Jedismom; Overtaxed; ...
My contribution to Saturday Night Gun Pron: the PS90 with a custom mount for the Armson 1.5x24 compact ACOG.

I'm amazed at the acres of eye relief on the scope. It's mounted this far forward to take advantage of it.

The project isn't complete because I need longer screws so I can put the side rails back on. The Zeiss Z-Point may be in need of a good foster home.

6,457 posted on 02/17/2007 8:33:00 PM PST by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: 300winmag

Jeepers Winmag! I'm not sure I'd know how to point that thing! :~D


6,458 posted on 02/17/2007 8:35:20 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I'm not sure I'd know how to point that thing! :~D

Actually, it's naturally "pointable", and has superb ergonomics. My nephew never fired a rifle before, and he kept all the rounds in the black on 25-yard pistol target at 50 yards.

6,459 posted on 02/17/2007 8:47:30 PM PST by 300winmag (Overkill never fails)
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To: 300winmag; HairOfTheDog
What I want to know is, what's the purpose of the hole in the stock behind the trigger?
6,460 posted on 02/17/2007 8:48:30 PM PST by Rose in RoseBear (HHD [... http://www.rbent.com/HHLCSGetWellDonations.htm...])
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