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The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:52:15 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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To: osagebowman

btw, we loved the photo you sent... distinguished gent, great view...


121 posted on 08/07/2007 7:00:57 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: Corin Stormhands

whaddacouple uh chew toys...


122 posted on 08/07/2007 7:01:54 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: HairOfTheDog
Have y'all seen Hot Fuzz, yet? The kids and I just finished watching it. It was hilarious! It was made by the same folks and starred the same pair as Shawn of the Dead. Cate Blanchett is in the very beginning of it. You never see her whole face, because she's in a haz-mat suit, but I recognized her voice and her eyes. Peter Jackson is also in it, playing a crazed Father Christmas.
123 posted on 08/07/2007 7:03:09 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: osagebowman

Though to hear some FReepers tell it...by driving less and hence paying less in fuel tax, I’m singlehandedly bringing about the downfall of our country’s infrastructure.

In truth, my guess is that only a small percentage of the funds needed for road upkeep actually comes from the fuel tax, and I’m likely paying my share even if I *didn’t* drive a three or four days a week anyhow.

But anyway.... < /soapbox>


124 posted on 08/07/2007 7:03:42 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: Corin Stormhands

Oh, VEY good!


125 posted on 08/07/2007 7:05:06 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

Yes... it was :~)


126 posted on 08/07/2007 7:05:52 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: g'nad

That’s great that you’ll be working so much closer to home!


127 posted on 08/07/2007 7:05:56 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: g'nad

Oh, and by the way, I’ll put a “Thanksgiving for prayers answered” on our Parish prayer list. Folks like to see that.


128 posted on 08/07/2007 7:07:11 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: HairOfTheDog

I don’t have her organizational skills, though.

The stuff in my cabinets is most definitely *not* in alphabetical order. Or any order at all, for that matter.


129 posted on 08/07/2007 7:08:32 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

It’s not a perfect metafer... ;~)


130 posted on 08/07/2007 7:10:15 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: SuziQ

most certainly... please pass to them my gratitude... the prayers of a righteous man/woman...


131 posted on 08/07/2007 7:12:11 PM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad

heh, don’t know about distinguished part but yes, the view was quite amazing.


132 posted on 08/07/2007 7:12:48 PM PDT by osagebowman
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To: g'nad
No problem, glad it helped!
133 posted on 08/07/2007 7:17:36 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: g'nad
especially gettin’ ISO 9001-200 certified... muh achin’ back...

Aack. Yikes. We did that too. I'm convinced that the ISO program is a conspiracy by the SteelCase Company designed only to sell filing cabinets. :-)

134 posted on 08/07/2007 8:26:33 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

It’s a joint conspiracy with the timber industry...


135 posted on 08/07/2007 8:35:55 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton
Though to hear some FReepers tell it...by driving less and hence paying less in fuel tax, I’m singlehandedly bringing about the downfall of our country’s infrastructure.

I hate to say it, but that's the official statement of our RAT governor. She says the state needs all that gas tax money, (we pay 6% sales tax that includes the other taxes on the gas), and higher gas prices bring in more money.

She said it was okay to cut back on driving, but we had a moral duty to send in the tax money for the gas we didn't buy.

A couple of months ago, some guy made the papers for making his own biodiesel from used french fry oil he got from local fast food joints. She sent her tax nazis to nail him for the state fuel and sales taxes.

136 posted on 08/07/2007 9:49:31 PM PDT by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 300winmag
we had a moral duty to send in the tax money for the gas we didn't buy.

Have they got him in a straitjacket yet??

137 posted on 08/07/2007 10:58:31 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (A person who does not want the best for America)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

got her, that is.


138 posted on 08/07/2007 10:59:51 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (A person who does not want the best for America)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Have they got him in a straitjacket yet??

Jennifer Granholm blames everything on Bush, despite the fact that only Michigan is in a one-state depression. But it's nothing that more taxes won't fix.

Money is so tight that the State Police are moving from their dollar-a-year leased building (good to 2030) to a new building with a $3MB yearly lease. It was built by one of her campaign contributors as a way of "helping" Michigan.

139 posted on 08/07/2007 11:34:08 PM PDT by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 300winmag

Well, if your going to have a liberal Governor, better she is a good looking democrat, rather than a pansy RINO, like we have in Florida.


140 posted on 08/07/2007 11:56:25 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (A person who does not want the best for America)
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