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The Hobbit Hole XXXV - ...is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

Posted on 01/03/2008 6:35:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

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!

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To: Corin Stormhands

All in favor...

Aye.


2,021 posted on 01/28/2008 6:13:09 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Aye


2,022 posted on 01/28/2008 6:14:40 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (**insert witty tagline here**)
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To: Ramius

The Ayes have it...


2,023 posted on 01/28/2008 6:19:24 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB; Ramius; Corin Stormhands

2,024 posted on 01/28/2008 6:29:43 AM PST by g'nad
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To: JenB

Cool. Happy Saturday everybody!

I’m goin’ back ta bed.


2,025 posted on 01/28/2008 6:30:08 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

[sigh]

OK. Maybe not.

Man... the skools are all closing left and right around here. Wimps.


2,026 posted on 01/28/2008 7:09:36 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Ramius

Any word on what the roads down here are like?

Supposedly it’s still below freezing. :-\


2,027 posted on 01/28/2008 7:24:47 AM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: Ramius
yeah... whatsupwitdat?...

publik skools cancel the evenin' before because it might snow next mornin"?... NoVA was famous fer that...

2,028 posted on 01/28/2008 7:25:26 AM PST by g'nad
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To: RosieCotton; Ramius

The roads may be icy... it rained before it snowed.

Tumwater schools are closed. So they didn’t like what they found this morning... or they wanted the day off ;~)


2,029 posted on 01/28/2008 7:29:23 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Great...

*sigh*


2,030 posted on 01/28/2008 7:35:54 AM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: RosieCotton

Just drive slow... and enjoy the scenery :~)


2,031 posted on 01/28/2008 7:39:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: RosieCotton

Looks like it’s right at 32-34 most places. Temps are falling slowly.

That’s actually a dangerous condition. It won’t be icy everywhere, and it’ll fool people into driving too fast... and then get surprised by an icy spot.

In a little while the sand trucks will have had a chance to hit all the major arterials... should improve then.


2,032 posted on 01/28/2008 7:42:00 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: RosieCotton
Tweek had a lot to say about it...

Pippin seems to have adopted *your* attitude about it...

Barkley apparently needs more coffee.. ;~)


2,033 posted on 01/28/2008 7:42:08 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I’d just rather not *join* the scenery, ya know?

Hopefully at least the interstate is kind of clear. But there’s a bridge after I get off that gets pretty dicey.

I’d check the DOT site to see if there are accidents along I-5, but it appears to be swamped. Not working very well.


2,034 posted on 01/28/2008 7:42:14 AM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: RosieCotton; JenB

That...THAT...is vey cool! I love stuff like that!

I’m with Jen...you should just resign yourself to being a collector. It’s an admirable thing to collect, in my eyes. I wouldn’t be quite so impressed if you had row after row of beanie babies.

Not that there’s a thing wrong with beanie baby collecting...it’s just not that interesting to me.

You’ve got me so interested in fountain pens that I’d love to get one some day!


2,035 posted on 01/28/2008 7:43:58 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Hey, I’m all for snow provided I either get to stay home or have less-than-icy roads. ;-) Either that or snowy roads with *no other drivers* around.

But I hate it when I don’t get my way...

Cisco’s out exploring as we speak.


2,036 posted on 01/28/2008 7:44:33 AM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: 2Jedismom; RosieCotton; JenB
You’ve got me so interested in fountain pens that I’d love to get one some day!

And so it begins...

2,037 posted on 01/28/2008 7:47:46 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (**insert witty tagline here**)
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To: RosieCotton
Dang, 2J! You gotta learn to relax!

I don't know what to hope for. On the one hand, I hope that it's being caused by something other than the stress of the new job. So I can either make lifestyle changes (like lower my sodium or something...I don't know) or be treated for it (like thyroid or something...again, I don't know.) I don't want to loose my job. It's steady income.

On the other hand, if it's the job causing it...it means there's nothing otherwise wrong with me and the cure is easy.

Either way, as soon as I finish this cup of coffee...I'm calling the doctor.

I'm very down.

2,038 posted on 01/28/2008 7:48:20 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Heh heh...

Actually, I don’t know *how* to begin...

But that likely won’t stop me.


2,039 posted on 01/28/2008 7:54:38 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: HairOfTheDog; osagebowman

So...while we were gone, the dog decided to pee in the middle of the office floor. Jr. ~said~ he’d let him out several times, but who knows.

Plus the cat is now limping. Something’s wrong with her back right leg/paw. Jr. thinks he startled her (which riled up the dog) and she got it caught on Nana’s chair lift. We’re watching it to see how bad it is.


2,040 posted on 01/28/2008 8:11:12 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (**insert witty tagline here**)
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