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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!

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

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To: JenB; Lil'freeper

Yay! I *finally* finished off the yellow trellis pattern afghan I started in Fort Collins. Only took me two years.

Actually, all I did was accept that I’m not going to find more of that yarn, don’t want to bother with mail ordering it, and that I had enough to put a final row of single crochet on as a finishing row. It’s still just over 50 inches long, so it’ll do.

I need more yarn now...


241 posted on 01/06/2008 1:32:28 PM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: Lil'freeper

What number of cups per day would you consider ‘moderation’? Right now, he drinks a couple of cans of Diet Coke for his caffeine boost, and even though the Green Tea doesn’t have as much caffeine, it does have some, so he was looking to replace the Coke with the tea. Would 3 or 4 cups a day be too much?


242 posted on 01/06/2008 1:36:19 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: osagebowman

I’ve reduced my coffee consumption to one cup a day. Not because of caffeine, which strangely, was never mentioned by any of the cardiac folks, but because of liquid restrictions. I thoroughly enjoy that one cup. ;o) I wouldn’t mind Green Tea as a substitute, but I can’t drink it right now because of the Coumadin. When I go off that, as well as the liquid restrictions, I might enjoy a cup or two each day. I like flavored teas, a lot, and saw an Earl Grey Green listed on the Stash website. That sounded interesting, and I’ll check that out when I can drink green tea again.


243 posted on 01/06/2008 1:40:07 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Porter Rockwell

Welcome!! Whereabouts in GA are you? I’m a Southern gal, living in MA, but we’re planning a move back home to MS as soon as we can get r done!


244 posted on 01/06/2008 1:42:55 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

I like green tea and have 2 boxes of it in the cupboard, but Earl Grey tastes like furniture polish, imo.


245 posted on 01/06/2008 1:44:13 PM PST by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: RosieCotton

Picture, please!!


246 posted on 01/06/2008 1:44:49 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: darkangel82

Do you mean the regular Earl Grey, or the Green Earl Grey?


247 posted on 01/06/2008 1:45:31 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

Yay!

My husband is up on the roof sawing branches. *nervous*.


248 posted on 01/06/2008 1:48:12 PM PST by JenB
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To: SuziQ

The regular, I’ve never heard of the green kind.


249 posted on 01/06/2008 2:07:39 PM PST by darkangel82 (And the band played on....)
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To: SuziQ
You've seen it before - bits of it, at least. It's kind of hard to photograph. The pretty thing about it is the texture, and it doesn't come through all that well in pictures, unless I leave the flash off, in which case they tend to be blurry. Here are some attempts, though.

Full view:

Detail shot:


250 posted on 01/06/2008 2:10:49 PM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: JenB

Eek!


251 posted on 01/06/2008 2:13:13 PM PST by RosieCotton (A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
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To: RosieCotton

I’ll have to look it up....guess I could always compost it.


252 posted on 01/06/2008 2:14:31 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Porter Rockwell
Elves love guns. I mean, if you’ll use a bow you’ll use a gun. The elves around my mountain tend to like really big guns.

Elves go for the "Three E's" in weaponry. Elegant, Exotic, Effective. This is what they'd use today:

Definitely not an orc weapon. I'm sure Tolkien would have approved if he ever saw one. He probably could have found good use for it in the trenches of WW1.

253 posted on 01/06/2008 2:29:10 PM PST by 300winmag (Life is hard! It is even harder when you are stupid!)
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To: 300winmag

Me, well, I’d spring for a Barrett .50 cal. ;) It fits the criteria.


254 posted on 01/06/2008 2:51:18 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: RosieCotton

OMG, Rosie, that is GORGEOUS!! Wow! I love that pattern!


255 posted on 01/06/2008 2:52:33 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: Porter Rockwell
Hi! Welcome to FR, and welcome to the Hobbit Hole!
256 posted on 01/06/2008 3:01:49 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: SuziQ

Honestly, for me, because my thyroid is super sensitive to things like that, moderation for me would be a couple times a week. In practice, I’ll have a cuppa ti (as they say in ol’ Alba) once in a blue moon. I avoid soy for the same reasons. But lots (most??) of folks have no problems whatsoever. I’m pretty sure there are “low fluoride” teas on the market, but I’ve never had any.


257 posted on 01/06/2008 3:02:30 PM PST by Lil'freeper (Don't taze me, bro!)
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To: river rat
The Kimber CDP Ultra II .45 cal

Oooh, I like that one!

And, thank you for your service!

258 posted on 01/06/2008 3:03:12 PM PST by Bear_in_RoseBear (Loot it while it lasts)
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To: RosieCotton

He made me get up there and help. Ack. I did not like that. But the branch is down now.


259 posted on 01/06/2008 3:26:03 PM PST by JenB
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To: Ramius

I agree, and I suspect it SHOULD be a little less expensive than the CDP Ultra II....

Going to check it out.....

Thanks for the tip.... I should check the Kimber site more often than I do..... But since their product never misbehaves, no reason to contact them or check out their user’s forums.....


260 posted on 01/06/2008 3:59:27 PM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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