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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: 300winmag

I’m sorry to hear this, Winmag...prayers for her, and for you and your family.


7,601 posted on 04/10/2008 9:11:46 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Dang! I just checked the “My Comments” page, and noticed that they’re no longer doing different colors for the TO and FROM pings. I liked that set up!


7,602 posted on 04/10/2008 10:15:44 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: RosieCotton

Holding steady, 150/100 when I first got up, 130/90 now. Still not good but no extreme spikes.

Now I’m officially taking four different medications. I’m a little down about it, but maybe this last pill will be the one that fixes the problem and I can get off one or two of the others...

~struggling to be optimistic~


7,603 posted on 04/10/2008 10:19:49 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Tragic eyes I can`t even recognize myself behind...)
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To: SuziQ

I thought it was kinda busy...didn’t really like it.

I actually wish the fonts and all would go back to how they were.

< /curmudgeon>


7,604 posted on 04/10/2008 10:19:59 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

Oh and yes...I went to the eye doc and he did the angiogram. The conclusion was that if I had the choreoretinopathy, it’s healed and not evident anymore. If I had a stroke that caused the loss of vision, then it wasn’t in my eye, but somewhere in the vision center of my brain.

Either way, my vision is blurry in that eye and I’m going to have to wear glasses.


7,605 posted on 04/10/2008 10:24:09 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Tragic eyes I can`t even recognize myself behind...)
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To: 2Jedismom
Either way, my vision is blurry in that eye and I’m going to have to wear glasses.

Welcome to middle age presbyopia! I can't read anything these days without my glasses. I bought some wild colored ones, and put them on a chain around my neck! I keep them by the computer, so I can remember to put them on in the morning. I also keep extra pairs in the bathroom, next to the bed, and in my choir satchel. Except this past Sunday, I was in a hurry, didn't get on the computer before leaving, and walked off without putting the ones I use for choir back in the satchel, so I ended up at Mass without ANY glasses. Fortunately, we'd done the pieces so often that I knew my part by heart, so I didn't need the glasses. ;o)

7,606 posted on 04/10/2008 10:35:20 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ; All

And the morning and the evening were the fifth day.


7,607 posted on 04/10/2008 5:45:07 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: Corin Stormhands

And verily, there arose a stench of jambalaya to plague them, and they were sore plagued and begged for something like a flat cornbread, or ‘nillas.


7,608 posted on 04/10/2008 6:00:53 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (NIE or no NIE, I've been waiting since 11/04/79 to do something about Iran.)
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To: Corin Stormhands

Hope things are going well there! And that you’re taking pictures and notes...


7,609 posted on 04/10/2008 6:32:44 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: ExGeeEye

It’s more like springerle. I’m just sayin’.


7,610 posted on 04/10/2008 6:33:21 PM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; ExGeeEye

7,611 posted on 04/10/2008 7:01:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (NerdGod)
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To: ExGeeEye; Corin Stormhands
It's New Orleans, it would be beignets!
7,612 posted on 04/10/2008 7:22:04 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: ExGeeEye; RosieCotton

Heh...I emailed the Mrs. earlier this evening and told her I want bland American food on Sunday.


7,613 posted on 04/10/2008 7:22:13 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands
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To: nobody in particular

Well, nuts.

I’m traveling in SF again this week. Just got word from somebody back at the waterin’ hole that a very good friend of mine has died. One of my very best friends there. He was about my age, plus only a few years.

I don’t know any details, though I think he had a heart condition. I’m guessing for the moment that was it.

Well, damn.

I’ll get this round, Ken. [sip]

Prayers up.


7,614 posted on 04/10/2008 8:20:16 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Corin Stormhands
It was a gorgeous day, today. We spent the afternoon working on the area where the lower deck behind the garage will go. We got another post filled, and filled up the hole. One less to do!! WooHoo! It's gonna be raining the next few days, so SirKit is gonna go out early tomorrow to put up a tarp over the area, so we can maybe pour the other two posts over the next few days. It's so much nicer working outside when it's warmer.

Are you still in New Orleans? In what area of the city were y'all working?

7,615 posted on 04/10/2008 8:22:19 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Ramius

So sorry to hear about your friend. Is this someone with whom you worked?


7,616 posted on 04/10/2008 8:27:19 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

No, not somebody I worked with, he was another of the regulars there at my waterin’ hole in bvue. Somebody who counseled me in difficult days past and laughed at my stupid jokes. A kinder, more good-hearted man does not walk the earth.


7,617 posted on 04/10/2008 8:52:10 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Sorry about your friend. This is the watering hole in Bvue?

Hello everyone... I’ve not been around much! Been busy... we had to go down tonight to learn how to tend our friend Bob’s horses and alpacas for the weekend while they go somewhere.


7,618 posted on 04/10/2008 9:45:13 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; 300winmag; JenB; Rose in RoseBear; Corin Stormhands

Yah... it’s the waterin’ hole in bvue.

So here’s a message that I just sent out to somebody. Kinda tells you how my afternoon/evening went. The LAN in the home office here crashed at about 4pm. Was a busy time for a few hours:


[name redacted],

Were you using the [redacted] conference room at around 4pm today? I only ask because you had it checked out at that time. Perhaps somebody was having trouble with that rats-nest of wiring trying to get somebody connected to the network?

Well, what happened was that somehow both ends of a network cable were plugged into that little blue (Netgear) switch box. This is what’s called a “loop-back” and unfortunately... that’s bad. That’s what caused the network to crash late this afternoon.

Please let me be clear... I’m not seeking any kind of blame or anything for this. Nobody was hurt. I’m pretty sure we’ll all live. I’ll keep it in confidence if you have any further information about what happened. I just want to make sure that whoever did that knows not to do that ever again.

If you’re thinking (as a reasonable person might) that something as simple as that should really not be able to cause such a mess... you’re right. Newer network switches are smarter and don’t pass problems upstream like that. But the network switches in that part of the building just happen to be among the older equipment we have, and it’s not so smart. We already have a plan to do something about that. We just haven’t gotten to it yet.

For the time being, I’ve confiscated that blue switch box, and the rats-nest, and left one long cable that someone can use if they need. If you have any questions or needs for connectivity please call [redacted] on the IT line and we’ll set you up.

Regards,

[ramius]


7,619 posted on 04/10/2008 10:04:52 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: RosieCotton

Oh, sorry Rosie... you’ll enjoy the above too, I’m sure...


7,620 posted on 04/10/2008 10:05:48 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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