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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!

Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Journey to the Cross-roads

The Two Towers Edition

Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)

Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.


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To: Dawntreader; HairOfTheDog
He was trying to ditch you and you were going "I don't know why you don't like me. We get along great!

YIKES! Hair will not be ignored?

11,441 posted on 02/03/2003 7:41:29 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Firm, united let us be, Rallying round our liberty...Hail Columbia!)
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To: ksen
Hmmm.....maybe I should pick up the Amber series again and just read with a good slug of Bailey's in me. :)
11,442 posted on 02/03/2003 7:41:57 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Dawntreader
LOL--- Hair stalking in your dreams. ROFLOL
11,443 posted on 02/03/2003 7:42:59 AM PST by Wneighbor
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To: g'nad
I was thinking an upside down armadilla!
11,444 posted on 02/03/2003 7:43:15 AM PST by 2Jedismom ('Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these?')
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To: Dawntreader
Does the chocolate drown out the smell of the Bailey's?

Hehehe...depends on how much Bailey's you put in.

11,445 posted on 02/03/2003 7:43:18 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Wneighbor
Prayers will be goin' out...
11,446 posted on 02/03/2003 7:45:20 AM PST by g'nad
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To: Wneighbor
Prayers for your SIL, WN!

I'm a worrier by nature too, so I can sincerely understand what your daughter's "fret level" must be at this point.

11,447 posted on 02/03/2003 7:45:47 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD:)
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To: 2Jedismom
LOL! you are a class act, 2JM...
11,448 posted on 02/03/2003 7:46:56 AM PST by g'nad
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To: g'nad
Thanks. I know you have lots of men and women in this category on your prayer list already. I've known this was coming. My daughter has been in denial. We found out Saturday morning.... right after the shuttle.... Saturday was not a good day.
11,449 posted on 02/03/2003 7:47:03 AM PST by Wneighbor
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To: g'nad
I drive by houses with "Say NO to War with Iraq!" signs in the front yard. Some cubicles and offices at work have the Peace sign from the 1960's prominently displayed. It bothers me that people are so deluded about the nature of evil, and are so unwilling to confront it.

So, while I am not praying for war, I am certain that it is inevitable, and necessary. And I support our President.

But I grieve for the ugliness of war that will come, and I fear for the uncertainties that a conflict will bring... I've read the war poetry and literature arising out of WWI (most notably, Erich Maria Remarque, and Wilfred Owen) which makes clear the hideous nature of war. So I am conflicted to some extent. My faith steers me one way, and my sense of justice and righteousness steers me another, my fears for the future my children will inherit steers me yet another... These are trying times....

11,450 posted on 02/03/2003 7:48:52 AM PST by rightwingreligiousfanatic (Happy Dwarf Lad is having an "affair" with the Hobbit Hole......and loving every minute of it....)
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To: RMDupree
Thanks Ruthie. My daughter and I are very different in the worry department. I am known to scream prayers at God. And invoke all kinds of Godly protection. But, once I'm through with that I just don't think about it. Jill is opposite. She broods on what-if's. I feel really bad for her right now. Wish I could give her my no-worries ability and I'd gladly take it on for her. (Just like we think when our kids get those childhood illnesses.) At least I'm hoping that having 2 toddlers to care for is going to ease things a bit. (starting to tear up in front of the classroom taking exam now.... conversation stops.)
11,451 posted on 02/03/2003 7:51:20 AM PST by Wneighbor
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To: rightwingreligiousfanatic
The storm is coming, and I'm concerned that this is just the opening round to a large scale conflagration... in our fallen world, it is inevitable...

It's a fight we must win... we cannot run from it...
11,452 posted on 02/03/2003 7:53:45 AM PST by g'nad
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To: All
gotta hit the gym and hurt my body...
11,453 posted on 02/03/2003 7:54:30 AM PST by g'nad
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To: rightwingreligiousfanatic; g'nad
My faith steers me one way, and my sense of justice and righteousness steers me another...

What is it about your faith that it steers you away from war with Iraq?

I guess the only thing that would make me squeamish is the possibility of having to kill another Christian. Our pastor read a story from the newspaper about the Christians living in Iraq (probably spiritually descended from the Wise Men of the Gospels), so they do exist in Iraq.

11,454 posted on 02/03/2003 7:55:50 AM PST by ksen (HHD)
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To: JenB
"I guess this is how Challenger felt...."

That was a sad day. I was in the 6th grade. They announced it over the loud speaker and had a TV on in the library playing the news. Very sad day :-(

11,455 posted on 02/03/2003 7:55:54 AM PST by Dawntreader (HHD - Catching up, catching up)
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To: g'nad
It's a fight we must win... we cannot run from it...

Can I just say AMEN to that? Although, I will ask for prayer, I will not stand back from the necesity of the fight.

11,456 posted on 02/03/2003 7:56:01 AM PST by Wneighbor
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To: RosieCotton; Overtaxed
I just responded. Martin has trashed two of my threads about TTT. What do you think of my reponse?

Can you help us out, OT?

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=9423&forum=1&start=0
11,457 posted on 02/03/2003 7:58:00 AM PST by 2Jedismom ('Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these?')
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To: Dawntreader
You think I am a stalker? - Oh no!

I am over in shuttle threads this morning. eeek. I should be here. Maybe later! - I am busy trying to get people to like me over there.... ruh roh....
11,458 posted on 02/03/2003 8:02:50 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.)
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To: ksen
What is it about your faith that it steers you away from war with Iraq?

I guess it would hinge around the knowledge of the infinite worth and redeemability of every human life. And the tragedy of having to destroy such life. It's not something that should be contemplated lightly....

11,459 posted on 02/03/2003 8:03:16 AM PST by rightwingreligiousfanatic (Happy Dwarf Lad is having an "affair" with the Hobbit Hole......and loving every minute of it....)
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To: 2Jedismom
I didn't respond to Martin. I started to, and ended up closing out of Internet Explorer before posting.

Jens' wasn't quite so bad, so I responded to him instead. He apologized, which almost makes me feel bad for picking on his post instead of the other, but I'm still annoyed with Martin.
11,460 posted on 02/03/2003 8:06:13 AM PST by RosieCotton (Mootless in Vermont)
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