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

[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.

[Pippin]

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!!!

It’s going to be 45 degrees here in the Baltimore area, though it’s going to be cloudy and they’re predicting rain beginning tonight. Folks! Here comes the BIG meltdown!

There’s still no place for me to walk to the light rail stop except the middle of the very busy road (B&A Blvd.), so I can’t get to work still! GRRRRR! I’m getting cabin fever!

Whoever wrote the song, “Let it Snow” ought to be shot, LOL!!

Later on I’ll have a commentary of my own to write up, that is, in between doing laundry, sorting papers, cleaning the bathroom, ect. Y’all know the drill!

Anyhow, HAPPY THURSDAY! It’s going to be a long, busy weekend for me!

Anyway, I’ve got (((((HUGS))))) for everybody today!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

LET'S ROLL!!!!

And may God bless all who post and lurk on FR!

[RosieCotton]

Cool! Have you got it in mandolin. :)

Well...here is a version with the whole group, but it's from awhile back when we were still arranging it, and when I was first goofing with the mandolin I just bought...wasn't used to it yet. I'll have to make an MP3 of this week's version - it was pretty good, if I do say so myself!

[SuziQ]

It's not that big of a deal, though...just a doodle.

I didn't think of the 'save target as' option. Thanks.
It was lovely, Rosie. Clare says she'd like to learn to play that way. She's learning guitar right now.
I think it would be lovely on the mando as well!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Check this out:

CNN.com - Ads before movies prompt lawsuit - Feb. 20, 2003
(there's a poll to freep too)

I hate lawsuits.... But i might hate those ads for Volvos and Diet Coke before the film even more! What to do?

[Lil'freeper]

"It is completely ludicrous to have moviegoers pay good money to watch commercials," said attorney Douglas Litowitz, who is representing Fisch in her suit. "They can do that at home for free."

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[g'nad]

But back to the bandwidth deal...I mean really?!! Can the troops actually access a thread that is that graphic intensive??

unless they are in the rear with the gear, no...

As you said, I love the idea of the canteen, but I doubt if any forward deployed troops have steady reliable access to it...

[RosieCotton]

Sounds like a really stupid lawsuit...though I do hate those commercials! Luckily we only have one or two here, tops. No big deal, especially if it helps with costs. Might be different if I lived somewhere bigger, I guess.

I think she's just being a whiney...um...lady, though.

[RMDupree]

Going to my friend's house for lunch!

See you all later!

[Overtaxed]

The previews annoy me more than the advertisments do.

[SuziQ]

Steve is teaching him "knife safety".

Is Matthew a 'Bear'? If so, he could earn his "Whittling Chip", a card that grants a Cub Scout the privilege of cary a pocket knife at all Cub Scout functions. To earn it he'll have to complete the 'Shavings and Chips Achievement 19 in the Bear Cub Scout Book, and show that he knows how to use the knife safely. Steve could help Matthew's Den earn it!

[RosieCotton]

The previews annoy me more than the advertisments do.

Ditto. Ads tend to be boring rather than offensive. One of the reasons my little sister never saw FOTR in the theater was because of that stupid Austin Powers preview...I didn't want to have to spend five minutes covering her eyes for that.

[HairOfTheDog]

I think she's just being a whiney...um...lady, though.

Yeah, that is why I am conflicted. I hate stupid lawsuits.

But the combination of ads and trailers at the theaters I have been going to run at least 20 minutes. It is utterly infuriating.

[HairOfTheDog]

They both annoy me equally!

[Overtaxed]

At least the ads aren't R rated. At least not at the theaters I go to. Most of the ads are the slideshow type for local businesses.

[My back yard]

That was beautiful. You guys are so cool. 2J I want to learn to play the penny whistle (is it one word or two?) I've told everyone for years now to buy one for me if they are looking for a gift. I play my son's recorder (heee heee) when no one is around. He plays the trumpet for the high school (his 5th year) and I sometimes mess with it too. And we have a piano that we both play on. Play 'with', more like. I whistle (lips, sans instrument) all the time, constantly, and have thought I should give the penny whistle a try. I'm just going to go buy one for myself I think.

[HairOfTheDog]

Legolas News: Hair, and Ned Kelly.
2/19/03, 4:25 pm EST - Tehanu

Thanks to Kate, we have a link to a site that shows you how to do a Legolas braid. [More] On another Orlando-ish note, Ford sends word that the complete Ned Kelly trailer is up, plus an interview with Orlando, at NedKellyTheMovie

New LOTR Crossword.
2/19/03, 4:33 pm EST - Tehanu

When you've done braiding your hair, you might like to try out Liz's latest LOTR crossword

[HairOfTheDog]

The slideshow ads that run way ahead of the previews as background noise while we are getting seated don't bother me a bit.

It is the video commercials for Volvo in between the trailers that bother me.

[Overtaxed]

http://www.thewhistleshop.com You can get a decent sounding one for $3.00.

[SuziQ]

He made a comment along the lines of "hubba hubba" and continued watching her in the rear-view after we passed her.

LOL!! Reminds me of Samual L. Jackson in "The Long Kiss Goodnight"!

[Overtaxed]

Volvos? I don't remember any Volvos. The theaters I've been in lately show previews back-to-back-to-back. Before that they advertise concessions.