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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: Bear_in_RoseBear
Have I mentioned I got our RoadRunner high speed access set up today?

Well, I don't know if you mentioned it or not. I just got here.

But, yesterday, for Miss Rose's birthday, we knew there was a cable modem coming.

So, where did you take her to dinner?

39,801 posted on 05/31/2003 8:59:09 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
They arrested the ones that failed.

Wow... do you live in a dry county, or something?

39,802 posted on 05/31/2003 8:59:19 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I can't remember the exact number for my graduating class but there were over 900.
39,803 posted on 05/31/2003 8:59:55 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Wow... do you live in a dry county, or something?

Nope. We're not a dry county. But, law enforcement here is tough. Even for my favorite lawbreaking pass-time, exceeding the speed limit. Here in this town they will get you for a mile over the posted speed. NOT ME! But, I have met people here with citations like that.

39,804 posted on 05/31/2003 9:02:14 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
The old county we lived in was a dry county. But, then that was so that everybody had someplace to GO. Since there was nothing particularly to do in the county, you could go to the county line.
39,805 posted on 05/31/2003 9:03:13 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
We went to the Alamo Drafthouse for dinner and a movie... saw Matrix 2 for the second time. Had chicken potato skins for an appetizer, and Amy's Ice Cream for dessert... it was a fun time!

Except for one disquieting thing... saw a former co-worker there. A woman who had been a phone support specialist for a dot-com at which I used to work. She would take phone calls from users having trouble and try to help them out; problems she couldn't fix would get bumped to me.

She was our server at the Drafthouse (ouch.)
39,806 posted on 05/31/2003 9:03:47 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Wneighbor
there were over 900.

My graduating class was less then 150. Small town.

39,807 posted on 05/31/2003 9:06:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
She was our server at the Drafthouse (ouch.)

WHOA. That's not good.

Well, I did that application for Sam's. It sounded more promising today than it did that other day I went. Was that Tuesday or Wednesday. I forget now. Anyway.

One of my students works at Sam's. Nice guy and everything. But, it will be weird if I get hired on.... being the new person.... with one of my students being an employee there for 8 years.

39,808 posted on 05/31/2003 9:06:17 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Had Myranda actually finished in Valley Mills I heard their graduating class was down into the 40's. So, it would have been a lot smaller. Also a lot more fun. No one did anything fun at this one.
39,809 posted on 05/31/2003 9:07:38 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
they will get you for a mile over the posted speed

Gosh, even Williamson Co. isn't that strict (thankfully!)

Where I grew up in Michigan, the Wisconsin border was just 8 miles away. When Michigan raised the legal drinking age to 21, Wisconsin stayed at 18 for a few years... which made going across the border for beer the number one pastime for the high school kids.

I meant the 16 year olds, not the 18 year olds... the 18 year olds usually didn't bother to go into Wisconsin...

39,810 posted on 05/31/2003 9:09:42 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Wneighbor
Well, Myranda did carry in her beach ball. She hid it under her skirt as a kind of butt lining. But, she didn't try taking it out and playing. The whole thing was just too dry.

She pushed the dress code quite a bit. She said they fussed at her a little bit about it, wanted her to go change... but conveniently for her she had the tire blowout story. "oh, i can't go home and change, we had a blowout down off the loop and my mom and ex-boyfriend stayed there to change the flat while I rode in with some people driving behind us! I don't have anybody to take me home."
39,811 posted on 05/31/2003 9:11:13 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
I'll be contacting my recruiter on Monday! Will let you know what he has to say.
39,812 posted on 05/31/2003 9:12:15 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
My baby brother got caught in the crunch when Texas went from age 18 to age 19. They changed just after he turned 18. So, he was stuck. Only, it was Texas, and he hung out in backwater places. And they didn't care.
39,813 posted on 05/31/2003 9:12:46 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
but conveniently for her she had the tire blowout story

Well, that was handy!

39,814 posted on 05/31/2003 9:13:23 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well, tell him I'm really not interested in being a server at Alamo Drafthouse even though I do like the place.
39,815 posted on 05/31/2003 9:13:43 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
gee, the first time I was in college I worked at a movie theater for a while.

maybe I should apply there.
39,816 posted on 05/31/2003 9:14:24 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
Yes, grew up in a backwater here too. The high school kids really had no trouble getting alcohol. Yes, even the freshmen.
39,817 posted on 05/31/2003 9:14:37 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Amys! Been years since I had any Amys!
39,818 posted on 05/31/2003 9:14:59 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (HHD FMM)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well, I think nobody really cared too much about us drinking when I was in high school. You know, that was before MADD.
39,819 posted on 05/31/2003 9:16:23 PM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
tell him I'm really not interested in being a server at Alamo Drafthouse

Heh, he only handles technical jobs... what will probably happen is that he'll pass your resume on to someone in San Antonio, and that person will give you a call sometime next week. I'll get their name too and pass it along to you so that you can pester him when you want to.

39,820 posted on 05/31/2003 9:16:28 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself.")
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