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.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, I have been too reluctant to use Bute because I know he can only have it for so long before it wreaks havoc on his system. But he is 21 and in pain. What really is the greater ill? - some future possible problem or the pain right now?

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for the horse angel, and I hope the farrier Godmother can get mine to call.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

That's weird, Bear.

Which one, Sam, the Nudie suits, Marty's collection, or my knowledge of it? :~D

[AnAmericanMother]

Yes, you have to balance the long term effects of the Bute against his present discomfort.

But if it's only until the farrier can get the bar shoes on him, and then you back way off and don't use it for awhile, his system should have time to get itself back together (I understand that this is true, but I'd check with your vet to be sure.)

I went through this with a 14 year old cat who was my favorite baby and developed chronic allergic bronchitis. I ultimately decided to make him comfortable with Prednisone despite the threat of long-term liver damage. As it turned out, he developed cancer at age 15, so the choice to make him comfortable until he had to be put to sleep for an unrelated condition was the right one.

[Wneighbor]

Here's a horse angel for Bay: Now all he needs is a farrier godmother!

Oh, that was good. That was very good. I like it - especially because of the genuine wishes for Bay.

[Wneighbor]

birds are messier than dogs. even dogs with habits like smeagol's.

[Wneighbor]

once again, this seems to be a case of the parallel universe. my aunt and uncle to a tee. *sigh*

This is the aunt and uncle that I'm close to really. They have one son. He is almost the same age as my oldest daughter we raised kids together. My cousin wanted to learn to play the guitar when he was about 15. Living in Austin and hanging out with the music crowd there for years and years I know (or used to know) the basic chords but just am not generally talented musically. I just knew chords. Jason asked me to teach him what I knew because we had no guitar instruction type people for many miles. I went over 2 nights in a row teaching him things, left him with some illustrated stuff. And then went back 3 days later and he was picking out tunes on his own and playing stuff he heard on the radio!!! It was disgusting. I quit even trying to play then but Jason is a prodigy. So, my uncle must be good like that too. I just can't imagine him getting the mandolin in January and being good enough that he had to quit a month ago but he was already good enough that he and Jason have played in church "a few" times.

I have a talent. I don't know what it is. But, it's not musical. The only thing I can figure is that I have a talent for riding and driving fast and not getting caught.

[Wneighbor]

Sam thinks it's weird that you are wearing Nudie suits to your engineering jobs.

[2Jedismom]

Letter from the Chaplain!

The last set of boxes we sent have arrived! He got the Finding God in the Lord of the Rings book we sent.

Good Afternoon!

In the Army the standard is to put the Bottom Line Up Front: Thank you for the generous gift. I was extremely honored and humbled to receive it. I showed several people including my Assistant and her first response was, "That's a great book!" I look forward to reading it. Thank you once again. As always, words are inadequate for me to express my appreciation.

At the time of writing this email, here are the care package statistics: Currently we are down to 1 box of Ding Dongs, 2 boxes of Twinkies, 2 ½ boxes of Slim Jims, and 2 boxes of Little Debbies. That's all that has survived! I didn't put everything out purposely so the snacks would at least last for a couple of days. I hid most of it, and I put them out little by little. As always I try to read a card or short letter at our briefings. After reading the letter, everyone responded with a loud, "HOOAH!" It was awesome! I've also given away (after soldiers asked for them specifically) two sets of the Lord of the Rings books. The soldiers were very appreciative. I could go on and on. The binoculars are very nice. The size is small, but yet they are pretty powerful. To use an Army expression: "They're High Speed!" Thank you!

I hope that you and all of the other great Americans of the Hobbit Hole have received a blessing for your generosity. I have found in my faith journey that you can never out-give God. Luke 6:38 says, Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." God has truly blessed me far beyond what I deserve. I hope that all of you have discovered God's blessing as I have. It truly is indescribable.

Blessed to be a Blessing!

82d Airborne Division
Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan
"Renegade Chaplain"

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

They make a liquid bute that you inject intravaniously, I don't think that would hurt the stomach.
Also if you give the paste or pills if you do it something like 3 days on, 3 days off, it doesn't do a number on their gut.

Becky

[RosieCotton]

You know...speaking of mando, you might find this funny. This is a thread on a mando site where I lurk. Most of it is joking around, but scroll down to near the bottom of the thread...recognize the image? I think I might have to tell 'em to give him back...

[Wneighbor]

Allergies again.

[RosieCotton]

I have a talent. I don't know what it is. But, it's not musical. The only thing I can figure is that I have a talent for riding and driving fast and not getting caught.

I'm not talented musically either...it's hard work for me! Several of my siblings are able to pick things up VERY quickly, though some are better than others. One brother in particular can pick up any instrument and play it without more than a few minutes to goof around on it. I walked out of a Friday night jam for a sec and left my mandolin unattended...walked back in and he's LEADING a tune on it! Granted, it's tuned the same as a fiddle (his main instrument), but still...it just ain't fair!

[2Jedismom]

I'm glad that they are asking for the books...they are getting the whole set that way.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

My employers would think it weird, too!

I have a talent... a talent for making money. Or maybe it was a talent for spending money. Not sure yet, still working on it.

[Wneighbor]

Did I find the right one? I went over there expecting to see your elf guy. But, what I found was the man of Gondor!!!!

[RosieCotton]

Yep, that's the one! I think the elf guy is posted once on that thread...when I first saw the title I thought he'd be all over it, but as I said, it's mostly joking around by guys on the site.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Wow, great letter!

It is very encouraging to know that what we're doing makes a difference.

[RosieCotton]

But, what I found was the man of Gondor!!!!

He's the HH's man of Gondor! They stole him from us!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Won't find out this time...