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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: HairOfTheDog; osagebowman
G'nad, maybe you need to start packing the big gun.

Just waitin' on the holster...


43,161 posted on 06/08/2003 5:06:31 AM PDT by g'nad ("It's an .88 Magnum... it shoots thru schools..." name the movie?)
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To: Wneighbor; Corin Stormhands; HairOfTheDog
Black Hawk Down. Hands down winner.

Ditomasso's a good friend of mine... got a Silver Star and a Purple Heart... kinda brings it home when you know guys that were there... Ditto didn't care for the movie... but from everything I've read or been briefed, it's about as close as any movie could come...

I just started watchin' the Band of Brothers series, they have the DVDs at the Library... I'm on the edge of my seat, body clenched during the combat scenes... they did a great job getting the feel and especially the sounds of combat... the only thing missing is the smell... I find I drink a little more watchin' 'em...

43,162 posted on 06/08/2003 5:15:29 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: Overtaxed; Wneighbor; HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
When I ate bananas during the summer, I couldn't stay outside for 15 minutes withouth getting at least 20 bites. So I started eating citrus instead and I got bit less

I eat lotsa garlic... and onions... and kim chee... and blue cheese... I don't have a problem with 'skeeters...or chiggers... ticks either...

43,163 posted on 06/08/2003 5:19:47 AM PDT by g'nad (don't have alotta close friends though...)
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To: All
funkle me this... funkle me that...

gotta get ready fer church... see y'all later...
43,164 posted on 06/08/2003 5:20:48 AM PDT by g'nad
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To: g'nad
I'm back in the woods and it's been raining alot. Lots of skeeters 24/7. Ticks are worse this year than last too. No problem with chiggers though.
43,165 posted on 06/08/2003 5:26:21 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog
And this chair in the middle just seemed like a spot where one might sacrifice virgins! The place had kindof an eerie look about it, so, the place, the one place on the whole property the prior owner took care of, became the witch's circle.

I suspect there was a moonshine still there, and the chair was built so the cookin' could be watched in comfort. That would also explain why that one area was kept cleared.

43,166 posted on 06/08/2003 5:39:34 AM PDT by 300winmag
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To: g'nad
yuh know, I wuz kickin' myself fer not takin' before and after pics of the land I'm clearin... We cleared obout three acres yesterday

Pictures woulda been good! - 3 acres in a day! - Sure pays to have power equipment! I thought about letting the brush hog guy that is coming clear this witch's circle for me, but he can't get back there without really chewing up a new path in.

43,167 posted on 06/08/2003 5:55:19 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: g'nad
Ditto didn't care for the movie... but from everything I've read or been briefed, it's about as close as any movie could come...

I still haven't seen it! - I need to go buy a few DVDs.

43,168 posted on 06/08/2003 5:58:12 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; g'nad; Overtaxed
Morning all.

Had quite a bit of bad storming out last night. Good thing ought to be that with more siding damage and the house insurance adjuster not here yet I can combine catatrophes and not deductables!
43,169 posted on 06/08/2003 5:58:28 AM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: g'nad
Have you found a church you like out there then?
43,170 posted on 06/08/2003 5:58:56 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: g'nad
OT - eating citrus instead and I got bit less.....

GNAD - I eat lotsa garlic... and onions... and kim chee... and blue cheese... I don't have a problem with 'skeeters...or chiggers... ticks either...

Myranda's dad was a mechanic. Worked in grease/oil/gas all day. In 7 years of marriage, I never knew him to get a mosquito or red bug bite. We always attributed it to the petrochemicals.

43,171 posted on 06/08/2003 6:01:20 AM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: 300winmag
Well, moonshine would be a little less violent legend to have about my witch's circle! And perhaps the poor kids wouldn't get so freaked about camping there... Too late though, they already heard the first legend.

Friend is a cop with three little kids, and they like to come and camp at that spot, let the kids run around and explore the woods and go on pony rides on Bay. I am like a dude ranch for them....

It is really a good excuse to sit around a campfire and drink beer, and get to camp with the kids in a spot where there isn't other people in a campsite ten feet away and if necessary, there is a bathroom down a path not too far away for the kids.
43,172 posted on 06/08/2003 6:04:44 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Wneighbor
I can combine catastrophes and not deductables!

Maybe you should wait a while! heh...

Forecast here for today includes no life-threatening weather.

43,173 posted on 06/08/2003 6:06:30 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: g'nad
Ditomasso's a good friend of mine... got a Silver Star and a Purple Heart... kinda brings it home when you know guys that were there... Ditto didn't care for the movie... but from everything I've read or been briefed, it's about as close as any movie could come...

Interesting small world, g'nad. In the same vein, my son-in-law has younger twin brothers - both career military as well. One of them (I always forget which) is in special forces, he was in that area also.

43,174 posted on 06/08/2003 6:06:57 AM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Wneighbor
Good thing ought to be that with more siding damage and the house insurance adjuster not here yet I can combine catatrophes and not deductables!

Aaack!

43,175 posted on 06/08/2003 6:07:13 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog
Maybe you should wait a while! heh...

Thought about that myself! GMTA. ha

It would be nice to have ALL the siding and the roof replaced in one shot.

43,176 posted on 06/08/2003 6:08:30 AM PDT by Wneighbor (this is my new tag line)
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To: Overtaxed
Eating the food. When I ate bananas during the summer, I couldn't stay outside for 15 minutes withouth getting at least 20 bites.

I get a salt lick for the horses that supposedly makes them unattractive to bugs.... There aren't a lot of bugs here, so it might work. Don't know what it tastes like.

43,177 posted on 06/08/2003 6:08:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Wneighbor
Couple weeks and you might be able to get the whole house done!
43,178 posted on 06/08/2003 6:09:52 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Maybe I should try eating raw garlic. I suppose I could get used to it...eventually. I like my garlic cooked most of the time.

Rain again today!
43,179 posted on 06/08/2003 6:10:43 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Brewer's yeast in dog food repels fleas they say....
43,180 posted on 06/08/2003 6:11:38 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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