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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.


TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: ksen; ecurbh
I just got a "page cannot be displayed" message.

ecurbh, should we stay away until you get this figured out? Are we just causing traffic problems now?
45,041 posted on 06/13/2003 11:26:56 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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To: Corin Stormhands
The Southrons will rise again!!!!
45,042 posted on 06/13/2003 11:29:23 AM PDT by ksen (HHD;FRM - Entmoot or Bust!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Trouble maker!

I can't believe you told him to clean his room.

45,043 posted on 06/13/2003 11:30:44 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Not all those who wander are lost)
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To: ksen
I'd be happy if the "yankees" just stopped kickin' us. ;-)
45,044 posted on 06/13/2003 11:31:13 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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To: HairOfTheDog
did you read his profile?
45,045 posted on 06/13/2003 11:31:51 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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To: Corin Stormhands
No, I didn't!
45,046 posted on 06/13/2003 11:36:25 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Not all those who wander are lost)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed
Southrons, hear your country call you!
Up, lest worse than death befall you!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Lo! All the beacon-fires are lighted,
Let all hearts be now united!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!

Advance the flag of Dixie
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Dixie's land we take our stand,
And live or die for Dixie!
To Arms! To Arms!
And conquer peace for Dixie
To Arms! To Arms
And conquer peace for Dixie

Hear the Northern thunders mutter!
Northern flags in South winds flutter!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the accursed alliance!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!

Advance the flag of Dixie
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Dixie's land we take our stand,
And live or die for Dixie!
To Arms! To Arms!
And conquer peace for Dixie
To Arms! To Arms
And conquer peace for Dixie

Fear no danger! Shun no labor!
Lift up rifle, pike and saber!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!
Shoulder pressing close to shoulder,
Let the odds make each heart bolder!
To arms ! To arms! To arms, in Dixie!

Advance the flag of Dixie
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Dixie's land we take our stand,
And live or die for Dixie!
To Arms! To Arms!
And conquer peace for Dixie
To Arms! To Arms
And conquer peace for Dixie

Oh my, I thought the War of Northern Aggression was only a modern age thing. I didn't realize it went all the back to the Third-Age as well.

45,047 posted on 06/13/2003 11:37:28 AM PDT by ksen (HHD;FRM - Entmoot or Bust!)
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To: Corin Stormhands; Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog
Look what I found stuck way in the back of The Red Book of Westmarch.


45,048 posted on 06/13/2003 11:58:52 AM PDT by ksen (HHD;FRM - Entmoot or Bust!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Corin, I've never heard of anyone hating Robert E. Lee before. Are those people just weird, or did I grow up in a vacuum. Trashing Lee is like trashing a founding father.
45,049 posted on 06/13/2003 12:03:28 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: Corin Stormhands; ksen; HairOfTheDog; Bear_in_RoseBear
Now I am getting the error too. It kind of appears to be some kind of DNS error, because I get in when I use the IP address:
http://216.67.228.232/~the-hob/forum/

I have an email conversation going with tech support, so I'll post an update as it gets figgered out.
45,050 posted on 06/13/2003 12:10:28 PM PDT by ecurbh (HHD)
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To: ecurbh
Yeah, I just got the Apache page when I tried it this AM.
45,051 posted on 06/13/2003 12:13:35 PM PDT by Sam Cree
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To: ecurbh
I was just about to suggest a DNS error, because I saw an IP address flash in the address box of my browser, just before it changed to the "www.hobbit-hole.net" address.

A DNS error would help explain the haphazard nature of the error, too.

By the way, I can't get into any of your pages... still getting the "you have successfully" page.
45,052 posted on 06/13/2003 12:17:04 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Don't know if it means anything, just thought it was cool.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Well I'm off to work soon. Hopefully things will be kind of quiet tonight so that I can keep an eye this issue. Later!
45,053 posted on 06/13/2003 12:26:17 PM PDT by ecurbh (HHD)
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To: Corin Stormhands; ksen; Sam Cree; HairOfTheDog
Threads like that really make the new forum look more and more attractive to me.

Although, those kind of threads sometimes serve the dubious purpose of helping to expose and identify the occasional racist to infest FR.
45,054 posted on 06/13/2003 12:33:01 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Don't know if it means anything, just thought it was cool.)
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To: ecurbh
Later ecurbh! Thanks for working so hard to give us a place to feel home "off-site."
45,055 posted on 06/13/2003 12:33:32 PM PDT by ksen (HHD;FRM - Entmoot or Bust!)
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To: Sam Cree
I've never heard of anyone hating Robert E. Lee before.

Oh Sam. Right here in the Capital of the Confederacy we had a mural of Lee firebombed and destroyed. Hate for the good General abounds. It is the product of the politically correct and of the liberals.

I don't go around waving the Confederate flag. In fact I think the only one I own is post card size and is framed with a copy of Lee's farewell address.

What these people don't understand is that no one is promoting slavery. It's a recognition of history and heritage. It's a recognition of our ancestors. They made a lot of mistakes and some of their views were antiquated.

But Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis were men of integrity and honor, just as U.S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln were. The mistake comes in juding the men and women of 1862 by the standards of 2003. It just doesn't fit.

/soapbox

45,056 posted on 06/13/2003 12:34:19 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; ksen; Sam Cree; HairOfTheDog
Although, those kind of threads sometimes serve the dubious purpose of helping to expose and identify the occasional racist to infest FR.

And sadly Bear, many of those racists are indeed on the side of the south. Most southern white boys have a latent "rebel yell gene" that flares up when challenged.

But what gripes me most is the assertion that this is (and was) only a southern problem. That's just ignorance.

Okay. I'll stop now.

45,057 posted on 06/13/2003 12:43:40 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://wardsmythe.crimsonblog.com)
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Since it looks like some folks are still having problems accessing the new forum, I'll take the liberty of posting this AWESOME find!

I've already claimed the Harfoot lass (obvious by the Dwarven influence aka her shield and horn) but everyone else is up for grabs.

I simply saved it to my hard drive as a bmp file, cropped out everything but the head and shoulders of the halfling, and then saved it as a jpg file. From there, you just resize the photo down to less than 97x97 pixels and save to your desktop. You can upload it as your avatar once you access your profile. :)

I've already cropped all of the ladies, so if any of you gals want one..let me know! I'll send it to your e-mail addy.

45,058 posted on 06/13/2003 12:44:51 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost..)
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To: RMDupree
Very good! - I hope you left enough of yours to see the beautiful sheild and tunic she has on!
45,059 posted on 06/13/2003 12:46:54 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Not all those who wander are lost)
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To: RMDupree
The cornucopia (sp?) on her shield is a good touch too. :)
45,060 posted on 06/13/2003 12:47:24 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Don't know if it means anything, just thought it was cool.)
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