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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: Wneighbor
I'll go with you. Even if we both go alone.
51,441
posted on
07/07/2003 6:00:59 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: HairOfTheDog
You got a deal. I'm going to search for a theater in Ft. Worth now. It's only 90 miles.
51,442
posted on
07/07/2003 6:01:42 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(this is my new tag line)
To: Ramius
That requires a gratuitous testosterone pic
To: HairOfTheDog
think I'll check it out in Yelm Wednesday...great theatre. And I am unemployed, so should make the best of it...
To: HairOfTheDog
He kinda looks like a dead rat...
51,445
posted on
07/07/2003 6:10:38 PM PDT
by
JenB
To: Scott from the Left Coast
Let me know if you and your wife want any extra company! I promise not to swoon audibly.
MMMMM.... Pirate movies....
51,446
posted on
07/07/2003 6:12:10 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: JenB
He kinda looks like a dead rat... Jen, don't say that.... I will just start thinking you are a Cyborg or something.
51,447
posted on
07/07/2003 6:13:11 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog
Funny you should mention it...
Curiously enough, I was once tasked with writing an SOP for bomb threats for a USCG command that I was at. Having no idea what to do, I started my research by contacting the local and state police, FBI and such for recommendations. If I may so myself... I think I came up with a pretty good procedure. Then later when I got a job many years ago at the company I now work for, they decided they needed an SOP for this as well, and I provided my old SOP as a starting point.
Hmmm... I wonder how much of it I can remember? It assumed that the threat was being made by phone. It went something like this:
1. Ask: "when will the device detonate?"
2. Ask: "what will cause the device to detonate?"
3. Ask: "where is the device?"
4. Ask: "what does the device look like?"
5. Ask: "Do you have any statement that they would like to have read to the media?"
[The caller may not be responsive to questions, but the most important thing is to find out when the device will detonate. This tells you how long you have to deal with the problem. Beyond that, you want to keep them talking as long as you can. The more they talk the more you can deduce useful information.]
6. Get attention to your situation ASAP. Pass a written note to the OD [a supervisor]. OD should begin the search for the device and the evacuation of all nonessential personnel.
7. If possible, record the call. Otherwise write as many notes as possible. Write as many details as you can. Exact quotes, impressions, emotions, everything you are thinking, or anything you believe they are thinking.
8. Note any background noise in the call. Traffic noises? Trains? Street noise? Cafe/restaurant/bar noise? Other persons talking to them giving instructions?
9. Note the accent (if any) of the caller.
10. Does the caller seem impaired? [drunk or otherwise incoherent?]
-- That's pretty much all I remember of it...
To: Overtaxed
I love the "you have to talk to the manager" bit. I wish I had thought of that.
To: Scott from the Left Coast
[sigh]
To: Ramius
I love the list of questions.... especially #5..... Get them talking about themselves!
51,451
posted on
07/07/2003 6:26:17 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: Ramius
So, you mean if I answer the phone for a bomb threat it's not okay just to hang up and let everybody know I'm going to lunch?
51,452
posted on
07/07/2003 6:27:21 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(this is my new tag line)
To: HairOfTheDog
Yah'know... Pirates of the Caribbean was always my favorite at Disneyland. Too bad they PC'd it by taking out the pirates-chasing-wenches part. What's wrong with wenches? The world needs more wenches. :-)
To: Ramius
There appear to be some wenches in this version!
51,454
posted on
07/07/2003 6:28:33 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: Ramius
But the wenches don't appear to be trying to run away....
51,455
posted on
07/07/2003 6:29:00 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
To: Ramius
What's wrong with wenches? The world needs more wenches. :-) Hmmm. After those pics your sister posted I was thinking the world needed more pirates!
51,456
posted on
07/07/2003 6:29:08 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(this is my new tag line)
To: Wneighbor
So, you mean if I answer the phone for a bomb threat it's not okay just to hang up and let everybody know I'm going to lunch? That would be: "Plan B".
To: HairOfTheDog
But the wenches don't appear to be trying to run away.... like either one of us would run from those pirates?
51,458
posted on
07/07/2003 6:30:41 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(this is my new tag line)
To: Ramius
could I combine the two trends of the thread here and go for Plan C? Plan C is run to the pirate.
51,459
posted on
07/07/2003 6:31:45 PM PDT
by
Wneighbor
(this is my new tag line)
To: Wneighbor
Pirates raping and pillaging somewhere?
Where do I sign up? ;~D
51,460
posted on
07/07/2003 6:32:22 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Not all those who wander are lost)
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