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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: Wneighbor
CBS... Guiding Light.

Cassie was rescued by the DA... which means they are probably going to involve her in a love triangle between him and the once-evil-but-now-possibly-reformed brother of her dead husband.
57,281 posted on 07/22/2003 12:19:38 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well, it is a heck of a news day.... now four major breaking stories, Eiffel tower is on fire, Jessica comes home, BB player probably found in Waco, Uday and whatshisname probably killed.... Your legislature having a tantrum just had to go I guess!

And on top of that, I may have (note the emphasis) made a major score on the engraving of our pocketknives.

I stopped by the little father-and-son trophy company. Explained our situation to the son, he commended us for our efforts. Then he quoted me $9 per knife for laser engraving each knife. As the laser cuts into the metal, it also burns a black chemical into the engraved area, making it permanently black. The samples I saw looked nice.

But I sputtered about the price, and asked him about mechanical engraving. He said they could do that, but the results would be "white on white", and cost us $3-$5 each. I told them I'd be back as soon as I have a sample.

On my way out, I got inspired, and asked him if we could get a price break if they also put their logo on the knives. He thought about it, then said he'd talk to his father, who was just walking in as I left.

Not only do I feel positive about this operation, but the company's name is "Highest Honor", and this their logo. Not a bad match for the Hobbit Hole?


57,282 posted on 07/22/2003 12:38:28 PM PDT by 300winmag (All that is gold does not glitter.)
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ARRRRRGH!
57,283 posted on 07/22/2003 12:41:40 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: 300winmag
winmag! That is a cool logo!!! And that is a great thing (crossing fingers!) if it happens. would be incredibly awesome!
57,284 posted on 07/22/2003 12:45:09 PM PDT by Wneighbor (U.S. Troops - Best in the World!)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
ARRRRRGH!

Really?

57,285 posted on 07/22/2003 12:46:04 PM PDT by Wneighbor (U.S. Troops - Best in the World!)
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To: 300winmag
Excellent work. "Highest Honor." I like that.
57,286 posted on 07/22/2003 12:49:24 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD)
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To: Wneighbor
Dan freakin' Rather decided he just had to have his mug on the TV 15 minutes before a regularly scheduled newsbreak just to say that Ooday and Koosay are dead again!

Now I don't know why the Feds are taking custody of the suicidal killer Mitch away from the Springfield PD!
57,287 posted on 07/22/2003 12:51:08 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: Wneighbor
Can you freepmail me your paypal info?
57,288 posted on 07/22/2003 12:52:21 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD)
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To: 300winmag
An HH for the logo, huh? Maybe the Lord led you there! I hope he'll give you the black engraving for the white engraving price. THAT would be most excellent!

So you're gonna give us the guesstimate soon on the final price on the knives so we'll know how much to send Wneighbor for the number that we each want to furnish?

57,289 posted on 07/22/2003 12:53:18 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Wneighbor
I'm sorry you won't know about Mitch, but I for one am danged excited that they confirmed the SOBs are dead.
57,290 posted on 07/22/2003 12:53:49 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD)
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To: Corin Stormhands
eh, in a week stories will start to circulate that maybe they weren't so sure after all, and three months from now they'll get to kill them all over again.
57,291 posted on 07/22/2003 12:55:58 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Now I don't know why the Feds are taking custody of the suicidal killer Mitch away from the Springfield PD!

Could he be a Federal informant like Whitey Bulger? ;o)

57,292 posted on 07/22/2003 12:56:06 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Nope. They got the bodies this time.
57,293 posted on 07/22/2003 12:58:11 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Do they?
57,294 posted on 07/22/2003 1:00:26 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: SuziQ
Apparently there is some secret Federal undercover operation running in Springfield, USA!

The mysterious DA-who-is-a-double-for-Cassie's-dead-husband appears to be running it....
57,295 posted on 07/22/2003 1:01:48 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (yadda yadda yadda)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Yep. Bagged and identified.
57,296 posted on 07/22/2003 1:04:40 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (HHD)
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To: Wneighbor
winmag! That is a cool logo!!! And that is a great thing (crossing fingers!) if it happens. would be incredibly awesome!

If we get a deal, we'll give them a copy of our "certficate" that will accompany the kives, and see that they get a good writeup. If they give us a great deal, I'll buy another knife for them to keep as our way of saying thanks for our troops.

These troop support projects are great because they have taught me some smart buying and deal-making skills.

57,297 posted on 07/22/2003 1:07:15 PM PDT by 300winmag (All that is gold does not glitter.)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
No equivocation this time. CENTCOM says it is "certain" they are dead.
57,298 posted on 07/22/2003 1:08:59 PM PDT by ecurbh (http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: ecurbh
Good. I still want to see their mangy bodies dragged through the street... and make that one of those annoying 'stock footage' loops that the networks are so fond of. I want to see it over and over and over...
57,299 posted on 07/22/2003 1:10:52 PM PDT by Lil'freeper
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To: Lil'freeper
Hi!
57,300 posted on 07/22/2003 1:11:01 PM PDT by Lil'freeper
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