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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
Steve already has a pair...I'm the only Chuck Taylor-less person in the family.

Well, I put in a bid on a "gently worn" pair on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2804064001&ssPageName=ADME:B:DS:US:6
6,541 posted on 01/15/2003 7:03:22 AM PST by 2Jedismom (HHD)
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To: RMDupree
50° is not chilly. We're supposed to be down to 16° tonite.

But thanks for breakfast.

6,542 posted on 01/15/2003 7:03:22 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Mmmmmm...chicken noodle soup...)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Weather-dude said this a.m. that we may be getting 5 inches Thursday night.

On the same radio station, the weather person says it's going to be a shovel event while the news reporter person says maybe only flurries.

6,543 posted on 01/15/2003 7:03:25 AM PST by Overtaxed (I've got coffee and the cat has Fancy Feast)
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To: 300winmag
"Remington 700."

I love that rifle, have one in .270, it's my favorite gun. I suppose yours is in .300winmag?

6,544 posted on 01/15/2003 7:09:19 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Corin Stormhands
50° is not chilly.

I'm a thin-blooded Floridian. My definition of chilly is anything under 70 degrees. LOL!

We're supposed to be down to 16° tonite.

That just ain't right! I would perish!

But thanks for breakfast.

You are very welcome, Master Dwarf. I enjoy cyber-cooking for all of you!

6,545 posted on 01/15/2003 7:10:50 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Happy Hobbit lass has no boss today!)
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To: 2Jedismom
Freepmail me that potato soup recipe, WN!

You have mail. It's long. Read the thing to make sure it makes sense first. Let me know if you try it how it works.

6,546 posted on 01/15/2003 7:18:59 AM PST by Wneighbor (HHD)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Virginia had "Lee-Jackson-King Day."

I like it. I like it a lot.

6,547 posted on 01/15/2003 7:21:44 AM PST by Wneighbor (HHD)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Hey Corin, I think that Imelda thing is in most women, I believe they really love shoes. Lots and lots of them really accumulate shoes and think about them all the time. Any mall has 5 times as many ladies' shoe stores than anything else. It's weird, but true, IMO.

Wish I could be there for the snow...chilly here last night, but due to be in the 70's this afternoon.

Jackson was a something of an unusual character, along with being a great tactical general, I have heard. "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
I believe Lee to have been a fine person. Seems like they deserve a holiday.
6,548 posted on 01/15/2003 7:22:37 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
Seems like they deserve a holiday.

I agree. Of course here in Richmond, we're still fighting the War of Northern Agression...

6,549 posted on 01/15/2003 7:25:03 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Southern by the grace of God...)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Remind me to give you a call the next time I'm facing an adventure...

Will do. Even my day job, computer support, is intended to remove "adventures" from the client by dropping them in my lap, instead. Adventures are just one step above "learning experiences".

If you look at the Shire, the hobbits work very hard to produce the huge amounts of food, drink, and pipeweed they need to relax when they're not working so hard. They have no time left for "adventures", and the human race would be better off if more countries followed that example.

America has a strong streak of hobbit in it, which is good. However, when really provoked, America becomes more like a nation of pissed-off Ents.

6,550 posted on 01/15/2003 7:26:32 AM PST by 300winmag
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To: Overtaxed
No snow for awhile, here! Or not much. Just sub-zero cold.

Speaking of shovels, my latest toy is one of those big snow scoop things - they're almost like a sled with a long handle. You push it to scoop up a bunch of show, then sled it over to where you want to dump it and just tilt up - no lifting. I got it to shovel my driveway with, but hardly got to try it out as my brothers came over and wanted to play with it. Kind of a Tom Sawyer moment, I guess. But it's fun to use!
6,551 posted on 01/15/2003 7:26:41 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: 2Jedismom
You gotta change your tag line IMELDA THE FRUGAL!
6,552 posted on 01/15/2003 7:29:04 AM PST by Wneighbor (HHD)
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To: RMDupree
My definition of chilly is anything under 70 degrees. LOL!

I'm 100% in agreement with you Ruthy GMTA

6,553 posted on 01/15/2003 7:30:43 AM PST by Wneighbor (HHD)
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To: 300winmag
However, when really provoked, America becomes more like a nation of pissed-off Ents.

I hope so.

6,554 posted on 01/15/2003 7:31:42 AM PST by Corin Stormhands (Let's be hasty this time...)
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To: 300winmag
So yes, I'm afraid of adventures too, because they disturb the dullness I seek in life. That's why it's important to have enough gadgets to keep adventures at bay.

LOL! Words to live by...

6,555 posted on 01/15/2003 7:32:18 AM PST by RosieCotton (Now where did I put my Swiss Army multitool?)
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To: Corin Stormhands
Southern by birth, Virginian by the grace of God.
6,556 posted on 01/15/2003 7:32:24 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: Sam Cree
Yes, that's it.
6,557 posted on 01/15/2003 7:33:23 AM PST by Corin Stormhands
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To: 300winmag
Even my day job, computer support,

Wow! ANOTHER computer tech? I think we make up about half the population here, no?

6,558 posted on 01/15/2003 7:33:24 AM PST by RosieCotton (Now where did I put my Swiss Army multitool?)
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To: 300winmag
America has a strong streak of hobbit in it, which is good. However, when really provoked, America becomes more like a nation of pissed-off Ents.

Hroom, hroom! I love it!!!

6,559 posted on 01/15/2003 7:34:18 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Happy Hobbit lass has no boss today!)
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To: Corin Stormhands
John Mosby was another interesting character, an early guerrilla warrior.

After the war he became friends with Grant who sent him to Hong Kong, where he cleaned up some kind of something or other.
6,560 posted on 01/15/2003 7:36:45 AM PST by Sam Cree
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