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The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…

Posted on 08/04/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

The Road Goes Ever On…

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.


TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: Overtaxed
I hadn't thought about carrying it everywhere I go, but it is fun to practice!

I've carried a pocketknife whenever I've had a pocket for over 30 years now. I don't want to be without basic tools, which also explains the combo screwdriver and small forceps in my eyeglass case. People merely think I'm weird if I take out my screwdriver or forceps. But they back away if I have to take out my knife. Being without tools makes me feel vulnerable.

Perhaps that's because man is really a toolmaker, and not a predator. High-definition color binocular vision is intended for making tools, not for being a predator, like a hawk.

3,261 posted on 08/09/2003 8:04:13 AM PDT by 300winmag (All that is gold does not glitter.)
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To: 300winmag
Hmmm....well....I drive around with gardening equipment in the trunk and the ignition key doubles as a box cutter.
3,262 posted on 08/09/2003 8:10:35 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: Wneighbor; HairOfTheDog; Alkhin
Hey you all...trying to catch up here and not doing a very good job of it. The heat was just awful yesterday. I couldn't get the house to cool down and the air conditioning was pulling 100%. I finally just cut it off and got out the fans. The room where my computer is located is just misery in the late afternoon, so I didn't even try to log on. Will attempt to take care of business this a.m. before it gets so bad. We did have some rain last night...thank God.

WN...What's going on with the doctors and test results? Hope nothing bad.
And with the back helicopters?

Alkhin did call last night. Hey Alkhin, it was really nice to speak with you by telephone! Hope your weekend is going well for you.

From our converstation last night, I believe she is going to want Flat Frodo the last of August/first of September.

So, Ms. Hair where does that put me? How do you want to work this out? If you want me to take the time frame around the weekend of the 23rd, I can take him into SE Texas and on into western Louisiana. Do you want to do that?
3,263 posted on 08/09/2003 8:40:40 AM PDT by mstar
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To: 2Jedismom
Thanks for the ping regarding the new Hole, 2Jmom. I hadn't seen it yet.
3,264 posted on 08/09/2003 9:02:05 AM PDT by rugerman
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Hey! What Planet is This?


3,265 posted on 08/09/2003 9:06:07 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: ecurbh; Scott from the Left Coast; mstar
Good morning! ecurbh, I see you were restless roaming in the night, I was ~out~ like a light then!

Scott, I am having my leftover red meat off the bone for breakfast, and Gidget is enjoying your leftover bone.... She thanks you!


mstar, good morning! - I think perhaps you are giving us credit for more organization and pre-planning than you should.... If you don't know exactly when Frodo is coming, that is normal... Right now SuziQ has him, then he goes to WN and that is all we know! - When WN is done we will plan his next step which is either you or Alkhin, but we never nail his schedule down to days this far ahead unless there is a particular deadline! Loose and flexible, thats what this outfit is! :~D
3,266 posted on 08/09/2003 9:15:31 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Hey Ms. Hair, good morning back to you.

That's fine, loose and flexible works well with us too. I just thought it was going into some kind of time cruch with people wanting him in August. Suppose to talk with Alkhin later in the weekend after she has a little more time to nail down details. I think it is going to work well with both of us in the Houston area. She is wanting take him to parts of the area that I did not want to...I don't like to go to town.

Hope you are OK.
3,267 posted on 08/09/2003 9:24:58 AM PDT by mstar
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To: mstar
I am great mstar!

It is a grey morning here that I managed to sleep away half of. I am sipping my coffee and have plans to read my book awhile!
3,268 posted on 08/09/2003 9:31:47 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear; Wneighbor
So is there any news about what is happening in Crawford? I was lost last night. Is there a report or thread or update somewhere? I have this vague image in my head of arab invasions and high altitude photographs and WN in her kayak.

The plot in my mind needs to be tightened up.

3,269 posted on 08/09/2003 9:39:34 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: Long Cut; 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Argh; Bear_in_RoseBear; BibChr; Corin Stormhands; ...
Pasted from the Canteen yesterday, by our friend Long Cut:

Well, it's time.

In a few days, I will hop in La Contessa, kiss Mrs.Cut and Mini Cut goodbye, and , tears straming, point her nose north. I'll drive to Maine, where, after checking aboard VP-10, I'll be sent...Well, I still don't know where. I just know I've been told to pack for warm weather.

Sailors, for countless years have done the same thing. I shouldn't be worried or sad, but how can one not be, with a month-old son who is just starting to...LOOK at you? Well, can't think about it...I just have to DO it, just as I've done my duty now for ten years. This is the first time I'll leave a family behind, though.

(ahem) Back in 2001, the day after Black Tuesday, I logged on to FR and, for the first time since discovering it, registered. i quickly found the Canteen thread, which became a place I loved to go in cyberspace.

You ALL were there, day after day, like FRiends at a favorite pub at the end of the day, with a warm fire and a cold beer, and with Old Glory, ever flying. I immediately felt at home, and i took great pleasure in sharing my job and life with you all. I told you of my students, the Lads, whom I trained with all the skill and leadership I knew, and then learned more. You were there on the dark, dark day when Mrs. Cut lost our first baby, to offfer comfort and prayers, all of which warmed our cold souls that day.

you were also there to share in our joy as Mini Cut entered our lives (he's doing fine, by the way! he's gained ten ounces since he was born a month ago).

All through it, you ALWAYS placed first and foremost, those Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Airmen who have served, and continue to serve, our country in these dark days of war. in the face of those traitors (and that is the only word that fits) who slander and smear us, you stood the ground, and held the hill, for us back home. I...WE all thank you, from the bottom of our hearts.

(cough) I'll be leaving now, to join those already overseas, to, FINALLY, do my part in full. To do what I was trained for, and to do it to the best of my abilities, as those who came before me did. However, this is not an opus.

I WILL be gone from fr for a while...six months, at least. I do not know how the 'net service will be wherever I wind up, so this will be more of a "thank you" than a goodbye.

Know, my FRiends, that I will think of you, during the long, lonely, and dangerous times ahead. I KNOW that you will think of me, Mrs. Cut, and all those in our predicament, and that you will offer prayers and support, as much as you can. Know ye, it will be appreciated.

Not much else to say, I guess, or I may just break down. So, let me put on my peacoat, sling my seabag over a shoulder, straighten my dixie cup, and depart.

I'll see you all in six. Stay safe, stay alert, and keep the home fires burnin!

P.S.-If I missed anyone in this ping list, it wasn't intentional. i tried to ping everyone I knew to it.

346 posted on 08/08/2003 7:42 PM PDT by Long Cut (AFT CLEAR, STANDING BY ON TWO, FLIGHT!!!!)

Long Cut, I missed a lot of pings yesterday, and I hope you haven't left yet and I am not too late to say So Long and Farewell, stay safe and Godspeed on behalf of all of us here. And for you to know that we are thinking of you.... As a sometime Hobbit Hole and Tolkien thread participant, you will have our thoughts and prayers, and I hope you will take comfort in the fact that we are with you.

Take such friends as you can trust!

Stay off the road!

3,270 posted on 08/09/2003 9:51:20 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Sigh, the weekends... sometimes there is no one to talk to but myself. Maybe my post count is so high because I don't mind doing it....

I am going to go read for a bit... and nap...
3,271 posted on 08/09/2003 9:57:42 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog; 300winmag
OT: glad you enjoyed the munchies, we had the last last night, we have a goodly amount of cookies left.

Since the plane was late, did you have time to get the SW FF app. in the works? :-)

"Big Red" is clean and shiny again. We'll see if that doesn't conjur up some rain.

Some scraping on the hickory bow is in order this afernoon, nice breeze on the porch.

The computer system is down at work all weekend while they strap the new gerbils into their harnesses, so Friday afternoon we could all "grumble about not being able to come in on Saturday to work" LOL.

Sounds like a great mini-moot in Oly Town last night, Miss Hair, thanks for posting the pictures.

300 WM; know what you mean about tools. My Gerber multiplier is on my belt whenever I'm not in the office. Then it is in my lunch box. Only place I don't carry it is on the airplane any more.

BBL
3,272 posted on 08/09/2003 9:58:51 AM PDT by osagebowman (HHD-)
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To: osagebowman
Since the plane was late, did you have time to get the SW FF app. in the works? :-)

Uh...no. We didn't find out that we would be late until I was already through security. I can do that online, can't I? You can do anything online, right? :)

3,273 posted on 08/09/2003 10:03:34 AM PDT by Overtaxed
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To: HairOfTheDog
Hey...I determined the perfect sport for Hobbits.

But I'm going to e-mail it to Tim with my resume. I'll let him do the honors.

3,274 posted on 08/09/2003 10:05:13 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: HairOfTheDog
Great post..thanks for the "ping". Prayer will be sent up for this inspiring service man and is family. Really appreciate his great heart for our country. Blessings!
3,276 posted on 08/09/2003 10:20:16 AM PDT by mstar
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
Fabulous. I can't wait.

;~D

3,277 posted on 08/09/2003 10:32:36 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: osagebowman
Hello and pleasant Saturday to you Mr. Bowman!
3,278 posted on 08/09/2003 10:34:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Good morning! I slept pretty well once I got to sleep. Time to get to work here, but I may lurk now and then.
3,279 posted on 08/09/2003 10:48:20 AM PDT by ecurbh
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To: ecurbh
I am reading.... catching up in fact, I am in Chapter 14.
3,280 posted on 08/09/2003 11:11:34 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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