The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

See also: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net

Web page for our moot reports and troop support information!

[TalonDJ]

SEPs are probably against ordinance too. Most of the things they ban seem to be someone else's problem :P

[JenB]

My coworker has a portable SEP generator that he uses to avoid DemonLady. Wish he'd loan it to me.

[g'nad]

!). Ask her about the big gay cock named Rupert (IIRC).

izzat a bird or an appendage?...

[2Jedismom]

LOL!! No, never dreamed of having buffalo. Steve has, though...but wild, running through our range like in the olden days.

I don't think that's gonna happen...

[Petronski]

Oh how I do love that one. ;OD

[300winmag]

Anyone cut themselves on their ShootMoot knife yet? I did.

Always assume every firearm is loaded, and every knife is sharp as a scalpel. Especially after I get done stropping them. Those little knives got the same treatment our top-of-the-line Camillus fighting knife gets.

I find sharpening the knives very satisfying, because it's a chance to put a little bit of my own personal effort into each knife before it goes out. But I have every sharpening device known to man, and constantly look for something better. One can never have enough tools.

I've been concerned during the entire life of our project about keeping the knives sharp once in the hands of the troops. The CRKT, with its one-sided chisel grind, needs a skilled hand in sharpening. Knives with the standard V-grind can be handled with more conventional jig sharpeners that do a good job without demanding much skill on the part of the user.

A while back, an online knife store had a sale on $4 Gerber ceramic sharpeners for $1. I bought 20, and have sent them out with larger shipments of knives. Ceramic is good for maintaining an edge on these high-tech steels, but real sharpening demands diamonds.

Now I'm getting (I hope) Gerber diamond sharpeners for $2 each. This time I was bolder, and ordered 100. I hope I get all 100 without any hassle. Dealers start asking questions when large quantities are involved.

The bottom line is, a sharp knife is a safe knife. When you know it's at its sharpest, you know you can use less force in cutting, with less chance of the blade taking off in unexpected directions.

[HairOfTheDog]

LOL!

[2Jedismom]

Yep, this one got me good...the question of how sharp it is was answered. Sliced right into the side of my thumb.

I still love it!

[2Jedismom]

Good night! I'm off to take my hot soak.

[RosieCotton]

Good night!

[Corin Stormhands]

They tied us up in the bottom of the last inning...

What kinda kinky baseball game is that?

Do I wanna ask if yuh got on base?

[JenB]

Dwarves!

Glad you made it - I assume you made it and aren't posting while driving down the interstate like some people I know.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

What kinda kinky baseball game is that?

I wuz thinkin it, but wuzn't gonna say nothin...

[Corin Stormhands]

I wuz thinkin it, but wuzn't gonna say nothin...

'course not. That's MY job.

'nite folks. I shoulda been in bed a long time ago. Gots a bored meeting tomorrow. See y'all sometime late-ish tomorrow afternoon...

[TalonDJ]

Just dropped 9 of the nylon sheath stlye CQB's (3 big, 6 small) in the mail to ya. They had been sitting around awhile with me forgetting to mail them.

[ExGeeEye]

We're realizing we don't know the apartment complex's rule on firearms.

I didn't even ask here. Why open the worm can? The 6 assorted bullet-launchers stay in the closet anyway...took two of them out to the Silver Bullet a few weeks ago...but distance to the car was 30 feet vertical and 40 horizontal, so big deal.

Am I incoherent first thing in the morning, or what?

[cyborg]

LOL!! what a sign to wake up to.

[cyborg]

LOL!! now that's funny.

[cyborg]

Good morning all! It's almost seven and i'm out to the garden before this wonderful,cool weather turns into eighty degrees of humidity hell.

[Lil'freeper]

Am I incoherent first thing in the morning, or what?

Well, I wasn't going to say anything.... :)

Good morning!

Mom's coming for a visit today - and I'm going to take the rest of the week off. Hurray!