The Hobbit Hole XXVIII - Through shadows to the edge of night

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Through shadows to the edge of night

• 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.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
• Twenty-Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
• Twenty-Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread

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!

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[HairOfTheDog]

See above ;~D

Really weird... they stopped vibrating a minute or so after I put them on the charger.

Midland GXT400 X-tra Talk® 10 Mile+ FRS/GMRS Radios With Weather & Vibrating Alert (Two-Way Radios & Walkie Talkies)

Vibrating alert to ~what~ I wonder!

[HairOfTheDog]

Changed channels, turned it off, pushed every button on it!

[SuziQ]

Ah! That's an image I was searching for!!

[SuziQ]

Maybe they were a "low-battery warning" vibration.

[RMDupree]

They're possessed.

[HairOfTheDog]

Possible! Nothing else makes sense... Seems if it was a low battery, then turning it off should stop it. Maybe you aren't near the charger and it seems like it would just drain the battery faster to vibrate.

[Ramius]

That was probably the weather-radio alert. There should be a button or channel for NWS updates.

[HairOfTheDog]

Indeed. ;~D

We've been using them as a good way to talk back and forth with Rosie when she's over at HerNewPlace. They should work good for that! Less formal than a phone call.

This morning though, Rosie heard "THE F'IN STRUCK WON'T START!" out of nowhere... that was funny ;~D

[Corin Stormhands]

[Ramius]

Doesn't look like there's any active weather advisories, though...

[HairOfTheDog]

errr "TRUCK"

[HairOfTheDog]

I think it must have been low battery... it was one of them first, then the other one within a minute or two.

[Ramius]

Maybe there's somebody nearby that got a set. Does the vibe thing respond to the "call" button? Maybe it was somebody else's...

[HairOfTheDog]

I wondered that... if someone was calling and making it vibrate, but it wouldn't respond to anything.

[HairOfTheDog]

It was just really freaky :~D

[RMDupree]

*sticks tongue out at you*

Not my fault that stupid site won't allow hotlinking. ;-)

[RMDupree]

"THE F'IN STRUCK WON'T START!"

How many pints have you had today? Maybe you're the one buzzing chica, rather than the walkie-talkies. ;-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Now Cartman's wonky.

[Corin Stormhands]

Plug him into the charger...

[HairOfTheDog]

Seriesly... Cartman's got something really wrong with him. He's panting and his ears are bright red. Called the vet, they can get me in at 3:30 - I'm going now and wait and see if I can get him in sooner. I don't want him mingling with the other cats.

Rosie - I shoved him into your tiny cat carrier, because mine's still up at the beach house. He looks like those bonzai kittens in a jar.

[Corin Stormhands]

Hope he'll be okay. Keep us posted.

[Overtaxed]

Heh... My kitty vibrates quite a lot.

[RMDupree]

~fret~

What the....??

Panting and red ears? Gotta be a fever of some kind.

What on earth did he get into now?

[Corin Stormhands]

This is the story that's got Richmond all riled up today:

Park's 2 bears killed after bite
Boy, 4, scaled fence at park; Officials cite public-health risk

Two perfectly healthy bears put down because some "parent" wasn't watching his kid. The kid didn't even need any stitches.

[RMDupree]

Now ~that~ story pisses me off.

How ridiculous.

[Corin Stormhands]

Same here. And they won't likely get bears back there.

[RMDupree]

Just plain stupid.

The kid broke the rules and the bears paid the price.

Granted....the kid's only four, so in that case his parents should have been reprimanded and fined.

[FrogInABlender]

Panting and red ears?! I sure hope he hasn't gotten into some kind of poison! The vet's office is the best place for him, in case he gets worse.

[JenB]

Uh-oh. I hope he just ate something that disagreed with him.

[TalonDJ]

Like the politician that took up cannibalism?

Is it time to go home yet?

[JenB]

*grin* I'm home...

[TalonDJ]

*sigh* I wish ;-D

[JenB]

*Sigh*. Me too. It would be nice to be there to say "welcome back" when you walked in the door.

[TalonDJ]

2 weeks... or 197 days, depending on how you want to count...

[JenB]

Hey, at least we're under 200 now...

[RMDupree]

That was my first thought too. :-(

But he hasn't vomited - or at least Hair hasn't mentioned that. He'd be vomiting or drooling if it was poison.

[ecurbh]

Oh dear... hope Cartman's OK. He has seemed less active than usual the last couple days.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well... I'm back.

I didn't make it all the way to the vets. Cartman seems fine now. I am so full of self doubt I just don't know what to do.

Here's what happened. Cartman came in, and, I might add now, seemed a little frantic... He came gallumping across the yard like he was in what he calls a "hurry". He then started pacing around rather out of sorts. He knocked some dishes off the desk, and then went up on top of the little bookshelf the other cats jump up on a lot but he never does.... knocking the picture frames off onto the floor as he went. This is when I noticed he was panting... and he looked scary! Growling at me when I touched him.

Well, I called the vet and acted like I thought he was dying, had this tense conversation with the vet about whether, if I came right in could I get in quicker than 3:30 because it was such an emergency, shoved him in the crate and posted what I posted before and headed out the door.

On the way there I could tell that whatever it was had passed. He wasn't panting, he wasn't frantic, he purred when I opened the gate and pet him. I stopped on the side of the road and tried to figure out if I should still even go to the vets, let alone trying to trot into the lobby and act like I was having this big emergency... They'd look at the cat sitting there all relaxed and think I was a lunatic. There's nothing unusual or wrong with him ~now~.

So I came home. The cat's still in the crate and happy there... I still have the other cats locked in the bedroom, and he's been grooming and now he's napping. He purrs now when I pet him.

And I've been staring at him trying to figure out what to do. Appointment in 30 minutes... But nothing to see. WTF DO I DO NOW?

vetvetdoug, I've always appreciated your input before. I hope I'm not abusing the privilege...

[HairOfTheDog]

I think you can tell in the early panting picture how red his ears were... and now they're not...

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

My advice, take him to the vet and describe what happened, have the vet examine him. The vet may be able to see some evidence of what was happening earlier. If not, at least the incident will be on record in case anything unusual happens again.

Always on a weekend, isn't it?

[HairOfTheDog]

It is always on a %^*$% weekend. ;~\

What if he was just ~hot~ ? I hate feeling like I am just panicking over nothing.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Just heard from our recruiter, Rose got the job... she starts either Wednesday or Monday, not sure yet.

Party time!

[HairOfTheDog]

Glad to hear it. CONGRATULATIONS ROSE!

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, for good or ill, I cancelled the appt. Talked to the vet too instead of just the receptionist before. They're open till 7:30 tonight, and open tomorrow too, so we left it that I would bring him in if I saw anything remotely unusual again.

[SuziQ]

WOO HOO!!!! Congrats Rose!!

[SuziQ]

Well at least you talked directly to the vet, so he'll know what's up. Here's hoping Cartman was just hot from doing some running around.

[Overtaxed]

So now she can park crooked and everything? Kewl!

[Overtaxed]

Poor Cartkitty? Might he have gotten hold of a varmint that didn't agree with him?

[JenB]

Huzzah! A good end to a good week!

[Overtaxed]

Ahem...I meant "Poor Cartkitty!"

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