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Eledhwen
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Nov 8 2007, 4:58am
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Just ordinary post. As Daniel said, anything else would have made the whole thing a LOT more expensive (FedEx was another $100 or something daft). But he posted them staggered, so whoever got theirs posted last will probably have a couple more days to wait, if the first ones are just coming.
HM Bark Endeavour at anchor in Broken Bay, NSW Australia, October 2007
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Ataahua
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Nov 8 2007, 8:21am
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to upsize on the K&C, huh Patty? 
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Ataahua
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Nov 8 2007, 8:22am
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I just love your footer - especially with the motorboat in the background!
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Eledhwen
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Nov 8 2007, 8:37am
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It was funny to think Captain Cook could have stood in the same place looking down on his ship 200 years ago. Without the motorboats of course. Unfortunately, because it was a weekend they were everywhere. 
HM Bark Endeavour at anchor in Broken Bay, NSW Australia, October 2007
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 8 2007, 2:58pm
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I'm now going through throes of, I did give entmaiden the right address, didn't I? It's not lost somewhere in the mail system, is it?
We do have a frame shop we trust implicitly, so once I get my map I'll know the next step.
Hello? Post office? Is there a tube coming my way, please???
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!"
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Patty
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Nov 8 2007, 5:08pm
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and any excuse to celebrate.
For Gondor!
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Kethry
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Nov 8 2007, 5:14pm
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So I sent Daniel an email thanking him.
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And I got a sweet reply right away. He's such a nice guy. And he did say that he's glad to know that they're getting to their destinations and that they're bringing joy with them.
My mom happened to have an empty frame that will fit it, so it's just going to go in there for the time being. Maybe after I've had it for a bit I'll be able to let it out of my possesion to get it properly framed.
"Any kind of plan where you lose your hat... is a bad plan."
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 8 2007, 6:04pm
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I was sitting here reading some e-mail and the Gaffer called from the front of the house: "The postman's out at the mailbox and he's holding a big cardboard tube!" So I sprinted to the front window, just in time to see the postman, tube still in hand, drive away up the street and turn the corner.
How very unhelpful of one of my neighbors to order something in a tube just when I'm waiting for my map!
Maybe tomorrow....
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!"
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hatster
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Nov 8 2007, 10:27pm
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I posted above because something else LOTR happened on my way home. Mine is all re rolled the other way getting straightened. I'm going to wait to frame it to have a close look because I'm so afraid I'll damage it. Now...need to go write him a thank you :-)
I have lost the dwarves and I have lost the wizard, and I don't know where I am; and I don't want to know, if only I can get away.
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 8 2007, 11:16pm
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It *was* my map! It *was* my map!
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I saw the postman with a white tube about 11:30 this morning, but he left the rest of the mail in the box and drove away. So I figured the tube was something for someone else.
But no!
About 4:30 the Gaffer and I went out for a walk. We weren't even past our driveway when we saw the mail truck coming towards us. "It *was* the map!" I shouted, and sure enough, the postman stopped and handed it over! And then got away before I could ask him why on Middle-Earth he hadn't dropped it off this morning. My address was on it plain as the nose on your face.
And then the Gaffer and I had to actually cut the cardboard tube away from the map, and he cut his finger on it, bless him for the Sammish supportive soul that he is.
But it's here, it's here, and it's just gorgeous! Squeeeeeeeee!
I have #21. My map's an adult -- well, not in hobbit years....
Here's to TORn! Hip hip hooray!
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!"
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a.s.
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Nov 8 2007, 11:19pm
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getting really worried...who else hasn't gotten theirs yet?
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Should I be worried, yet? Did the packages come requiring a signature? What happens if mine gets lost, etc?
I should be practicing "TTT"...but instead, I'm fretting.
Anyone else fretting too?
a.s.
"an seileachan"
Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.
~~~Landrum Bolling
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Kimi
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Nov 8 2007, 11:24pm
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You know, when I read your post this morning I wondered if the postman had taken your map away with him by mistake. But I didn't want to worry you :-)
It's found its way home.
  
Promises to Keep: a novel set in 19th Century New Zealand.
The Passing of Mistress Rose
Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
- A Room With a View
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Patty
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Nov 8 2007, 11:27pm
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Mine's not here yet. But I'm not worried...
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it unfortunately means mine won't be here for Fiesta tomorrow, cause our mail doesn't get here until between 4:30-5:00. Oh well. All that much more fun when it does get here!
For Gondor!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 8 2007, 11:31pm
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Maybe your postman is as absent-minded as mine! *beams good map thoughts toward a.s.*
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!"
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Lily Fairbairn
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Nov 8 2007, 11:32pm
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No no worries -- not now at least. Whew!
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Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?
A man may do both. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!"
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 8 2007, 11:43pm
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I can just see you jumping up and down. Give the Gaffer a healing kiss on his finger.
I'm sorely tempted to call home and ask Uncle Baggins if my map has arrived yet, but I guess I'll go home and find out for myself ;-)
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Chance Meeting at Rivendell: a Tolkien Fanfic
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N.E. Brigand
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Nov 8 2007, 11:58pm
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On my doorstep when I got home a half-hour ago, which is too perfect for words.
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We're discussing The Lord of the Rings in the Reading Room, Oct. 15, 2007 - Mar. 22, 2009!
Join us Nov. 5-11 for "Three Is Company".
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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 12:12am
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*sings* Tomorrow, tomorrow, I'll love ya tomorrow--you're only a day away!
For Gondor!
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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 12:21am
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are your feet back down on the ground, yet?
For Gondor!
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ordinaryhobbit
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Nov 9 2007, 12:24am
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in Minnesota. Hob and I had a great time trying to take it all in. It's fantastic.
aka Mr Hob
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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 12:31am
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It's a two-fer!
What a nice thing to share.
Minnesota. That's near Indy, isn't it?
For Gondor!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 9 2007, 12:33am
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Nope, mine's not here yet. TTT!
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I expect RosieLass will get hers before I do, since mine will almost certainly come through her town on the way to my town.
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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and some other stuff I wrote...
leleni at hotmail dot com
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"Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape." --Terry Pratchett
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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 12:56am
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If Gramma doesn't get hers tomorrow in time for Fiesta...
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we'll need to do two celebrations, I'm a-thinking!
For Gondor!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Nov 9 2007, 12:58am
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we could party on through the weekend as well, in case some come Friday night or Saturday. :-)
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Chance Meeting at Rivendell: a Tolkien Fanfic
and some other stuff I wrote...
leleni at hotmail dot com
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"Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape." --Terry Pratchett
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