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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 12:59am
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Cool. This is serious party issue...
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and we are OnPartyBusiness!  
For Gondor!
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 1:42am
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uhhh.... you may as well wait until Saturday for my party, cuz I plan on being mostly stuporous for, ohhhh, 20 hours or so. *premature spasm*
The thought of my map sitting in a cold, dark truck makes me wanna cry! Bouncing in a packed carrier with a mess of alien boxes, packages and envelopes is just so wrong!!! *twists hands anxiously*
Ya know what? This mailbox is really uncomfortable. The flag keep digging into my leg. *peers down street* I never realized how busy my backroad is. Three cars and 14 pickups in the last 2 hours! Wow! Congestion much? *waves at yet another Dodge Ram*
 
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"Barney Snow was here." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 1:44am
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50 is a BIG TIME Tolkien number!
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Bilbo and Frodo were 50! We've recently passed the 50th anniversary of The Hobbit! I ate 50 cookies today! 50s a GREAT number!!! :D
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 1:47am
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Not yet. But don't worry! They're protected by magic :D
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Daniel Reeve's touched each and every one of them; so they're already blessed with magical powers that will guide them right to our sweaty, twitchy little hands :)
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a.s.
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Nov 9 2007, 1:50am
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are you sitting on your mailbox? hmmm. Good idea.
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I might try this tomorrow afternoon. Our mail doesn't arrive til about 4:30 pm....
Let me know if it works for you, 'k?
a.s. (yes, still obsessively worrying, Patty! I am trying not to but it keeps sneaking up on me!)
"an seileachan"
Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 1:51am
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All at about the 4ft 10in to 5ft. eye level, but marked in every much-used room except the bathroom. *eyes door* I'll be right back.
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Silverlode
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Nov 9 2007, 2:05am
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*begins to dance the Springle-ring*
It's every bit as beautiful as everyone has said! Unfortunately, the arrival of dinner guests is imminent, so I shall have to wait until later to really study it in detail. But it's here, and it's mine!!!!!!!!!!111
 
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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Ataahua
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Nov 9 2007, 2:10am
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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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Patty
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Nov 9 2007, 2:13am
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How are you framing yours?
Kimi's description of her frame sounds about right for me, too. Oh, if it will only get here!
For Gondor!
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Smeagirl/Girllum
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Nov 9 2007, 2:22am
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Are you really maintaining physical contact with your mailbox until it arrives???  I'm sure you'll get the map just fine even without getting a mailbox impression dug into your leg! He used nice sturdy tubes, and unless you've had a problem with neighbors stealing mail or something like that, I'm sure there won't be a problem.
It sure is nice to have something so cool to be excited about though, isn't it?
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RosieLass
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Nov 9 2007, 4:07am
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#19 arrived in Colorado today!
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It's almost as nice as the original!
It was a trick to roll it the other way, though, to start straightening it.
Oh Moon, lovely moon, with thy beautiful face,
Careering throughout the boundaries of space,
Whenever I see thee, I think in my mind,
Shall I ever, oh ever, behold thy behind.
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hatster
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Nov 9 2007, 4:14am
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51 would have been perfect, since
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That's how old I'll be next week :-)
Hope yours comes tomorrow!
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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N.E. Brigand
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Nov 9 2007, 4:15am
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...he responded less than two hours later, very kindly. A gem.
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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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entmaiden
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Nov 9 2007, 5:47am
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Were you able to maintain the surprise? What did she say?
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
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entmaiden
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Nov 9 2007, 5:53am
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I was worried because I was out of town all week, but the lovely mailing tubes were waiting for me tonight when I got home. I say tubes because I also have deej's map. She stayed with me last weekend and we had directed Daniel to send both to me, thinking it would arrive in time for her to take it home. But alas, no maps last weekend. But at least they're here.
I haven't opened mine yet. I got home very late and I've got an early morning tomorrow, so I want to wait until I have time to really enjoy it. I'll let you all know what number I've got! So excited!
I'm sure the rest will some SOON!
Each cloak was fastened about the neck with a brooch like a green leaf veined with silver.
`Are these magic cloaks?' asked Pippin, looking at them with wonder.
`I do not know what you mean by that,' answered the leader of the Elves.
NARF since 1974.
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 11:01am
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Oh geez, Entmaiden! After all the planning and emailing and waiting and teaser with Altaira, you FINALLY have your very own. I'm SO happy for you! It's going to look PERFECT on your new wall :)
I'm so glad it/they got there safely. Welcome home, right? :D
*massive hugs*
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 11:04am
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I'm really worried about trying to roll it backwards. Crinkling and creasing and such. I think the excellent paper stock he used should help, but I think I'm going to lay it out on a HUGH board I have, cover it with another (glass to see through, of course ;) and just keep it flat from the get-go.
Finally... your very own! *giddy hug*
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grammaboodawg
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Nov 9 2007, 11:09am
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If you also ordered a poster, it could delay things
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I also ordered a poster, and he was going to combine shipment with the map. That could be why some of the tubes haven't reached everyone yet. The poster took a little while to print, retrieve and place in the proper orders. *spasm*
Trust him... The Hobbit is coming!
"Barney Snow was here." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."
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a.s.
Valinor
Nov 9 2007, 11:59am
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Good heavens, I feel like the time I had an exam on the exact same day Rolling Stones tickets went on sale in the pre-internet days (when you actually had to, you know, show up somewhere to buy a ticket) and everyone else got to go camp out in line and have a line-party, and me, I had to take the dumb exam.
Look, that was 32 years ago and I'm still fretting about it.
{{Smacks self upside head, mutters something about "grow up and get over it" to self, and gets ready to go to work...}}
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"an seileachan"
Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.
~~~Landrum Bolling
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Nov 9 2007, 12:02pm
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actually, rolling it backwards was easy,
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probably easier than trying to flatten it. Just use the outside of the tube it comes in. Hold one end of the poster against the tube and roll away. The problem then is how to keep it that way. I didn't want to roll it tight enough to get it back in the tube, so I found a plastic grocery bag and put it over one end of the poster, gathered the edges of the bag closed just enough narrow its opening to hold the poster gently, then tied off the edges of the bag with a twist tie. Then I stood the whole thing up inside another paper grocery bag up where my curious kitten couldn't get to it (and she was oh so curious!). I'll try to get it framed next week.
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 9 2007, 2:38pm
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When I think how close my map came to ending up in the back room of the post office, squashed beneath a pile of ads for aluminum siding.... *shudders* I'm going to send Daniel an e-mail right now, and tell him how much I'm looking forward to thanking him in person in March.
I know just where I'm going to put it, in one corner of my office, right above the shelf that has a set of LotR and my Minas Tirith box that came with the RotK EE.
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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 9 2007, 2:40pm
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How often does a woman my age get to act like a little kid on Christmas morning? What a treat this has all been! And the Gaffer's finger is all better, thank you. Just goes to show you what a great guy he is, suffering on my behalf
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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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