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Magpie
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Jul 29 2014, 12:22am
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"Something draws near. I can feel it." Get your 60th Anniversary FOTR Party footers here.
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We spent hours waiting anxiously for a new Hobbit teaser but now another great event looms ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring was first published on July 29, 1954 which makes this year its 60th anniversary and we're having a party. But before the celebration starts, we all need party hats or rather - party feet (party foots!). I have prepared 60 different party footers, each one showcasing a FOTR book cover from across time and the world. I'm going to tell you how to get a footer but I'm not going to reveal -- or let you peruse ahead of time -- which footer has which cover/edition. You won't know, until you install it, which book cover you're getting. The url path for footer #1 is as follows: http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/01.jpg Each footer will have that same url path except for swapping out the 01 with any number up to and including 60. Some examples would be: http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/02.jpg http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/03.jpg http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/10.jpg http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/60.jpg NOTE: for the first nine footers you must put a zero in front of the number. 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09. For instructions on how to use this url to put an image into your footer, see this page: http://www.amagpiesnest.com/...ters/footer_post.htm You don't have to worry about size (I've taken care of that) and don't worry about it being on a 'site you own'. I'm giving you permission to use images on my site. Jump down to "The Code" and use the url of the image you desire for the rest of the instructions. If you have questions or you need more instructions on how to make this work as a footer, please post them in feedback. If you are making a new thread in Feedback to ask a question about the 60th Anniversary FOTR Party footers, then put that in the header: Question about Party Footers. If there is a thread existing with a question already, feel free to post your question there. I'll try to help but there are lots of other people who can help as well. If you have questions or comments about the actual content of the footers - that can go here. :-) Once you have your party feet on, share images* or stories of your favorite copy or cover design of FOTR. *remember image size limitations - see my image posting guide for more info PLEASE NOTE: Altaira has asked that we keep images in footers to no more than two at a time. If your footer already contains images and text, please take a moment to make sure it is laid out in a way that takes up as little vertical space as possible. If you have two images already, you may need to temporarily remove one while you're carrying the 60th Anniversary FOTR footer. I sometimes copy off the code in my standard footer and put it in a Notepad file so I can put some code in for a special celebration.
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Meneldor
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Jul 29 2014, 1:55am
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What's under that bright and shiny url wrapping paper?
http://www.amagpiesnest.com/a/torn/fotr60/44.jpg
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Meneldor
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Jul 29 2014, 1:59am
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What did I get?! What did I get?! EDIT: Oooh, look what I got!
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dernwyn
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Jul 29 2014, 2:19am
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What a lovely and most appropriate decoration, Magpie, thank you! (Edited to add: I recognize that drawing of the Fellowship - it's on the bottom of the Pauline Baynes poster I have! Awesome!)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire"
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cats16
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Jul 29 2014, 2:34am
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Did we do it correctly, precious??
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Testing this out. Yay! Love this one. Thanks, Magpie!
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DanielLB
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Jul 29 2014, 6:09am
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Once again Magpie, these are great. Thank you.
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Silverlode
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Jul 29 2014, 7:06am
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I think I shall have to swap these out frequently so as to enjoy as many of them as possible. I'll start with #42.
Silverlode "Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dűm in Elder Days before the fall of mighty kings beneath the stone."
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zarabia
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Jul 29 2014, 8:05am
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Woo Hoo! Love it! Thank you, Magpie!
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BlackFox
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Jul 29 2014, 8:15am
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Thank you so much!
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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Arannir
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Jul 29 2014, 10:05am
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"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at." J.R.R. Tolkien We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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noWizardme
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Jul 29 2014, 1:53pm
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Farty Pooters! How can I resist?
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~~~~~~ "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" This year LOTR turns 60, and I turn 50 (and old enough for Going On An Adventure: who's that fellow in the grey hat scratching at my door?)
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BlackFox
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Jul 29 2014, 2:20pm
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The covers of both Estonian editions are lovely as well
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1996 2007
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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weaver
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Jul 29 2014, 5:16pm
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I could use some new footwear!
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Thanks Magpie...! In honor of the occasion, I will also try changing my avatar too -- oh my. Hope I don't break the boards...
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Magpie
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Jul 29 2014, 9:06pm
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I struggled with this task. When I did the same for the Hobbit anniversary, I found quite a few sites that had done tremendous research into the different editions of the Hobbit. But no one had done the same for LOTR to the same extent. And there were very few that covered non-English translations. I tried a number of search parameters both in Google and Google Images but I wasn't get much. Finally, I hit upon a strategy. I pulled up the Wikipedia page for "Fellowship of the Ring." In the left navigation frame, one can switch to different language databases for wikipedia. Clicking on one of those pulls up the wikipedia page for "Fellowship of the Ring" in that language... and then I'd copy off the translated name for FOTR and do a Google Image search for that. Either I didn't get to an Estonian wikipedia page or I encountered some other difficulty in finding it. I did consider coming here and asking those of you who might have read LOTR in another language for help finding covers... but, in the end, I just plowed on with the strategy that seemed to be working. :-) Thanks for posting those covers.
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Magpie
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Jul 29 2014, 9:10pm
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I have to tell you, that is such an old man joke. I say that as an old woman married to an old man who tells those sorts of jokes... and who had a father who told the same sort of joke in his elder-ish age. I thought that might be offensive to you so I checked to see what your profile told me. haha... old man joke! Or at least old enough to begin to appreciate the humor of old man jokes. ... said with great affection for old men (and old women!). :-)
LOTR soundtrack website ~ magpie avatar gallery TORn History Mathom-house ~ Torn Image Posting Guide
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noWizardme
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Jul 29 2014, 9:19pm
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Glad to know I'm acting my age at last! :) //
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~~~~~~ "nowimë I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' " Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" This year LOTR turns 60. The following image is my LOTR 60th anniversary party footer! You can get yours here: http://newboards.theonering.net/...i?post=762154#762154
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Darkstone
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Jul 29 2014, 9:23pm
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****************************************** “The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.” -Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays
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BlackFox
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Jul 29 2014, 9:31pm
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No worries, you did a great job. 60 footers for the 60th anniversary - most appropriate! But it also means there wouldn't have been room for all the covers anyway. I'm glad I was able to contribute, even if only a little.
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Henry David Thoreau
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SirDennisC
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Jul 30 2014, 1:15am
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after a slight adjustment
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SirDennisC
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Jul 30 2014, 1:22am
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I know what number Meneldor picked for it was in my mind too...
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But what do we have here? ooh that is nice.
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