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swordwhale
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Jan 31 2015, 3:49pm
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just a wee reminder
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that hilarity is yet ensuing on The River of Denial
grab a kayak, a floaty chair, a fruity (cough) healthful drink
and jump on in...
http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=831404;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC
Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mưl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...
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Altaira
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Jan 31 2015, 5:48pm
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Someone can just re-start the thread on page 1 since it's dropped off. 
Koru: Maori symbol representing a fern frond as it opens. The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new, positive beginnings.
"Life can't be all work and no TORn" -- jflower
"I take a moment to fervently hope that the camaradarie and just plain old fun I found at TORn will never end" -- LOTR_nutcase
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Avandel
Half-elven
Jan 31 2015, 7:48pm
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Paddlers in the River are pulling up to a handy Mirkwood TOURIST TRAP, to buy their souvenir bottles
of genuine elven FAIRY dust. And lots of chocolate. And ICE. Because, yah know, Valentine's Day is
coming - a day we CELEBRATE with the ones we love BEST. 
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Kim
Valinor
Jan 31 2015, 8:48pm
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I'm thinking of renting a houseboat
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to float down the River of Denial in comfort. It'll be one of those with bunks & kitchen on the lower deck, and the open party deck up top, complete with hot tub and mini-bar. Anybody want to go in on this with me? There's a slide off the back too. Think I may just live here through the summer.
#OneLastTime
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Kilidoescartwheels
Valinor
Jan 31 2015, 9:51pm
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Thorin and chocolate - how can you go wrong?
Why yes, I DO look like Anna Friel!
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Kim
Valinor
Jan 31 2015, 10:09pm
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We'll have all the amenities, except perhaps a dishwasher, so just write your name on your red solo cup so we know whose drink is who's.
#OneLastTime
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Avandel
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Jan 31 2015, 11:08pm
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For sure 
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Dwarewien
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Jan 31 2015, 11:13pm
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That's a bad combination around me...
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so I'm not sure if I'll be able to control myself. I still find it amazing how many of us Thorin admirers are also chocoholics. Coincidence? I think not! And come Valentine's Day, I'll have been a Thorin fan for two years! I count it from this day, and no, I didn't first see AUJ on Valentine's Day, that was shortly after the seventh time, but the last time I saw AUJ in 3D (since I still can't afford to upgrade to Blu-ray yet, so the theater is the only place I can view any of the movies in 3D). And since there's only a 9:45 p.m. showing, I'll have to wait until BoFA moves to our cheapest theater to see it again. Seen it five times already; once in HFR 3D, twice in RealD 3D, and twice in 3D, so much like AUJ, I've seen BoFA is all three formats, and this is the first trilogy where I've seen all three movies in theaters, since I usually miss one, most often the first one.
"Will you follow me... one last time?"
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Kim
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Jan 31 2015, 11:44pm
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And I've found my new footer //
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#OneLastTime
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Brethil
Half-elven
Feb 1 2015, 12:43am
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Nice boats Kim! Count me in for half.
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Very good idea. I'll bring an extra blender so we have a backup. I have a feeling we are gonna go through a LOT of blender motors.
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Dame Ioreth
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Feb 1 2015, 1:30am
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Can I build my blanket fort in a corner of your Houseboat?
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I've got loads of blankets. I was thinking of just living in my blanket fort for awhile. Like this:
In fact, my new motto is:
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Kim
Valinor
Feb 1 2015, 1:38am
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We'll definitely need more than one blender, maybe we should look into getting some industrial strength ones to handle the volume.
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Riven Delve
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Feb 1 2015, 1:38am
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*whispers* You know how Dwarves are with plumbing...  
“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Kim
Valinor
Feb 1 2015, 1:41am
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We can set that up in the corner of the living area on the main deck, so it doesn't get blown over in the winds that always follow Thorin around. Can you make it big enough for others to take a turn?
Excellent motto!
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Dame Ioreth
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Feb 1 2015, 1:48am
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I've got enough blankets for everyone. We may need a few more pillows though...
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Kim
Valinor
Feb 1 2015, 1:54am
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of blankets and pillows to contribute, so I think we'll be just fine.
(one of them might be a Seahawks blanket - just sayin' )
#OneLastTime
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Kirly
Lorien
Feb 1 2015, 2:01am
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A lurker here but it's worth it to log in and say that I thoroughly enjoyed the original of this thread and all it's derivatives including the links to fan fiction.
My avatar photo is Lake Tekapo in New Zealand's South Island. Taken by me in 2004 on a Red Carpet Tours LOTR Movie Location Tour. 'Twas the Vacation of a Lifetime!
pictures taken while on the tour are here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/Kirly7/LOTRNewZealandTour#
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entmaiden
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Feb 1 2015, 2:07am
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Let's try to keep this on topic to the Hobbit movies
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Otherwise it's fine to start a thread in Off Topic.
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Avandel
Half-elven
Feb 1 2015, 2:51am
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How nice! Happy you are enjoying the tumbling MADNESS and all the fruit drinks!
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Brethil
Half-elven
Feb 1 2015, 3:07am
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We need a theory to cover that Majestic Breeze, you know.
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We can set that up in the corner of the living area on the main deck, so it doesn't get blown over in the winds that always follow Thorin around. I think it attached to the hair and Thorin himself. Ro brought this up last week so I have thought upon it. A hair cut from the Majestic Scalp falls motionless, I think. So, why? Maybe Thorin working shirtless at the forge swished from peril a tiny Air elemental drawn in too close by the danger of the fire and his shirtlessness, and thus she is attached to him for life.
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea
Feb 1 2015, 3:27am
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Thorin has been spotted at Literary Starbucks
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Here
I believe it's a stop along the river.
Now we know how he likes his coffee... or do we...?
(PS it's a great blog for those who love literature.)
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Dame Ioreth
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Feb 1 2015, 3:53am
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Weather Channel says the next storm is named Linus. Good thing we've got all these blankets! 
And back on topic...
Will this new storm system affect the wafting of ebony locks? 
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Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Avandel
Half-elven
Feb 1 2015, 7:02pm
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Inquiring minds want to know? Tolkien dwarves, boats and water
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Re a quick search on the Tolkien gateway I found this:
Dwarves generally lived far from the sea and avoided getting on boats, as they disliked the sound of the ocean and were afraid of it. [5]
But on Cliiff Notes I found this:
Bilbo and the dwarves begin to go through the dark and dreadful forest of Mirkwood. They come to the enchanted stream Beorn warned about, and Bilbo sees a boat on the other side. With great difficulty, they use iron hooks from their packs to pull the boat toward them. They have just disembarked on the other side when they are startled by a deer leaping the stream. Thorin fires an arrow at him, as they need the meat, and in the confusion Bombur sets the boat adrift and falls into the stream. When they pull him out, he is asleep — enchanted by the waters of the stream.
Hmph. My own thinking would be that anyone who mines, and builds, is well aware of the power and uses of water - and even NEED for it in working metals, and that as we see, both book and film, that the dwarves have no particular FEAR of water...
And that much like the Hobbits that live near rivers, any dwarf that lived near a coast would eventually make use of the seas - at least within sight of the coast - for transportation and sustenance. Perhaps in sturdy coracle-type boats.
I can't think of dwarves not making use of rivers. And it goes without saying that our Hobbit dwarves would make a fine crew of merry pirates.
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