Hi, I wonder if, like meditation, walking long distances like that can be a way of emptying the mind, of returning to a more animal-like state of awareness. ...
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Matt
uncutray
Apr 1, 2008 1:53 pm
Exactly! I was left pondering that idea for quite a while. No one spends that kind of time with another person anymore. How much time do you actually spend...
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Matt
uncutray
Apr 1, 2008 2:03 pm
How many of us can actually afford the luxury of such a walk? How would you pay the bills back home? How would you keep your job? Who among us has the skills...
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John Davis
mcxg46
Apr 2, 2008 9:13 am
Hi, Well, being vegan, I'd probably starve in a matter of a week or so! But Hobbits are always portrayed as being faster, quieter, and more atuned with nature...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Apr 2, 2008 8:50 pm
The Eye in the movie has deceived you into thinking that Sauron ONLY took the form of an eye. Gollum was interrogated by him and refers to the four fingers on...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Apr 2, 2008 9:07 pm
I think that on the contrary, comparing and contrasting the film-maker's vision with the author's will inform our discussion. Remember that the films don't...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Apr 2, 2008 9:07 pm
No cars, no bicycles - relatively few horses Before the bike was invented, most people did not travel very far. ... Jack... _____ From:...
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Jack
jackwhittake...
Apr 2, 2008 9:07 pm
One chapter a week seems to be about the right pace Sadly, some people have a real life as well ... Jack _____ From: TolkienDiscussions@yahoogroups.com ...
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Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81
Apr 3, 2008 12:08 am
As for Istari needing to eat, JRRT says that one of the limitations put on them was that they had the same physical needs as the Children of Illuvatar. I ...
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mbranparker
Apr 3, 2008 6:46 am
Simply Wonderful.....thank you 8) ... chapter of "The Hobbit."? ... making their way to Rivendell, which they reach on May 1st. It is evening as they enter the...
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Matt
uncutray
Apr 3, 2008 12:38 pm
Ancestral humans did travel a lot. In primitive times they followed herds around or journeyed from villages to hunting grounds. Our most primitive ancestors...
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Gustavo
oliua_guga
Apr 3, 2008 2:50 pm
On another hand, am I mistaken or the image of the tower with the eye above is among the drawings of JRT himself? If not his, very likely to be Alan Lee's ......
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Gustavo
oliua_guga
Apr 3, 2008 3:04 pm
Hello, Daniel! Sauron is told to have lost his shape when he sank with the island of Númenor in the Second Age (which is told in part two of The ...
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dpwsin
Apr 3, 2008 3:09 pm
Thanks for the comments. Now I read the chapter of "The Mirror of Galadriel. Sauron appeared to Frodo as an Eye "rimmed with fire...yellow as a cat's...the...
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Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81
Apr 4, 2008 2:53 am
Gollum was rendered invisible by the Ring; that is what he used it for, mostly. Isildur was invisible when he wore the Ring; he only became visible when It ...
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Peter Chapman
lordofhawks
Apr 4, 2008 1:46 pm
With a .22 air rifle & a telescopic or poacher fly rod, and suitable dry/preserved food (rice, pasta, beans, flour, jerked meat & pemican, raisins), then yes,...
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John Davis
mcxg46
Apr 4, 2008 2:53 pm
... Perhaps they were skilled enough to be able to forage for food without resorting to murdering other beings? John ... From: "Peter Chapman"...
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Peter Chapman
lordofhawks
Apr 4, 2008 3:03 pm
Good luck in the wilderness. L-o-H ... From: John Davis To: TolkienDiscussions@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:29 PM Subject: Re:...
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phototravele...
Apr 4, 2008 3:11 pm
Except for rare times, like when Sam cooked a couple of rabbits, Hobbits appear to be mainly vegetarian. Only the "bad guys" seem to have a preference for...
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Matt
uncutray
Apr 4, 2008 3:40 pm
I am just in the middle of reading 'The Quest of Erebor' in Tolkien's 'Unfinished Tales'. It sheds a lot of light on 'The Hobbit'. It's a pity we did not...
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phototravele...
Apr 4, 2008 4:00 pm
It is not too late. Technically it was told after the events of LOTR as an inquiry of Gimli to Gandalf. The final version of the Quest of Erebor is printed in...
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steveseg@...
segutorio
Apr 4, 2008 4:44 pm
As I have both "The Annotated Hobbit" and "Unfinished Tales," I could post a summary if desired... Steve S. ... From: - <gardenlorien@...> To:...
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phototravele...
Apr 4, 2008 7:26 pm
Excellent idea, especially for those who don't have either. The story of the Quest of Erebor is VERY briefly told in the Appendix A, III Durin's Folk of LOTR...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blanken...
Apr 4, 2008 9:05 pm
... Especially anyone else whose first reading of LotR was mostly accomplished during one overnight session . . . . . . ronn! :)...
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Bruce Alan Wilson
larryu81
Apr 5, 2008 8:23 pm
"Murder"? My dictionary defines "murder" as "the killing, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, of a human being." JRRT was not a vegetarian, nor were...
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Rob
cosmiccostello
Apr 5, 2008 9:05 pm
<<Now, if you are a vegetarian or a vegan yourself, that's fine; just don't project your ethics on JRRT's writing, as the author did not shave them.>> No he...
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Peter Chapman
lordofhawks
Apr 6, 2008 1:14 am
Shaving brush bristles are obtained from around the rear aperture of a badger. Hence the English expression "rough as a Badger's bum" ("bum" has a different...
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Peter Chapman
lordofhawks
Apr 6, 2008 2:04 am
Re: Traveling & gathering food - Was The Hobbit - Chapter NineteenBecause Vega is a hellish hot A0 spectral class, it has a much higher UV output than our sun....
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blanken...
Apr 6, 2008 3:49 pm
At 08:13 PM Saturday 4/5/2008, Peter Chapman wrote: Shaving brush bristles are obtained from around the rear aperture of a badger. Hence the English expression...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blanken...
Apr 6, 2008 3:49 pm
At 08:59 PM Saturday 4/5/2008, Peter Chapman wrote: Because Vega is a hellish hot A0 spectral class, it has a much higher UV output than our sun. Therefore, ...
