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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-06-2013, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
He did at least write the poem Cat forhis...
He did at least write the poem Cat forhis granddaughter. Did the Tolkiens have any pets? I am not sure i can remember any references. Maybe he came from an age when domestic animals were kept more... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-06-2013, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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My last cat was a Lucy. A lovely soft...
My last cat was a Lucy. A lovely soft tortoiseshell. And kitty is quite girly in English too... can be a pet form of Catherine. |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-05-2013, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-28-2012, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Oh do be careful cubby please, skulls are quite...
Oh do be careful cubby please, skulls are quite useful you know...or at least get a bike basket or a pannier or saddlebag or something..... Cloth prolly not very old ..well not antique since my... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-27-2012, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
The peculiar mix of feelings inspired by finding...
The peculiar mix of feelings inspired by finding stuff as I continue to clear out the ancestral smial. Fascination, and that happy-sadness caused by finding stuff that connects you to people who... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-11-2011, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-10-2011, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
Posted By
Mithalwen
If Ben Franklin ever signs up for the downs (so...
If Ben Franklin ever signs up for the downs (so what that he is dead, aren't we all here?) you can.... but he actually said it about wine (usually my preference but principle holds. “Behold the... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-10-2011, 04:39 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Evisse, why Orthanc? Beer is God's proof that he...
Evisse, why Orthanc? Beer is God's proof that he loves us and wants us to be happy. :cool: |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
10-14-2010, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Caffe Nero's Mocha - I shouldn't drink it since I...
Caffe Nero's Mocha - I shouldn't drink it since I am lactose intolerant so Ishouldn't be drinking it at all, it is expensive and calorific I mustn't make it a habit.. but by golly it is good... I... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-19-2010, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Oh I know...they changed the licencing laws and...
Oh I know...they changed the licencing laws and system a few years back and I spent six months working for lawyers preparing the resulting necessary applications... because the law was badly framed... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-16-2010, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
I don't know.. it isn't an area with passers by...
I don't know.. it isn't an area with passers by to notice.. big houses on big plots .. if you hadn't a nosy vaguely ecomentalist neighbour like me who reads all the planning apps. around you probably... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-16-2010, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
I couldn't believe it.... but the kind of people...
I couldn't believe it.... but the kind of people who have the money to live there tend to think they can do what they like... infact Sandbanks is Orthanc.... highly desirable location populated... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-09-2010, 06:26 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
It is more irritating still when they are as...
It is more irritating still when they are as terribly and predictably written as the Brown novels... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-07-2010, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Tobacco never got a hold on me but while I give...
Tobacco never got a hold on me but while I give up alcohol for lent each year for the sake of my liver without too many problems I like wine too much to give it up forever - the first glass tastes... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
01-04-2010, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
I have noticed that this thread has wandered from...
I have noticed that this thread has wandered from its original concept of being guilty pleasures to recording the clouds with silverlinings or other bittersweet sting in the tail things of life. ... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
12-07-2009, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Oh can I assign the fact it is raining...
Oh can I assign the fact it is raining again....we had a dry morning yesterday but seriously I am thinking of trying to swap my car for an arc.... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
12-07-2009, 06:17 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Unfortunately because of the changes in British...
Unfortunately because of the changes in British higher education we have the situation where the government has insisted on vast numbers going into higher education without funding it properly and... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-06-2009, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
vanity thy name is Mithalwen..
Trying out some reading glasses and realising that not only is your eyesight failing but you aren't aging quite as well as you fondly imagined because you can now see the first hint of fine lines. ... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
10-27-2009, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Rendering unto caesar....
The tax return deadline. For some reason even though I have had all documents necessary since May, all those documents located and in a file together with the forms for a couple of weeks, it is... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-06-2009, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Customer Services - I phoned 3 lots today. The...
Customer Services - I phoned 3 lots today. The two where I was ordering / checking progress were super-efficient friendly and helpful. The one I needed to complain about I was hanging on for ages... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
04-24-2009, 01:47 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Having beloved books returned after a loan so...
Having beloved books returned after a loan so long you had given up hope of return.... Only not in the Shire because I spent the time I should have devoted to house and garden to rereading.... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-07-2008, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
Ransacking a room looking for the wallet...
Ransacking a room looking for the wallet containing your passport, driving licence and E111 card and then remembering exactly where it is ...in a different room. I don't even need any of those items... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-19-2008, 06:37 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
I would have thought the attractions were ...
I would have thought the attractions were obvious... they seemed so from what google revealed.:p Lal, I remember in School Orchestra the second violin part for some piece was exactly the theme... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
09-18-2008, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
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Mithalwen
*googles*, Boromir, REALLY!:rolleyes:
But I...
*googles*, Boromir, REALLY!:rolleyes: But I remember the early Batman with affection (though not from the Sixties !) |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
08-26-2008, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 456
Views: 198,111
Posted By
Mithalwen
I would say it didn't when I went there as child...
I would say it didn't when I went there as child but I know it did - one year in particular we drove for about an hour to the nearest leisure centre which was about the only thing under cover. And I... |
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