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I speak as a 30-something who has settled down and become set in his ways, and whose "Tookish side" is fading fast
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Just you wait until 50, Saucy - the Tookish side can come back!

Actually, nowadays at 50 many people have reached the same independence that Bilbo and Frodo had as bachelors - less responsibility for grown-up children both financially and time-wise, so with more time and money, when adventure calls, it's easier to answer!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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