The Registry of Lost Treasures - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-17-2007, 02:03 PM

Oh, that would be sad, to the memories attached and the reminder gone. Makes you wonder if it would be worth while putting an address on the back of such things!

And yes you are very right, this is an odd place for this sort of thread, but it didn't seem to fit into the description of Novice and Newcomer or the Barrow-downs catagory, so I thought to makes book-ends with The Collection Grows thread.

Bêthberry · 05-17-2007, 02:22 PM

Sam's beloved pans.

Seriously now, for me there is a missing, well, I suppose one could say treasure, although at the time such a characterisation was not claimed. It is not something I once had only to have it slip through my fingers. Rather is an experience I decided to forego. And now, there are not so much regrets or second thoughts, but musings on whether a road was lost for being not taken.

What was it, do you think.

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-17-2007, 04:43 PM

I'm thinking along the lines of a short lived and daring spectacle, in which case I share in the musings.

But also do miss seeing LotR with my mind's eye, rather than Peter Jackson's.

Bêthberry · 05-17-2007, 04:56 PM

By jove, you've got it!

And aye, that is in some ways a greater loss, the freedom of the mind's eye. Do you think the passing of years might restore it to you?

Hilde Bracegirdle · 05-17-2007, 05:01 PM

Certainly, I hope so. But the phenomenon makes the thought of any additional movies rather bittersweet, doesn't it?

The 1,000 Reader · 05-17-2007, 09:25 PM

I read the books and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Then I read the Silmarillion and learned that Sauron was a god yet got his butt kicked more than anyone in Middle-Earth and was humiliated multiple times. Now I have problems taking LOTR seriously compared to the Silmarillion.

The Ring seemed more deadly in their hands than Sauron's.

Lalwendë · 05-21-2007, 01:56 PM

As an inveterate hoarder I don't give much away apart from carbon dioxide (and even that's tough to give away now I've lived in Yorkshire for so long and learned their ways

). But I will always regret not getting the matching tankard to my pottery Green Dragon ale flagon, which was a present from my mate the first Christmas FotR came out. There was a matching Prancing Pony one and I didn't buy it - now you cannot get it anywhere deapite trawling t'internet for years. A lot of that early stuff was quality ware and you simply do not find it for sale - like the circular metal ring verse keyring I have which is so heavy its too dangerous to hang car keys from it - never seen one of those anywhere online.

Of course I will always regret not noticing Christopher Lee was signing books in Forbidden Planet one evening a few years back - I was too excited by watching Simon Pegg doing his afternoon signing to see the notices.

And you can indeed still buy that Jimmy Cauty poster - I've seen 'em online. Fab item because, of course, of what he then went on to do!

05-17-2007, 02:22 PM	#2
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Sam's beloved pans. Seriously now, for me there is a missing, well, I suppose one could say treasure, although at the time such a characterisation was not claimed. It is not something I once had only to have it slip through my fingers. Rather is an experience I decided to forego. And now, there are not so much regrets or second thoughts, but musings on whether a road was lost for being not taken. What was it, do you think. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-17-2007, 04:56 PM	#4
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	By jove, you've got it! And aye, that is in some ways a greater loss, the freedom of the mind's eye. Do you think the passing of years might restore it to you? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

05-17-2007, 09:25 PM	#6
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	I read the books and enjoyed them thoroughly. Then I read the Silmarillion and learned that Sauron was a god yet got his butt kicked more than anyone in Middle-Earth and was humiliated multiple times. Now I have problems taking LOTR seriously compared to the Silmarillion. The Ring seemed more deadly in their hands than Sauron's. __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains

05-21-2007, 01:56 PM	#7
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	As an inveterate hoarder I don't give much away apart from carbon dioxide (and even that's tough to give away now I've lived in Yorkshire for so long and learned their ways ). But I will always regret not getting the matching tankard to my pottery Green Dragon ale flagon, which was a present from my mate the first Christmas FotR came out. There was a matching Prancing Pony one and I didn't buy it - now you cannot get it anywhere deapite trawling t'internet for years. A lot of that early stuff was quality ware and you simply do not find it for sale - like the circular metal ring verse keyring I have which is so heavy its too dangerous to hang car keys from it - never seen one of those anywhere online. Of course I will always regret not noticing Christopher Lee was signing books in Forbidden Planet one evening a few years back - I was too excited by watching Simon Pegg doing his afternoon signing to see the notices. And you can indeed still buy that Jimmy Cauty poster - I've seen 'em online. Fab item because, of course, of what he then went on to do! __________________ Gordon's alive!

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05-17-2007, 02:03 PM	#1
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Oh, that would be sad, to the memories attached and the reminder gone. Makes you wonder if it would be worth while putting an address on the back of such things! And yes you are very right, this is an odd place for this sort of thread, but it didn't seem to fit into the description of Novice and Newcomer or the Barrow-downs catagory, so I thought to makes book-ends with The Collection Grows thread.

05-17-2007, 04:43 PM	#3
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	I'm thinking along the lines of a short lived and daring spectacle, in which case I share in the musings. But also do miss seeing LotR with my mind's eye, rather than Peter Jackson's.

05-17-2007, 05:01 PM	#5
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Certainly, I hope so. But the phenomenon makes the thought of any additional movies rather bittersweet, doesn't it?