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11-09-2007, 04:23 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
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Welcome Groin! Hopefully this feeling is going to last when you stay among us some time! (And hopefully, it's going to be a long time. It's about time we got some decent Dwarves to our ranks.)
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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11-10-2007, 06:49 PM
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Psyche of Prince Immortal
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis
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11-19-2007, 05:35 AM
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Hey all, newbie here. I was looking up Zimmerman and his script (which was inspired by watching Sleeping Beauty and remembering how much Tolkien despised Disney... love random thoughts like that) and stumbled upon this forum. Thought... hey, why not. Spread myself a bit more around the internet.
My username is very much mine. Yes, I'm not much for anonmity. If you see it anywhere else, it's 99% most likely me. Sometimes shortened to "Laire", but I'm pretty easy to identify with rambling thoughts and other such nonsense. Anyways! I was introduced to Tolkien by the FOTR trailer back in fall of 01. I read FOTR right before the movie came out, and soon finished the series in 02. By PJ's ROTK I was a helpless addict. At this moment of my life all my friends and family have given up all hope for me and have accepted that I am, indeed, a Tolkien geek through and through. Have a good few books, a room that resembles a shrine, go to cons, argue about Balrogs and wings, play any games I can get my hands on, the whole nine yards. Outside of Tolkien (which really doesn't exist), I'm a student (bleh), artist (dA linky in profile), writer (though not all that good), insomniac (3:30am!), and chocoholic (yum).  See ya all around. 
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11-19-2007, 05:46 AM
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Wisest of the Noldor
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ
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Welcome, Ainu Laire. I am fairly new here myself.
I have indeed seen your name around. In fact I think you commented on one of my posts at Deleterius. Remember the Mellon Chronicles one? |
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11-19-2007, 06:46 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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Welcome, Ainu Laire!
Enjoy being dead, as we sometimes say here.(Or mostly it's just me saying that these days...  )
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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11-24-2007, 05:38 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Skyrim, again.
Posts: 820
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Yeah, I'm McCaber. I got linked here from a different site and decided to put in my $.02 worth. There isn't much to me. I'll read posts and comment on the ones that intrigue me. This looks like a fun place to be, and I think I'll enjoy it.
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11-25-2007, 02:31 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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Welcome McCaber! Hope you will enjoy it.
And feel welcome to put in even more than $.02 if you decide to. 
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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11-26-2007, 03:46 PM
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves
Posts: 9,308
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A very warm welcome to Annatar, The Fuzz, Groin Redbeard, Ainu Laire and McCaber (and any of you lately deceased piles of bones)! I hope you enjoy your stay as a dead... for there is no return after death anyway so wwhy not enjoy it?
Nerwen and Sally I have already met and it has been a pleasant meeting indeed! Do enjoy yourselves all around this place! And well, what can I say? After a couple of years of insistent persuasion by Lommy and me I see A Little Green here! Happy deathday my darling! And so nice to see you here as well!
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12-09-2007, 09:25 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: In the Greenwood
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Indeed, a warm welcome to all. *Passes lembas around the room*
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12-09-2007, 10:01 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 104
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Hello, I'm Nazgűl-king. I've known of this site for a little while but just recently joined. I saw the movies before I read the books, though by now I have read the books about two times each. I have also read The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and The Children of Húrin.
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12-09-2007, 03:53 PM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
Posts: 7,066
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Welcome, Nazűl-king. Enjoy your "deadness".
Sounds like you're ready to jump in to discussions. I look forward to seeing you here-abouts.
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12-09-2007, 07:36 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Facing the world's troubles with Christ's hope!
Posts: 1,635
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Welcome Nazgűl-king, have a happy experience here in the downs.
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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men! ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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12-10-2007, 12:06 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 104
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Thanks for the Welcome guys!
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12-15-2007, 08:31 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In front of my PC
Posts: 164
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Hi! I've been in love with Tolkien's books for years and have spent hundreds of hours reading up on Tolkien related material(including essays and discussions on the internet) but this is the first time I've joined a Tolkien forum to participate in debates myself. Be nice to me!
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12-16-2007, 01:52 AM
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Hello.
I'm Mithol and I found a link to this forum from an Eragon forum. It's been a long while since I've been "into" Tolkien and so I decided to join a forum which looked considerably active. I am even thinking of rereading the books again soon. I am more into movies than books, so I've seen the films more recently than I've read the books. I have to say that for five years after seeing them I thought they were the best movies ever made. And forever and ever they will remain smoewhere near the top of my list of favourites. I was introduced to LOTR when I was nine or ten years old by the cartoon movie from the seventies and loved it so much, despite being of questionable quality. That was shortly before we heard that the PJ movies were being made. I would have gone straight to the cinema except that my mother made me read the books first and I'm glad she did because, even at ten, I appreciated them as a masterpiece. 2004 was my biggest year for Tolkien. I was a huge nut that year. I was a member of the then very active forums that can now be found at www.lotrfanmb.com and used to have a link from www.lordoftherings.net. My username was Eowynmaiar. If anyone here knows me then hello to you. Anyway, that was my life story. Sorry for all the waffling.
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12-16-2007, 02:01 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 104
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Welcome to the Barrow-Downs Mithol! If the Eragon board was Inheritance Forums from Shurtugal.com, then that was me that posted that link under the user-name DragonRiderDurza!
Have a good time here at the Downs!
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12-16-2007, 02:49 AM
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Yes, that was it. Lol.
Thanks for that.
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12-17-2007, 07:40 AM
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Hi, i'm Clare, fancied joining yet another forum.
Limwen Elensar is my name in Elvish (first name actual translation, last name just a random generator thing). Um... i'm 17... have read the books 12 times total (probably only 8 or 9 times including introduction and appendices)... seen each film 6 or 7 times. Read the hobbit about 20 times. Tried the silmarillion but didn't really get on with it. |
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12-17-2007, 09:53 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Home. Where rolling green hills and clear rivers are practically my backyard.
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Welcome Limwen! You read the books quite a bit. The Silmarillion is slightly hard to get through (though some of our great Tolkein historians here might disagree
) but if you ever can make it, it's a great book.
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12-17-2007, 10:20 AM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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Welcome, zxcvbn, Mithol and limwen_elensar! Also, a late welcome to Nazgűl-king, who seems to be very much home in here already.
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12-18-2007, 02:34 AM
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Thanks for the welcome guys.
Nerwen, I do remember that! I will admit that the MC is a guilty pleasure of mine, but nevertheless the deleterius spoof was very, very well written and had me rolling on the floor. I need to visit that community sometime again. |
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12-19-2007, 01:32 AM
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3
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Greetings, I stumbled onto these forums earlier this night and after some time of reading posts I became very impressed with the type of people who post here. So I thought it might be nice to join a group of such likable and intelligent people.
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12-19-2007, 04:59 AM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
Posts: 7,066
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Welcome, Witch-King of Angmar. I hope we don't disappoint you.
I'm curious about your choice of moniker. Do you plan to discuss the Books? Films? ....get involved in rpgs? All of it? |
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12-19-2007, 11:48 AM
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Psyche of Prince Immortal
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis
Posts: 4,734
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12-19-2007, 02:17 PM
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Newly Deceased
Join Date: Dec 2007
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12-19-2007, 04:00 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 104
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Welcome, Witch-King of Angmar! Have a good time here at the downs!
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12-27-2007, 02:01 AM
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Greetings everyone!
I am somewhat of a newcomer to the works of Tolkien. As an avid reader, it is very exciting to find a public forum where I can exchange thoughts with other fans of this wonderful series! Regards, Ytheogan |
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12-27-2007, 03:02 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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Welcome, Ytheogan! I can say you chose the right place to start! We'll be happy to exchange thoughts with you and discuss things that interest you. Welcome to the Downs!
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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12-27-2007, 09:31 AM
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
Posts: 9,460
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And welcome.
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12-27-2007, 11:40 AM
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Itinerant Songster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: The Edge of Faerie
Posts: 7,066
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Welcome, Ytheogan! What an interesting moniker! It has an Eorling ring to it.
Enjoy your rest amongst the Dead of the Barrowdowns.
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01-06-2008, 11:37 AM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Youngwood, Pa USA
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I stumbled upon this site yesterday when I was looking for information on Role-playing in the 4th Age of Middle-earth.
I figured I would get myself a name and look around a bit. I'm definitely a Tolkien Geek, and I have a big shelf of nothing but his books, and books on Middle-earth. Just thought I would say hi. |
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01-06-2008, 12:02 PM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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Welcome, samwise7! You surely did not make a mistake by joining us. Enjoy your stay here!
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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01-06-2008, 02:21 PM
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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Welcome, samwise7! Enjoy your death and feel welcome to look around more than "a bit"!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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01-06-2008, 02:29 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Youngwood, Pa USA
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Thanks for the welcome.
Interesting forum you have here.
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01-07-2008, 04:40 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In front of my PC
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A warm welcome to all the new members above! But I wish you guys were more active. This forum is almost dead for most of the day!
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01-17-2008, 06:47 PM
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Pittodrie Poltergeist
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: trying to find that warm and winding lane again
Posts: 633
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I find it's usually quality over quantity on this board, except in my case when it's neither.
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01-18-2008, 05:17 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
Posts: 7,500
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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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01-18-2008, 07:37 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In front of my PC
Posts: 164
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Well, right now it's past 7 PM here. Using that, you can figure out. Usually I don't see more than 1-2 memebers, and at most I see 6 or 7. Funny that while this forum gets thousands of visitors everyday, only like 2% of them are members.
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01-18-2008, 07:48 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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Well, I'd say as Elmo said, it's not about quantity but about quality here.
And this is no chat, this is a forum. And concerning the members you see, there are also lots of members who for certain times stay in invisible mode - so there is sometimes more members online than only these whose names you see (compare with the number of online members written above the list of them).
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories |
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01-18-2008, 07:59 AM
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Wight
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: In front of my PC
Posts: 164
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Nevertheless there aren't many of them posting at any given time. I'm not complaining, just feeling a little sad that I have to wait atleast half an hour for a reply when I'm in the mood for a long, juicy discussion.
By the way, what do you think of my post in the 'HOB Chapters into Scenes Weekly' thread?
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