For Those Who Died Today... Happy Deathday! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 06-23-2005, 01:44 PM

Well if this is post non-grata, it is a fair cop (but Feanor of the Peredhil is to blame.... of course

)......... and I thought it was better to use a related and little used topic and go off it a little than create a completely self obsessed thread!

Well more years than I am prepared to admit to have passed since the world first had the privilege of my company and various downers have been kind enough to wish me well which has been a comfort on this truly depressing day

- one of them hoped for mathoms... so... encouraged by the fact that I am still and adolescent in elf years here goes..... there may be more later but I have to go and drown my sorrows in champagne very shortly but I think a little clearout will be liberating...

For Fordim Hedgethistle: A very battered Akubra hat and my collection of "orphan" gloves. I am sure he will find them useful as gauntlets should he take up duelling again.

For Fea a copy of "I will survive" to get her through a game of Werewolf. and my long neglected art materials......

For Esty and Mark10-30 and any other needlewomen.. various projects in different stages of incompletion - mainly tapestry and petit-point and too many completely pristine - but all so pretty

For Boromir88: A bottle of Pimm's (not a mathom this as such but ...), "Why men don't listen and women can't read maps" by Barbara and Alan Pease "How to watch cricket" by John Arlott.

FOr Heren Istarion, books in my "permanent collection", I do not regard as mathoms but if I had to hand them over to anyone, it would be HI. However for now I send him "3 men on the Bummel" so he can extend his knowledge of JK Jerome, and "the Diary of a Nobody" on the grounds that someone who likes Jerome will probably like Grossmith, and the "Lord Peter Wimsey " detective stories of Dorothy L Sayers... someone almost as erudite as HI himself... Oh and just maybe he would like my Michelin Guide Bleu of Paris - I am sure an extensive tour of the Louvre will be top priority ...

Saucepanman gets a pottle of "Old Thumper" and Daumier's " Les gens de Justice"

The Phantom gets a black rider mask (spares are always handy)...

Lalwende gets something from my hat collection, some cuttings and a passport application form .....

For Eomer of the Rohirrim..... Hmm what can you give the man who has everything

-about the only thing I don 't have cluttering up the house is a Warg ... :d oh I know - my copy of "Watership Down"

Mithalwen · 06-24-2005, 06:16 AM

an interim thank you to all those who have sent me such kind birthday messages.
My real life post yesterday consisted of a letter from the Inland Revenue (somehow they rarely neglect to send me something on my birthday ..bless them.. ) and a card from my sister which had (and this is true honest ) " S*D off " on the front. One of my closest friends gave me scented wardrobe sachets .. so it is hardly surprising I was not in the best humour (at least until the second glass

) so truly you all made my day..... and fully justified the amount of time I spend on the site!!!

If all that sounds too sad.. I would add that I was taken out for a marvellous evening of Shakespeare and Strawberries on Tuesday and there will be more festivities over the Weekend ...

Evisse the Blue · 06-24-2005, 07:11 AM

Happy deathday to me!

2 years ago today I was hesitantly registering to post in a thread, after having lurked for a while in this fine place, and being too intimidated to match my wits with any of you.

What can I say, it's been a joy and a challenge to haunt these barrows with y'all. Here's to many more years to come *lifts pint*

Encaitare · 06-24-2005, 02:26 PM

Gasp! I missed Mith's birthday? Well, happy belated.

Evisse... you've got a month to go. Your join date is July 24. Cheers in advance, though.

Evisse the Blue · 06-24-2005, 03:46 PM

Oh. lol. How dumb do I feel now?

Thanks for pointing it out, Enca.

I swear I don't know what's up with me recently. Must be the combination of playing Tol-in Gaurhoth and studying for exams.

Encaitare · 07-15-2005, 06:57 PM

Today is my very first deathday! Hurrah!

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 07-16-2005, 03:32 AM

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Today is my very first deathday! Hurrah!

What!

Your first? It feels like you'd have been around much longer (that being a good thing). Happy deathday, Encaitare and many more!!

THE Ka · 07-16-2005, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Encaitare

Today is my very first deathday! Hurrah!

Really? How do you measure that, because I keep thinking you've been here at least a year and a half... Or at least longer than I can remember... My memory is failing me, I'm getting too old.

Anyways, happy deathday to you!

~ Memories Ka

Hey! It's July! But, i've quite forgotten the exact date I joined in July... Oh well. I'll have to check later, because i'm tired and old and that's what Ka does.

06-23-2005, 01:44 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Birthday Mathoms Well if this is post non-grata, it is a fair cop (but Feanor of the Peredhil is to blame.... of course )......... and I thought it was better to use a related and little used topic and go off it a little than create a completely self obsessed thread! Well more years than I am prepared to admit to have passed since the world first had the privilege of my company and various downers have been kind enough to wish me well which has been a comfort on this truly depressing day - one of them hoped for mathoms... so... encouraged by the fact that I am still and adolescent in elf years here goes..... there may be more later but I have to go and drown my sorrows in champagne very shortly but I think a little clearout will be liberating... For Fordim Hedgethistle: A very battered Akubra hat and my collection of "orphan" gloves. I am sure he will find them useful as gauntlets should he take up duelling again. For Fea a copy of "I will survive" to get her through a game of Werewolf. and my long neglected art materials...... For Esty and Mark10-30 and any other needlewomen.. various projects in different stages of incompletion - mainly tapestry and petit-point and too many completely pristine - but all so pretty For Boromir88: A bottle of Pimm's (not a mathom this as such but ...), "Why men don't listen and women can't read maps" by Barbara and Alan Pease "How to watch cricket" by John Arlott. FOr Heren Istarion, books in my "permanent collection", I do not regard as mathoms but if I had to hand them over to anyone, it would be HI. However for now I send him "3 men on the Bummel" so he can extend his knowledge of JK Jerome, and "the Diary of a Nobody" on the grounds that someone who likes Jerome will probably like Grossmith, and the "Lord Peter Wimsey " detective stories of Dorothy L Sayers... someone almost as erudite as HI himself... Oh and just maybe he would like my Michelin Guide Bleu of Paris - I am sure an extensive tour of the Louvre will be top priority ... Saucepanman gets a pottle of "Old Thumper" and Daumier's " Les gens de Justice" The Phantom gets a black rider mask (spares are always handy)... Lalwende gets something from my hat collection, some cuttings and a passport application form ..... For Eomer of the Rohirrim..... Hmm what can you give the man who has everything -about the only thing I don 't have cluttering up the house is a Warg ... :d oh I know - my copy of "Watership Down" __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 06-23-2005 at 01:47 PM.

06-24-2005, 06:16 AM	#2
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Post Script an interim thank you to all those who have sent me such kind birthday messages. My real life post yesterday consisted of a letter from the Inland Revenue (somehow they rarely neglect to send me something on my birthday ..bless them.. ) and a card from my sister which had (and this is true honest ) " SD off " on the front. One of my closest friends gave me scented wardrobe sachets .. so it is hardly surprising I was not in the best humour (at least until the second glass ) so truly you all made my day..... and fully justified the amount of time I spend on the site!!! If all that sounds too sad.. I would add that I was taken out for a marvellous evening of Shakespeare and Strawberries on Tuesday and there will be more festivities over the Weekend ... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 06-24-2005 at 06:45 AM.*

06-24-2005, 07:11 AM	#3
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Happy deathday to me! 2 years ago today I was hesitantly registering to post in a thread, after having lurked for a while in this fine place, and being too intimidated to match my wits with any of you. What can I say, it's been a joy and a challenge to haunt these barrows with y'all. Here's to many more years to come lifts pint __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-24-2005, 03:46 PM	#5
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Oh. lol. How dumb do I feel now? Thanks for pointing it out, Enca. I swear I don't know what's up with me recently. Must be the combination of playing Tol-in Gaurhoth and studying for exams. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-24-2005, 02:26 PM	#4
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Gasp! I missed Mith's birthday? Well, happy belated. Evisse... you've got a month to go. Your join date is July 24. Cheers in advance, though.

07-15-2005, 06:57 PM	#6
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Today is my very first deathday! Hurrah!