Missing Fingers

[littlemanpoet]

Originally posted by Rowena:
<STRONG>As some people here said, Sam probably followed Frodo after he went over the sea. I believe in the appendices it says that Sam only goes after Rose has died, which I'd imagine is probably quite a while later. If Hobbits live out their usual life span in wherever they go after the Grey Havens (forgot the name, oops), and since Frodo was quite a bit older than Sam, then wouldn't Frodo be dead by the time Sam went?</STRONG>

Now THERE'S a puzzle! Lessee, Frodo is born in T.A. 2968. In 3021, Bilbo (born in 2890) passes the Old Took, age 131. In 1482, Shire Reckoning, when Sam went over-sea, Frodo would be 113 years old (I think; trying to get it all straight between the end of T.A. and beginning of F.A. and the Shire Reckoning, to boot, is mind wrenching at 10:30 p.m. Granted, Frodo did not have the Ring as long as Bilbo did, but the intensity of his possession for the Quest probably makes up for it. Besides, who knows how the airs of Tol Eressea might increase the longevity of humans and hobbits?