When did you read your first book? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mwcfrodo · 09-05-2000, 08:17 PM

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Re: My first time

Sad to say, I bet I'm the oldest on the board. <img src=frown.gif ALT="

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I hold in my hand my first copy of LOTR, although I've acquired several others. It's the first printing of the Ballentine paperback in 1965. I'd like to say I was 5 at the time, but alas, I was 11 and in 7th grade.

Hmmm...I guess I was scrawling "Frodo Lives" on sidewalks before most of you were alive. (And, I bet many of you didn't even get the reference <img src=frown.gif ALT="

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Lucky for me that magic ring kept me from aging all those years. <img src=wink.gif ALT="

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09-05-2000, 08:17 PM	#11
mwcfrodo Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 41	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pile o' Bones Posts: 0</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: My first time Sad to say, I bet I'm the oldest on the board. <img src=frown.gif ALT=""> I hold in my hand my first copy of LOTR, although I've acquired several others. It's the first printing of the Ballentine paperback in 1965. I'd like to say I was 5 at the time, but alas, I was 11 and in 7th grade. Hmmm...I guess I was scrawling "Frodo Lives" on sidewalks before most of you were alive. (And, I bet many of you didn't even get the reference <img src=frown.gif ALT=""> Lucky for me that magic ring kept me from aging all those years. <img src=wink.gif ALT=""> </p>