What do you do for a living?

[Brian The Blue]

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Talking with some friends i noted that they think that tolkein fans are like star trek fans. They are under the impression that we are a bunch of nerds who hide behind our computers. I am attempting to show them that this just a stereotype so please list your profession and where you are from so i can print this out and show it to my friends.

I myself am a professional magician

&quot;dont meddle in the affairs of wizards....&quot;

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[Orald]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I resent that comment about Trekkies. Did you see the previews for that movie, freaks. I live in West Virginia, USA. I am a student at an institute of higher learning. And the reason I got hooked on Tolkien was that old Hobbit movie. I saw it when my older brother was doing a project on the book and was trying to understand it better.

Only one of my friends has ever read anything of Tolkiens, The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings. He liked them and we talk about it occasionally. Of course he is hardd to talk to since we never do anything anymore(he thinks he is all high and mighty since he goes to one of those Ivy League schools)The rest of my friends either don't really read, or they just like other types of books. None of them think i am weird about it.

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[HerenIstarion]

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My name is George Lashkhi, I'm from Georgia and I'm working in a bank, as well as accomplishing my master's degree in Near East history. But, in fact, more than all ofl those activities I like reading and discussing Tolkien.

we are a bunch of nerds who hide behind our computers

What a nas-s-ssty opinion, my precious-s-s

...but what they are really like, and what lies beyond them, only those can say who have climbed them.

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I've got one of my friends on to the Hobbit, and am starting him on LotR. He really likes it; and we talk about it sometimes.
As for those 'trekkies'; they can bugger off back where they came from and try reading some Tolkien books. All said, however, this is not really a 'legal' thread and once you've got a few listings here, Brian, I suggest you pack it in. The board, after all, does have a reputation to uphold as the most factual forum around.
(I am a student at a city college; I'm working for a degree in biological sciences; also a swimming teacher.)

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[gamegie]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Yah Baby, the trekkies can b....r off and I must admit that the star wars and prop fans on the Ezboard are a bit weird too.

I am a Civil Engineer with a 17 year long ( I am 29 )passion for TOLKIEN and his books, as well as lead figurines depicting the LOTR and others...

Charming Humble Hobbit</p>

[Mister Underhill]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

As a fan of both Star Wars and Star Trek, I must take exception to some of the above comments. Don't be a snob! And don't stereotype fans of one thing the same way that others stereotype Tolkien fans! Break the chain! Watching movies and TV and reading are not mutually exclusive activities.

(BTW, we prefer to be called &quot;Trekkers&quot;. <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)"> Hehe.)

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 12/27/00 10:24:29 am

[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> What do you do for a living?<hr></blockquote>
Breathe.

What a silly question.

OHHHHHHH you meant: occupation to 'make a living'?
Real Estate.
Anyone truly shocked?

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[Mithadan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Lol. Real Estate? I figured you for a techie. My occupation? Well........ considering the bashing thats already begun here, I might not be inclined to reveal my secret identity.

--Mithadan--
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were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Peter Parker.

I think the entire world knows who you really are by now.

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[Mithadan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I don't like spiders <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Soooooooo the Green Goblin, disguised as Spider-man, disguised as Peter Parker, disguised as the clone Ben Reilly, disguised as the Scarlet Spider, disguised as Gwen Stacy, disguised as Mary jane.

How clever of you.

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[The Barrow-Wight]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm a health-professions headhunter.



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[onewhitetree]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Being a fan of both, and of many other things, I am certainly NOT a nerd. I work, I go to school, I act, I run track and cross-country, and I'VE JUST BEEN ACCEPTED TO EMORY AS A PREMED STUDENT!!!!

Sorry, I had to gloat. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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[Mithadan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Congrats, OWT. Maybe you can call Barrow Wight for a job in the medical field.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Grand Admiral Reese]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I deliver newspapers. But that isn't that bad as I'm a high school student.


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[the Lorien wanderer]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm a high school student and I'm absolutely and totally dependent on my parents for tha cash flow (read no part time job). Guess where I'm from? Bet you'll never, ever get it!
Hey, what do all the students here want to do for a aliving when they're old enough. Slightly modified, sorry Brian.

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[Zoe]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm a complete and utter lazy bum... uh... highschool student with no part-time job, that is to say.

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[red]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I try to find out what makes fruit flies tick.

-réd

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"With that they parted, and it was then the time of sunset; and when after a while they turned and looked back, they saw the King of the West sitting upon his horse with his knights about him; and the falling Sun shone upon them and made all their harness to gleam like red gold, and the white mantle of Aragorn was turned to a flame. Then Aragorn took the green stone and held it up, and there came a green fire from his hand."</p>

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[Inziladun]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

And now for something completely different...
I am a police officer in Alabama,though by no means do I conform to the stereotype. <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

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[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.

I have this parrot.....

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[Orald]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I bet some of you feel really old. It seems like half of us here are either in high school or the next step up. I believe that I will graduate from college with a degree in Civil Engineering(thought Aerospace but decided it had to much physics), then again I have time to change my mind and major if I want to.

a parrot, huh? maybe gerbils just aren't good enough for you.

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[Zoe]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Not this again.

But, we must remember that gerbils are better than parrots at breeding the bubonic plague, and I'm pretty sure that parrots don't eat smelly flowers that often.

(Although parrots don't get sick and die, they just start pining for the fjords of Norway...)

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[Taimar]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

Some interesting replies. I work (part-time) for Her Majesty`s Civil Service, the most bureaucratic, inefficient and downright incompetent organisation on earth. I fit in rather well there, actually. Before that I stayed at home raising my kids for 7 years, and before that I studied Medieval History at Glasgow University.

I think it is a bit unfair to characterise Tolkien aficionados as nerds. In my experience they come in all shapes and sizes. I play chess regularly, which undoubtedly attracts more `socially challenged` people than JRRT.

Having just read my post I realise that I probably sound like a bit of a nerd myself, so I would just like to mention that I have studied various martial arts since I was seven years old and am a human killing machine.

Look into the http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000099>Taimar</A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_ball.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 12/28/00 9:53:05 am

[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

TAIMAR ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS JAMES BOND!

Where do you get those wonderful toys?

Her Majesty's CIVIL service?
Is that what they're calling it now?
Guess with all the movies; it's not so sercret anymore.
Kinda like Mithadan.

A human killing machine?
Do you have proof? Bodies? A rap sheet we can inspect? <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

If you go around killing everyone; I'd classify that as 'Socially Challenged'.

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[onewhitetree]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

lol, another completely deteriorated topic. *sigh*

What's with the parrot, Saulotus? Does it have something to do with your name? <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

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[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> What's with the parrot, Saulotus? Does it have something to do with your name?<hr></blockquote>
Ok everyone; since the Star Trek refs are becoming abundant.... say it with me now:

'He's dead, Jim.'

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[Grey Fool]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Deterioration

<img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> No thread is ever truly lost, as I was reminded fairly recently by the Governor.

Livings, eh?
I'd like to totally disprove this 'nerd' misconception by saying that I am a highly accomplished olympic athlete and Hollywood movie star, but I work in a bookshop in Scotland so I can't.
Actually I'm a professional Internet detective.
Actually I edit those little Collins handbooks about superstitions and archery.
Actually I arrange major illegal export operations involving countries who have grown bored of war.
Actually I sell hard drugs to teenagers in India.
Actually I am an apprentice pick-pocket.
Actually I taste-test Wrigley's Airwaves gum for a living. Honey &amp; Lemon is a definite go.
Actually I specialise in over-the-phone interviews with clients wishing to sell adult spacehoppers.
Actually I am working on a new grading system for electric head shavers, or 'clippers'.
Actually I fill up those plastic kiddies ball pools that you see in Ikea and places like that.
Actually I am an electronic IQ-building bus expert.
Actually I am a theatre director.

One of the above could be true; however, to reveal the true nature of one's existence in a place like this must surely be asking for it really. I like this thread, though. It encourages people to diclose information about themselves under an apparently appropriate and therefore 'secure' context, thus making it possible for the thread's original author to choose future topics of conversation or interest that bit more freely. The time for secrecy has come to pass.

Actually I measure snow fall across the central belt, starting in Ayrshire and finishing at the firth of Forth. Taimar: be on your guard for some serious blizzards my friend!



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[Mithadan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

References to Star Trek, Star Wars, Monty Python? Let's keep our eye on the ball people. This is a Tolkien forum, dammit......janet.

--Mithadan--
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were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> This is a Tolkien forum, dammit...<hr></blockquote>
Oops! Be careful... Mithadan's going for the Sword of Damoclese...
Heads will roll (along with eyes, I think)

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[Mister Underhill]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

Poetry, Mithadan... non-regulation.

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[Brian The Blue]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

this topic went off the beaten path. But as for your comments Grey Fool i am hurt. so i challenge you to a wizards duel. Come and get me you fool.....you......Grey....Fool!!!

&quot;dont meddle in the affairs of wizards...&quot;

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[the Lorien wanderer]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

A snow measurer across the central belt!!!
Ah, thou art the ultimate man...umm...wizard Grey Fool...
And now thou shalt duel to defend your ideals. The middle ages return on a web page...Ironic, I call it.

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[Saulotus]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Deterioration

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> this topic went off the beaten path.<hr></blockquote>
Not all who wander are lost.

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[Mithadan]

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Re: Deterioration

Saul and Underhill, you take me out of context. You better come down to the lab and see whats on the slab.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Taimar]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

The branch of the Civil Service I work for is as far removed from James Bond as it possible to imagine, Saulotus.

Thanks for the weather forecast, GF. I`m actually enjoying the snow and have just returned from a snowball fight with a group of neds in a local park. I tried hard, but I don`t think I left any dead bodies behind. The only bad thing about the wintry weather is that I live within walking distance of work and can`t use it as an excuse for an unofficial holiday, as 90% of my colleagues seem to have done.




Look into the http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>

[Mister Underhill]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

Do you guys don longjohns under your kilts when the mercury dips below freezing or are you still like the badass Scots of old who used to go &quot;commando&quot; all the year round?

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[Taimar]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Not this again.

I would wear three pairs, Mr. Underhill. If I went commando I would be `chapped ***`, not badass.

Look into the http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000099>Taimar</A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_ball.gif BORDER=0 WIDTH=10 HEIGHT=10> at: 12/29/00 11:15:38 am

[Glornan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> What I do for a living?

To put the wandering thread back to where it came from, I'm a student on what you could call high school. I will try to do sth with computers when I grow up tho.


Whoops, brian might better not print this reply out, or he thinks we ARE nerds!<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

(used to be Quam, but thought of a nicer, more Tolkien, name) </p>

[HerenIstarion]

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Not Brian, he knows we are not :), his friends might

And, TLW, what is a secret place so unguessable that you live in? Are you an alien? Should we call for this elderly guy and this another chap I forgot the names of, you know, both always wearing black suits, you should know them...

Guess where I'm from? Bet you'll never, ever get it!

a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a green men from Mars are here!!! a-a-a-a-a-a!!!


...but what they are really like, and what lies beyond them, only those can say who have climbed them.

[HerenIstarion]

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Posts: 263

I saw you giving out your secret in another post :) I must confess I never thought JRRT was famous in India too. The more I'm glad to learn it now. Welcome and may the year (and millenium) to come be joyful for you.

...but what they are really like, and what lies beyond them, only those can say who have climbed them...

[Saulotus]

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Re: Deterioration

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> Saul and Underhill, you take me out of context<hr></blockquote>
Then I'll remove the cause; but not the symptom.

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[noldo]

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Re: Deterioration

I do absolutely nothing for living. I do go to school but now I'm on a sweet vacation.

I'd like to become a movie director, though.


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[lindil]

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job

I am a Knife-sharpener and an Acupressurist/massage therapist and am currently studying to be a Naturopathic Doctor [read -a black market herbalist/dietary therapist because of the the chokehold the AMA and Chemical corp's have on medicine in the US].

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[the Lorien wanderer]

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Re: job

Yeah I figured you wouldn't have @ Heren. He's got thousands of fans out here actually. St. Stephens (it's one of our best colleges) is planning a Tolkien fest sometime next year. So hop in if you're this side of the world!

Not all those who wander are lost.</p>

[HerenIstarion]

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Don't think I'll get to India as soon as I wish, but still, thanks for an invitation :)

...but what they are really like, and what lies beyond them, only those can say who have climbed them.

[Mithadan]

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Re: job

OK, since my identity is now blown, I'm a lawyer (hangs head in shame). <img src=tongue.gif ALT=":b">


--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[onewhitetree]

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Re: job

So you admitted! ...didn't know if you were going to or not. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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I am Administrator at <a href=http://pub43.ezboard.com/bfangornforest>Fangorn Forest</a>!
I am also a great fan of <a href=http://pub23.ezboard.com/bminasmorgul>Minas Morgul</a>.</p></p>

[Saulotus]

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Re: job

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> OK, since my identity is now blown, I'm a lawyer (hangs head in shame).<hr></blockquote>
I see another stickler for the fine print is present.

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[Mithadan]

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Re: job

Notwithstanding and without waiving any of the foregoing and reserving all rights thereto....yes

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[gamegie]

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Re: job

Nothing wrong in being a lawyer is there Mithadan?

Or did I miss something?

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[Mithadan]

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Re: job

No. Not a thing. Just having some fun at the expense of my profession.

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Orald]

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Re: job

One that I thought might be worth renewing with all the new people(obviously Mithadan didn't renew this one because he doesn't want all the new people to know he is a lawyer, <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)"> )

It seems fate is not without a sense of irony.</p>

[amyrlis]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Well, I can't dispell that 'we're all computer nerds' myth because I'm an Engineer - Civil, like some of the previous posters. I pretty much hang out with my computer all day. But, outside of the office, I'm not terribly socially challenged. In fact, I'm a pretty cool gal, if I do say so myself! No worries about lawyers Mithadan - I'm married to a future one! An engineer and a lawyer! I bet no one wants to come to dinner at my house!

-amyrlis</p>

[Odysseus819]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Or my house either (lawyer married to an accountant)

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[Elanor]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Or my house - I'm a French teacher, and the idea always seems to make people need to confess that they a)always hated doing languages at school and b) have forgotten all they ever learned because their French teacher was so poor... <img src=biggrin.gif ALT=":D">



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[Fingolfin]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I am a HS student

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[Mithadan]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

Odysseus, which are you, the lawyer or the accountant?

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[Lady Eowyn]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I worked as a retailer before I came to the states.
Now I'm pretty much a housewife and work in an
Animal shelter four times a week.

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[Gilthalion]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I test woodchips for export to paper manufacturers.

I used to be a full-time broadcast journalist/talkhost. I only do that as a weekend hobby now. I've run for office (white man in black district...lost surprisingly well), painted photographic backdrops, done labor in a paper mill, traffic-reporting, and voiceovers for radio, tv, and infomercials. I have been a political activist (looks like I will be again shortly).

After +21 years in broadcasting, my gadfly opinions convinced the local powerbrokers that if I would not drink hemlock, I would have to be pushed off the air. In their minds, I am far worse than a nerd! Radical. Reactionary. Not me! I just hate being lied to and stolen from!

But lemons-to-lemonade! here I am, rediscovering my love of Middle-earth and of writing and of performance art. I'm limbering up http://www.barrowdowns.com/FanFichobbits00.asphere</a>.

That's what happens when your proficiencies are all over the map. Guidance counselors cannot guide, and you cannot decide! I was urged by Dad to go into something with math and computers, but I didn't, so I am saved from that branch of nerddom. I was urged by Mom to go into Preaching, but I am neither holy enough (shame on me <img src=frown.gif ALT=":("> ) or hypocritical enough (shame on them <img src=mad.gif ALT=">:"> ) for the task.

This testing job may only be good for a few years. If I do not write the great American Novel in that time, then I shall have to find other gainful employment.

Maybe I should study computers...

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[The X Phial]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm a grad student, no help for the nerd image there. I study Human Development, though, so maybe that's a plus. I'm also a Trekker, so no non-Nerd points there either, sorry.

-*-The X Phial-*- You must believe in free will, you have no choice. Isaac Singer</p>

[Mithrandir]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I am a college student, dance performance major, emphasis in ballet. Not really your typical choice of study, or your typical LotR fanatic. But i cant say much for that, since I know of no one else here who has even read the books, much less has a passion for them as I do. BTW, this is my first posting and i am excited to read what other Tolkien fans have to say. Oh yeah, since im new here, does anyone know how to include those sayings at the bottom of the posts? Or use the smiley faces? Im just curious.

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[Mister Underhill]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

Welcome, Mithrandir! You can add what's called a &quot;signature&quot; to your posts by going to your EZBoard preferences, typing one in, and enabling the option. Go to the http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgimain page of the forum</a>, click on &quot;My Control Center&quot; near the top of the page, then click the &quot;Edit Preferences&quot; button. Scroll down and you'll find a textbox under the section &quot;Custom Signature&quot;. Type one in, then check the &quot;Use Custom Signature&quot; checkbox.

When you're composing a post, look to the left of the textbox and you'll see a link that says &quot;Use Emoticons&quot;. Click that and it will give you the codes on how to make them in your posts.

Whew! I feel like the Downs Help-Desk! <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)"> Hope that helps get you going. Keep posting!

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[Orald]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

Welcome Mithrandir. To add things to you sig. all you have to do is log into EZboard then go into Edit Preferences.

Fate, it seems is not without a sense of irony.</p>

[mwcfrodo]

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Re: What do you do for a living

Well, since someone else broke down and confessed first, I too am a lawyer. When I practiced I was a criminal lawyer, but a number of years ago I made the break to legal publishing and now am a Managing Editor at a &quot;major legal publishing company&quot; in Chicago -- known and loved by accountants and lawyers alike (the company, not me)

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[The Barrow-Wight]

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OT: long time no see mcwfrodo

Welcome back to the board, mcwfrodo. Its been a long time since we saw your hobbit face in here <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

The Barrow-Wight (RKittle)
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[Aldaron]

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Re: OT: A Living

Though this discussion deteriorated somewhere in the middle, it got back on track pretty well.

I got through college working in a grocery store and later in a plywood mill. Then began teaching grade school, moved on to junior high school, then with a library degree to a community college and finally became a director of a community college library. Have now been retired for 19 years during which time I ghosted some fantasy novels. Now write the occasional short story and commit poetry, a heinous act, I know.

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[draggonklaw]

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Re: OT: A Living

Sorry it's been a while. I moved, and switched from AOL to compuserve.
Right now I'm living in sunny California (good thing it's sunny now, cause the electricity could go off at any time. My bill has already gone off the charts!)...and I'm a delivery driver for DR. PEPPER. We also deliver snapple. This is just temporary until my wife finishes her masters in Business/Administration in October. Then, by the grace of God, I will be able to complete my degree in Theology (I'm half way finished). Before this I was a Bible teacher in Tokyo, Japan for 2 years, and held my own month-long Bible Prophecy seminars (with crowds ranging from 100-300)
all throughout the U.S.
The Bible is my first and true love, and then Tolkien and CS Lewis are my favorite non-Biblical authors. I try to make it a point not to &quot;preach&quot; my beliefs on this site. I think that would be both wrong (for this is not a religious site, but one dedicated to Tolkiens works. there are othere sites for that, and I share my thoughts in there.), and also disrespectful (For I'm sure there are many people on this site from other religious persuasions).


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[KayQy]

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Re: OT: A Living

I've sometimes thought it sad, though, that I work harder telling friends about Tolkien and LotR than about God.

I must be getting the Great Commission confused: &quot;Go ye now, and preach unto all the nations the truth of Frodo of the Nine Fingers and the Ring of Doom...&quot;

<img src=roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> <img src=roll.gif ALT=":rollin">

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[Gilthalion]

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Re: OT: A Living

Off topic here, but Lindil has started a Tolkien/Christian discussion forum. I was thinking of doing so myself, but since he's already got a start on one...

...also, I've thought of writing a Lord of the Rings Bible Study (perhaps with a better name!). Ever since I first brought up the topic in the chats, I've been seeing more and more Christian Tolkien afficianados!

Does a book of that sort sound interesting? Email me: robertwgardner@hotmail.com, or leave a note on Lindil's board http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekentabeta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta</a>


P.S. Getting back on topic, I'd like to be a writer when I grow up!

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[draggonklaw]

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Re: OT: A Living

OFF Topic: KayQy, It sounds like your'e a Christian as well. Awesome. I'm sure there are a few more. I'd love to chat in a Christian Tolkien lovers forum like Gilthalion suggested. Let's get it going. I made my comment about not preaching on this site because, I don't think it's very tactful, nor Christlike to come on to someone's site and start trying to prosyletize/evangelize. Some believers might think that is a very &quot;noble&quot; and &quot;zealous&quot; thing to do. I don't. I think it would turn people off (Esp. RKittle, who probably did not intend this site for that purpose). But now, if there are some other belivers on this site that Love the Lord, and want to chat about the Bible and Tolkien, and RKittle gives us the go ahead, that's a whole different ball game. Then people who know us, and are interested in in hearing and sharing what we have to chat about, can come on in and join us. We need to have a special place to do it though.
There is definitely a lot of Tolkien's theology that spills over into LotR, even though LotR is not intended to be an allegory. It was exciting for me to learn that Tolkien is the one who led CS Lewis to faith in Christ. Anyhow, If you are going to start that special chat room Gilthalion, please count me in.

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[Barrel Rider]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

im a student

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[Odysseus819]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

OFF TOPIC -- Draggonklaw -- i didn't know about the Tolkien/C.S. Lewis connection, certainly didn't know that T. led L. to his faith in Christ? Where can i read about this, if you know?

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[draggonklaw]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I heard it on the Bible answer man broadcast (Hank Hannegraff of the Christian Research Institute) on a special they were having in which they compared Harry Potter with LotR, and The Chronicles of Narnia. You can look up equip.org (The Bible Answer Man's site) and ask for the exact reference. I haven't got around to doing it yet, but I've heard it from other credible sources too.

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[Zoe]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

If you read the biographies of either, you'll find that it's true.

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[Elenanna]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

im a student in uk, but id also like be a writer (part time) when i grow up.

I didn't know about the tolkien/lewis thing either sounds good

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[Evenspire]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Living?


For a decade I was an International Studies Exchange Specialist at a prominent university in the US. I &quot;came down&quot; with bipolar affective disorder though, and do not work at all now, only wish I could.

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[Eldar14]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Living?

I'm I HS student with no job (hey, I need time to sit in front of the computer and be nerdy) I'm thinking of either going into a Computer Science field or something to do with literature. Well, I'm sure not going to help with the proof against JRRT fans being nerds, 'cause I'm probably one of the biggest nerds of all time (and proud of it) Most people think that I'm a bit fanatical about things like Tolkien and Star Wars, but they're wrong, i'm very fanatical about that kind of thing. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> (example: I'm learning quenya even through my friends' &quot;Why learn a 'fake' language?&quot;) <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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[The Watcher in the Water]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Living?

Just to add to all the info in here I did Commerce/Geography at university and have been an archaeological field assistant for national heritage issues (some MAJOR offroad driving - once 850 kilometres without once travelling along a road!) and now have just got a job doing GIS...

The road goes ever on...</p>

[GandaIf The White]

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Im a highscool student. I am a nerd and I dont try to hide it. Sorry guys. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> And I also love The Next Generation.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."</p>

[Glornan]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm in High School too, well, the Belgian equivalent to that<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> . I'm feeling like becoming a Civil Engineer/Computer Science, (tho I'm still not so sure about that), so that's pretty nerdy indeed. I *do* have a social life however<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">
In contrary to several Tolkien fans here, who are Christians, I'm pretty atheist<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> Now don't try to convert me to the True Faith *cough cough* all of you<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> , Christianity is definitely a big no-no for me, and anyway, if it _is_ all True, which I highly doubt, I'm living a pretty Christian life except for the Bible/Churches Stuff anyway, so I'm sure this God fella will show his human side and let me into Heaven when I croak<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

Glornan, Feeling sigless</p>

[Evenspire]

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Being good enough, or Christian enough has nothing to do with getting into heaven. It's like adoption, or fire insurance. You are family, or not.. you've got fire insurance or not. You've clearly chosen.....not. And that settles it.

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[Nuinsoronwen1]

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Im 12 was curently in the 6th grade read all tolkeins books and i plan on being an artist <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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[GandaIf The White]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

hmmm Glornan. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> That is what alot of people think. I am a Christian, and I dont want to get religious in the Forum, but from what I have learned the three ways of Forgivness are Baptism, Communion, and Prayer.

arg, going through 3 years of Confirmation sucked.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."</p>

[10Lions]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Living

I am independently comfortable...., or dependently uncomfortable. I always get those two mixe up...

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[Evenspire]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> For a living?

I live, eat and breath in the academic world. I'm an Academician, a Univeritarian, a Collegian. In other words, a lifetime student and University employee.

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[Gwindor]

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I am a honor role student who is envolved in the &quot;behind the scenes&quot; work of the theatre productions.

for the summer, i work at a country club and drive golfcarts all day. I am the guy who drives in the cage and picks up balls on the driving range. it is the ultimate dream job!

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[moonsaulter]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

im a student in a high school and im not a nerd hehe

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[Theodred21]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

High-School Student is what I am, and proud of it!!!
<img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

...he heard Theodred's great voice cry "To me, Eorlingas!"</p>

[Eldarion son of Aragorn]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm only 14 (big laugh) and a student in really good school called CCS. Now the best part about me is where I'm from, I live in a country with the best education system in the world(no joke) and I am the only member here I think from my country. Now anyone who I have met in the chatrooms or theodred, beregond or sam be good sports and don't answer!

Here is a hint

Slan go bhaile!

"He turned to Eldarion, and gave into his hands the winged crown of Gondor and the sceptre of Arnor, and bade him farewell."</p>

[Theodred21]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

Are you from... Malaysia? No, Sweden?
<img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src=roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> !!!!

...he heard Theodred's great voice cry "To me, Eorlingas!"</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000011>Theodred21</A>&nbsp; <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC=http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/white_fire.gif BORDER=0> at: 7/18/01 9:41:57 am

[Ring Lord Rules]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/nenya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I am a Graphic Designer and have been one for twenty years, I have been a Tolkien fan for longer (almost 30 years now) If loving Tolkien and Star Wars and Star Trek and many other meaningful forms of entertainment and enlightenment makes other people want to see me as a NERD? Well so be it... I would never give them up to please anothers expectations...

In response to some previous messages:

Every living being on this planet and beyond will eventually come home to what some call heaven, other nirvana, yet others the force, and some the gray havens... the doors to heaven are open to all who are willing to leave all else behind... except love.

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[Evenspire]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Living

Is the &quot;C&quot; for Ceska? There is no &quot;M&quot; for Magyar (Hungary used to have top notch schools until WWII).
S wouldn't be for Slovenia would it? (Probably not Slovakia). Switzerland?

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[red]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Living

I'm back again cuz I'm about to make a change! No more fruit flies! So long, Drosophila! Au revoir, larvae! Adios, pupae! I'm going back to school to study veterinary technology! <img src=biggrin.gif ALT=":D"> Can't wait!

-happy réd

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"He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer."</p>

-A Short Rest, The Hobbit</p></blockquote></p>

[Mithadan]

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Re: Living

Congrats Red! Best of luck! Where will you be going to school?

--Mithadan--
"The Silmarils with living light
were kindled clear, and waxing bright
shone like stars that in the North
above the reek of earth leap forth." </p>

[onewhitetree]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Living

Yay for you, Sil!
I myself am starting college soon, majoring in Graphic Design and minoring in Photography...as of right now, I'm a lowly waitress, but that will soon change. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

<p align=center>Every leaf a miracle ~ The woods are lovely, dark, and deep
I am Administrator at <a href=http://pub43.ezboard.com/bfangornforest>Fangorn Forest</a> and <a href=http://pub29.ezboard.com/btolkiencommunity87810>Planet Tolkien</a>.</p></p>

[Malagaerion]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Living

I work in the data comunications field. Basically I drive around in my work van, run a crew of guys, and build phone and network systems. Every once in a while I get to work with fiber optics. I love my job <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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[Impmog2001]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I'm a High School student from Vancouver, British Columbia. I've been reading Tolkien since grade three, but since TV has taken over the world only two of my friends and I can discuss Middle Earth. However, I have a side job. You want ODD jobs, I pick up dog @#%$ for 25 cents a pile, beat that!

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[sarimaarit]

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I guess I'm that nerdo that keeps up the stereotypes... well... I don't look like one, since I'm a girl and I don't have glasses or greasy hair or anything. I'm a software developer, and I study computer science at the Helsinki University (in Finland). I don't think I'm going to do this for the rest of my life though, I plan on perhaps applying for the medical school and become a doctor! Whee! <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

P.S. I'm a Star Trek fan too. And I play roleplaying games. I guess I fill all the descriptions of the typical nerd. Well, fortunately I don't look like one.

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[Nuinsoronwen1]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> What do you do for a living?

i am also , NOT nerd and,hehe, impmog nice job, hehe, real fullfilling...

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[Beregond]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/redeye.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: What do you do for a living?

I currently am in summer high school, which isn't so bad, but doesn't give me a whole lot of spare time. I also read, design webpages, and play games on the computer. And of course I am on the Barrow-downs when I can! <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

<font size="-2">'They have come!' he said. 'Take courage and look! There are fell things below.'</p>

[Tirinor]

If you own a bank (for instance), and want a dedicated t1 long distance communication line between your main database and an ATM, you would order that line from a long distance carrier, that long distance carrier would order the local portion of that line from the local exchange carrier. if your t1 goes down and the long distance carrier determines the problem to be in the local exchange portion, a trouble ticket is generated by that local exchange carrier and worked. I'm the guy that double checks those tickets when they are closed out. Does it get much better than that?

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

I'm a student in SF. I go out on the weekends, and some weekdays and drink w/my friends. I am not at all a nerd.

[greyhavener]

I'm proud of what I am.
I
am
a
librarian!

[Beren87]

More than often I simply get money from people who don't expect me to pay them back.

However, when that fails, I'll write a story or two to send in to some obscure Sci-fi magazine. Or design some web-page for a company or person. Boring work, but it gives me a lot of flexibility.

Oh, that and I go to school.

[ January 19, 2003: Message edited by: Beren87 ]

[The Witch-King of Angmar]

Hi.

I'm attending the 12th class in a German school. In my spare time I read a lot, meet my girlfriend, go out with friends, work on my LOTR-Webpage and so on. Ah, I forgot music. Sometimes I play the piano, since I've been learning it for 12 years.

Since my friends aren't much concerned with my Tolkien-"mania", I haven't ever been called a nerd. *g*

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Hmmmm, somehow this thread managed to survive buried on the Books forum for two years! High time to move it to Novices and Newcomers, since it's not a book discussion...

[Isilmëiel]

I have an after-school job at a grocery store either doing the cash register or bagging groceries. I like having $$$. A lot of kids are getting into Tolkien at my school; one even rode his bike to the next town to get the Silmarillion. smilies/tongue.gif

[lord of dor-lomin]

Esty, I can't believe it took you so long.

My main job is going attending my University where I recently switched to business after two years of physics. During the school year I work part time at a department store. During the summer I work full time tutoring kids.

[the phantom]

How weird, lord of dor-lomin. I also am a business major, work at a department store, and tutor kids during the summer (not full time though). Come to think of it, it's the same University and department store as you!

(only difference, I get better grades)

[lord of dor-lomin]

Oh yeah? Well, you'll see after next semester that the last one was a fluke.

And phantom, you forgot to mention that you make some money doing recordings for people (and that you're hoping to make a bunch of money next summer when you get done with your CD)

(and I bet I get promoted at work sooner than you)

[Gorwingel]

I am just your normal, nerdy, high school Junior. Not anything more, not anything less. smilies/cool.gif

[Meela]

im a writer, although ive been forced to join this mindless robotic cycle they call society. however, actually having some form of mind and ideas, i intend to break away and live in the wilderness. my other
'occupations' include ranging and running my very own alchemist's store. i also have a bit of a talent for healing. it helps when ure in the alchemy trade. most of my medicines require ingredients that i can get hold of more easily than other healers. im also a pretty nifty warrior, and am a member of the local Warriors' Guild, and have a joint ownership on a blacksmith's

[Selmo]

After looking back to the first post of this series, I realise that I must be a half-nerd.
I am a Star Trek fan (Trekkie not Trekker) but I'm not any kind of computer nut. Posting on boards like this is the limit of my IT skills.

I'm a Church Leader and a volluntary Youth Worker but to earn my daily bread, beer and pipe-weed I'm a Servant of Lore-masters and Assistant to Wizards (I'm a Lab Technician in a University working with academics and scientists).

[Inderjit Sanghera]

What are the qualifications to be a nerd? I don't watch Trekkie, and I hate computers. Though, I have to admit, a lot of these computer peoeple and Trekkies strike me as insane. There is a boy in my Sociology class who has no intrest but computers, and whenever I attempt to talk to him, he shys away and mumbles. Oh yeah, he is also scared of girls. And he is 18. smilies/rolleyes.gif My Star Trek fan friend also though that Final Fantasy, Vannila sky, Jason X and Armageddon were good movies, and he hasn't heard of Martin Scorecse. He also thinks Robert De Niro played Micheal Corleone. smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Lossentilien]

I'm in high school at the moment, but hoping to go to art college to study film, in a practical sense, not historical. Am definatley not a nerd. Don't mean that offensively or anything, nothing against them, they're often nicer than "normal" people.

[Inderjit Sanghera]

Nicer? Yes. Yawn inspiring? In most cases. Have terrible taste in movies? Definetly. I don't think that any of the people who haev posted here fit my interpreation of a 'Nerd', I.e Boring, not being able to make friends.

[ January 23, 2003: Message edited by: Inderjit Sanghera ]

[Ardwenna]

I write. Not for money or anything. I currently am a member of the newly unemployed. (YAY MCI!!!!) So between looking for work and jumping through hoops for my unemployment check, I read.

[Raefindel]

I work in a dental lab. I make dentures! Yippy Skippy! I have also done catering & Floral design.

[ January 24, 2003: Message edited by: Raefindel ]

[Jesse]

I am a high school student. Go figure. I have a lot of free time on my hands so I'll be here daily. smilies/smile.gif

[Aylwen Dreamsong]

I make dentures! Yippy Skippy!

Really, Raefindel? Someone has to make them...right? LoL.

I never liked Star Trek. My Uncle always said I'd love it if I gave it a chance...but I just don't like Star Trek...

I am still in middle school, and my friends borrow my hard-eaned money for lunch and never give it back. My friend Erica probably owes me about a hundred dollars from over the years.

I guess you could say I have a job, even though it isn't professional or anything. I have an after-school job at the county library where I sort out all the books. I also make some money teaching my neighbors daughter how to play the guitar.

Yippy Skippy! smilies/biggrin.gif

Aylwen

[Raefindel]

Yes, Lady Dreamsong, someone has to make them. It's easy work and it pays well. It's kinda like cooking or jewelry-making...mixing, pouring, boiling...


Yippy Skippy! smilies/wink.gif

[aragornreborn]

Well, I am a mere high school student. I have never considered myself a nerd, though. Strange, yes. Nerd, no. That would require me to be smarter, I think.