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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2022, 11:50 AM |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2021, 07:24 AM |
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Thank you kindly Inzil,
I've refound the...
Thank you kindly Inzil, I've refound the Downs at last and although it seems slightly sleepily Huornish, I still love the place. Who knows there might even be some rousing going on when the Amazon... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-04-2021, 02:12 PM |
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Excellent news Mith!
Oxford would not be...
Excellent news Mith! Oxford would not be quite the same without it |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 04-09-2020, 07:40 PM |
Replies: 103
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Ye! Utuvienyes!!
Rumil was pottering, definitely pottering, though he liked to think of it as sauntering. Pottering about he remembered a long forgotten path, a bit dusty and weed strewn, that led up the hill. "I... |
Forum: The Books 06-06-2019, 05:44 PM |
Replies: 5
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Tom
Farmer Maggot occasionally hosted Tom Bombadil according to the verses in Farmer Giles of Ham, before or after the LOTR? |
Forum: The Books 06-06-2019, 05:39 PM |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2018, 02:15 PM |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-10-2017, 03:52 PM |
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Thank you Galadriel, I'm glad to see the old...
Thank you Galadriel, I'm glad to see the old Barrow's still around ;) |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2016, 10:35 AM |
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Thanks for the birthday wishes!!
Lovely to...
Thanks for the birthday wishes!! Lovely to see the Downs still going strong All the best Rumil |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 01-03-2016, 11:48 AM |
Replies: 66
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Happy Birthday Prof!
And hail and well met...
Happy Birthday Prof! And hail and well met to all the Downers, hope you al have a very Merry New Year Rumil |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-04-2015, 05:39 PM |
Replies: 31
Views: 12,200
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:-)
Hail and well met old friends!! It has been many a year since I visited the Barrow and thought it may have met the fate of Numenor, but am very happy to see it's revived. :D |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2014, 02:41 PM |
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|Thank you very much Inzil & Galadriel :)
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|Thank you very much Inzil & Galadriel :) been a while since I was popping in to the Downs regularly, hope you're all doing well, Cheers, Rumil |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 08-23-2013, 04:02 PM |
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Beren finds Luthien
Hi all, long time no see and all that, but wish me luck ye denizens of the Barrow, for tomorrow I'm getting married to the most beautiful and special of Eru's creation. That is all, |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-22-2013, 06:29 PM |
Replies: 84
Views: 42,333
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I saw the whiteness and deprecation and thought ...
I saw the whiteness and deprecation and thought 'Oh no! Is this it? Is it all suddenly gone?' :eek: Then checked back later and Thenamir's fixed everything :D For he's a jolly good... |
Forum: The Books 04-17-2013, 12:19 PM |
Replies: 37
Views: 16,488
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Could be Inzil.
I've always thought of the...
Could be Inzil. I've always thought of the orcs as a bit genetically unstable if you like, due to their dubious origins and variety of shapes and sizes. For example cats look pretty much like... |
Forum: The Books 04-16-2013, 04:04 PM |
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In one of the earlier texts there's reference to...
In one of the earlier texts there's reference to Boldogs, who appear to be sort of minor spirits and followers of Morgoth. IIRC they were interbred with orcs. Perhaps the Great Goblin was one in whom... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 04-12-2013, 09:30 PM |
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Why we love the Downs
In a hole in t'internet there lived a Barrow-wight. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms, an oozy smell, flamers and trolls, nor yet a dry, bare sandy Leggie-fangurl-infested... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 04-11-2013, 02:35 PM |
Replies: 19
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I'm as much use as a chocolate teapot at these...
I'm as much use as a chocolate teapot at these sorts of things so can only wish the mods the best of luck! For me (in Explorer 10 for my sins) the colours are all right (except while writing a... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 04-10-2013, 03:03 PM |
Replies: 19
Views: 10,343
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Yikes! Deprecation!!
What's happening, avatars disappearing, general weirdness and wobbly stuff, and being deprecated by the good old Downs?? Run around panic and freak out! Deprecated: Assigning the return value... |
Forum: The Books 01-29-2013, 08:34 PM |
Replies: 37
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Ring rang a dong for to have a holiday
A couple of possibly relevant quotes : Gandalf's explanation has been alluded to above- But Galadriel may give us another glimpse of an aspect of the powers of the Three |
Forum: The Movies 01-08-2013, 07:27 PM |
Replies: 283
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Curate's Egg
Hmm, Hoooom, indeed, well at last I've seen it, and do you know, I quite enjoyed it overall. Reading the present thread I find myself nodding along with or wincing painfully at many of the... |
Forum: The Movies 12-10-2012, 07:26 PM |
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Nice scenery, shame about the plot
Hmm, well, initial reviews and clips don't really seem like The Hobbit I remember reading, I hope they've managed to keep some of the charm of the tale. Fingers crossed! As in LoTR the scenery... |
Forum: The Books 12-10-2012, 07:01 PM |
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Interesting!
Also, although this was a later...
Interesting! Also, although this was a later idea of course, Gandalf had to veil his power (as an Istari) and I guess the last thing he would have done in the Shire was turning his Istari-ness up... |
Forum: The Books 12-10-2012, 06:40 PM |
Replies: 18
Views: 7,987
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Iron, like Lion
Another aspect (in story if you like) is that the elves appear to have gone directly to the iron age without having to do all that inconvenient mucking about with a bronze age. IIRC the Valar passed... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 10-09-2012, 02:43 PM |
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