Snowdog, have you had a look a the
Tolkien Coming of Age Club thread? That's where the geezers hang out - you'll find that there are more than you might suspect! (It's for all who read Tolkien at least 18 years ago, thus the title.)
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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