When I see new posts on this thread, I hope for news of new get-togethers of Downers. Please don't misuse that hope for idle chat - thanks!
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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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