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Old 11-24-2004, 11:13 AM   #1801
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Originally Posted by Rimbaud
Why measure the wine's age with the different scale though?
Perhaps because it did not originate from the Shire? I am not sure that Hobbits were really into viticulture. With Bilbo's connections, I would suspect that it came from Dorwinion via Lake-Town. Thus it would not be labelled according to the Shire Reckoning.
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