New Members - Introduce Yourself Here - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Faramir Jones · 11-24-2015, 10:31 AM

Welcome to the Downs, Eowyn-of-Rohan!

Please don't hesitate to ask us any questions.

Eowyn-of-Rohan · 11-24-2015, 02:34 PM

Thank you all for the welcome! I was a little nervous about posting for the first time, so now I feel more comfortable.

Pitchwife · 11-25-2015, 12:48 PM

I welcome you as well, Eowyn-of-Rohan! No reason to feel shy, we're all pretty well-behaved wights around here.

I still remember that phase of fresh obsession vividly, that urge to tell all the world about this fascinating other world you've just discovered. If only there had been a place like the Downs, and an easy way to find it, back in the Seventies, I'd have felt a lot less like a freak sometimes. However, I babble. Enjoy being dead!

Morthoron · 11-25-2015, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eowyn-of-Rohan

Thank you all for the welcome! I was a little nervous about posting for the first time, so now I feel more comfortable.

No need to be afraid. We don't bite....hard.

Lalaith · 12-07-2015, 10:07 AM

A belated welcome to TilloW, who came here at my recommendation. Thank you all for welcoming him so nicely and apologies for not being in to greet him myself!

Barrel-rider · 07-17-2016, 11:42 AM

Hi. I'm new here, but I want to tell you a little about me:

I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.

Just kidding

I have read the Hobbit, and I am almost through The Two Towers. I am very happy to have joined you guys here.

So I guess you could say I'm a typical Tolkien fan

Tolkienology ftw!

Inziladun · 07-17-2016, 12:20 PM

Welcome, Barrel-rider!

One thing I've definitely come to believe since I joined the Downs is that there is no such creature as a 'typical Tolkien fan'. Here we seem to have them all: the learnéd, the eclectic, the young, the old, the in-between. Movie-fans, and movie-not-fans.

Enjoy yourself!

Faramir Jones · 07-18-2016, 04:11 PM

Welcome to the Downs, Barrel-rider!

Like Inziladun, I found since joining Tolkien fandom that us fans come in all shapes and sizes, although I don't think there are any dragons among us; so no one will miss a cup...

Snowdog · 06-09-2017, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Eowyn-of-Rohan

Thank you all for the welcome! I was a little nervous about posting for the first time, so now I feel more comfortable.

We were glad to get three posts from you Lady Eowyn!

Pervinca Took · 06-10-2017, 02:42 PM

Lovely name, Shire Flower! Welcome back.

Valesse · 11-13-2017, 03:28 PM

It's been quite a while since I was active here, but I'd really love to give it a go again. I missed my lovely 'Downers~

Perhaps this time I'll do more than lurk the Mirth-y depths.

Galadriel55 · 11-13-2017, 06:10 PM

Hello and welcome back Valesse!

Mithalwen · 11-15-2017, 07:25 AM

Yay Welcome back Valesse. Wherever you post we will be glad to have you back!

Rune Son of Bjarne · 11-16-2017, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valesse

It's been quite a while since I was active here, but I'd really love to give it a go again. I missed my lovely 'Downers~

Perhaps this time I'll do more than lurk the Mirth-y depths.

Good to have you back again Valesse. I have missed our MSN conversation from the days of yore.

I my self have started lurking in the shadows, although I am only sporadically active.

al'Thingolfin · 11-17-2017, 01:17 PM

Just wanted to pop in and say hi! Technically not new, but it's been ages since I was on here. Can't believe I remembered the login for this old account.

This was pretty much the first page I visited back when I was new to the internet, loved just idling in the #barrowdowns chatroom. I think I was 13 or 14 back then, closing in on 30 now.

Vaguely recall some nicknames, Ulmo, Rimbaud and Thenamir the chat OPs, Gayahithwen (who I believe taught me how to make an e-mail account!), Artilien, Naz, Yiriandur, burrahobbit, and some guy with a chinese nickname I can't recall.

11-24-2015, 10:31 AM	#1
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	Welcome! Welcome to the Downs, Eowyn-of-Rohan! Please don't hesitate to ask us any questions.

11-25-2015, 12:48 PM	#3
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	I welcome you as well, Eowyn-of-Rohan! No reason to feel shy, we're all pretty well-behaved wights around here. I still remember that phase of fresh obsession vividly, that urge to tell all the world about this fascinating other world you've just discovered. If only there had been a place like the Downs, and an easy way to find it, back in the Seventies, I'd have felt a lot less like a freak sometimes. However, I babble. Enjoy being dead! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

12-07-2015, 10:07 AM	#5
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	A belated welcome to TilloW, who came here at my recommendation. Thank you all for welcoming him so nicely and apologies for not being in to greet him myself! __________________ Out went the candle, and we were left darkling

07-17-2016, 11:42 AM	#6
Barrel-rider Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: End of the Bag, yet no bag went over me. Posts: 13	Hi guys :) Hi. I'm new here, but I want to tell you a little about me: I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me. I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider. Just kidding I have read the Hobbit, and I am almost through The Two Towers. I am very happy to have joined you guys here. So I guess you could say I'm a typical Tolkien fan Tolkienology ftw!

07-17-2016, 12:20 PM	#7
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,042	Welcome, Barrel-rider! One thing I've definitely come to believe since I joined the Downs is that there is no such creature as a 'typical Tolkien fan'. Here we seem to have them all: the learnéd, the eclectic, the young, the old, the in-between. Movie-fans, and movie-not-fans. Enjoy yourself! __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

11-24-2015, 02:34 PM	#2
Eowyn-of-Rohan Newly Deceased Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 3	Thank you all for the welcome! I was a little nervous about posting for the first time, so now I feel more comfortable.

07-18-2016, 04:11 PM	#8
Faramir Jones Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lonely Isle Posts: 706	Welcome! Welcome to the Downs, Barrel-rider! Like Inziladun, I found since joining Tolkien fandom that us fans come in all shapes and sizes, although I don't think there are any dragons among us; so no one will miss a cup...

06-10-2017, 02:42 PM	#10
Pervinca Took Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials Posts: 5,035	Lovely name, Shire Flower! Welcome back. __________________ "Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always."

11-13-2017, 03:28 PM	#11
Valesse Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: \|Away Posts: 614	It's been quite a while since I was active here, but I'd really love to give it a go again. I missed my lovely 'Downers~ Perhaps this time I'll do more than lurk the Mirth-y depths. __________________ "Loo, what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte, 'egges' or 'eyren'?" - Caxton, Eneydos

11-13-2017, 06:10 PM	#12
Galadriel55 Blossom of Dwimordene Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The realm of forgotten words Posts: 10,558	Hello and welcome back Valesse! __________________ You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera

11-15-2017, 07:25 AM	#13
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Yay Welcome back Valesse. Wherever you post we will be glad to have you back! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

11-17-2017, 01:17 PM	#15
al'Thingolfin Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 13	Just wanted to pop in and say hi! Technically not new, but it's been ages since I was on here. Can't believe I remembered the login for this old account. This was pretty much the first page I visited back when I was new to the internet, loved just idling in the #barrowdowns chatroom. I think I was 13 or 14 back then, closing in on 30 now. Vaguely recall some nicknames, Ulmo, Rimbaud and Thenamir the chat OPs, Gayahithwen (who I believe taught me how to make an e-mail account!), Artilien, Naz, Yiriandur, burrahobbit, and some guy with a chinese nickname I can't recall. __________________ -Thingolfin

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