The Tolkien Coming of Age Club 2 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 09-14-2004, 02:39 PM

Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide!
*Puts on her glasses and looks around.*
Nice to see the rest of you still hanging in here too!

Hilde Bracegirdle · 09-14-2004, 06:30 PM

Actually, I don't have that version of Beowulf yet, but I have remembered the reading glasses, and the signed edition is weighing on my mind! Signed by the artist that is... not that old yet!

Mithalwen, banish the thought! Put away those elvish potions and such that would prolong youth, and wear those white hairs proudly! You have earned them...plus they add, surprising texture, don't you think?

Ealasaide · 09-15-2004, 06:52 AM

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Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide!

Thanks, Esty! Yes, I managed to get through both storms in relatively good shape, only I lost a great many trees to the high wind. Seeing as an Ealasaide falls in the Tolkein-Seuss Bestiary somewhere between an Ent and a Lorax, that part of it was very distressing.

It just rips at my heart to see the destruction of any big, beautiful, old trees. Around the Orlando area alone, we must have lost a couple hundred of them.

On a lighter note:
...magic potion to hide the gray.... hmm... I've dyed my hair so many times now & so many colors (currently artistically striped, platinum & brown), I'm not sure what color it is supposed to be.

Maybe I should shave my head & start over. hee-hee

Mithalwen · 09-21-2004, 12:41 PM

*scuffles around the club room wondering if she should deliberately create a disturbance to wake the old folks up a bit ... investigates the cupboards, sanatogen, steradent, spare hearing aid batteries, the official club magnifying glass ..... Looks at the slumbering inhabitants and hopes that they are merely slumbering * this might be worth a try *opens laptop and starts playing the film DVD*

Hilde Bracegirdle · 09-21-2004, 03:09 PM

Huh? What's that? Is the extended version of Return of the King out yet? Oh, I was only dreaming.....zzzzzzzzz....!!! (and snoring with emphasis.)

Ealasaide · 09-21-2004, 04:47 PM

Hmmm... speaking of PJ's movies...this has been bothering me for some time:

What's with Elrond's hairline? Is male pattern baldness common among elves? Or, Elrond being only half-elven, could this be his human side coming out? (So to speak.

) Comments, anyone? I believe this may be the first time I have encountered an elf with a receding hairline.

**The Saucepan Man** · 09-21-2004, 05:29 PM

Poor guy. He raised Isildur's hair as his own, but then it ran off with his daughter.

Incidentally, this issue was recently raised on this wonderfully named thread:

Gillete, The Best Cirdan Can Get!

09-14-2004, 02:39 PM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Glad to see you've survived the hurricane(s), Ealasaide! Puts on her glasses and looks around. Nice to see the rest of you still hanging in here too! __________________ '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...'

09-21-2004, 12:41 PM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	scuffles around the club room wondering if she should deliberately create a disturbance to wake the old folks up a bit ... investigates the cupboards, sanatogen, steradent, spare hearing aid batteries, the official club magnifying glass ..... Looks at the slumbering inhabitants and hopes that they are merely slumbering this might be worth a try opens laptop and starts playing the film DVD __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-21-2004, 05:29 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Poor guy. He raised Isildur's hair as his own, but then it ran off with his daughter. Incidentally, this issue was recently raised on this wonderfully named thread: Gillete, The Best Cirdan Can Get! __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

09-14-2004, 06:30 PM	#2
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Actually, I don't have that version of Beowulf yet, but I have remembered the reading glasses, and the signed edition is weighing on my mind! Signed by the artist that is... not that old yet! Mithalwen, banish the thought! Put away those elvish potions and such that would prolong youth, and wear those white hairs proudly! You have earned them...plus they add, surprising texture, don't you think?

09-21-2004, 03:09 PM	#5
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Huh? What's that? Is the extended version of Return of the King out yet? Oh, I was only dreaming.....zzzzzzzzz....!!! (and snoring with emphasis.)

09-21-2004, 04:47 PM	#6
Ealasaide Shadow of Tyrn Gorthad Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Fencing Lyst Posts: 810	Hmmm... speaking of PJ's movies...this has been bothering me for some time: What's with Elrond's hairline? Is male pattern baldness common among elves? Or, Elrond being only half-elven, could this be his human side coming out? (So to speak. ) Comments, anyone? I believe this may be the first time I have encountered an elf with a receding hairline.