Saw this and wished I were rich...... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kuruharan · 03-24-2005, 04:43 PM

Actually, if I had those, I'd be afraid to ever use them or anything. I'd stuff them in a nice airtight glass case and leave them there.

This would, however, still leave me without usable copies, so maybe it is just as well that I am dirt poor.

AbercrombieOfRohan · 03-24-2005, 04:53 PM

Well, I was saving for a trip to England, but this might be a better cause...

Essex · 03-24-2005, 05:16 PM

a bit of a cop out that the books are only signed by the RECIPIENT of the letters.

I wouldn't mind an original LETTER from tolkien though, I suppose.

Boromir88 · 03-24-2005, 05:53 PM

Even if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't get it. I mean it would be neat to have such a thing, but there are many instances where the stuff you buy off the internet isn't really what you paid for. A lot of the times it's just imitations. It would be neat to get my hands on it (if it was what it says it is).

Rimbaud · 03-25-2005, 08:42 AM

When surely you really want this .

Kuruharan · 03-25-2005, 10:43 AM

...drool, drool, drool...

Bêthberry · 03-25-2005, 11:57 AM

Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics?

Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma.

03-24-2005, 04:43 PM	#1
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Actually, if I had those, I'd be afraid to ever use them or anything. I'd stuff them in a nice airtight glass case and leave them there. This would, however, still leave me without usable copies, so maybe it is just as well that I am dirt poor. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

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Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Even if I had that kind of money, I wouldn't get it. I mean it would be neat to have such a thing, but there are many instances where the stuff you buy off the internet isn't really what you paid for. A lot of the times it's just imitations. It would be neat to get my hands on it (if it was what it says it is). __________________ Fenris Penguin

03-25-2005, 08:42 AM	#5
Rimbaud The Perilous Poet Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Heart of the matter Posts: 1,062	Cheap at the price When surely you really want this . __________________ And all the rest is literature

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Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	Wow! ...drool, drool, drool... __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

03-25-2005, 11:57 AM	#7
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Bah I say. What's all this hoarding of relics? Next someone will be auctioning off the cutlery from the Tolkien family table, or perhaps the letter-opening knife which Tolkien used and calling it a relic from some barrow. Or mayhap a brooch of Edith's. Me? I 'm holding out for a bottle of the last waters that flooded over Meneltarma. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

03-24-2005, 04:53 PM	#2
AbercrombieOfRohan Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 311	Well, I was saving for a trip to England, but this might be a better cause...

03-24-2005, 05:16 PM	#3
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	a bit of a cop out that the books are only signed by the RECIPIENT of the letters. I wouldn't mind an original LETTER from tolkien though, I suppose.