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Celuien · 10-05-2006, 06:51 PM

I recommend Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Smith is my personality double, after all.

I think I can beat everyone on early bedtimes. 9:00 sometimes. I'm not that bad right now since I don't have to be in to work until about 9 in the morning, but when I had to be in at 5 AM, 9 o'clock was definitely lights out time.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-05-2006, 07:05 PM

I feel like a little school-child with all this talk about bed times. . . Was that never the major talk of your class ?

Smith of Wootton Major it is. . . I once got Farmer Giles of Ham from the libary with alot of other books, but was frightened away by the aweful Danish titel. "Niels Bonde fra Bold" It is not really different from the English titel, but it just sounds really silly and Roverandom had two dogs on the cover so I did not even bother to open it. (Mind that I had borrowed more books than I could read)

Celuien · 10-05-2006, 08:33 PM

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I feel like a little school-child with all this talk about bed times. . . Was that never the major talk of your class ?

We frequently commented that we felt like 6-year-olds, but 6-year-olds who had become their own parents.

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Smith of Wootton Major it is. . . I once got Farmer Giles of Ham from the libary with alot of other books, but was frightened away by the aweful Danish titel. "Niels Bonde fra Bold" It is not really different from the English titel, but it just sounds really silly and Roverandom had two dogs on the cover so I did not even bother to open it. (Mind that I had borrowed more books than I could read)

Giles is a very good read too, in a different way. Sly humor.

Laitoste · 10-05-2006, 08:34 PM

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I feel like a little school-child with all this talk about bed times. . . Was that never the major talk of your class ?

Not until college! Now, we brag either about how late we went to bed (I had a friend, who, last year, would run up and down the stairs in his building until 4:00 AM, just because) or how early we got to bed (I have friends who are known to go to bed at 7:00PM and not get up until 12-1PM the following day). No, I seem to recall arguing about official nicknames when I was in elementary school. All my friends wanted to call me Brussel Sprouts and I didn't want them to.

EDIT: cross-post w/ Celuien

Brinniel · 10-05-2006, 10:25 PM

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Usually, on the nights I don't work, my roommate and I are in bed by 10:00PM. I like to stay up, but if I don't have any homework, I'd rather sleep!

What?! How does that happen?

I still don't know how any college student manages to go to bed at 9-10. It's too noisy in the dorms, besides that's when all the excitement occurs. Right now, it's after midnight and I'm still powering through. The latest I went to bed was at 4:30 and that was for a paper (groan)....shows how terrible of a procrastinator I am. Seriously, I would never survive if it weren't for naps. No, naps aren't just for pre-schoolers.

Laitoste · 10-08-2006, 10:40 PM

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What?! How does that happen?

Yeah, I don't know either...last year I went to bed really late nearly every night, but I think that was because it was my first year and I wasn't prepared for the workload. This year, so far, I haven't actually had THAT much homework, for some reason. It's going to start picking up now, so I'll start going to bed later to compensate. It also might be because all my friends live across campus, and I'm too lazy to walk over there and they're too lazy to walk over here except on weekends. So, since all the people I know who live in my building go to bed at 10:00, I tend to, as well. And it's hard to stay up and do stuff when your roommate's asleep. Though I do kind of like it...

Farael · 10-08-2006, 11:35 PM

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. No, naps aren't just for pre-schoolers.

Reminds me of a funny story. During first-year I'd see people napping on some couches there are at the lounges at University and I'd think "what a bunch of loosers... sleeping? at University?". Then during second year it happened that I was just laying down, listening to music and i'd pretty much pass out on the couch... "Ok," I'd rationalize "it was an accident". By the end of the year, I was already going for a nap... and I couldn't be happier about it =P

Rune Son of Bjarne · 10-18-2006, 05:43 PM

So I have returned from England and with me I have brought the 2 first books in the HoME series and an Ilustrated hardback copy of the Silmarillion. I am really happy about these buys as you cannot get that copy of the Sil in Denmark and I saved 2.5-5 £ per copy, compared to the prize back home.

Nogrod · 10-18-2006, 05:47 PM

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I am really happy about these buys as you cannot get that copy of the Sil in Denmark and I saved 2.5-5 £ per copy, compared to the prize back home.

And what did the flight cost?

Macalaure · 10-19-2006, 03:13 AM

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So I have returned from England and with me I have brought the 2 first books in the HoME series and an Ilustrated hardback copy of the Silmarillion.

The one illustrated by Nasmith? If so, then I have the same one.
The landscapes are so absolutely beautiful.

It is precious to me.

10-05-2006, 06:51 PM	#1
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,767	I recommend Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. Smith is my personality double, after all. I think I can beat everyone on early bedtimes. 9:00 sometimes. I'm not that bad right now since I don't have to be in to work until about 9 in the morning, but when I had to be in at 5 AM, 9 o'clock was definitely lights out time. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.