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The security guy’s a real dick. I was out for a walk one night and decided to cut across the theater grounds, when all of a sudden he jumps out at me and shouts, “You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor! The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun!”
I said, “I just wanted to get a Coke out of the machine over there!”
“YOU CANNOT PASS!”
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Being amused by this, I read it out loud to my husband, who replied, “is he making that up?” and I said, “yes…” and nearly fell off the couch laughing, and he said, “you never know, people are crazy…”
I don’t know how many times I’ve fantasized about winning the lottery and building my very own hobbit hole. It would have to actually be built into a hill, though, and have a round door. That would be sweet.
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Wow, these builders were building with me in mind.
First check out my location. I have had that in there since January.
Second check out the Green Construction link.
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I wouldn’t exactly call using recycled PVC as roofing “green.” PVC has the annoying habit of giving off toxic fumes when it burns.
I’d be more interested to see what they’re worth in 20-25 years. The air’s starting to leak out of the housing market and this is a pretty pricey niche market. Finding a buyer for the place after the current craze over LOTR inspired by the Jackson movies has passed might be difficult, and if you have to sell the place in a hurry, you could wind up taking a bath. And while it might sound nice to live with a bunch of like-minded folks, everyone I’ve ever known, who’s lived in a place with a “Homeowners Association” of some kind, be it a subdivision, condo, or hippie commune has quickly grown to loathe living there. Seems that there’s always some nitpicky jerk who has nothing better to do than to parse the living agreement at the subatomic level so they can bitch about it at the next meeting. Now, the one thing all geeks have in common, be they Trekkies, Star Wars fans, LOTRites, Tucker fans, or what have you, is that they love minutae. Imagine if you piss your neighbor off because you can conjugate Elish verbs better than he can. Do you really want someone who’s hobby is nitpicking things to death, looking over a housing contract that you’ve agreed to abide by?
Well, you’re one up on this Trek fan. (Read LOTR & The Hobbit, back in middle school, enjoyed the books, hated Jackson’s movie.)
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I wouldn’t exactly call using recycled PVC as roofing “green.” PVC has the annoying habit of giving off toxic fumes when it burns.
I’d be more interested to see what they’re worth in 20-25 years. The air’s starting to leak out of the housing market and this is a pretty pricey niche market. Finding a buyer for the place after the current craze over LOTR inspired by the Jackson movies has passed might be difficult, and if you have to sell the place in a hurry, you could wind up taking a bath. And while it might sound nice to live with a bunch of like-minded folks, everyone I’ve ever known, who’s lived in a place with a “Homeowners Association” of some kind, be it a subdivision, condo, or hippie commune has quickly grown to loathe living there. Seems that there’s always some nitpicky jerk who has nothing better to do than to parse the living agreement at the subatomic level so they can bitch about it at the next meeting. Now, the one thing all geeks have in common, be they Trekkies, Star Wars fans, LOTRites, Tucker fans, or what have you, is that they love minutae. Imagine if you piss your neighbor off because you can conjugate Elish verbs better than he can. Do you really want someone who’s hobby is nitpicking things to death, looking over a housing contract that you’ve agreed to abide by?
Well, you’re one up on this Trek fan. (Read LOTR & The Hobbit, back in middle school, enjoyed the books, hated Jackson’s movie.)
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Good points, by the time I retire I should be able to buy in cheap. Unfortunately also a good point on the “Homeowners Association”. I am no fan of these oddities. Besides can you imagine the hospital stays when a pair of 60+ year old geeks get into a full out brawl over Balrog Wings?
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I’ve been there, does that count? Spent my 21st birthday at the Deschutes brewpub (I think that was the name) while on a geology field trip in the Cascades. I loved Oregon!
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I love Deschutes- it’s my favorite restaurant here in Bend. Unfortunately, it’s *everyone else’s[/I[ favorite, as well- I tried to go there for dinner last night, and got turned away by the hour-long wait. If you don’t get there before noon during the week, there’s no way you can fit lunch into an hour, thanks to the wait.
Since everyone seems so interested, I’ll drop by The Shire this morning and take a few pictures, and post 'em here.
They have directions on how to get there from Portland, Eugene, Salem and Boise. They also have combined instructions on how to get there from the big three California cities: Sacramento, San Francisco and L. A. Interestingly, the directions stop before you even cross the Oregon border:
“# From San Francisco, Los Angeles or Sacramento: Take I-5 north to Weed, CA.”
That’s it. I’d heard they don’t like Californians there, but wow.
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I found something amusing on the site.
They have directions on how to get there from Portland, Eugene, Salem and Boise. They also have combined instructions on how to get there from the big three California cities: Sacramento, San Francisco and L. A. Interestingly, the directions stop before you even cross the Oregon border:
“# From San Francisco, Los Angeles or Sacramento: Take I-5 north to Weed, CA.”.
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Nah, it’s just that when you hit a place called “Weed,” there’s not really any reason to leave it.
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Good points, by the time I retire I should be able to buy in cheap. Unfortunately also a good point on the “Homeowners Association”. I am no fan of these oddities. Besides can you imagine the hospital stays when a pair of 60+ year old geeks get into a full out brawl over Balrog Wings?
Jim
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Just remember to not spend all your weapons budget on medieval items and you’ll be fine.
A friend of mine used to trick-or-treat at Spadena House (‘The Witch’s House’) when she was little. There’s a nice example of Storybook style in Culver City, next to the Mann Culver Cinema.
An authentic Tudor style house would be cool, but these are weird, cutesy, Painter of Crap-ified versions of Tudor architecture. Here are some photos of the real deal in England:
[QUOTE=Mishell] Being amused by this, I read it out loud to my husband, who replied, “is he making that up?” and I said, “yes…” and nearly fell off the couch laughing, and he said, “you never know, people are crazy…”
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Aha! Then my work here is done! Smoke pellet! Window! Closed! BANG Owww!!!
I don’t mind if people think I’m crazy. My goal is to have them wonder, just for a second: “What if he’s not crazy?”
I remember reading an article where Peter Jackson expressed a desire to do the exact same thing with the Bag End set from his movie. Evidently it’s in storage somewhere, pending future productions (ohpleaseohpleaseohplease).
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That’s about three miles from where I live. Bend’s such a small town, I never thought I’d see it on the SDMB. As far as I know, I’m the only BenDoper (hey, I live here, I get to make up the name for it, okay?).
The amusing thing is that the housing market has pretty much collapsed here. Most of those houses are going to stand empty for a long, long time… and when they sell, the manufacturer’s going to take a bath on 'em. There’s only about sixty geeks in town, and most of them work in my office.
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Do you have any idea how the prices on these homes compare to others in the area? In other words, what’s the premium for the novelty value and the unusual architecture?
And the hobbit house shown on that site isn’t nearly as nice as Bag End was in the movie.
Being amused by this, I read it out loud to my husband, who replied, “is he making that up?” and I said, “yes…” and nearly fell off the couch laughing, and he said, “you never know, people are crazy…”
Damn I want a Hobbit hole of my own.
