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Old 02-11-2002, 06:46 PM   #41
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Watch it, you youngsters!
Actually, I have a pitcher of Miruvor right by my side here. You hobbits aren't getting any of that! We know how you handle alcohol! Ooops...wrong thread! Gotta go drink some more! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
And...I do have recipie for miruvor, for any ELVES who would like it! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
Remember y'all: You are only as old as you feel! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 02-11-2002, 06:47 PM   #42
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Old 02-12-2002, 06:00 AM   #43
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Originally posted by Elven Maiden:
<STRONG> And check that out, I have the same name as the topic starter...don't know how that worked out!</STRONG>
easy,
Elven Maiden and
Elven-Maiden are two different words (actually three words and two names)
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Old 02-12-2002, 08:18 AM   #44
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<STRONG>And...I do have recipie for miruvor, for any ELVES who would like it! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
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I'm an elf! Honest! just a short one! What! You're the one with hairy feet! Now, we were talking about miruvor...
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Old 02-12-2002, 08:26 AM   #45
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Does it have any alcohol? I'd like to have the "recipy".
Me - Female, 18 years and 7 months exactely.
Discovered Tolkien at 13.

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Old 02-12-2002, 03:06 PM   #46
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Hey, I'm an elf!! Could I have the recipy? Oh, anyway, if talking about M-E I would be pretty young for an elf.. Just 144 solar years.. but well, since I'm not an elf (wish I was) I guess I have to tell you about the real me.. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
I'm female and 16 years old.. I first read the LotR at the age of 12, since my mom didn't allow me to read them earlier.. I wanted to read them at the age of 10, but she forbid me to, but then quite exactly four years ago when I turned 12 I read them all just weeks after my birthday.. And when I start writing, I can't stop if someone doesn't tell me to.. So now I'm telling myself to stop.. ^_^
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Old 02-12-2002, 03:12 PM   #47
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Cough up that recipe!!

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Old 02-12-2002, 08:20 PM   #48
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Actually, I consider miruvor to be Arbor Mist's Sangria. Very fruity! Grenadine would also work. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 02-13-2002, 02:35 PM   #49
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Old 02-14-2002, 08:06 AM   #50
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I'm female, 18 years and 9 months to be exact, I first read LOTR all of 2 years ago, so i think ten times reading it all through is pretty good...

oh, but i read half of the hobbit when I was 10
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Old 02-14-2002, 08:45 AM   #51
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i sure am envious at most of you who had the opportunity to experience tolkien years and years ago. Female, 23. Saw Bakshi's versions when I was a kid. Was traumatized, what with those blood red skies and Orc heads with white-studded eyes! didn't understand a thing! Started reading october of last year. completely hooked. finished them all. I need Unfinished Tales nad 10 of the 12 'history' books. Regretting for not having started so much sooner. Fearful that most of you wud be Tolkien snobs who would be looking down on creatures like me. For you are the enlightened ones, and the path is not too clear. Give me hope .
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Old 02-14-2002, 11:16 AM   #52
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Hi, Im a female and Im 16 (I'll be 17 in like a month... can't wait!!)
Ummm.. anyway, I really didn't discover Tolkines work untill I was like maybe 6, 7 years old(?), which is when I saw the cartoon version of The Hobbit(note: I didn't really know that I was watching somthing so famouse at the time), but I really really didn't get into Tolkien untill the movie came out, and after that I read the books. But yeah, before all that, I heard bits and peices of Tolkien, but didn't really get it into my head what they were.
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Old 02-14-2002, 04:58 PM   #53
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Fearful that most of you wud be Tolkien snobs who would be looking down on creatures like me.
Goodness, no! I read them years ago, but remember very little, particularly detail-wise. Even after I am able to get ahold of another set of books and read them, I KNOW I won't remember it all!!
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Old 02-14-2002, 05:13 PM   #54
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Welcome, Carlithiel. Having first read Tolkien around 1972 was not such a great blessing. He dies two years later leaving only The Hobbit, LoTR, Tom Bombadil and The Road Goes Ever On published. These books, and one of his biographies name other "works" in Middle Earth history such as The Fall of Gondolin, etc. I recall going to a bookstore and asking about then only to find they had never been published. So that was all we had until 1977 when The Silmarillion was published and 1980 when Unfinished Tales came out. The Sil. and UT gave new hope, but Lost Tales was, initially, a great disappointment and I didn't resume buying HoME until about 5 years ago. People today have a lot more to look forward to than we "old timers" did.

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Old 02-14-2002, 05:17 PM   #55
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Male, 15 discovered the Hobbit at 10 and the LotR at 12. I've read LotR about 25 times since then. it gets better every time.
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Old 02-14-2002, 05:24 PM   #56
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Female 23, almost 24. Just discovered LotR around Christmas, Hobbit, Sil and the others about 2 weeks ago.
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Old 02-16-2002, 08:33 PM   #57
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Welcome! I’m relatively new here as well. Only a handful of posts but I’ve been lurking for weeks learning the lay of the land. From everything I’ve seen everyone is very friendly and helpful here. The Admin’s are very knowledgeable and helpful. The only time that I’ve seen what I would term questionable conduct, was from a newbie that seemed to have surfed in and just wanted to stir up some trouble.

Male 45!!! I guess that qualifies me as the oldest and smelliest one here! (Puffs out chest & struts around the room) I first read Tolkien in 1972; long before some of you whippersnappers were even born. Why, back in MY day we didn’t even have books. We had to read Tolkien on stone tablets! Hey! Anybody seen my teeth? I need a nap.
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Old 02-19-2002, 01:14 AM   #58
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I'm female, age 23, new to this board and new to Tolkien.

I read that there are a few of you in Malaysia and thought that was interesting! I'm in the States but have relatives there.
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Old 02-19-2002, 01:39 AM   #59
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Male, 16.

I was suprised to see this many females. I know saying that was sexist, but my hobbies are usually considered to be nonsense to most females. That is why I am use to all males all the time. It is nice to see women around here though, dont get me wrong. I do not discriminate.

I first starting reading Tolkien when I was 12. I think I wont be done with all of the books until college. So I hope the Barrow Downs stays up for years to come because I cannot think of being on any other Tolkien Forum.
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Old 02-19-2002, 06:58 AM   #60
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Thank goodness somebody's older than me!! I'm 44 (I don't tell too many people how old I am) and female and this is my first post.
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Old 02-19-2002, 08:37 AM   #61
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Well, goodness! Hail to all 40-somethings here at the Downs (raises pint in greeting and blows two smoke rings from my magical pipe).

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Old 02-19-2002, 04:50 PM   #62
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I was suprised to see this many females. I know saying that was sexist, but my hobbies are usually considered to be nonsense to most females.</STRONG>
I know almost exactly how you feel! Being a teenage girl, all my friends think I'm crazy to love LotR. Any of my friends who liked the books are all guys. I was surprised to see the results of this thread too!

Thank you all for answering my question! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 02-19-2002, 07:03 PM   #63
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Niphredil, cool pic! Where'd it come from?
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Old 02-19-2002, 07:05 PM   #64
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Old 02-19-2002, 09:30 PM   #65
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I was a girl last time i checked
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Old 02-20-2002, 08:24 AM   #66
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<STRONG>I was a girl last time i checked
and i'm 13 years old. I acctually only discovered Tolkien last summer.</STRONG>
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] thanks for answering! I wish I'd discovered Tolkien earlier. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
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Old 02-20-2002, 12:29 PM   #67
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Hi!

Well, I have just recently turned 22, and only discovered Middle Earth a few months ago. (Oh, the shame!) I still kick myself for that.

Well, other than that, I too seem to be one of the few ladies in my area that are completely in love with Tolkien and Middle Earth. I have a couple of very close friends that are as crazy about it as I am, but my roommates find it a little odd. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Inicidentally, it was one of my close guy friends that got me hooked in the first place.
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Old 02-20-2002, 04:18 PM   #69
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Old 02-20-2002, 06:25 PM   #71
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Old 02-20-2002, 06:59 PM   #72
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Hello Brenna, Welcome to the Downs. Last time I heard your name it was in a Nora Roberts novel. Are you Irish?
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This is my eleventy-first post, and it's also the one-month anniversary of my arrival at the Downs!

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What a mile-stone Elven-Maiden. Just don't go disappearing on us, Okay? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Welcome to the Downs, Aratruthiel! I'm fairly new myself, just over a week. And Congratulations, Elven-maiden! I'm not there yet...
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Old 02-20-2002, 08:35 PM   #78
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