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Spirit of Mist
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Tol Eressea
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Thank you!
To all the Downers, and particularly Barrow-Wight, that helped revive this place, thank you. Mae govannen!
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Dread Horseman
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Behind you!
Posts: 2,743
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Flame of the Ainulindalë
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What they said...
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Mighty Quill
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Walking off to look for America
Posts: 2,230
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I am so happy. All of our wonderful friends brought the Downs back to us!
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
Posts: 2,506
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You really don't appreciate what was lost until it is gone. My appreciation goes to the Barrow Wight and everyone else for this spirited return.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The Treetops, C/O Great Smials
Posts: 5,035
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"Sit by the firelight's glow; tell us an old tale we know. Tell of adventures strange and rare; never to change, ever to share! Stories we tell will cast their spell, now and for always." |
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Cryptic Aura
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 5,992
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*invites everyone to join in dancing the springle ring*
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Auspicious Wraith
Join Date: May 2002
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 4,859
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Well, that was a horrible few months. Major thanks to everyone involved in saving this site.
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
Posts: 9,455
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Well I'm back.
May I add my thanks to those above to those who made this happy return possible. I had to say good by to the home that had been in my family for 3 generations the week the board went down and I felt the loss of my cyber home as keenly. The past couple of days have been tantalising... how long does it take to dismantle a reputation system? How long to upgrade I pondered rhetorically.. and here we are..... sorry but there is something I have to do: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EE... Ok going to refresh the memory... SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 265
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A Big Thank You
Thank you so much for saving this site. Logging in to again it is really, really a great pleasure.
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A short saying oft contains much wisdom. ~Sophocles |
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In that far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 7,431
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I have heard of a theory that if we are living for too long in an idylic state, we get used to it and no longer perceive it. At that point, the best service life can grant us is to grab us by the collar and throw us out into the cold.
I assume that's what just happened. But, O the happiness of being back inside our warm - erm, cold, but our good and old and well-known barrow! Eternal thanks to everyone who rushed in to the rescue. This place indeed is our home. I just hope all the lost souls manage to find this place again and wander back in!
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
Posts: 4,737
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He drew a deep breath. "Well, I'm back," he said.
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Gordon's alive!
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
Posts: 2,506
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And we have our newest spammer "werwrterotwz" logging in. Just amazing.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
Posts: 8,036
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'Well, I never expected to see any of your faces again, and that's a fact! Going off into the 'net like that, with those spambots around and all. But I'm glad to see you, and none more than The Barrow-Wight!'
Just had to channel my inner Butterbur there. Around the first of February I started having doubts that this place would return, and by April I'd pretty much decided I had to come to terms with that idea that it was gone for good. Before, when there had been periods of a day or two I hadn't been able to access it, I had wondered just how large of a hole there would be in my daily life if this forum disappeared, and the last few months I've learned the unpleasant answer. But now I'm just pleased to no end that it's back. Thanks much to the BW, who cares enough for this old dusty barrow to put forth so much time, effort, and silver pennies to keep it running. Here's to another 15 years (at least)! ![]()
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
Posts: 4,511
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So happy to be back. Thank you, Barrow-Wight and everybody else who helped. ♥
And so good to see you again, Inzil, I missed you! Many wights are in the Barrow-Downs facebook group, and I was genuinely worried I'd never see the others again.
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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
Posts: 8,093
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So happy to see things back to how they should be. Thank you everyone for the group effort, especially Sally and not to mention our wonderful Barrow-Wight.
I think I threatened to revive a couple of old threads so consider it done by tomorrow evening. (Yeeeehaaaaaaa!!!) PS. Glad to see you found your way back so fast Inzil! We were worrying about you and Nerwen and other non-facebook using barrow residents and how are we ever going to get back in touch with you/ let you know what's going on!
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Like the stars chase the sun, over the glowing hill I will conquer Blood is running deep, some things never sleep Double Fenris
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Flame Imperishable
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Right here
Posts: 3,928
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I know I haven't been very active here in the last few years, but as has been said so many times above, you really don't know what you have until it's gone. I really don't know what I'd do if the Barrow-Downs were gone forever. It really has been a large part of my life.
I'm glad to be back. ![]()
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Welcome to the Barrow Do-owns Forum / Such a lovely place
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
Posts: 7,500
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The Downs revival was *almost* on time for the forum's (15th, if I remember rightly) birthday, which we have celebrated in the past on several May the firsts! What do you say, fellow dead ones? Shall we start a party thread to honour the double occasion? Bb, we can dance the springle ring and any other dance that occurs to us, we can bring appropriate refreshments, and of course, mathoms for all and sundry!
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
Posts: 9,455
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Well I don't see why not..the Bank Holiday for May Day is tomorrow here in Blighty. And the return was in the throes on May 1...
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
Posts: 8,036
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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I see we have some new features. Spiffy. All I need to do know is remember all the things I have been wanting to post for four months and have forgotten.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
Posts: 4,737
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Those on 'profile' must have been loaded in the tea time down time, as I was on my profile earlier and it still had the old appearance then. So downtimes may be for uploading new features.
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Gordon's alive!
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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ditto. The calendar seems to be stuck back in 2012 still, so we ain't any older
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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A Mere Boggart
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: under the bed
Posts: 4,737
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Pilgrim Soul
Join Date: May 2004
Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle...
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To be honest I have been contra-ing off my years dead against my time lived so I stopped the clock when I joined really but hey.. belt and braces.
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
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Princess of Skwerlz
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles)
Posts: 7,500
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Welcome to the Barrow-Downs birthday party! I have revived the good old tradition of celebrating an RPG style festivity. Please post your entrance and activities - we would love to "hear" your poetry and songs and stories, "see" you dance and feast on the goodies you bring, and hope there will be lots of mathom presents for all!
Party thread here: http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=18879
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Mellifluous Maia
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth
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Hooray!
Thank you, everyone who helped make this possible, and special thanks to the Barrow Wight and to Sally, for kicking things off on facebook. ![]() |
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Maundering Mage
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,645
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Thank you
I too have not been very active lately, but this was such a big part of life I am extremely grateful it's back and I'm in such fine company. Who knows, my daughter is getting old enough she may join one day.
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Fading Fëanorion
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: into the flood again
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Here to add to the list of rarely-active people who are still happy to see the site back up.
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Emperor of the South Pole
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: The Western Shore of Lake Evendim
Posts: 619
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Good to see the Barrow Open again!
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Blossom of Dwimordene
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: The realm of forgotten words
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Yuppeeee!!!!! All hail the Barrow Wight and the great tech team! Thank you for the Scouring of the Downs!
And I also want to give a big thanks to the dear Downers who kept me informed of the goings on while I was stranded, having no facebook. Without you I would have been very lonely and morose, and completely lost about the updates. So thank you for taking the time to bring me up to date with the news and to just chat about this and that. You are great! Quote:
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Regal Dwarven Shade
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold
Posts: 3,589
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Mere words really aren't enough.
Like Inzil I had resigned myself to the fact that the Downs had sailed West never to return. I had even given up checking on it. On a whim I checked again earlier this week and lo and behold the beloved black screen was back again! This hasn't been the best year for me so far, so this is extra special! A big thank you to all involved in bringing the Downs back!
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...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... Last edited by Kuruharan; 05-03-2015 at 09:58 PM. Reason: Good grief, the Downs just came back and already I'm making hilarious vocabularly errors |
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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Anyway I should probably tell that when I felt the most desperate, I resorted to googling people by what little I knew of them, in case I could find an email address or any way to contact them about what was going on. Sadly no luck, but I did find an article about shots fired and a cream coloured cadillac. ![]()
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Doubting Dwimmerlaik
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Heaven's basement
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Did not know how much I missed this place.
Thank you much for reviving this site!
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Wight of the Old Forest
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall
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Everybody who worked together to bring the Downs back on, thank you for giving this prodigal son a place to come home to. You folks never cease to amaze me.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: The Deepest Forges of Ered Luin
Posts: 733
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I had no idea that the Downs were going offline. Did I miss an announcement?
I enjoy this place so much, that I was checking every couple of days in the hope that it was going to come back. Glad that I persisted, instead of deleting this place from my bookmarks.
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Woman of Secret Shadow
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells
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No, there wasn't an announcement because the shutdown wasn't planned.
Here's a summary of what happened, for people who didn't follow the discussion on facebook. I'm quoting the BW because his post was brilliant: Quote:
Special thanks to satansaloser2005 for maintaining morale and organising one last push to get the forum running again (namely, calling for us all to change our profile pictures to something Barrow-Downs related - it looked magnificent).
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Gruesome Spectre
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Heaven's doorstep
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Thanks for that, Agan. While I suspected something of the sort had happened, I didn't know the details.
I'm ashamed that my FaceBook avoidance kept me from being able to contribute anything to the forum's resurrection. All I knew to do was to try and contact the BW using the main Barrow Downs site, but I had very little hope that I'd have any success, and I never heard anything. I will always do anything in my power to help this place, and I am sorry I missed an opportunity to do so in such a major time of need.
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Regal Dwarven Shade
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold
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Like Inzil I avoid facebook, and again like him, I suspected the cause was something like what happened.
Many praises to those who chipped in to end The Great Whiteout. I would give rep to Agan for sharing this, but apparently I've given rep to her too recently. ![]()
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Banshee of Camelot
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Switzerland
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I am so happy , the good old Barrow-Downs are really back again!
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