Welcome and Introductions (Newbies, Please)

Today,Ive survived my 1st month amongst you lovely,loony lot !! Ive enjoyed reading as many posts/threads as I can, & its been the most fun Ive had in a long while ! Ive learnt a lot. A big thanks to you guys for putting up with me.

I'm glad you've enjoyed it so much, Azriel! It's been great having you around here. I'm glad you jumped in so enthusiastically.

1 month in Forumshire and not mad yet Azriel- you know what that means dont you? It means you must have been mad already when you arrived.

I bloody well hope so !!!

I am really glad you have put up with us for so long. Its been a pleasure to have you here.

A pleasure to have you here, and I hope I've pleasured you too, Azriel!

Thankyou everyone ! very kind, &, ORWELL............. well........ pleasure............mmmmmmm..........Im sure you have, in your own little way.

Wheres Yooper?

ORWELL FLIRT WITH HER

Hey Yooper where are you?

i still want you by my side
just to have me dry the milk i've spilt
for if you want i'll try to make milksakes again
I'LL TRY BUT I KNOW

the first cut is the deepest

If you're seeing things
running through your head
Who can ya call?
Call Yooper!

An invisible man
sleeping in your bed
Who ya gonna call?
Call Yooper!

How did you first come across Tolkien?
I read my mom's little boxed set, that had LOTR & the Hobbit in it, back in the '70s. I read The Hobbit when I was about 9, & LOTR when I was 11. Didn't read The Silmarillion until I was in college, though. Own all of the HoME, but haven't read through all of them yet.

What do you think of the movies?
I liked LOTR very much, especially the extended version; overall, I think a very good job was done translating it from a book to a movie. The Hobbit, I just watched the 1st movie this afternoon - a few things I'd have changed, but overall, I liked it & am looking forward to seeing where it goes.

How did you pick your username? Does it have any meaning? Based on a pet

How did you find Forumshire? Search engine, referral, or something else entirely?
Search engine.

Welcome, Karakehribar - do you mind if I call you Karak? Hope you have fun here :-)

Welcome to Foprumshire Karak!

To answer your quetions- I havent seen TH yet but I have a very low opinion of the LotR's films. Good where it stuck to Tolkien and appaling elsewhere.

My username is from a book but I use it to give peple a hint as to how seriously to take my opinions.

And if you visit Creative Corner and read the stories in the Dark Planet Challenge Thread you will find out, in a variety of ways, how many of us found ourselves in Forumshire.

Again, welcome and I hope you stay.

Hey Karakehribar - geez is your pet a gila monster or something?

Glad to have you here - I'd browse back in the forum history a bit, our normal interactions are somewhat skewed by the final appearance of our raisin d...reasen dtet....oh hell with it the reason the forum exists. but there's a lot going on besides movie discussion here!

Looks like an interesting forum

No gila monsters, but I actually had a pet Savannah monitor .... he was named Smaug.

Hi Karakehribar, welcome to Forumshire! "Interesting" is certainly oen way to describe us, hopefully that's a positive. It's nice to meet upi and I hope you'll stick around.

Out of curiosity, have you seen The Hobbit yet? We've been waiting for so long that we sometimes drift off into other topics but now that it's here I for one am incredibly excited.

Yes, went to see it yesterday afternoon - HFR, 3D - and, overall, I liked it. Not like LOTR, but then, it's a different kind of story.

So I had to look up the Savannah monitor. Smaug fits. But what kind of beast deserved the name 'Karakehribar' or something similar? Or what language? It's a pretty mind boggling name in English.

btw, just hang around for the next few hours. You are about to witness what is technically referred to as a "crabbit explosion" once Petty is wheeled out of the theatre on whatever derrick they have him strapped to. I'd put on protective gear.

Karakehribar means "black amber" or "jet" in Turkish - I had an Anatolian Shepherd named that - basic breed info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolian_Shepherd

Very interesting reading others' impressions of the movie - I think most are either going to be entertained, or incensed. There's parts I wasn't thrilled with, but others that were spot on, & you can't translate a book into a movie without changes. Bits that I thought were rather overdone, my kids loved.

I only think it fair to worn you that this a strange place full of a lot of strange people. Just saying, Karakehribar.

and no one stranger than Orwell.

or Odo Banks

or ANYof the Banks clan. they are supremely odd.

hiya, ive had some serious problems at home,concerning a now ex partner! he kindly cancelled the phone,internet,gas,electric,waterbills etc before he left he even took all leads & router,,so im in shit street without a paddle!, Im getting things sorted,but its slow going to say the least!, If I want internet Iv got to travel to my nearest library,it only has 4 PCs,& the chances of getting "on" are minimal. Im missing you guys so much! Im missing the chat so much ! I will be back asap when my line is on,(you don't get rid of me that easily) I love ALL of you, So glad I found you all, I hope you ALL have a VERY happy Christmas !!, See you soon!, Best wishes to all ! (I havnt even seen the bloody Hobbit yet !)