Re: Questions for the Lore Masters.

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:04 pm

My cat carrier emits vowels... when in use!- Elthir

{{vowels or yowls? (I am assuming when you say 'in use' you mean by a cat, but then again you are a Lore Master, and so naturally peculiar like all geniuses, so who knows to what use you may put a cat carrier. Shocked

)}}}

by Elthir Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:24 pm

{{Excellent Petty, yowls! How could I have missed such a chance!

I need to get me to a punnery! Embarassed

I sometimes put certain vowels (occasionally semi-vowels) in cat carriers: eeeeoouuuuuu... but consonants such as grrrrrrrrrrr are for dog carriers of course}}

by David H Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:52 pm

Elthir wrote:And yes silver-grey is nice

Yes, I think a silver-grey would be perfect, especially if you can find a shade that appears white. Nod

by Elthir Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:57 pm

David H wrote:
Elthir wrote:And yes silver-grey is nice
Yes, I think a silver-grey would be perfect, especially if you can find a shade that appears white.

:grips Leto-beard in fanger [faux anger]:

:knuckles turn silver-grey:

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:14 pm

{{{Oh dear! Mad

Dave have you never been told not to prod a Lore Master with a stick? If you're not careful they will start explaining things, in detail. A lot of detail. pale

}}}}

by Mrs Figg Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:37 pm

you guys.

by Eldorion Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:01 am

Hope Pixie's vet appointment goes/went well. Smile

by Mrs Figg Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:23 pm

thanks Eldo the vet has given me some stuff to give her and she is looking white and fluffy again and I have been feeding her tuna and salmon, by hand! Rolling Eyes

she is in full on little princess mode. although she is still a bit odd and distant but maybe that will pass. Smile

by Eldorion Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:37 pm

I'll keep my fingers cross that she feels 100% soon and is fully back to her regular self. Smile

Though with our cats odd and distant prince(ss) mode is pretty normal I have to say. Razz

by Pettytyrant101 Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:00 pm

{{{My oldest cat has got increasingly crabbit as the years have gone on- I'm so proud of her! I love you

But Figg you might want to try mixing the fish up with red meat, she might be needing a bit extra taurine and there is more in red meat, particularly meat from the muscles of the animal}}}

by Mrs Figg Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:03 pm

is turkey ok? she has had a lot of that recently.

edit. these are Questions for the Cat Masters. Razz

by Ringdrotten Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:33 pm

Mrs Figg wrote:SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!

I really thought I was hallucinating and I had conjured up a ghost when I saw her sitting in a garden, the little bugger survived by some miracle! she is still ill and weird and tomorrow I need to catch her and take her to the vet. But I was 100% sure she was dead the last time I saw her she looked on her last legs and on deaths door. she really does have 9 lives. its a miracle pure and simple.

That's great, figg Very Happy

We had a cat who disappeared for months, until somebody called us and said they'd found our cat (she had one of those chips in one of her ears). It was a three-hour drive away or something close, so that must've been quite the walk on those small feet. She stayed home until she died then - I was 17 or 18, and my mother started thinking about how old she'd actually been. I asked my mother how old she was then, as I couldn't remember a time in my life without her. My mother started counting and found out she had to have been at least 21, because they got her a while before my older brother (two years older than me) was born. People who say pets can't be family members when they stick around for so long have never cared for one. Hope Pixie will be all right Smile

by Eldorion Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:34 pm

J. R. R. Tolkien wrote:The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.

by azriel Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:21 pm

for Pixie

by Mrs Figg Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:43 pm

Ringdrotten wrote:
Mrs Figg wrote:SHE'S ALIVE!!!!!!

I really thought I was hallucinating and I had conjured up a ghost when I saw her sitting in a garden, the little bugger survived by some miracle! she is still ill and weird and tomorrow I need to catch her and take her to the vet. But I was 100% sure she was dead the last time I saw her she looked on her last legs and on deaths door. she really does have 9 lives. its a miracle pure and simple.

That's great, figg We had a cat who disappeared for months, until somebody called us and said they'd found our cat (she had one of those chips in one of her ears). It was a three-hour drive away or something close, so that must've been quite the walk on those small feet. She stayed home until she died then - I was 17 or 18, and my mother started thinking about how old she'd actually been. I asked my mother how old she was then, as I couldn't remember a time in my life without her. My mother started counting and found out she had to have been at least 21, because they got her a while before my older brother (two years older than me) was born. People who say pets can't be family members when they stick around for so long have never cared for one. Hope Pixie will be all right

Thanks Ringo. I went through a week of hell when I thought she was dead. it was like a miracle when I saw her by chance. they really do have 9 lives. I wonder why they wander off though.

by Mrs Figg Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:44 pm

love the poem.

by Eldorion Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:08 pm

I don't agree with Tolkien's general outlook on cats, but, well ... sometimes it's hard not to see that side.

Spoiler:

by Mrs Figg Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:27 pm

crikey!

by Pettytyrant101 Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:03 pm

{{{The last thing many a small squeaky things sees! The eyes of a predator are on you pale

}}

by Eldorion Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:51 am

I've been on a bit of a Lore kick in TORn's Reading Room forum lately which has inspired me to finally try to organize some of my thoughts about Númenóreans and Gondorians and the labels they used for themselves into semi-presentable form, although it's not nearly as ambitious as I had considered making it in the past (which I think is a good thing Razz

). Anyway, it's in part the product of ideas that I started to consider when I wrote my Imrazôr post which I posted a link to in thread a couple years ago, so I figure I'll do the same now. Smile

http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=940885

by azriel Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:23 am

That was a read Very Happy

But I enjoyed it. You always put passion into your writings, as tho it means so much to you. That's a compliment not a criticism ! I find your zest encouraging. Nod

by halfwise Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:52 pm

I don't have the type of mind that can keep enough details all rattling around together to link up like that. Interesting to see such analysis at work.

by Eldorion Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:34 am

Thanks guys. Smile

I hope it wasn't too impenetrable. Laughing

by Eldy Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:06 am

Eldorion wrote:I've been on a bit of a Lore kick in TORn's Reading Room forum lately which has inspired me to finally try to organize some of my thoughts about Númenóreans and Gondorians and the labels they used for themselves into semi-presentable form, although it's not nearly as ambitious as I had considered making it in the past (which I think is a good thing ). Anyway, it's in part the product of ideas that I started to consider when I wrote my Imrazôr post which I posted a link to in thread a couple years ago, so I figure I'll do the same now.

http://newboards.theonering.net/forum/gforum/perl/gforum.cgi?post=940885

I know I sent the link to the cleaned-up version of "Who is a Númenórean?" to Petty, but I finished it during one of my absences so I didn't post it directly on here. I'm all excited right now, though, since the tumblr version got a new flurry of reblogs and likes today which took it over 100 notes and makes it my most popular essay on that site (surpassing "Ancalagon the Black: a case study"). Just wanted to squee about that since it's the piece of Lore writing I'm most proud of (both for the finished product and because the research process took so damn long) and it's really gratifying to know it connected with other people. Smile

Pales in comparison to the reach of the old version of the Eagle essay on my Wordpress blog, but we're in a slower era and this is a vastly more esoteric subject, so whaddaya gonna do? Razz

by Pettytyrant101 Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:18 am

{{I can heartily recommend it for a read to any who haven't so far- engaging, informative, comprehensive without being meandering, well written and a pleasure to read. Nod

}}