02-17-2003, 05:24 PM | #1 |
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J.R.R. Tolkien.:What Age, Year & Place
To sortout he people who read the book, here's two ?'s.
1)What date was J.R.R. Tolkien born and where? 2)What date did he die and what age was he?
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02-17-2003, 08:33 PM | #2 |
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He was born in 1894, I think, in South Africa, Blomfoentein. He died at 81 in 1973.
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02-18-2003, 02:53 PM | #3 |
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Actually I think it was Bloemfontein which is, now that I think of it, a perfect place for the creator of Middle-earth to be born. In Dutch the name means 'Flowerfountain'. Very poethic.
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02-18-2003, 04:08 PM | #4 |
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He was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein.He died on 2nd September 1973.
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I'll take your word for it. Still I think it's a pretty name even if the actual place is somewhat less so.
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02-18-2003, 04:32 PM | #7 |
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Well, it's a better name than Medicine Hat....
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02-23-2003, 02:54 PM | #8 |
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Medicine Hat? Do you live there?
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06-28-2007, 12:51 PM | #10 |
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One of my favorite highway signs in southern Saskatchewan shows three arrows:
straight ahead to Swift Current Turn left to Medicine Hat Turn right to Moose Jaw The other one is for Forget Saskatchewan- which the locals hasten to inform you is pronounced 'forjay'
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Well, not to promote this going off topic or anything, my Grandpa, a professional photographer and travelling enthusiast, took a picture of a road sign. I'll find it right now, as I just inherited a bunch of his photo albums.
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06-28-2007, 04:48 PM | #12 |
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Well, I don't have the original picture, but here's one taken by someone else:
It looks like this weathered, peeling sign has seen some bad days since my grandpa first photographed a clean, freshly pained one. But the undeniable logic remains.
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