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    Hi All

    I had a strange dream last night which was like something from the Lord of the Rings living in a house like a Hobbit(Hole in the ground with windows) not a sign of a car, pubs with people drinking from tankards and smoking long pipes, real sort of oldy worldy and all though nothing much happened in the dream I was totally fed up when I woke up and realised it hadn't happened.

    If you could be any character mythical or real at any point in time or any place real or not,who/what and where would you be?

    I would settle for something like a Hobbit, the biggest worry would be eating on time! Nice simple life!

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    I would be Rincewind in Ankh-Morpork
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    Elve or moutain man. Sith two Huskees living i the northern woodland of california.
    With a nice little log cabin. And a proper log fire.

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    I'd be torak from the chronicles of ancient darkness series stonage india culture with a wolf for a brother
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodian View Post
    Elve or moutain man. Sith two Huskees living i the northern woodland of california.
    With a nice little log cabin. And a proper log fire.
    That sounds like my way of thinking maybe two malamutes instead of the huskies and Canada instead of California

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    Third minion from the left in a Conan story.

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    Darn - beat me to it. Some fine books those. I'll second the choice.
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    Would have to be Strider (Aragorn) for me, the elusive wanderer who lives in the woods and frequents the pubs, bit of a dark horse, and then lo and behold he becomes a king and marries Liv Tyler......Oh yes....
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    I'd like to be Ray Mears, right here, right now. Nah, just kidding.

    I'd like to be....... Dunno' I'm happy just being me.

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    I'd be a Jon Pickett.........so I could have my cake and eat it
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    I'm content being me but If I was as healthy as I was at 18 at 30 I would have emigrated to Canada or Oz and lived out bush somewhere with minimal income, as long as I had health insurance I would have been fine...

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    Lodian,You have stole my life.(Dreams-Past Life)
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    Willie Garvin.

    Cheers Roy

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    I'd be a freelance Viking, Living in recreated buildings, playing with longships and travelling about teaching ancient skills.





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    I'd just be me. Maybe change my residence, would prefer to be taller , have a little more spare time, but I'm happy being me, with my wife and kids.

    Soppy I know but hey, thats life!
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    I would still like to be me with my wife and my two boys but living in the middle of my own wood in a nice brick and flint cottage with loads of beams and a huge inglenook and I would like it to be somewhere that gets proper Winters with SNOW

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    I am really happy been me. But I would prefer to live in round house, early iron age. Lord of the rings does look really appealing especially the race of man but then they look late iron age with magic.

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    I had never heard of the WolfBrother book until I read this thread and did a search. I found this http://books.guardian.co.uk/wolfbrother/ Ian Mckellen reading the book.

    Hope it is of some use!

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    Those pod casts are well worth a listen they are very good as is the book the other two books in the series are also very good Spirit Walker and Soul Eater and there will be another one out this summer called Outcast hopefully.

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    About all I can say is that, like Elvis Costello, I would rather be anywhere else than here today... (at work, I mean )

    Sure, I occasionally think it might be nice to be one of Tolkein's elves, but to be honest I don't much fancy immortality, and they did have a pretty rough time of it all in all...
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    I've become a bit of a fan of these books. And Ian McKellan has the perfect voice for reading them.

    There are to be six books in the series. If you read all the blurb at the back of them the author (Michelle Paver) says a lot about her research, etc and this makes for interesting reading too. Outcast is out in September.

    If anybody wishes to borrow them drop me a pm and I can send any of the first three to you.
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    Just had another thought - I would love to have a good look round Hogwart's and that brilliant street in the first Harry Potter film - Love the bit with all the pumpkins hanging in mid air over the dining hall

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    Dr. House MD.

    I could deal with the miserable and the pain, just to know I was the best.

    Or Christina Yang from Grey's Anatomy, again, just to know that catagorically I was the best and without emotional hang-ups.

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    Quote Originally Posted by w00dsmoke View Post
    I'm content being me but If I was as healthy as I was at 18 at 30 I would have emigrated to Canada or Oz and lived out bush somewhere with minimal income, as long as I had health insurance I would have been fine...


    You don't want an australian passport do you? I'm half australian, and I'm probally never going back there ever again!!
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