J.R.R. Tolkien.:What Age, Year & Place

trolls' bane · 02-17-2003, 05:24 PM

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?

Gwaimir Windgem · 02-17-2003, 08:33 PM

He was born in 1894, I think, in South Africa, Blomfoentein. He died at 81 in 1973.

***Earniel*** · 02-18-2003, 02:53 PM

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.

Ithilwin · 02-18-2003, 04:08 PM

He was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein.He died on 2nd September 1973.

Andúril · 02-18-2003, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Eärniel:
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.

Bloemfontein is not really picturesque, unfortunately.

***Earniel*** · 02-18-2003, 04:24 PM

I'll take your word for it. Still I think it's a pretty name even if the actual place is somewhat less so.

Andúril · 02-18-2003, 04:32 PM

Well, it's a better name than Medicine Hat....

#1GaMGeeGuRL · 02-23-2003, 02:54 PM

Medicine Hat? Do you live there?

trolls' bane · 06-21-2007, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #1GaMGeeGuRL

Medicine Hat? Do you live there?

I don't know. But I sure as hell would love to! "Where do you live?" "Medicine hat."

GrayMouser · 06-28-2007, 12:51 PM

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'

trolls' bane · 06-28-2007, 04:34 PM

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.

trolls' bane · 06-28-2007, 04:48 PM

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.

02-17-2003, 08:33 PM	#2
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	He was born in 1894, I think, in South Africa, Blomfoentein. He died at 81 in 1973. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

02-18-2003, 02:53 PM	#3
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	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. __________________ We are not things.

02-18-2003, 04:08 PM	#4
Ithilwin Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Imladris Posts: 332	He was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein.He died on 2nd September 1973. __________________ ~[color=sky blue]*[/color]~ ...White was her garment and it had no ornament, save a silver girdle, but above her brow her forehead was adorned with a slender silver lace, and small gems were on it, glittering white, yet her hair was dark as the evening and her eyes were bright as the starlit heaven; queenly she looked and she shone as a white star in the sunlight.

02-18-2003, 04:24 PM	#6
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I'll take your word for it. Still I think it's a pretty name even if the actual place is somewhat less so. __________________ We are not things.

02-23-2003, 02:54 PM	#8
#1GaMGeeGuRL Enting Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: #3 Bagshot Row, Hobbiton, The Shire Posts: 71	Medicine Hat? Do you live there? __________________ "When life gives you lemons, clone them and make SUPER LEMONS!!!!!" ~Professor Scudworth LONG LIVE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE WEE SCARVIES! you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest we arrived in december and london was cold so we stayed in thebars along charing cross road we never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats -chorus- euston station the train journey north in the buffet car we lurched back and forth past odd crooked dykes through yorkshire's green fields we were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest take me home.... by the light of the moon she'd drift through the streets a rare old perfume so seductive and sweet she'd tease us and flirt as the pubs all closed down then walk us on home and deny us a round -chorus- the gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb and the spirits we drank are not ghosts in the room i'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon and don't lift up my head 'till the the twelve bells at noon you'll have to excuse me, i'm not at my best i've been gone for a month i've been drunk since i left there so-called vacations will soon be my death i'm so sick from teh drink i need home for a rest take me home....

02-17-2003, 05:24 PM	#1
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	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? __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

02-18-2003, 04:32 PM	#7
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Well, it's a better name than Medicine Hat....

06-28-2007, 12:51 PM	#10
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	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' __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

06-28-2007, 04:34 PM	#11
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	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. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

06-28-2007, 04:48 PM	#12
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	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. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

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