I'm such a geek

**Mr. MacDougall** · 13th January 10, 04:04 PM

The fireplace wouldn't've helped, anyway. The melting point of gold is 1337.33 K, 1064.18 °C, 1947.52 °F, which you're not going to reach in your house's fireplace.

**Squeaky McMurdo** · 13th January 10, 04:34 PM

And if by chance you do want to get rid of it, Kayak.com is offering a package deal for flight/hotel/and a volcano excursion to the Tongariro volcanic complex which includes Mount Ngauruhoe...I mean Mount Doom

**Paul** · 13th January 10, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by ali8780

you won't regret it! I sooo wanted the 24 ct gold one with the inscription on the inside and outside, but it was about 400$ too much

I stuck with silver as I generally don't wear gold jewlery.

**Mr. MacDougall** · 13th January 10, 08:47 PM

Silver has a lower melting point than gold... but you still can't melt it in your home fireplace!

**northernkilter** · 14th January 10, 11:08 AM

Thats your houses fireplace Macdougal mines quite hot thank you, bake gold like sweet chestnuts lol. Well on the trip to Mount Ngauruhoe (mount doom) I hope theres a decent roadside cafe, I dont think Frodo found one, he was looking pretty miserable towards the end I, think he needed a cuppa.

**ali8780** · 15th January 10, 09:26 AM

Seriously! If those orks opened up a little cafe, they could clean up! You know, with all of those people going to destroy rings of power....

**Dixiecat** · 15th January 10, 09:48 AM

Ali, can you link where you got your ring?

And seriously, Frodo was just so lame near the end. But, it was pity that stayed my hand from hitting off on the remote control.

**northernkilter** · 15th January 10, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by ali8780

Seriously! If those orks opened up a little cafe, they could clean up! You know, with all of those people going to destroy rings of power....

Yeh, Mount Doom cafe, catchy, could have a Sauron fry up special.

**fluter** · 15th January 10, 10:28 AM

Ali, I'd like to know whose replica that is, too. Verry prretty.

Originally Posted by Dixiecat

And seriously, Frodo was just so lame near the end. But, it was pity that stayed my hand from hitting off on the remote control.

I always say: read the books, the pictures are better.

[1]

I well recall the first time I saw a poster with Viggo Mortensen as Strider, in a young colleague's office. This was well in advance of FOTR's release, but my friend was following avidly.

Says I, Who's that? (cleverly deducing that it was from LOTR)
Strider.
What?!? That's never Strider!
Oh yeah...
Listen, pal. Aragorn is 180 years old, and he's been through the wars. This kid's too pretty by half.

[ with apologies to Ali, but really now ]

[1] I'm paraphrasing a young child quoted by Alistair Cooke, on the subject of radio dramatizations versus TV. The radio Aragorn was better than the film one, but at least the film had a good Bilbo! (further apologies to any non-geeks who are still reading)

**Dixiecat** · 15th January 10, 10:45 AM

read the books, the pictures are better

So true!

I find my daughter is exhibiting the same symptoms or signs of avid reading, which is mispronouncing words. Said words are usually above her vocabulary level and rarely heard out loud, but she's using them in the right context. I'm so proud!