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David Dalton

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Jan 2, 2024, 11:06:16 PMJan 2
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January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).

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Jay E. Morris

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Jan 3, 2024, 11:03:04 AMJan 3
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On 1/2/2024 10:06 PM, David Dalton wrote:
> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).
>

More than happy to let him share my birthday.

Don

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Jan 3, 2024, 12:12:04 PMJan 3
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David Dalton wrote:
> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).

How Tolkien Disguised Ice-Age Europe as Middle-Earth
<https://thesaxoncross.substack.com/p/tolkien-ice-age-europe-and-middle>

Danke,

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Dimensional Traveler

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Jan 3, 2024, 1:02:42 PMJan 3
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One suspects it was his before it was yours. :P

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Jan 3, 2024, 1:34:57 PMJan 3
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In article <un47g0$39kua$1...@dont-email.me>,
Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>On 1/3/2024 8:03 AM, Jay E. Morris wrote:
>> On 1/2/2024 10:06 PM, David Dalton wrote:
>>> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).
>>>
>>
>> More than happy to let him share my birthday.
>
>One suspects it was his before it was yours. :P
>

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Louis Epstein

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Jan 3, 2024, 4:24:31 PMJan 3
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In rec.arts.books.tolkien David Dalton <dal...@nfld.com> wrote:
> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).
>

I have always called it Tolkmas,though never gone out
caroling "O Little Town of Bloemfontein".

May 133 Tolkien Reckoning be a happy new year for all!

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Paul S Person

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Jan 4, 2024, 11:47:27 AMJan 4
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 17:12:02 -0000 (UTC), Don <g...@crcomp.net> wrote:

>David Dalton wrote:
>> January 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day (his birthday).
>
>How Tolkien Disguised Ice-Age Europe as Middle-Earth
><https://thesaxoncross.substack.com/p/tolkien-ice-age-europe-and-middle>

Well, /somebody/ had way too much time on his hands.

Very interesting.
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