I've been away from the community for a long time, but LotR had reached me again through an unforseen encounter I had last week. I was traveling around through some city in Europe with a friend and I had just seated myself in some pub, when an unknown elderly guy sat down beside me and shared the most beautiful story I ever heard.

In short: Just before his wife died from cancer years ago she gave him something. Something precious. The man looked down and took out his necklace. At this hung The One Ring. I recognized it immediately, though I wasn't sure what the script said. "That's Tengwar!" I said enthousiastically. He smiled and gave me a spontanious hug. "That's exactly what it is.." he said.

After that we shared some beers and a couple of hours talking with each other about everything and nothing, and I regained my love for Tolkien with each sip and each laugh. I could almost feel the spirit and almost expected to see hobbits running around when I left the pub (could have been the booze lol).

So anyway what I wanted to say is that once you get infected by the Tolkien-virus there is no way of ever getting out. And that's a good thing if you ask me ^_~

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Wow that is indeed a beautiful story Eya... wow! And sad
Anyway, welcome back! You've been missed

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Great story, it looks like he spotted you as a fellow Ringer in the crowd! Welcome back to Tolkiendom and to the forum. It's been kinda deserted lately but some members are putting up Return of the Rings 2009 for this summer, so there should be some LotR related activity around!

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It does kinda stick with you, doesn't it? It's nice to see people returning to their roots.

Lol. Welcome back, guys.

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