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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article , Stan Brown wrote:   
      
   > > Sandman:   
   > > It was lost in Anduin over a thousand years earlier, but it's   
   > > worth mentioning that so was once the One Ring, and it was later   
   > > found. Sure, the One ring may have a bit more "agency" of its own   
   > > to *be* found, but 1,500 years is a long time. It's not impossible   
   > > that the master stone was recovered at some point.   
   >   
   > Not impossible, perhaps, but the One Ring wasn't in the middle of   
   > the river; it was near the western short. Also, Anduin was a bigger   
   > and deeper stream at Osgiliath than at the Gladden Fields.   
      
   True, of course. But the Master Stone was significantly larger than the one   
   ring, as well.   
      
   Not impossible, but improbable, then. :)   
      
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