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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   Okay, so one time? In band camp? Bill O'Meally  was all, like:   
   > On 2014-09-26 11:47:31 +0000, Lewis said:   
      
   >> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Bill O'Meally  was all, like:   
   >>   
   >>> Gandalf tells Frodo in 'Shadow of the Past' that Sauron had suspected   
   >>> the Elves destroyed the One Ring, which seems absurd to me. How would   
   >>> Gandalf know this, or even think this? And certainly Sauron would have   
   >>> been the first to know.   
   >>   
   >> If it was destroyed when Sauron was in a weakened state, he may not have   
   >> noticed.   
      
   > But when he was able to reincarnate he must have realized it was not   
   destroyed.   
      
   Why?   
      
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