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   From: mmikeda@erols.com   
      
   Paul S. Person  wrote in   
   news:a4gn2bh5f1vj5ugq6rtlg0vmuj2d28g5lf@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:45:40 -0400, "tony"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>"Paul S. Person"  wrote in message news:   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >>It occurred to me last night that, since the legendarium is set   
   >>in NW Europe/Britain, the Ice Age glaciers may have had some   
   >>effect on both the landscape and the various monuments created   
   >>by the Men of the Third and Fourth Ages.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Tony replied:   
   >>   
   >>I agree.  Although an Orc, Troll or Ent might find it impossible   
   >>to destroy Minas Tirith, Orthanc or Helm's Deep, glaciers could   
   >>possess the weight and force necessary to undermine the   
   >>foundations of these structures and erase evidence for their   
   >>existence from the historical record.  However, I wonder how the   
   >>"Red Book of Westmarch" could have survived through the Ice Age   
   >>until the present when no other artifacts of that type managed   
   >>to do so.   
   >   
   > Excellent question.   
   >   
   > Sadly, I can't think of an answer.   
      
   Gondor was one of the many places visited by the Doctor in the   
   course of his travels.  On one of his visits he made a copy of the   
   Red Book.,,   
      
   :-)   
      
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