Splitting Hairs

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 8021

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jim Ferer" <jferer at y...> wrote:

> I agree completely. Her characters are outstanding and her themes 
are 
> wonderfully sophisticated and subtle. We fans only split hairs like 
> this about stuff we *like*.  These stories are good enough that we 
> seek every possible morsel and then work it to death.  We all really 
> like this world, and we don't want to leave it. Most of us would 
give 
> an arm to visit Hogsmeade and Hogwarts for just one day. 
> 
> I might even forget to count heads while I was there.

You're right - the stories are wonderful, and I'd be tempted to submit 
to some sort of minor amputation if there was a promise of a trip to 
Harry's world as a result.  And there are tons of details I do wonder 
about when I'm daydreaming the possibilities.  My pet 'I wonder' for 
the moment is - what was Dumbledore's role in Flamel's alchemy 
research?  According to my admittedly muggle calculations, if 
Dumbledore is really 150, then Flamel was already 524 when he was 
born, which seems to indicate (unless wizard life expectancies are 
even longer than I thought) that he must already have been tippling a 
certain elixer.  So what would there be left for Dumbledore to do?  
And if he really thinks that unlimited money and eternal life are the 
things that are worst for us, then why was he interested in the stone 
and alchemy in general to begin with?  That's my favorite current 
puzzle.  Probably this was already discussed long before I came around 
- if so, I'd love some direction on the matter - anybody got a link 
for me?

Pondering,
kimberly