Ok, this is probably a dumb question but I'm asking it anyway. If wizards are able to enlarge items and repair items to a new state, why are the Weaselys in such financial distress and why do Lupin's robes look so shabby?

not a dumb question after all cause i hadn't thought of it before...but i don't know... maybe it has to do with the orginal item garment... maybe you can only repair it so much before it isn't like the orginal anymore... i'm reaching here

MAybe it cannot be fixed/repaired for personal gain? Or maybe it can only be fixed in accidental cases?

i agree with hermione... much better idea than mine , if you coudl use magic to do fix or have what ever you wanted then why would you need money?

i've just gotten through 80% of OOTP again... and i can re-think some of my previous questions/ answers. I don't think snape is of muggle background (could be but..) he calls lily a mudblood after she tries to help him in the pensive. about trelawney, when she gets sacked, dumbledore does not ask that she stay.. "no" says dumbledore sharply... so it is more of a demand than a request... still don't know why though... interesting line i just picked out about snape too. when umbridge puts him on probation for not helping her with harry... she says the malfoy (sr) speaks highly of him (snape)... i guess maybe the death eaters don't have a clue after all. is that how the order found out about the "weapon" to begin with?

I don't think so, since Voldemort knew of the prophecy when it was told. He probably told his death eaters.

i wonder then what information snape is getting in his time on "that" side? he must really be good at occlumency

Who do you think overheard Trelawny's first predicition about a child being born at the end of July? Do you think it was Snape?

I agree. That is why Dumbledore had him teach Harry.

Whomever overheard was probably subjected to the Avada Kedavra curse for failing him.

dumbledore said that the eavesdroper was discovered shortly after she began the prediction and was thrown out... makes you wonder who/how they were discovered. i don't know if they would have been killed or not as lord v would not have know that they failed until he was too weak... Maybe it was Peter? he was the one who gave away the potter's secret..

Any chance that it was Mundungus (sp)??? He was kicked out of the Hog's Head years ago and was dressed as a witch during the initial DA meeting?? What if it was him? How would the Dark Lord get that info from him? Is he working both sides too?

i don't know... i don't think dumbledore would trust someone who gave lord V that info and he does trust Mung...

i had to post something for my 100th post and i thought it would be best in my favorite non work realted thread!

And understand it took a lot for me to go into this thread and congratulate you - I am the opposite of a Harry Potter fan

Congratulations Skye.
( It's okay CubDave, I still think your kewl).

i was in walden books on saturday and you know you're addicted to harry potter when you buy a book that is the unoffical breakdown of all the theories of the 1st four books. i haven't started it yet... but i think it'll be really interesting

What is the name of your book? Sounds like I might want to get it too!

My daughter bought me a book like that for Christmas. I finished it in one day. There are a bunch of them out there. I just bought a book on arts and crafts relating to Harry Potter. I am going to make my kids each a school trunk using the boxes that the reams of paper come in.

Happy Birthday Kansayaku!
(Sorry, one day late, but I wasn't on the boards on the weekend)
I hope you had a wonderful day!!!

think title of book is "unoffical guide to harry potter" or something like big paper back book, dark blue cover... 25.00.

p.s. Happy Birthday (late) as well Kansayaku... i have to forbid myself from the threads on non work days

oh i wanted to respond to one of my own posts... in OOTP harry tells the Death Eaters present in the Dept of Mysteries that Lord V is a mudblood... but belletrix is the only one to respond at all... wonder if malfoy knew.. he did have riddle's diary...

Just wondering, Who is (are) your favorite character(s)? Which book do you like best, and why? It's Monday after all!