When in Rome

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I have been to Covington maybe twice in my life and see no reason to go back. Who wants to cross the causeway daily at 6 bucks a pop?

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Do you...think people who live on the northshore cross the causeway daily? lol

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many younger drinkers have found traditional wines stodgy and difficult to understand

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:lol:

The further I get from having read those books the more the border trilogy sticks with me. I may have to give them a reread.

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I was doing fine, but now I have a lump in my throat, tears in my eye. And for that, I am thankful. Grief is the price we all pay for love.

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Sometimes I feel the opposite of thankful when I feel that feeling. Looking at pictures of my kids when they were smaller or loved ones who aren't around anymore just makes me feel a little depressed TBH. It makes me wonder why I take so many pictures in the first place when all they do is make me sad. Maybe one day I will have your positive perspective about it.

I was in the gifted program starting in kindergarten and don't recall anything like this. I guess they identified early that I don't have latent psychic abilities :lol:

I mean I get that Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are the 3 musketeers and that D'Artagnan is not one when we meet him, but throughout the majority of the D'Artagnan romances, he is the 4th musketeer. :rolleyes:

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The nearest Amazon Dropoff is at Whole Foods about 10 minutes from the house. No box necessary- just start the return, get the QR Code, bag it up, slap the label on it and drop it in the bin.

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This

I had purchased a box set of The Three Musketeers which led me to believe it was a trilogy which included The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Man in the Iron Mask. I was just about to start The Man in the Iron Mask when I happened to read the introduction, which mentioned the work "The Vicomte De Bragelonne". Boy, was I mistaken! I now know that the third novel actually includes The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louise de la Vallière, and The Man in the Iron Mask. I almost just skipped way ahead without knowing it. Crazy! I guess I'm posting this so others don't make my mistake. Those who knew this already, feel free to laugh at my blunder. lol.

So this is the "3rd novel" lol I guess I have to read them all! Has anyone else read them?

Just finished Twenty Years After and now about to start The Man in the Iron Mask (Three Musketeers trilogy)

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Every day I find half a dozen half full bottles.

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Well, at least you’re an optimist!

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We are the most privileged group of people to ever walk the earth

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This. I get the OP's frustration but we are living in the most privileged society of all time. It's easy to shift the mindset to gratitude when you think about what previous generations had to go through just to survive.