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Cool take on the ferryman.

Do you like greek mythology?

A great deal. Fortunate to live near a museum and art gallery that hosts a large collection of, mostly, Roman-era statues as well as Victorian ones alongside high art oil paintings of the most famous stories.

Have you ever ridden a train?

Too many. Before my wife and I lived together (and before we were married) one of us would be on a train every week to see each other. The weekends that didn't happen I would travel to see friends in other cities by train.

If you were on death row (heaven forbid!) what would your last meal be?

Very hard to answer but I'd probably want to cook it myself whatever it was.

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Great answers. That museum sounds amazing--I asked about trains because I've never been on one! I mean I've been on subways and such but that's a different experience from a ticketed train for distance travel. I don't consider subways trains--train experts might say I'm wrong, at which point i'll stand corrected.

After reading a story by Cole Noble recently, I'm with you 100% on wanting to cook it myself!

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There's a lot more to it too. England is quite blessed by museums and art galleries, especially in the cities but even big towns will have a little one even if it is just local history and art.

I am no train expert but I understand, a long distance overground feels quite different to an underground.

What was the story?

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I don't think it's on Substack (Yet?) but it will be read by The Chronicler, Cole, and myself, on a podcast coming this Sunday! I don't want to spoil it so you have a reason to tune in!

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Exciting! I will keep an eye open for that.

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More like an ear, because podcast.

I'll see myself out.

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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1. I think Greek mythology is interesting; I haven't studied it intensely, though. One of these days I'm going to listen to an Audible recording I have of Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey) reading the Iliad and the Odyssey, and that I look forward to.

2. Only the little zoo ones and the DC Metro back in '02. It was interesting.

3. A bottle of Vault soda, if there's any left on Earth, and Northern black cherry ice cream. If you gotta go, why not treat yourself? Also, with the time they'd spend looking for the Vault soft drink, maybe my lawyers would be able to file an appeal and get me out of there.

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The Vault Soda loophole has gotta be being used by someone!

Also--just FYI, if you get the Audio Book version of the Odyssey which I found on Amazon, it is narrated by Ian McKellan of Gandalf Fame, which may or may not be of interest to you!

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Oooh, I shall have to look into that! Ian's a classic; I haven't seen the LOTR movies but once, but he's awesome as Magneto. "Charles always wanted to build bridges."

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1. TIL who Charon is.

2. Yes, during the time I lived in Europe. Trains are fun.

3. Tacos, for sure.

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I thought you were talking about death/ the grim reaper/etc. I don't have much knowledge of Greek Mythology. But I suppose I have absorbed some from watching movies and television.

Yes, I have ridden on several trains.

For my last meal, I want a 140,000 course meal consisting of five courses per day.

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