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That's so funny, GC. What are the odds?

It reminds me of when I was little. We moved around a lot (seven states before TN where we settled for years) due to my dad's job. We lived in Mass for a year or so and my parents played bridge with a group of people once a week. After that, we moved to Ohio for, literally, a few months and then to Anaheim, CA. My parents enrolled me in the local elementary school, and went to their first PTA meeting where my mom looked down the row of parents, and there were my parents' bridge partners! They had just enrolled their son into my class. So weird. We ended up sharing a nanny for the year and a half we lived there.

PS many summers were spent at Dollywood. It seemed I always had a friend with an older sibling working there

As big as the world is, it can seem fairly small at times. East Tennessee has a great diversity in jobs and the university here has helped in that, so I guess Knoxville is a destination for many in their lives, I had several chances to leave and actually turned down some good jobs to stay here, I'm glad I did it's really nice to have one place to call home. I do wish I had visited much more of the country when I was younger, we go out west every few years, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Idaho, I really love Montana and could move there if I was younger.
Dollywood is not my thing, never even been, love the outdoors and the peace and quite it brings.

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Sweet tea. It just screams diabetes.

Now I love some sweet tea! Can't keep it around though... Too many calories...

Ever tried it without the sugar, it takes some getting a taste for, but once you do in is quite good, a little lemon or lime helps.