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#RedRoseSeptember #Day3 #TubThumping Playing catch-up already, I‘m really awful at challenges lately! Quite a bit of the DCI Banks novels take place in pubs or drinking at home, particularly Banks & his whiskey obsession, though he‘s also partial to a good wine or boutique beer. I think most cop based books have more than their share of drinking scenes, you‘d think that all police have alcohol problems!🍷🍺🥃🍹

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In all my years of singing #Tubthumping loudly & off-key whenever it played on the radio, I never looked up the definition. After learning it means “expressing opinions in a loud and violent or dramatic manner” I just couldn‘t help thinking of Lady Catherine de Bourgh who had not only her share but many others‘ share in the conversation. She definitely did plenty of tubthumping! 😆

#Flowers and so much more at the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks and Tudor Place on my last day here in DC. Walked through Book Hill Park to get from one to the other. Even managed to get in 29,000 steps for #SelfImprovementSept @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 Also, a #RedRoseSeptember though no #tubthumping. There was a pretty cool bathroom in the Tudor house, but they wouldn't let us touch anything. 😉 @Cinfhen @arlenefinnigan

People who bicycle for fun and professional cyclists often 🎶 “get knocked down, but get up again.” 🎶 This book which got a short write up in the nyt is about how doping became so ingrained in competitive cycling. #tubthumping #wentwiththelyric #redroseseptember @arlenefinnigan @Cinfhen

Scarlett gets knocked down, but always gets up again. #tubthumping #RedRoseSeptember

This looks like pure Heaven to me. Who else would choose a bathtub and a good book over just about anything else? #tubthumping #RedRoseSeptember
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#RedRoseSeptember #tubthumping
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Day 3 I had no idea what this phrase meant. I looked it up and one site said "something the Irish did when rebelling against England ", so that made me think of this book I read many years ago, a great great book.

#Tubthumping 🛀 📚
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While I recall the Chumbawamba song I had to look up the meaning of #tubthumping . Urban dictionary says it is what the Irish did as part of their revolt under English rule...so free association brings me to this nonfiction title about Northern Ireland that I want to read...maybe for Nonfiction November?🤔
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(Day 3 - #Tubthumping)

*The word “tubthumping” made me think of grape stomping (my mind makes crazy connections!). This book for children (ages 4-8) features a young six-toed boy named Sixto (natch!) Poblano, whose six toes are perfect for stomping (NB, the final product is grape juice—not wine.) Hailing fron the “semicircular village of Ear,” Sixto would rather be playing ball. He will get his way, come hell or “high juice.”