A friend offers you free tickets to five different events, but all are on the same night. Which would you choose?

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Being a poetess (so I’ve been told), I would attend the poetry reading. A natural form of expression for me – has been, all of my life.
 
I’d rather stay home for now but I’ll do even without COVID. People say “There’s no place like home hehe…” I’m gonna believe them.
 
I’m not a big country music fan, but Garth Brooks is all right. And you know what? I live in the southern US, I have friends that I can bring along (because you said tickets and not ticket, I can do that).
 
I picked “stay home,” and I would have picked that even before the COVID restrictions.

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Tis_Bearself said:
Is the poet Patti Smith (i’m so there) or Margaret Atwood (nope) or some indie event at the local bar (Probably nope unless my friend is reading)?
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I’m heading to a Margaret Atwood reading in a few weeks (sadly, Zoom).
 
Enjoy! Sadly, most of the poets whose work I enjoy, such as Blake and Donne and even the beats, have been dead awhile, so no chance of a reading from them any time soon. Patti is about the only one I could think of who’s still walking the earth.
 
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I picked stay home as well. I’d honestly rather be home than any of those options. 🙂
 
Me too, another stay at home preferable choice to those options. Don’t like crowds so concert and football game is definitely out. I’d rather select and read poetry to my own liking or pen my own then go to a reading. My son has given me enough self help, financial help, motivational help aids e.g. books, CD’s, Kindle audio books for me to realize that I am beyond help. Now horse racing is the one thing that I could get excited about. I used to love to watch the trotters and pacers on TV out of Saratoga, N.Y. Once went with a guy on a date to a race track and since he was paying for my bets on the horses it was fun. Nope. Didn’t win.
 
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Enjoy! Sadly, most of the poets whose work I enjoy, such as Blake and Donne and even the beats, have been dead awhile, so no chance of a reading from them any time soon. Patti is about the only one I could think of who’s still walking the earth.
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I like Patti Smith too. And I’m quite fond of Billy Collins’s work.
 
I’m a stay at home type myself, but I do love to watch the horses. Nothing like that thundering, shaking ground as they pass by on the rail where I like to watch from.
 
The one time I did see horse racing, it was Saratoga, after a trip to Lake George.

We bet about 10 dollars, and didn’t win anything.

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I went to Yonkers Raceway once on a date in the very late 70s. The guy I was dating was annoyed that the horse I picked because of its Irish name came in, while his carefully watched stats on jockey wins and everything else found his horse a loser. 😂
 
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Out of curiosity I looked up Saratoga Race Track and they still have harness racing. This is their 79th year and I can pull up any number of races to watch! They said they don’t have spectators yet due to Corona virus restrictions. When I lived in the Hudson Valley/Catskill Mountain area, races from Saratoga were broadcast every Friday night. Horses are magnificent creatures to watch but having a small amount of money placed on one as a bet does make it more exciting even if it doesn’t pay off. And they’re off!!!
 
Too funny @Irishmom2!! Yes those serious jockey watchers are almost religious about the track. My date took me to a smaller race track in Freehold, N.J. and if I remember correctly he did win on a couple of the races. It was fun but not an activity that I would want to do on a continuous basis.
 
I thought the same thing. Apparently he and his cousin went quite often and actually kept written notes and stuff. I thought that was not something I saw as a good quality in a potential boyfriend. 🥴
 
We’ve never actually placed a bet, just love watching them run. 🙂
 
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