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Effete Snob

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4. Probably a toll booth

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 07:16 AM

Mar 2023

Did you ever notice that if something is found, and no practical use for it can be determined, then it must have been “religious”?

Like, “this thing is useless and makes no sense at all - therefore it was a shrine.”

“Upon entering New Jersey, travelers had to make an offering to the gods.”

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Hiker Accidentally Discovers Ancient Roman Shrine To Mountain Gods In The Alps [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2023 OP

You can't be every where Old Crank Mar 2023 #1

They tried, but they were, after all, in the mountains. jaxexpat Mar 2023 #2

The unusual drought and heat last summer LittleGirl Mar 2023 #3

Probably a toll booth Effete Snob Mar 2023 #4

Like this? ret5hd Mar 2023 #5

exactly what I had in mind Effete Snob Mar 2023 #6