What are the Odds and Ends?

While waiting for a London Walk to begin, the Big  Fella noticed a young man wearing a Seattle Sonics jersey -as in a very old style Sonics jersey ala Fred Brown, Gus Williams, Jack Sikma era jersey. Wasting no time I said,  "Hi, can I as you a question?" He looked up from his phone - I continued-" are you a fan of the Seattle Super Sonics? I see you have the old style jersey." The young man from Italy eyes got very big and he said, "you can't be from Seattle."  The jersey had just arrived the day before -ordered on-line- and he cried as he opened the package. The jersey was donned today for the first time, and now he could hardly believe that he was talking to a couple from Seattle. We talked a bit about the old teams -Ray Allen was his favorite player. Folks our reputation as a casual place must be known outside of our universe. Apparently he'd heard that suits are rarely worn in Seattle, but nobody ever wears a tie in our fair city. Well, OK we are casual but there is - although the sheer number maybe small- a suit and tie wearing crowd within the city limits. But yes our dress tends to be informal. Indeed what are the odds of running into a 20 something kid from Italy wearing an old time Sonics jersey while in London. Go figure.

Onward and upward next topic the Perils of Pauline -well sort of. The Big Fella's luggage was too big-ahem- to fit into the overhead bin for the train trip from London to York. It was stowed in an official baggage area but kept falling over which triggered the door sensor between train cars and you get the idea -open close open close. So he moved it but that failed to do the trick, so he decided hey while I'm up here I will use the Loo. Unfortunately for him the Loo was awash-er clogged. Didn't anyone else notice and why not notify the attendant? Who knows but the Boy Scout did his good turn and unfortunately that facility was closed for the duration of the trip.  OK that was probably too much information. Grab a hanky for one more bit of train whining, we had to sit backwards. Oh no!As a result of our Grand Central Line train being cancelled we lost our reserved seats but were welcome to take any available seat in cars G or C. Festival seating but at least we were able to sit together. Trains are a great way to get around. They are economical if you purchase a ticket 2-3 months in advance, quiet, and pretty darn comfortable. More ramblings...

Although England and America are English speaking countries, we certainly use different terms to describe things. Take signs for instance- fly tipping was covered already-, another is no dog fouling -self explanatory,  humps ahead -speed bumps, mind the gap -watch your step. You get the idea and I will share them as I see them. 

So what about York? It is interesting and wonderful enough to have it's own post and it's in the works.