[Magdalen] Who turned the heating off?

[Jay Weigel]

Roger, I think some of our Canadian brethren have left a door open
somewhere! It was also blowing eight bells hereabouts in northern Virginia.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 8:41 PM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> It mus t have dropped 30 degrees overnight.  When the weather forecast
> says the expected high for the day was recorded justr after midnight
> Something Has Happened.  The weather yesterday was decidedly not clement,
> especially when the sky started leaking as well. This meant my sightseeing
> was decidedly limited. I did enquire at reception about a bus into town but
> was advised to drive.  Given the weather and what I heard today about some
> people waiting for a bus that never showed that was probably a wise
> choice.  The most interesting part of yesterday was looking at the covered
> market and a venture to the peanut store where I grazed and bought some
> Christmas gifts.
>
> Today the weather was decidedly better.  It was dry and the sun shone,
> both of which were good things. I had decided to attend the main service at
> Grace Episcopal, for which I arrived in good time.  The Rector spotted my
> collar and greeted me before the service, which was a confirmation
> conducted by Bishop John Buchanan but with the Rector preaching. I
> explained that I had presided and preached last weekend at Summerville,
> then pointing out that it had been at Good Shepherd rather than elsewhere.
>
> I had arranged to have lunch with Capers and her husband Walter at a
> nearby frestaurant.  That was a good meeting and a good chat about various
> things which revealed that our thinking is very closely aligned on matters
> ecclesiastical and medical, Capers being a hospital chaplain and Walter an
> ER doctor. The weather also came up as Walter had been enjoying the warmth
> at a meeting in Chicago until Thursday morning when he left - ahead of the
> snow.
>
> After we went our separate ways as Walter had to go to work I did enjoy a
> wander round Charleston including being able to see across the water from
> Waterfront Park, something which had been impossible yesterday.  The area
> around where I am staying is pretty well devoid of reasonable places to
> dine so I headed back into town this evening to a bar I had found
> yesterday.  As I ordered my meal a couple of younger (to me) women appeared
> and one observed that I do not have an American accent.  They are a couple
> of Brits over here doing some training so we had a good old chat which
> certainly improved the evening for me, and I hope for them as I was the
> first Brit (apart from the Brother of one of them) they had encountered in
> the month they have been here so far.
>
> After two days of relatively short trips a longer run awaits tomorrow as I
> notch up another state, though not one electing a senator this year.
> Talking with Sharon and Emma this evening, and some comments I have heard
> from Americans while I have been over here, I wonder how well many
> Americans know their own country.  Certainly I understand I have seen more
> of the USA than some Americans have and Sharon was saying that US series
> that havemade it across the pond are not necessarily that well-known in
> their home country.
>
> Roger
>
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