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My friends Erik and Carol are right down the Hutch
in Pelham, and it was good to arrange things so I
could visit them; they have been great friends to
the family, and I'm fond of them and their now I
believe graduated from college kid. I spent a couple
relaxed days with them and their cats (not quite so
numerous as in the past) before heading back southward.
The notable event of this visit was that Carol decided
we needed to do something to move body and mind, so we
went off to watch The Man Who Knew Infinity, perhaps
the only movie I've paid to see since Die Hard 2 in
Austin a few years ago. This film tells the rather
poignant story of the mathematician Ramanujan and his
rise from an obcure bookkeeper in India to a world-
renowned scholar and colleague of the likes of G. H.
Hardy and Bertrand Russell. I actually sort of enjoyed
this.
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Carol convinced me that instead of slogging on the bus
to the subway to the other subway to the train station,
I should spend the extra $30 or so and catch the Amtrak
at New Rochelle. Only problem - my train didn't stop at
New Rochelle, so I had to get the earlier one. Because
changing my discount economy ticket would have cost a
ton, I just bought a separate leg and alit at New York,
and waited for my original one 45 minutes later. This
worked.
2V 173 NRO NYP 1430 1520
They didn't check tickets, which means I didn't get my
points. Not such a big deal, because I discover to my
chagrin that there isn't a minimum points accrual any
more. We got to Penn Station on time, and I stood by for
half an hour watching the huge crowds milling around
figuring out which Amtrak train they were supposed to
be on.
2V 127 NYP WAS 1605 1930
This train was so full that someone sat with me
(usually I am a forbidding enough presence that
people don't if there are a number of empty seats
in the car). I slept through the trip.