June 21, 2000
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London
Double-decker bus
21-June-2000 (#22)
London, England {First visited in 1984} {I was just a "spring
chicken" back then}
"Please mind your bags. Professional bag thieves operate in this
area." The above caution sign in posted in the Starbucks cafe next to
Chinatown and caused me to tighten my grip on my shopping bag, as I
sipped my brew. Earlier I had purchased a new bike odometer at "Evans
U.K. Bikes & Bits" on Waterloo Rd. (I have to replace the
odometer - it's on my Ti-bike, yes! - & wiring harness - the wiring got
stretched & broken in shipping.)
Cutting across Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho I'm looking at the bright theatre
marquees - just like a tourist, gawking. A pleasant young man approaches
me & queries, "You like hash-hish? Cocaine?!" Tsk-tsk.
-AC