Peter T. Daniels
2018-07-20 12:48:01 UTC
1. When I take the train from Brighton to Victoria Station tomorrow, I will
need to take the Tube to Heathrow. The web site tells me it will cost £3.10,
and it goes on and on and on about the glories of the Oyster Card, without
telling me either how to get one, or what it costs, or whether I can get a
simple one-way ticket instead, and whether that might cost more; and
apparently the free Senior Fare applies only to residents of London.
2. The hotel's lunch buffet had a more limited selection than yesterday, but
the tuna salad and the diced cheese were the same. The label for the former
read "tuna (fish)" and that for the latter, "cheese (dairy)." What helpful
allergen notices they are! The pudding, though, and here that label might be
apposite, was a "teatime bakewell tart," comprising a too-thick pastry shell
containing a thin layer of (cherry?) jam, an unidentifiable layer, and a
thin coating of, perhaps, custard holding a decorative piece of maraschino
cherry. Not bad.
3. In a shop window I passed on the way to learning where the railway
station is was a sign "staff required." In AmE, "help wanted." I could
understand "staff needed," but why "required"?
need to take the Tube to Heathrow. The web site tells me it will cost £3.10,
and it goes on and on and on about the glories of the Oyster Card, without
telling me either how to get one, or what it costs, or whether I can get a
simple one-way ticket instead, and whether that might cost more; and
apparently the free Senior Fare applies only to residents of London.
2. The hotel's lunch buffet had a more limited selection than yesterday, but
the tuna salad and the diced cheese were the same. The label for the former
read "tuna (fish)" and that for the latter, "cheese (dairy)." What helpful
allergen notices they are! The pudding, though, and here that label might be
apposite, was a "teatime bakewell tart," comprising a too-thick pastry shell
containing a thin layer of (cherry?) jam, an unidentifiable layer, and a
thin coating of, perhaps, custard holding a decorative piece of maraschino
cherry. Not bad.
3. In a shop window I passed on the way to learning where the railway
station is was a sign "staff required." In AmE, "help wanted." I could
understand "staff needed," but why "required"?