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lathanyFriday morning, about half-past eight.
The trains have been quieter this week because it's half-term. Passengers in the morning are more likely to read and less likely to use phones. The man next to me was middle-aged (OK, only slightly older than me), wearing a fairly traditional-looking suit and reading the paper (possible the Metro). After about ten minutes he carefully tore one of the stories out of it. Peeking over, I saw it was a horse-racing event - I didn't catch much of the text, but I assume predictions for the Epsom Derby.
About five minutes later, I realised he had torn another, much smaller, bit out of the paper and was intently focussed on it. Glancing across, this turned out to be his horoscope - Aries. I've seen people reading horoscopes before, but never seen anyone so keen as to remove it from the paper. I was intrigued - maybe he was using it to figure out whether he should bet on the horses?
The trains have been quieter this week because it's half-term. Passengers in the morning are more likely to read and less likely to use phones. The man next to me was middle-aged (OK, only slightly older than me), wearing a fairly traditional-looking suit and reading the paper (possible the Metro). After about ten minutes he carefully tore one of the stories out of it. Peeking over, I saw it was a horse-racing event - I didn't catch much of the text, but I assume predictions for the Epsom Derby.
About five minutes later, I realised he had torn another, much smaller, bit out of the paper and was intently focussed on it. Glancing across, this turned out to be his horoscope - Aries. I've seen people reading horoscopes before, but never seen anyone so keen as to remove it from the paper. I was intrigued - maybe he was using it to figure out whether he should bet on the horses?
