In what will only be described here as a miraculous intervention from higher forces, fellow traveller Andrew Lorimer was granted his new US visa today. This means he will hook up with myself after a 5 hour wait at the St. Louis airport.
This gives me an excellent opportunity to discuss diction of American cities. Most people in Missouri say the 's' in 'Louis', so that it sounds like the 'Lewis' in C.S. Lewis. It's not 'Louie,' except apparently in that black and white movie where the girl goes on about meeting her in 'St. Louie' and 'dancing the hoochie woochie' and who knows what else. Anyway, if the Lord wills it, we'll both be at Lambert Field (St. Louis' international airport) Burger King at 11PM on the 13th of January, ready to commence another academic assault on Springfield, while America's fast food industry loses no time in beginning its assault on our arteries.
For your edification, Missouri is currently 17 hours behind Sydney and Melbourne.
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thanks for the 'lewis' not 'louie' trivia
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