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mespilus
Went touring with the other half last week and we had to get a really slow Chiltern train up to my folk's place in Warwickshire because the line was shut between Wembley and Gerrards X.
Didn't have a book so was a bit worried about how I was going to kill time on the train, but we moved seats so a nice older couple could sit opposite us and got talking to them. They were really nice and interesting and made the journey fly by.
Chatted about various things and they said they downsized three years ago and moved to Ruislip. My parents are in the process of downsizing so talked a lot about that then of course I said "funny you're from Ruislip, I met someone from there the other week and it sounds like a fascinating place". Part of me was thinking ooh I bet they know @mespilus
Anyway, they were from Islip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islip,_Oxfordshire). Obviously need my ears tested. #awkward