All I know about the Gulf Stream is that you can sense its influence at the Logan Botanic Garden. Just take your scary masks off first, if you want to avoid the police.

“I’m not dead!”
“I’m sure she will be soon, she’s very ill.”

I’m guessing they just had an extremely weak pulse? I worry that hospitals will start cudgeling patients to make sure! Although I think I’d prefer that to waking up in a buried coffin…

Perhaps we should bring back safety coffins?

That’s a shame: perhaps the bench was removed because of complaints about its use (e.g. drug dealing, drinking alcohol, intimidation, noise disturbance)? Maybe it was fine when you walked up there but had problems in the evening, for locals.

If so, then removing the bench would only cause ne’er-do-wells to relocate, perhaps not far. Or they might all bring walking stick/seats and gather round on them in the same spot!

Excellent of you to take up a routine of walking: I should do the same…