BTW, Metro North has lines that serve areas of New York State and New Jersey, north of Manhattan.

Up here in the land that Grant forsook, the Accountants have been on a similar ad campaign. In one tv spot, a member of the dullest profession (a cut below practitioners of the dull science) in full regalia — blue suit, white shirt and tie, shiny black shoes — plays shortstop, makes a backhand stab of a hard ground ball, leaps in the air, spins and throws a perfect strike to the plate to nail the sliding runner. A bit of a stretch you might say, effrontery even. But do you think the profession, hitherto the quintessence of ennui, is on an international campaign to confound the conventional wisdom by portraying themselves in a daring, indeed glamorous light? This makes the garbagemen’s attempt to reposition themselves as “sanitation engineers” look like underweening self-deprecation. Amazin’.

Enjoy the northwest. If you wander south, stop at the coastal town in Oregon with the great name, “Yachats” (pronounced by the locals “Yah-hots”). The Overleaf Lodge (Inn, maybe) is a great spot where you can sit in your ensuite hot tub overlooking the ocean while sipping Oregon white (not bad) wine. Have fun. You might even see some blue-suited accountants hanging ten or para-gliding over the Pacific…

Don McGregor