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My married friends from Bristol, Dave & Lisa, had invited me over for Thanksgiving.  They’d agreed to pick me up at the train station in Waterbury, so I planned to take Metro-North from New Haven.  In preparation for my tip, I looked up the train schedules online and checked the prices.  The 4:50pm train made the most sense because I’d arrive in Waterbury at 6:51pm.  I left home just after 4pm and started my 2.1-mile (3.4 km) walk through West Haven to Union Statio...

Leaving my brother’s house around midnight (EDT), it felt strange to dive my own car again and to travel on the right side of the road.  I stopped the Mobile station by his house for milk and then to Stop & Shop to pick up some groceries for my empty refrigerator, but Sunday was the one night of the week that store closes from midnight until six.  With only my milk and my backpack of dirty laundry, I went straight home, but found my door locked.  The spare key my brother ...