9/2 Met a couple from Nebraska at the pool. Saying which state you’re from is sort of a showdown right there, an elephant in the room which you politely talk around for a while. The stating of positions gets more explicit and more heated over time, although by the end, some two hours later, it seems we both have the feeling that the others are actually quite reasonable people. The one thing he could absolutely not get his head around, and had to mention, although in a friendly, only curious manner, were the European swim trunks I was wearing.