Frank says, “You can can see why Jesus was annoyed.”
Got into Heathrow Terminal 3 at 9 p.m. Normally, airport terminals have lots of choices of banks for an ATM that lets your US cash card buy local currency. But here there’s no way to get local currency unless you buy it at robbery rates from one of the money changing offices (Travelex, American Express, and etc.) I’m not sure how these folks colluded to exclude actual banks, but it isn’t a good thing for travelers.
So today, May 21, is the end of the world? That was something Jesus worried about a lot, the end of the world, although unlike some evangelicals he didn’t have an exact date to mention. Human greed and uncharity were really more on his mind. I wonder what he’d think of the vast money-making and power-acquiring activity that runs so much of America’s right-wing-enabling religion. I think he’d be truly astounded at all the energy poured into demonizing “nonstandard” love, something he never fussed over.
Anyway, we woke up this morning and walked to the High Street, enjoying the beautiful sunshine, and got English money with no fuss or bother. So the money-changers in Terminal 3 are not doing us much harm, I’m glad to say.