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He had a recorder obviously but sometimes he liked to just have a pad of paper and a pencil. Obviously this made him more noticeable but sometimes that was useful. When someone asked him about his notebook, he’d end up in a conversation. He took his usual route: walked (no point in taking the tube. No one talked there); the shopping centre, coffee bar. He didn’t look old enough to get into a pub. His recorder hoovered up everything. But he liked to note interesting things. A new way of talking. New words. The company paid extra for new language
