On the train I take each day, there is a group of people who congregate in the vestibule of the first car at exactly the same time, about 15 minutes before we reach the station.

It is a mixed, but stable group - a woman, an older man, and several 40-something guys. Occasionally, they're joined by an older gentleman who is, I gather from eavesdropping (though they are usually so loud, you don't have to strain to hear them), a journalist ...