In both cases, the texting skills came into play.

Case 1; last night, a lady friend HB 7.5 I met 8 months ago (we went on a date, I visited once, never got physical) contacts me, first through FB saying we need to hang out agian. I say yeah, but don't pursue because she flaked last time, about 7 months ago. Forward to last night, here is the script of texts

her: Hey, what are you doing?

me: just watched the 50 greatest throws in baseball. How bout you?

her: lol. just finished paying bills.

me: come meet me for coffee in 30 min. i'll show you a magic trick.

her: haha! ok

Well, she showed, we moved between deep conversations about meditation, psychosis, goals and positivity, and there was plenty of laughter. Unfortunately, I didn't kino practically the whole time, until the very end, when i showed her an elaborate handshake, moved in for the hug, and stuck out my cheek for the kiss, but, at that point she laughed it off. we agreed to hang out again soon, i might be friend-zoned but shes cool people and good company.

Today, saw the HB 8 girl i met last week on the bus, but didn't move because I could sense that it would be creepy.

Moved to a seat further down and saw someone I know. Cool, we got to talking and there were two young ladies, HB 6 and 7 behind us. I opened by butting in to their conversation about string theory, then we practice some spanish, and it turns out i grew up with the boyfriend of one of them. I think in this case, I had some social proof by knowing other people on the bus, and knowing the BF of the my new friends. I became the center of attention for a whole section of the bus when i saw a 20$ bill on the ground, smoothly walked up and picked up without saying a word, as if it was just another day. as we approach my stop (exiting the freeway about 2 minutes from the stop) i decide its time to close the number. i hand her my phone, tell her "i'm getting ready to leave but we need to continue this conversation, why don't you type you number in here." Success. And with time to spare for her to say she wants to move to texas because everything's bigger there. Of course, I give her the mischevious grin when she says that and from there the energy is on. I remember to text immediately and the conversation goes like this:

Me: nice meeting you. and by the way oracion = sentence (we talked about this on the bus)

her: same here. and yes! you're right about that

me: just don't go chasing big things in texas before we get a chance to hang out again ; )

her: you said that, you have a nasty mind

me: Ok, enough sexual innuendo for today i guess talk to you soon

TLDR: went on a date last night with a quality woman (exersizes, career, into self-improvement and positivity), did the humor but not enough kino early on for the K close. Met some young ladies on the bus, finally practiced getting the #, did some playful innuendo