|
|
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:25:31 +0100
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:43:35 +0100, <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>"Jim Brittin" <pedigreeZZZZ@ZZZZoperamail.com [wake up to reply]> wrote in
>message news:MPG.22c52a0f9c45873d989703@news.btinternet.com...
>> In article <shB6k.66907$Ek2.32944@newsfe17.ams2>, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk
>> says...
>>> "Hugh Brodi ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:46:10 +0100
In message <6c26rrF3epjk2U1@mid.individual.net>, at 18:11:59 on Fri, 20
Jun 2008, Peter Beale <peter@pjbeale.net> remarked:
>The strange thing about France is that several years after going over
>to the Euro, many bills and credit card slips still have the amount in
>francs as well as euros. I am not sure why t ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:13 +0100 (BST)
In article <Xns9AC3867461AFFpjcs@194.177.96.26>, see@below.com (Peter
Campbell Smith) wrote:
> To get slightly back to topic, I don't remember any train fares
> costing odd halfpennies (my monthly child season was 4s 11d which
> was 1/3 of the adult rate), but I do remember when the Edinburgh
> buses (and tr ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:52:37 +0100
In message <EiB6k.66908$Ek2.38968@newsfe17.ams2>, at 23:43:47 on Thu, 19
Jun 2008, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk remarked:
>> So it seems the Dutch have not abolished the 2c after all.
>
>Can they actually abolish it in their country, however?
I don't know. I was simply reporting that it was, in fact, still in
circu ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:15:09 +0100
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:42:31 +0100, <hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>"Hugh Brodie" <hugh_brodie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ZKGdnURP4qoCEMfVnZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> Speaking of hyper-inflation, it's fun looking at the website of the
>> Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe http://www.rbz.co.zw to see ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:39 +0100 (BST)
In article <5bCdnfxin5AL5MfVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@vex.net>, msb@vex.net (Mark
Brader) wrote:
> ObRail: a few years ago in Switzerland I had the pleasure of buying
> a train ticket that cost something like 130 francs and paying for it
> by inserting cash into the ticket machine *including a 100-franc note,
> worth ov ...
|
Re: Nice oyster scam now meets hole in the dijk
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 19, 8:57 am, Mwmbwls <robertg.robin...@virgin.net> wrote:
> No longer. Wouter Teepe and Bart Jacobs, from Radboud University,
> today told the Dutch parliament that they'd cracked and cloned
> London's Oyster card. They were able to not only take free rides on
> the Underground, but even execute a denial-of ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:59:28 +0100
In message <K2pICs.4sC@cwi.nl>, at 10:55:40 on Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Dik T.
Winter <Dik.Winter@cwi.nl> remarked:
> > >On another note, though, I would like to see the abolition of the 1p
> > >and 2p coins as the Dutch have done with the 1 and 2 euro-cent coins.
> > >There is hardly a need for them these days.
> >
> ...
|
Re: How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
On 19 Jun, 16:46, "Tim Roll-Pickering" <T.C.Roll-Picker...@qmul.ac.uk>
wrote:
> MIG wrote:
> > Staff were told that we could still accept ?p coins from customers,
> > but only in pairs. ?This was strongly emphasised and always struck me
> > as bizarre.
>
> It sounds like a customer friendly move - "We still acc ...
|
one-day-bus pass
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:25:05 +0200
Good afternoon,
I should want to know how much it is to buy a one-day-bus-pass without
the Oyster card, to travel in London.
And where to buy it (I arrive at St Pancras station)
Thans for your replies.
Mich¨¨le
...
|
|
|
