On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 03:28:10PM -0800, John B wrote:
On Dec 14, 5:48=A0pm, David Cantrell wrote:
It has in areas where it is only *partially* accepted. =A0Areas where
Oyster is hard to get hold of have had their cash bus fares approximately
doubled.
Luckily, there are no such areas also served by London buses (go to
newsagent - "can you put gbp10 on this please mate" - "yes").

You assume that the newsagent is open. And that their machine works.
And that the punter already has a card. And that the shop-drone knows
how to work the machine. And that there's a convenient shop.

All of which have been covered here before. Several times.

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David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

Eye have a spelling chequer / It came with my pea sea
It planely marques four my revue / Miss Steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word / And weight for it to say
Weather eye am wrong oar write / It shows me strait a weigh.