On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:26:35AM -0000, tim.... wrote:

why would a child want to pay adult Oyster fares when they could buy a paper
travelcard for less?

Convenience.

You might as well ask why people pay to have their groceries delivered
when it would be cheaper to go to the supermarket on foot or in your own
car.

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David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information

All children should be aptitude-tested at an early age and,
if their main or only aptitude is for marketing, drowned.