cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
Roland Perry writes:
In message , at 08:35:46
on Fri, 2 Mar 2012, Robert Neville remarked:
(Note to USA subscribers: for a generation, Barclaycard and VISA were
synonymous in the UK.)
I recall some of my early trips to the UK, attempting use use a Mastercard,
getting a puzzled look from the clerk and having to say "Just process it like a
Eurocard".
Hmm, not sure what a Eurocard is - the closest I recall is a cheque
guarantee card for an obsolete initiative called "Eurocheques", which
were a kind of cheque that you could write in any currency in the EU
(and long before the Euro was a currency - so we are talking about
Deutschmarks, Francs etc).
I remember Eurocard in Europe, in the UK it was called Access.
Phil
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