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Old March 18th 05, 08:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london
James Farrar James Farrar is offline
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Dave Arquati wrote:
Chris Tolley wrote:

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:47:10 +0000, Dave Arquati wrote:

I did once meet a couple of Imperial students on the Circle line on
their way from Gloucester Road to High St Ken... having walked from
Imperial to Gloucester Road to catch the Tube because they didn't
know the way to Kensington High St on foot! Some scientists have no
common sense...



It isn't common sense they lacked, but local knowledge. I'd reckon these
people were engineers rather than scientists. they chose a robust
solution to a simple problem.



Actually I was generalising... they were medics...


Oh, well, enough said!