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[email protected] · February 27th 11, 11:49 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(tim....) wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 19:24:20 on Sun,
27 Feb 2011, tim.... remarked:
"why would a child want to pay adult Oyster fares when they could
buy a paper travelcard for less?"

To which you replied (paraphrased) "to avoid queuing up"

OK, so it's twice as much, but it's also still a corner case

Is it?

Yes, because they typically won't have a paywave card. They can't
use their parent's paywave card because the parent is using that.
(I don't accept your argument that a parent will get

I didn't say get, I assumed that they will have.

Do you not?

I've a credit card and a debit card in my wallet and I don't
suppose that I am in the minority

So do I but I have two children (over 18 now, though).

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Colin Rosenstiel