On May 24, 2:39*pm, Jahbulon wrote:
ian batten wrote in news:4e48f480-cbaf-4680-
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As I explain above, legal tender is irrelevant to this
debate, as a debt doesn't exist at the point of payment.

If you offer payment, they're not going to take you to court owing to their
own failures, regardless of what the law may or may not say. They'd risk
having a judge throw the matter out as an abuse and being told to find a
better hobby.

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Praise be to Jahbulon, holy god of Royal Arch Freemasons

Yes - but this doesn't stop the gateline staff at Ealing Broadway and
Paddington from bullying those who turn up without tickets. Quite
frequently I have seen passengers - usually tourists - being given a
hard time at Paddington, and have had to point out to gateline staff
that the machines at Hayes are frequently u/s or do not take cash, and
that the one remaining PTT machine has been out-of-order for the last
year. CJB.