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LOL, very good, although only seems to have 8 ways so far.

Jaime

"John Rowland" wrote the
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I was wondering when something like this would appear.

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On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 17:10:41 -0000, "John Rowland"
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oh dear ;-)

We did suggestion no.4 a long time ago (Touch and Pass trial years ago).
One of the testers placed the card in a glove and waved his hand over
the gate and walked through. Some american tourists apparently watched
this, walked up to the gate, did the same and then crashed into the gate
paddles.

I once hid a card in a book and thumped the book on the target and
walked through - caused some double takes :-)

One of the best ways of using a contactless card was by an old Chinese
lady in the new territories in Hong Kong. She just put her handbag up
against the reader, beep went her handbag and off she went.
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Me and a mate were tempted to try the oyster sandwich idea for a joke
photo/video - luckily I didnt do it because prepay doesnt work yet and the
gate rejected the card...

It's amazing how few notices actually tell you that prepay wont work until
the 4th...

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On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 17:10:41 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:


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oh dear ;-)

We did suggestion no.4 a long time ago (Touch and Pass trial years
ago). One of the testers placed the card in a glove and waved his
hand over the gate and walked through.

I've done the glove idea several times. It's a larf.

Some american tourists
apparently watched this, walked up to the gate, did the same and
then crashed into the gate paddles.

I've seen so many people try this with normal tickets. They see someone
with an oystercard use the reader, then go up to it and touch their
paper ticket to it. This isn't just limited to American tourists
(although one of my girlfriend's American relatives did it while he was
visiting) as I've seen one person doing it with a freedom pass.

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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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I'll try the one with the bread on a bus. Get on the bus, take a munch out
of the side without the card, put it up to the reader and take another bite
after it beeps.
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