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...

Surely common sense would dictate that you ask someone. Also combining
the fact that the distance was only one Tube stop, and that they must
have known that many other Imperial students go to the shops on Ken High
St, would have led to a reasonable conclusion...

Personally I'd probably baulk at the price more than the distance.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

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!