Tom Anderson ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

I shall write to Ken and demand the rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge in this
fashion.

Just be thankful he didn't place his glass bollock actually *on* Tower
Bridge...

Mark Goodge ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

"Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" might seem silly, but
"how many lakes are there?" is a fairly common trick question.

[one, Bassenthwaite]

So in what sense is, say, Coniston Water not a lake? Is it just that
it doesn't have 'lake' in the name, or is it geologically different
soehow?

It is just the name. Technically, of course, there's a difference
between how many "lakes" there are in the Lake District (answer: lots)
and how many "Lakes" are in the Lake District (answer: one), but if
you get that pedantic then it ruins a nice trivia question :-)

Surely, if there was a several of "Lakes", it'd be called the Lakes
District? The answer's in the name...

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:01:10 -0000, "Peter Masson"
wrote:

[1] There was interavailability between BR and East Kent Road Car Co Ltd,
and BR and Southdown Motior Services Ltd for journeys between London and
various towns served by those two bus companies.

Also between towns outside London. My recollection is that we had a
road/rail inter-available ticket between Rye and Hastings back in the
1950s. ISTR that you issued an Exchange ticket on the bus, and had to
pay a supplement on the train. I never issued one, however, although I
did issue the circular return which was available on the M&D 30
service via Udimore on many occasions.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

In message i
Tom Anderson wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Arthur Figgis wrote:

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...559786,00.html
Some people should have been strangled at birth.
Mike.

"Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" might seem silly, but "how
many lakes are there?" is a fairly common trick question.

[one, Bassenthwaite]

So in what sense is, say, Coniston Water not a lake? Is it just that it
doesn't have 'lake' in the name, or is it geologically different soehow?


It's a linguistic game, same as asking how many lakes are there in Scotland.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:19:25 +0000, Tom Anderson put finger to keyboard
and typed:

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Arthur Figgis wrote:

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...559786,00.html
Some people should have been strangled at birth.
Mike.

"Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" might seem silly, but
"how many lakes are there?" is a fairly common trick question.

[one, Bassenthwaite]

So in what sense is, say, Coniston Water not a lake? Is it just that
it doesn't have 'lake' in the name, or is it geologically different
soehow?

It is just the name. Technically, of course, there's a difference
between how many "lakes" there are in the Lake District (answer: lots)
and how many "Lakes" are in the Lake District (answer: one), but if
you get that pedantic then it ruins a nice trivia question :-)

Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of London,
but how many Roads are in the W1 postcode?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 04:44:13 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Mark Goodge wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:19:25 +0000, Tom Anderson put finger to keyboard
and typed:

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Arthur Figgis wrote:

Mike Cawood, HND BIT wrote:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...559786,00.html
Some people should have been strangled at birth.
Mike.

"Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" might seem silly, but
"how many lakes are there?" is a fairly common trick question.

[one, Bassenthwaite]

So in what sense is, say, Coniston Water not a lake? Is it just that
it doesn't have 'lake' in the name, or is it geologically different
soehow?

It is just the name. Technically, of course, there's a difference
between how many "lakes" there are in the Lake District (answer: lots)
and how many "Lakes" are in the Lake District (answer: one), but if
you get that pedantic then it ruins a nice trivia question :-)

Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of London,
but how many Roads are in the W1 postcode?

I can think of four: Edgware Road, TCR and the south side of
Marylebone and Euston Roads.

In article , John Rowland
writes
Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of London,

The question my late grandfather used to ask was how to get (by road)
from Mansion House to Buckingham Palace without going along a street.

--
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On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:31:46 +0000, James Farrar put finger to
keyboard and typed:

On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 04:44:13 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of London,
but how many Roads are in the W1 postcode?

I can think of four: Edgware Road, TCR and the south side of
Marylebone and Euston Roads.

But how many of them must a man walk down?....

Mark
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"Here we are now, entertain us"

"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
...
In article , John Rowland
writes
Which reminds me... everyone knows how many Roads are in the City Of
London,

The question my late grandfather used to ask was how to get (by road) from
Mansion House to Buckingham Palace without going along a street.

Sneaky, but I like it. :-)

On 4 Jan 2007 05:36:38 -0800, "Mizter T" wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:38:13 GMT, Bill Hayles wrote:

I was amazed at the number of people who had season tickets from Kent
stations to Bank via London Bridge rather that continue to Cannon Street
and walk.

Under the fare structure we had at the time, the former was considerably
more expensive.

Did anyone bother to tell those commuters? My experience is that no ticket
clerk will ever suggest a cheaper alternative route or indeed inform the
traveller of the best route option. (snip)


I note your overall point. However in the example Bill gave, at the
time commuters would have had to buy a British Rail season ticket from
a BR ticket office, and buy a totally seperate Underground season
ticket from an Underground ticket office, there is thus a bit of a
disconnect.

That's not actually true. We sold season tickets to LT stations - a
specific station - no zones in those days. That's how I know about the
number of people who did it. However, as I posted earlier, it was safer
NOT to suggest an alternative.

Normal singles and returns were only available to a limited number of LT
stations, mainly via the East London Line.


--
Bill Hayles
http://www.rossrail.com