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   From: reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid   
      
   In rec.arts.sf.science message <180120141349024678%YourName@YourISP.com>   
   , Sat, 18 Jan 2014 13:49:02, Your Name  posted:   
      
   >In article <8f0ZMDS7Ia2SFwlm@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid>, Dr J   
   >R Stockton  wrote:   
   >> In rec.arts.sf.science message , Thu,   
   >> 16 Jan 2014 15:43:37, Bernard Peek  posted:   
   >> >   
   >> >In London you are almost always within 100 feet of a bus stop. It might   
   >> >not connect directly to your destination but it connects to other   
   >> >routes which probably do.   
   >>   
   >> That depends on what you consider to be London.  It's certainly not true   
   >> around here.  And I doubt whether it is true at the top of the Shard,   
      
   >> or at Number Ten.   
   >   
   >No doubt there are lots of buses going past the end of the street, many   
   >of them tour buses of course.   
      
   But that is more than 100 feet from the front door of Number Ten.   
      
   The nearest bus stop to me is about a kilofoot away; and it is only   
   useful for going North.   
      
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