XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 20/01/2014 2:04 am, Dr J R Stockton wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   According to "journey planner", my nearest bus stop is 304 metres away,   
   and that does not seem very far. In fact, there is one slightly closer,   
   but Journey Planner does not consider that an appropriate bus even   
   though it goes to the same place. A hundred feet doesn't seem very far.   
   Some people must have front gardens larger than that.   
      
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