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> Carol responds:
> 
> I recommend the day pass, too. Then, again, it seems to me that I
> bought weekly passes that were even better. I know that I rode both
> trains and buses from London to Oxford (both were called, for 
reasons
> that escape me, the Oxford Tube.)
> 
> In any case, I still rcommend the tube rather than the bus system 
for
> getting around (easier for Americans like me who are used to cities
> laid out on grids--unlike Londoners who have the advantage of 
knowing
> their way around), though a short stint on a red double-decker bus
> (top deck) is just part of the experience of being in London (along
> with red phone booths and London bobbies, at least when I was 
there).
> 
> Oddly, on my last day in London, I had a good experience with a tazi
> driver. The shuttle that I thought would pick me up wouldn't come
> directly to the hostel where I'd been staying, so I had to haul my
> extensive luggage (which kept flopping over) to a hotel about half a
> mile away. By the time I got there, I had missed the shuttle. I was
> getting desperate, so I explained my situation to a taxi driver and
> asked him to take me to Heathrow. He told me that the trip would 
take
> too long and I'd miss my plane, so he said he would take me to
> Victoria Station and I could take a train from there to the 
airport. I
> was deeply grateful and tried to tip him when we got to Victoria
> Station, but unlike American cab drivers, he refused the tip.
> 
> Bless him, whoever he is. I hope he's well and happy.
> 
> Carol, who also enjoyed being addressed as "luv" by the bus drivers 
on
> the Oxford Tube ("mind your step!")

How about platform 9 3/4?  I'm sure a lot of people visit there.

I know a man that happened to be on the famous platform waiting for 
his ride when he saw a little girl run straight for the barrier.  You 
guessed it.  The parents weren't quick enough to stop her and she 
crashed right into it.  He thinks she was crying more for the fact 
that she didn't get through the barrier then the fact she was hurt.

I wonder how many times it has really happened to children?

Marianne