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From: Mike Lane on 8 Aug 2010 18:45
Martin wrote on Aug 8, 2010:

> On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 18:04:36 +0100, Mike Lane
<mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Martin wrote on Aug 8, 2010:
>>
>>> Mike, do you remember when I said you could get P&O North Sea Ferries
>>> Hull-Rotterdam season tickets? Although they are only advertised for
>>> Rotterdam/Zeebrugge-Hull. They are availble in the other direction too.
>>> I met a woman in Filey with a holiday house in France who has bought
>>> season tickets to Rotterdam every year for years. You pay the low season
>>> rate irrespective of when you travel. There is a small surcharge for a
>>> few peak days per year. You also get preferential treatment. They
>>> guarantee you a place on the ferry even if you only book shortly before
>>> the day you want to travel. You can cancel a booking up to a few hours
>>> before the boat sails.
>>
>> I'll look into that, but the website indicates that the season ticket offer
>> is for 5 'short break' return trips. I'm not sure sure how they define a
>> short break but I think it's for a shorter time than I would normally be
>> interested in.
>
> In the words of the woman from Filey "Phone them and ask".The website isn't
> complete.
>

Yes, well I'll certainly try next time (I've already booked a trip for
September). Mind you they're offering �99 each way for 5 return trips - close
to a thousand quid - quite an investment.

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

From: Tim C. on 9 Aug 2010 01:47
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:13:36 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
<news:8c291kFts5U1(a)mid.individual.net> :

> There a lots in NL without bank logos, that have a charge. Those located
> in McDs, for example, charge EUR2.5 per transaction.

I haven't seen any in McD's here, but those in petrol stations and
supermarkets are all bank ones.

--
Tim C.
The book about the discovery of Teflon contained no frictional characters.
From: d4g4h4 on 9 Aug 2010 03:52
Tim C. <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote:

> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:13:36 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
> <news:8c291kFts5U1(a)mid.individual.net> :
>
> > There a lots in NL without bank logos, that have a charge. Those located
> > in McDs, for example, charge EUR2.5 per transaction.
>
> I haven't seen any in McD's here, but those in petrol stations and
> supermarkets are all bank ones.

There are lots here- more to supplement exisiting ATMs than replace
them- but people will use them for convenience. We've got one in our
college (charges �1 which is on the low side) though I expect its use
will decline now that the bar, cafe and restaurant takes cards...

There has been much criticism that in less well-off areas here there is
less access to free ATMs.

--
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www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Tim C. on 9 Aug 2010 11:59
On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:39:52 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
<news:2mfv56d4f2n25773rb6v47mpb69bjsvkeq(a)4ax.com> :

> On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 07:47:43 +0200, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:13:36 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
>><news:8c291kFts5U1(a)mid.individual.net> :
>>
>>> There a lots in NL without bank logos, that have a charge. Those located
>>> in McDs, for example, charge EUR2.5 per transaction.
>>
>>I haven't seen any in McD's here, but those in petrol stations and
>>supermarkets are all bank ones.
>
> The difference between NL and Austria :o)

It would seem so.

--
Tim C.
Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with
hundreds and thousands.
Police say that he topped himself.
From: Tim C. on 9 Aug 2010 12:00
On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:52:22 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne, _the_
chancellor wrote in post : <news:1jmy8hw.1bynpqtwuge9sN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk>
:

> Tim C. <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:13:36 +0200, Martin wrote in post :
>> <news:8c291kFts5U1(a)mid.individual.net> :
>>
>>> There a lots in NL without bank logos, that have a charge. Those located
>>> in McDs, for example, charge EUR2.5 per transaction.
>>
>> I haven't seen any in McD's here, but those in petrol stations and
>> supermarkets are all bank ones.
>
> There are lots here- more to supplement exisiting ATMs than replace
> them- but people will use them for convenience. We've got one in our
> college (charges �1 which is on the low side) though I expect its use
> will decline now that the bar, cafe and restaurant takes cards...
>
> There has been much criticism that in less well-off areas here there is
> less access to free ATMs.

I thought they were a bit of a con when I first saw them a few years ago on
a visit back to the UK. De Gaul was right.
--
Tim C.
Two fat blokes in a pub, one says to the other 'Your round.'
The other one says 'So are you, you fat slob!'
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