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Author: Mait001
Date: Jul 24, 2008 02:00

The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.

He was recently asked to write about a family trip at the weekend. His
sentence "we took the Overground from Kew" was wrongly corrected by
his teacher to "Underground"!

Silly teacher!

Marc.
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Re: Amusing story         


Author: James Farrar
Date: Jul 24, 2008 23:43

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:28 -0700 (PDT), "Mait001@aol.com"
aol.com> wrote:
>The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
>whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
>map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.
>
>He was recently asked to write about a family trip at the weekend. His
>sentence "we took the Overground from Kew" was wrongly corrected by
>his teacher to "Underground"!
>
>Silly teacher!

I hope he argued the point, like I did at about that age when my
teacher asserted that the Sun was a planet :)
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Date: Jul 25, 2008 03:15

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:43:57 +0100, James Farrar
gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:28 -0700 (PDT), "Mait001@aol.com"
>aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
>>whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
>>map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.
>>
>>He was recently asked to write about a family trip at the weekend. His
>>sentence "we took the Overground from Kew" was wrongly corrected by
>>his teacher to "Underground"!
>>
>>Silly teacher!
>
>I hope he argued the point, like I did at about that age when my
>teacher asserted that the Sun was a planet :)
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Author: Paul Corfield
Date: Jul 25, 2008 10:42

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:28 -0700 (PDT), "Mait001@aol.com"
aol.com> wrote:
>The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
>whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
>map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.

While I can see how you can memorise the tube map I really struggle to
see how someone can memorise the entire bus map.


What on the map is he trying to memorise and how could he prove he'd
done the whole lot?

While I've got a good memory for where buses go I couldn't see myself
ever being able to memorise the whole bus map.
--
Paul C

Admits to working for London Underground!
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Author: Epicentre
Date: Jul 26, 2008 20:55

Paul Corfield dsl.pipex.com> wrote in
news:hv3k849t8q6a580k0s32l59c22het31u4f@4ax.com:
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:28 -0700 (PDT), "Mait001@aol.com"
> aol.com> wrote:
>
>>The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
>>whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
>>map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.
>
> While I can see how you can memorise the tube map I really struggle to
> see how someone can memorise the entire bus map.
>
>
> What on the map is he trying to memorise and how could he prove he'd
> done the whole lot?
>
> While I've got a good memory for where buses go I couldn't see myself
> ever being able to memorise the whole bus map.
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Author: Mait001
Date: Jul 27, 2008 04:54

On Jul 27, 4:55�am, Epicentre nospam.com> wrote:
> Paul Corfield dsl.pipex.com> wrote innews:hv3k849t8q6a580k0s32l59c22het31u4f@4ax.com:
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:28 -0700 (PDT), "Mait...@aol.com"
>> aol.com> wrote:
>
>>>The 6-year-old son of my vicar in Fulham is a bit of a transport
>>>whizzkid (he's learnt to read by memorising the entire Underground
>>>map!) and is well on the way to memorsing the entire London bus map.
>
>> While I can see how you can memorise the tube map I really struggle to
>> see how someone can memorise the entire bus map. �
>
>>
>> What on the map is he trying to memorise and how could he prove he'd
>> done the whole lot? ...
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Author: Paul Corfield
Date: Jul 27, 2008 05:03

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:54:41 -0700 (PDT), "Mait001@aol.com"
aol.com> wrote:
>On Jul 27, 4:55?am, Epicentre nospam.com> wrote:
>> Paul Corfield dsl.pipex.com> wrote innews:hv3k849t8q6a580k0s32l59c22het31u4f@4ax.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00...
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