On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:03:09PM +0100, Tony Bowden wrote: > I arrived in London once and realised I'd left my wallet in my car > in the car-park of the airport in Belfast, leaving me with no money and > no ID. > > So, I got on the Heathrow Express, and explained to the bemused ticket > people (after leaving the station, of course) that no, I had not ticket, > and no, I had no money, and no, I had no identification. (Well, it's not > like they were going to stop the train and throw me off!)
Hint: don't lose your ticket on a 3am night bus going sarf of the river. Leniency isn't one of the words in their dictionary. > Then, at Paddington, I went into a Midland Bank, and explained what had > happened, and they gave me a phone to call First Direct, clear security > the normal way, and arrange for money to be made available to me over > the counter at that branch. What did you tell them? I'm struggling to imagine they handed over money just by you giving them your name. Paul
