Travel by other ?

TimHenderson said:

I've just got bogged down browsing at the Neighbourhood Statistics
site at

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

Among other things it told me that in my local output area 3 of the
186 workers usually travelled by bike, but three travelled by other.

It gave as the meaning of other :

All people aged 16 to 74 in employment, and usually resident in the
area at the time of the 2001 Census, whose main method of travel to
work was 'other'. 'Other' includes all methods of travel to work other
than Underground, Metro, Light rail, Tram, Train, Bus, Mini bus,
Coach, Motorcycle, Moped, Scooter, Driving a car or van, Passenger in
a car or van, Taxi or minicab, Bicycle or 'on foot'. It also excludes
working at home, no fixed place of work, working at an offshore
installation or working outside the UK. Where more than one method of
travel was used, the main method was determined as the longest
distance.

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Boat?
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

TimHenderson said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Helicopter, piggy-back, rocket-man jet-pack, Star Trek transporter.

--
Mike
Van Tuyl titanium Dura Ace 10
Fausto Coppi aluminium Ultegra 10
Raleigh Record Sprint mongrel

"Phil Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

TimHenderson said:

I've just got bogged down browsing at the Neighbourhood Statistics
site at

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

Among other things it told me that in my local output area 3 of the
186 workers usually travelled by bike, but three travelled by other.

It gave as the meaning of other :

All people aged 16 to 74 in employment, and usually resident in the
area at the time of the 2001 Census, whose main method of travel to
work was 'other'. 'Other' includes all methods of travel to work other
than Underground, Metro, Light rail, Tram, Train, Bus, Mini bus,
Coach, Motorcycle, Moped, Scooter, Driving a car or van, Passenger in
a car or van, Taxi or minicab, Bicycle or 'on foot'. It also excludes
working at home, no fixed place of work, working at an offshore
installation or working outside the UK. Where more than one method of
travel was used, the main method was determined as the longest
distance.

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Boat?
--

Helicopter? Light aircraft? Lorry? Tank? Tractor?

Phil Cook said:

TimHenderson said:

Among other things it told me that in my local output area 3 of the
186 workers usually travelled by bike, but three travelled by other.

It gave as the meaning of other :

All people aged 16 to 74 in employment, and usually resident in the
area at the time of the 2001 Census, whose main method of travel to
work was 'other'. 'Other' includes all methods of travel to work other
than Underground, Metro, Light rail, Tram, Train, Bus, Mini bus,
Coach, Motorcycle, Moped, Scooter, Driving a car or van, Passenger in
a car or van, Taxi or minicab, Bicycle or 'on foot'. It also excludes
working at home, no fixed place of work, working at an offshore
installation or working outside the UK. Where more than one method of
travel was used, the main method was determined as the longest
distance.

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Boat?

Ones I can reasonably fore-see using:

Helicopter. Aeroplane. Swimming. Cablecar. Sleigh. Skiing.
Any cart or trap.

You've already got riding any animal.

In Hong Kong they have a public transport system of escalators and
moving walkways, up from Central to the Midlevels. I'm assuming your
local census area is not Hong Kong, but a similar system could be
built elsewhere. This might he 'on foot', but by that definition most
Underground travel is much more 'on foot'.

regards, Ian SMith
--
|\ /| no .sig
|o o|
|/ \|

in message <[email hidden]>,

TimHenderson (') said:

I've just got bogged down browsing at the Neighbourhood Statistics
site at

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

Among other things it told me that in my local output area 3 of the
186 workers usually travelled by bike, but three travelled by other.

It gave as the meaning of other :

All people aged 16 to 74 in employment, and usually resident in the
area at the time of the 2001 Census, whose main method of travel to
work was 'other'. 'Other' includes all methods of travel to work other
than Underground, Metro, Light rail, Tram, Train, Bus, Mini bus,
Coach, Motorcycle, Moped, Scooter, Driving a car or van, Passenger in
a car or van, Taxi or minicab, Bicycle or 'on foot'. It also excludes
working at home, no fixed place of work, working at an offshore
installation or working outside the UK. Where more than one method of
travel was used, the main method was determined as the longest
distance.

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Ferry? Rowing boat? Other waterborne transport? Private helicopter?

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; MS Windows: A thirty-two bit extension ... to a sixteen bit
;; patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a
;; four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that
;; can't stand one bit of competition -- anonymous

TimHenderson said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Tuesdays and Thursdays (my sister goes to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays)

TARDIS or other extra terrestrial vehicle.

Skates or skateboard.

Those daft segway wotsits.

Sinclair C5

Mechanical Elephant (don't laugh too loud, as a child I remember this
happening at least once)

Steam Engine a la Fred Dibnah

Oh, and don't forget the seventies campaign: go to work on an egg

hth,

Tony B

On 13 Mar 2007 14:43:31 -0700

TimHenderson said:

It gave as the meaning of other :

Someone comes past my bedroom onna skateboard at an obscene hour
each morning. Bloody noisy thing:-(

But in a box-ticking exercise, it might for example include people
who use different means and didn't want to tick one box. Like those
who drive when carrying a computer but otherwise cycle.

--
not me guv

TimHenderson wondered:

Quoted message said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Unicycle.

--
Danny Colyer <URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/>
Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

TimHenderson said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Ona Plane.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6308779.stm
BBC NEWS | England | Gloucestershire | Green adviser's 500-mile commute

Martin.

"Tony B" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

TimHenderson said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Tuesdays and Thursdays (my sister goes to work on Tuesdays and Thursdays)

Oh, and don't forget the seventies campaign: go to work on an egg

hth,

Tony B

Some quality answers here Tony!

Following on from TimHenderson's message. . .

Quoted message said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

You : "Yes of course... ...Err... Well actually no. These are 'air
pump' clips on my ankles; made of 99.5% pure porcelainium[1] you know."

Unbeliever : [confused gurgle]

5 points for getting the Unbeliever to enquire further.

[1] Or in certain circumstances "Yawpoison".

--
PETER FOX Not the same since the pancake business flopped
[email hidden]
www.eminent.demon.co.uk - Lots for cyclists

Peter Fox said the following on 14/03/2007 07:57:

Quoted message said:

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

Oh how true that is! My commute is only a bit over two miles, because
that's how far I live from work. Even then I get that reaction. But a
few years ago a colleague was complaining about the cost of petrol to
get to work, so I suggested he cycle. The response was that it's
alright for me to say that because I live so close, but he lives further
away. Yes, he does. He lives four miles away...

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

mb <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:43:31 -0700, TimHenderson wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Quoted message said:

Helicopter, piggy-back, rocket-man jet-pack, Star Trek transporter.

Sledge?

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

Oh how true that is! My commute is only a bit over two miles, because
that's how far I live from work. Even then I get that reaction.

I find it's easier to give a time for my commute:

"how far do you commute?"

"About 30 minutes"

This is far less scary than saying 6 miles.

Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Peter Fox said the following on 14/03/2007 07:57:

Quoted message said:

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

Oh how true that is! My commute is only a bit over two miles, because
that's how far I live from work. Even then I get that reaction. But a
few years ago a colleague was complaining about the cost of petrol to
get to work, so I suggested he cycle. The response was that it's
alright for me to say that because I live so close, but he lives further
away. Yes, he does. He lives four miles away...

heh, at my last work, it was allways the folk who drove maybe a a mile
if that a day who complained about fuel... nothing like a good whinge
for some folk!

roger

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:58:15 GMT,

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

mb <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:43:31 -0700, TimHenderson wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can the team suggest what other might include ?

Quoted message said:

Helicopter, piggy-back, rocket-man jet-pack, Star Trek transporter.

Sledge?

Pogo-stick, space-hopper, skis.

Although as a serious suggestion how about pedicab. OK it is a bike but
someone else is doing the work so somebody may put it down as other.

--
Andy Leighton => [email hidden]
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

Tony B said:

Mechanical Elephant (don't laugh too loud, as a child I remember this
happening at least once)

They had one of those at Dudley Zoo when I was a small.

--
Regards
Alex
The From address above is a spam-trap.
The Reply-To address is valid

Mark Thompson said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

Oh how true that is! My commute is only a bit over two miles, because
that's how far I live from work. Even then I get that reaction.

I find it's easier to give a time for my commute:

"how far do you commute?"

"About 30 minutes"

This is far less scary than saying 6 miles.

I'll try that.

Q: How far do you commute.
A: About 30 minutes if the weather's bad, about 2.5 hours if it was like
it was today

Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Unbeliever : "What! You *cycled* all that way!" [eg 5 miles]

Oh how true that is! My commute is only a bit over two miles, because
that's how far I live from work. Even then I get that reaction.

I find it's easier to give a time for my commute:

"how far do you commute?"

"About 30 minutes"

This is far less scary than saying 6 miles.

yeah, helps as folks idea of a mile can be some way off.

roger