Re: [melb] yearly met cards

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > Getting back to the original question, why don't they make the yearly
> > > Metcards out of the same tougher stuff that the Baysider tickets are
> > > apparently made out of?
> >
> > that wasn't the original question. Presuming that Baysiders are made of
> the
> > same tuff stuff that Sydney monthlies-and-longer are made of (i.e.
> > plasticised cardboard) then it was a subsequent question which I posed.
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> Ah okay.
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> Bayside says:
> "Baysider is made from a durable material called 'Triplex' and comes in a
> convenient storage pocket to help keep it in top shape."

Nowhere near knowing if that is the same stuff that the Sydney tickets
(which seem to last for a year) are made of.

Dave