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Total dire round here, £120 down on last Saturday night, sat 1½ hours waiting for a job from the office and that was a wrong address,

Every shift I have is sh*te

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Cab wise, absolute [edited by admin] as usual, but luckily had one of the buses out on a wedding job; we got a £40 tip too!!

Friday night wasn't too bad, just me covering the work, a few local trips between 11 and 0100, 45 miles, £65. Beats going to Gatwick for £75 like some of the numpties round here do! (165 mile round trip,4 hours work).

blackpool was busy think most of our hackneys were working ranks so us ph were very busy.truly i was barely waiting for work.hope its a sunny summer.

one of the better ones. on the back of a decent friday, as well. I don't say that very often. reckon I saw a rank no more than 4 times in just under 8 hours. dead time less than 30 mins. happy day for grumpy

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I voted Yes, without any fear.

It was too nice to work.............so I didn't, and consequently did not make any money, but a night down the bay, and then onto a pub made for a very good night........... Got the rest of the year to make money

Trade wise it is pretty predictable, usually one good weekend out of four., Friday was alright ish, with Saturday looking to have all the ingredients to be a good shift.

Unless something miraculous happens, I can NEVER see it getting any better.....................THIS IS THE WAY WE LIVE.

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Good post,i cant ever see things being that good in the near future.If youve been in the job for more than 7,8 years you can probally remember it being ok.Suppose if your newish to it then it would be easier to deal with

Saturday was good for us. This week, Monday to Sunday, has been my best week this year for cash jobs. I also had a good week for contract work. This coming week is also looking good.

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Not bad, had a madras and a beer, had been to the village fayre, sun had been out all day, had worked 7am-12 noon for £100/80 miles total

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Friday = DEAD
Came on at 6pm And untill midnight only £35 :-/ Then came down to the train station Waited...Waited...Waited...Got 1st got local £5 fare, Then came back was long que of about 15 cabs so went into town ranked up for about a good half hour got another Local, Then got to the last train at 2:30am Banbury pleasee made my night.

Saturday = Council was in town checking cabs so most Private Hires didnt bother coming into town waiting around, So we got our town and ranks back no Private hires Touting was good night took Just over £200, Biggg Smilee When Private Hire not around

Didn't work the night, as those days are long gone, however I had a very good weekend.

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IDFIMH

I think things will get better in the years to come, bit by bit.

There is money out there, it's just folks are scared stiff to spend it.

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IDFIMH

Interesting, when our LOs are out there is a mass exodus of hackneys, especially the independents.

Strange that.

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IDFIMH

BTW, at our country fayre i found our LO in food+beer tent filling his face, i didnt know he got out this far

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Brilliant!

Got a call to tell me I'll be in Australia for the third Lions test.

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Former taxi driver