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captain cab
 Post subject: Leicester
PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:41 pm 
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I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

I dont do sat nav, as I believe they are needed by rank amateurs, I mean, someone travelling down a motorway....wtf do they need one in the fron t window? Have we suddenly stopped putting junction numbers on signposts?

I prefer to stop in petrol stations where the staff can bearly converse in English. That aside, what the chap did do was kindly pass me the map, left at the second roundabout, first left. This information took 10 minutes of my life to obtain.

How much are those Sat Nav's again?

CC

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 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:45 pm 
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captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

I dont do sat nav, as I believe they are needed by rank amateurs, I mean, someone travelling down a motorway....wtf do they need one in the fron t window? Have we suddenly stopped putting junction numbers on signposts?

I prefer to stop in petrol stations where the staff can bearly converse in English. That aside, what the chap did do was kindly pass me the map, left at the second roundabout, first left. This information took 10 minutes of my life to obtain.

How much are those Sat Nav's again?

CC


from £60

10 minute stop on 1 job

3 a day

7 days a week

52 weeks a year

20 years = ?

or buy an a-z in any strange town? £10 each...

mind you, most taxi drivers dont stray far from a welcoming rank

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 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:25 am 
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captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:



No problem in your time warp Rover. :D
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skippy41
 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:19 am 
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captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

I dont do sat nav, as I believe they are needed by rank amateurs, I mean, someone travelling down a motorway....wtf do they need one in the fron t window? Have we suddenly stopped putting junction numbers on signposts?

I prefer to stop in petrol stations where the staff can bearly converse in English. That aside, what the chap did do was kindly pass me the map, left at the second roundabout, first left. This information took 10 minutes of my life to obtain.

How much are those Sat Nav's again?

CC


How did you get past the guards on the gate :lol: :-o :-o :lol:
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:38 am 
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captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

CC


Was it you going south from Leicester in a TX2 at about 9.30 in the morning?

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captain cab
 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:41 pm 
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captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

CC


Was it you going south from Leicester in a TX2 at about 9.30 in the morning?


No, but it could have been someone else :D

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I take it you caught leicester on a good day when the ring road wasn't gridlocked and the shopping traffic actually knew which lane they wanted !
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Nigel
 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:04 am 
captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

I dont do sat nav, as I believe they are needed by rank amateurs, I mean, someone travelling down a motorway....wtf do they need one in the fron t window? Have we suddenly stopped putting junction numbers on signposts?

I prefer to stop in petrol stations where the staff can bearly converse in English. That aside, what the chap did do was kindly pass me the map, left at the second roundabout, first left. This information took 10 minutes of my life to obtain.

How much are those Sat Nav's again?

CC


You should have rung mate I was off on Thursday, you could have popped up the motorway for a coffee.
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captain cab
 Post subject: Re: Leicester
PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:10 pm 
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Nigel wrote:
captain cab wrote:
I had a fare to Leicester today. :shock:

I dont do sat nav, as I believe they are needed by rank amateurs, I mean, someone travelling down a motorway....wtf do they need one in the fron t window? Have we suddenly stopped putting junction numbers on signposts?

I prefer to stop in petrol stations where the staff can bearly converse in English. That aside, what the chap did do was kindly pass me the map, left at the second roundabout, first left. This information took 10 minutes of my life to obtain.

How much are those Sat Nav's again?

CC


You should have rung mate I was off on Thursday, you could have popped up the motorway for a coffee.


I was going to call you, I passed the signs for your place!

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