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are you the same ross that posts on fastblacks


Yes I am, is there a problem with that?

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alan G wrote:
My responses to jasbar:

Given that you've denied having a pseudonym in the past, this just proves you lied then Mr G.
I use "Alan G" and Admin so where was the lie?

Profiteering from a free plate? You quibble about this when it's been going on since incorporation was brought in. Your pal Greensnot has built a business by profiteering from the sale of "free" plates. And, didn't you sell you're stake in a free plate, taking a profit in the process. As have a few of your chums, like the hibby from Restalrig Drive (What pseudonym is he using now?)
I am not quibbling about it. I asked Garry to reconcile his actions with his words.

Non taxi driver owning a plate? What's this about? I know of at least one multi owner who's never driven a taxi for hire in his life?
Where did I say I had a problem with that? Doh!

Seems like you're still the master of irrelevance Mr G.
You're definitely showing signs of senility here.

While we're at it. Please tell Paul Kerr that I'm not perturbed at his calling me a liar. Also that I remember the conversation in the wee sma' hours on the corner of Bryson/Tay when we discussed the fact that he didn't park his taxi in Dalry, preferring "his driver's" because it would be safer. Wheether he told me he owned the taxi is irrelevant. He certainly implied that he did. He may not be a liar, just a pathetic individual who can't have an honest conversation. While I was clearly talking about his "ownership", he was obviously doing his usual "Walter Mitty". The guy needs to get a grip on reality.

Secondly, you can tell JG that I had the biggest guffaw when I read that I started CABforce out OK but failed because I failed to listen to members. What a joke. Remind him of the conversation we had in his taxi, in the Lawnmarket where I asked him to come on board and use the experience he gained with Elta to work for CABforce. Hardly the action of someone not prepared to listen.

He refused citing the fact that he was too unpopular in the trade, he'd stepped on too many toes and also his missus wouldn't allow him to become involved again. He wants to restart ELTA? With Bob Dewar? Given what the trade thinks of these two, Skull and I should be founder members.
Some things never change. You're still upset at being rejected and shown up as irrelevant by the Edinburgh taxi trade and having to come here for sympathy.

Finally, the sewing bee site doon the net is an embarrassment. There hasn't been a single meaningful debate since you censored it by booting Skull and I off it. But the debate is happening elsewhere. It's just fasties watchers who are not part of it.
As long as you remember, neither you nor Garry were booted off for your alternate views; you were booted off for lies, insults and general childlike behaviour. Perhaps one day you will mature and realise what debate is. At the moment you are certainly incapable of adult debate but more at home here where puerility seem to be the order of the day.

Alan G

so........... thats ok then :roll:
is that it...........pathetic
lets put some perspective on youre attitudes.
tell me alan why was i booted and not youre cohort mr t (then moderator)
after all you readily admit that he was as much if not more to blame than me as he had a responsability as moderator and should not have abused his position.
i think we all know the answer.
you demonstrate it on a daily basis.

ah thats it.........my way or the highway :wink:


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"do you agree with the Sheriff Principles decision that Edinburgh Council broke the law by not carrying out their statutory duty as laid down in section 3.1".


If the Sheriff say's it, it must be right. or is it ?
I don't know enough about law to disagree or agree. I know I don't like his decision.

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Ali-T ask's

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are you the same ross that posts on fastblacks


Yes I am, is there a problem with that?

Ross

no problem ross :wink:
do you have a problem with me asking ?
its just that you certainly dont sound like a guy who has no investment in the "trade"
are you sure youre telling the truth, no problem ross, just a question.

i for one dont believe you,sorry thats just my opinion,come on ross youre obviosly a company man :lol:
but i could of course be mistaken.
and you may well be an ill informed driver, i dont know perhaps you are under peer pressure from other company men.
perhaps you live in fear of loosing youre job, and wish to stick close to those who employ you.
but i doubt that this is true, i think you are an owner and the worst sort at that, an owner and a company man.
if thats true than you have my pity .


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Ross wrote:
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"do you agree with the Sheriff Principles decision that Edinburgh Council broke the law by not carrying out their statutory duty as laid down in section 3.1".


If the Sheriff say's it, it must be right. or is it ?
I don't know enough about law to disagree or agree. I know I don't like his decision.

Ross

why dont you like his decision ?

the law is the law ross, its thier for all to see.
so you think that the council shouldnt have to abide by the law, becouse................you and others dont like it :lol: :lol:


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If the Sheriff say's it, it must be right. or is it ?

I don't know enough about law to disagree or agree. I know I don't like his decision.


So you don't like applicants who are right in law, you prefer to side with those who break the law? Perhaps because it suits your purpose, whatever purpose that might be?

When you say you don't know much about the law I find it somewhat enlightening that a person who has been around the Scottish Taxi trade for as long as you say you have, that you know very little about the Civic Government Scotland act 1982.

For future reference you may have learnt something by virtue of the fact that section 3.1 does not confer a discretion on a council to consider an application, it says it must consider the application. Let's hope you remember that, should you ever find yourself in a similar situation as these applicants.

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Of course, as we all know many LAs are sailing pretty close to the wind as regards their legal obligations (to put it as charitably as possible), and rely on the lack of resources/inertia/ignorance/apathy of those who suffer detriment to prop the whole thing up.

But then when people try to assert their legal rights LAs react like a rabbit caught in headlights, then try to use their financial and other power to ride roughshod over those aggreived, and Edinburgh is turning into a bit of a cause celebre in this regard.

But thankfully it's looking increasingly certain that justice will prevail :D

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no problem ross
do you have a problem with me asking ?
its just that you certainly dont sound like a guy who has no investment in the "trade"
are you sure youre telling the truth, no problem ross, just a question.

i for one dont believe you,sorry thats just my opinion,come on ross youre obviosly a company man
but i could of course be mistaken.
and you may well be an ill informed driver, i dont know perhaps you are under peer pressure from other company men.
perhaps you live in fear of loosing youre job, and wish to stick close to those who employ you.
but i doubt that this is true, i think you are an owner and the worst sort at that, an owner and a company man.
if thats true than you have my pity .


I am a SELF EMPLOYEDtaxi driver Who has worked with some of the best operators in the trade. Operators who never forgot that they where just drivers at one time. Maybe I'am just lucky.
Thomas Evans
Thomas milne
Raymond Davidson
Helen Wilson
Phil Glancy
My Father
These operators invested in me and I return that investment. If thats what you class as a company man . Then I am guilty.
Here's my full name Ross Brydon, so you can ask around, or ask the cab office if I own a plate past or present.

Ross


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why dont you like his decision ?


I'll leave that answer till after all legal avenues are exhausted.

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Ross wrote:
I am a SELF EMPLOYEDtaxi driver Who has worked with some of the best operators in the trade. Operators who never forgot that they where just drivers at one time. Maybe I'am just lucky.

I think you are lucky, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Just for my record, are rentals going up because there seems a load of drivers wanting rides? Or are they pretty stable?

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So you don't like applicants who are right in law, you prefer to side with those who break the law?


I am on my own side.

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I find it somewhat enlightening that a person who has been around the Scottish Taxi trade for as long as you say you have, that you know very little about the Civic Government Scotland act 1982.


Apart from those who have made it their past time over the past 12 months. I am in the majority of drivers who know very little about the Civic Government Scotland act 1982.

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Just for my record, are rentals going up because there seems a load of drivers wanting rides? Or are they pretty stable?


Speaking for myself, my rental hasn't gone up for 2 years. As for loads of drivers wanting rides, not true. Shifts are not being covered.

Ross


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ALI T wrote:
so........... thats ok then :roll:
is that it...........pathetic
lets put some perspective on youre attitudes.
tell me alan why was i booted and not youre cohort mr t (then moderator)
after all you readily admit that he was as much if not more to blame than me as he had a responsability as moderator and should not have abused his position.
i think we all know the answer.
you demonstrate it on a daily basis.

ah thats it.........my way or the highway :wink:


How many times do you actually need something explained to you before it penetrates your skull?
You were booted for your insults and childish behaviour, as was MrT at the same time (I still have the posts on file) MrT accepted his part in it and gave assurances which were accepted; you, on the other hand did not, and to this day, you seem to think you are some superior being who does not not need to behave responsibly.
The bias is in your imagination, nowhere else.

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JD wrote:
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As for JD's little jibe, it merely shows his ignorance. I use one nick on TDO and I use the same one on Fasties in addition to the Admin (like dusty does on here, allegedly)
This is just another of his wildly inaccurate observations.
AG


I have to inform you that it is illegal to link to this site or any other site without permission. I know you didn't know that when you posted a link to the Salteri document on this site but stealing TDO bandwidth or any other sites bandwidth for that matter is an offence. TDO pays for its bandwidth it does not get it free, you would do well to remember that.

JD


Perhaps you should advise the owners and operators of this site of that fact.
Additionally, perhaps you are unaware that one of the administrators of this site has actually thanked me for linking to his site and I quote "But thanks for the free publicity - nothing like a few reciprocal links." (This quote from Dusty!!!)

Alan G (Maybe I can use that as a "get out of jail free" card - unless you think you have a monopoly on legal matters!! :P :P )


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GBC won't like that?Image



GBC does'nt really care. :-$

I could'nt afford to work in Edinburgh. :wink:


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