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11 hours a day, 7 days a week?

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I worked last night, as I do most Thursdays, it was non-stop, I started at 5.30 and was lucky enough to trap a job up to Oakwood from the City at 11.45 meaning I was finished by 12.30.

I made my money, and if I could have been arsed driving back into London I would have had an exceptional night.

1992 - 1995 this is not.

Lucky you Mr GBC, i got into town this morning at 3.30am, trawled the west-end, knightsbridge, kensington etc....finally trapped a £6.20 job at 4.50am :oops:

GBC, i'm going to start following you around mate.

acabbie wrote:

GBC, i'm going to start following you around mate.

I'm the one on the pedal rickshaw. :wink:

Either that or the ba**ard who cut me up on Pall Mall to nick my job this evening!!! When i flashed him and gave a toot he just stuck his hand out and gestured a wave as if to say "tough s**t, now move along". Sadly i didn't get the chance to stop as i had traffic behind me!!!

i didn't get a chance to get his reg number, shame as if i did and i saw him parked down the oak, i'd have a quiet word with him :wink:

Author:	Stinky Pete [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:34 am ]
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x70h21 ... -cabs_news

Author:	bloodnock [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:30 am ]
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For Having a Degree in Accounts and Finance and a Masters degree in Economics the poor guy was less than Prudent sticking All his Money in the Fast Buck Higher Interest account of an Icelandic Bank, Prudence would have dictated that he would have been wiser to spread it about a bit more in Several banks.

Author:	grandad [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:32 am ]
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At least I had the foresight to take my millions out of Iceland and buy LTI shares 3 months ago.

Author:	Capt Taxi [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:44 am ]
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So why is this man who has a 'Degree in Accounts and Finance and a Masters degree in Economics' a cab driver? Is this the best he can do for himself and family driving a cab for 10 hours a day for the past 30 years? Or did he get the degrees whilst driving a cab and is now selling himself to get out of the cab? Finally he tells how City companies are no longer using ConCab yet he is still on it. So much for a Masters degree in Economics! There is more to this.

Author:	acabbie [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:10 am ]
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sniffsniff hmmmm, is that the smell of bullst i smell ? With his "qualifications" the best he came come out and say is "it's going to get worse before it gets better"! I can get those sound bits of advice from the guys washing the cabs down the royal oak....not exactly indepth analysis of the goverments future fiscal strategy Agree with the sentiments of bloodnock too. seems a nice enough guy but a tad dim

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Author:	GBC [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:27 pm ]
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11 hours a day, 7 days a week? I worked last night, as I do most Thursdays, it was non-stop, I started at 5.30 and was lucky enough to trap a job up to Oakwood from the City at 11.45 meaning I was finished by 12.30. I made my money, and if I could have been arsed driving back into London I would have had an exceptional night. 1992 - 1995 this is not.

Author:	acabbie [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:49 pm ]
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GBC, i'm going to start following you around mate. I was working last night and it just didn't seem to work out for me at all; would get a decent enough job, to Balham for example but then having dropped off would end up back in the West End and spend time driving around before trapping another job........guess my stars weren't in alignment or summat!! Hopefully this evening shall be better

Author:	csp [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:04 pm ]
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GBC wrote: 11 hours a day, 7 days a week? I worked last night, as I do most Thursdays, it was non-stop, I started at 5.30 and was lucky enough to trap a job up to Oakwood from the City at 11.45 meaning I was finished by 12.30. I made my money, and if I could have been arsed driving back into London I would have had an exceptional night. 1992 - 1995 this is not. Lucky you Mr GBC, i got into town this morning at 3.30am, trawled the west-end, knightsbridge, kensington etc....finally trapped a £6.20 job at 4.50am The only souls i seemed to see where things with shiny bright yellow lights keeping me company on our trawling mission

Author:	Sussex [ Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:30 pm ]
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csp wrote: Lucky you Mr GBC, i got into town this morning at 3.30am, trawled the west-end, knightsbridge, kensington etc....finally trapped a £6.20 job at 4.50am Maybe you need to start 5 hours earlier.

Author:	GBC [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:01 am ]
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Well I made the same money tonight, albeit I worked an hour later before trapping another trip to Whetstone from Camden High Street. . . . thanks very much!

Author:	GBC [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:02 am ]
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acabbie wrote: GBC, i'm going to start following you around mate. I'm the one on the pedal rickshaw.

Author:	acabbie [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:25 am ]
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GBC wrote: acabbie wrote: GBC, i'm going to start following you around mate. I'm the one on the pedal rickshaw. Either that or the baard who cut me up on Pall Mall to nick my job this evening!!! When i flashed him and gave a toot he just stuck his hand out and gestured a wave as if to say "tough st, now move along". Sadly i didn't get the chance to stop as i had traffic behind me!!! Started at 8.15pm, just got in at 5.20am......another evening like last night, very slow and plenty of driving between jobs. ho-hum, shall be better Sunday evening

Author:	Sussex [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:04 am ]
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acabbie wrote: Either that or the baard who cut me up on Pall Mall to nick my job this evening!!! When i flashed him and gave a toot he just stuck his hand out and gestured a wave as if to say "tough st, now move along". Sadly i didn't get the chance to stop as i had traffic behind me!!! Why don't you report him for dangerous driving?

Author:	acabbie [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:18 am ]
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i didn't get a chance to get his reg number, shame as if i did and i saw him parked down the oak, i'd have a quiet word with him

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Author:	csp [ Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:01 pm ]
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acabbie wrote: i didn't get a chance to get his reg number, shame as if i did and i saw him parked down the oak, i'd have a quiet word with him Scum like him dont stop for a break, they just crack on cutting up as many fellow cab driver's they can to make as much money in shortest time possible. He probaly relieves himself in a empty lenor bottle (no time to stop, even for a p***!!! ) As for belonging to a trade body or putting anthing back into the trade? forget it... Unfortunatley where this sort of driver was in the minority it is becoming more common place Think its bad now, wait till after xmas & beyond..