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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:31 pm 
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westgatelad wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to still make ends meet!!!!!!

Going out for more than two hours at a time might help.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:15 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
westgatelad wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to still make ends meet!!!!!!

Going out for more than two hours at a time might help.


Be fair, he did 7:30pm to 1am (ish) Wednesday too

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:18 am 
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i was finding my feet ladies. lol.


all good now.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:44 am 
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westgatelad wrote:
Every person mentions my accent.

Not from round here then drive?

Busy drive?

Been on long drive?
It's like sandpaper, slowly scouring your soul away, layer by layer until one day there's nothing left. :sad:

Have fun :wink:


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 12:54 pm 
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westgatelad wrote:
i was finding my feet ladies. lol.


all good now.


You will only find your feet by being out there at different times - a 12 hour shift or two, both ways, should sort that out :wink:

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:23 pm 
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Done 9am to 16:30 yesterday.

went home for lunch and a natter for a good few hours.

Back out for the cattle race later until 3:30am.

Car needs a wash. But was worth the hasstle.

Getting ready for the Saturday rabble now.

I have found something I honestly really enjoy.

Good customers far outweigh the bad.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:50 pm 
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westgatelad wrote:
Done 9am to 16:30 yesterday.

went home for lunch and a natter for a good few hours.

Back out for the cattle race later until 3:30am.

Car needs a wash. But was worth the hasstle.

Getting ready for the Saturday rabble now.

I have found something I honestly really enjoy.

Good customers far outweigh the bad.



Was it worth your while stopping out??


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:19 pm 
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I can't say that it didn't help with the bills. :D

I like how autocab shows the drivers all chatting in one place and I keep well away from there and pick up the jobs around the zones.

This has kept me busy. I see jobs not bidded on and just pluck them up. A job is a job right?

The mystery is when it shows the drop off point. :shock:


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:36 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:


Was it worth your while stopping out??



Well for the last four hours I headed home from the jobs. Rule was that if i get home. I stay home until later on.

Never managed to get more than a mile and a half without the screen flashing.


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westgatelad wrote:
I can't say that it didn't help with the bills. :D

I like how autocab shows the drivers all chatting in one place and I keep well away from there and pick up the jobs around the zones.

This has kept me busy. I see jobs not bidded on and just pluck them up. A job is a job right?

The mystery is when it shows the drop off point. :shock:


We cant bid on jobs, that facility is defeated, the base op has total control

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:20 pm 
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We are on autocab. I'd also rather hang round the areas with no available cars than chat and be position 3 or 4. the longer you do it, the more you will earn as you will get quicker , you won't have to consult sat nav all the time ans you will get a feel for the best areas to hang around. good luck, it is tough, but can be rewarding if you are prepared to work long hours.

for me, the average 12 Hour sat shift will see me on break for no longer than 20 mins To grab food and a drink.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:47 pm 
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southwalesph wrote:
We are on autocab. I'd also rather hang round the areas with no available cars than chat and be position 3 or 4. the longer you do it, the more you will earn as you will get quicker , you won't have to consult sat nav all the time ans you will get a feel for the best areas to hang around. good luck, it is tough, but can be rewarding if you are prepared to work long hours.

for me, the average 12 Hour sat shift will see me on break for no longer than 20 mins To grab food and a drink.



Cheers for that.

My office is right in the heart of my usual jaunts, so the work is pretty simple to get to.

I have noticed that my screen bleeps at me more often when I am bursting for a wazz. Less often when I am not bladder bursting.

Hours so far have perfectly fitted around my life. My better half is happy with the ability for me to come home and see my boy and have a natter over a brew. Then go back out.

I need to turn a blind eye when I plan to go home and not quickly sneak to the hospital near my house in case someone has finished visiting. That 1 last job leads to another, then another. Until I am eventually being greedy and selfish at the same time.

If that makes sense.

But in all honesty. Paying my office today and handing in my chuckkie was pretty simple stuff without having to worry.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:29 am 
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westgatelad wrote:
I like how autocab shows the drivers all chatting in one place and I keep well away from there and pick up the jobs around the zones.
Can be misleading that. I can go into the town centre on a Sat night, plot position 20 and two minutes later have a job, yet the screen never shows less than 20 cars plotted. There's a reason some areas don't have cars plotted on them, if it was worth waiting there the experienced guys would already be doing so. In my experience the plots that always have the highest number of cars on them are the ones with the most jobs coming in - it doesn't matter what position you are its how long you wait before getting a job that counts.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:26 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:

We cant bid on jobs, that facility is defeated, the base op has total control


It doesn't work on Mercury mate, it crashes the system.


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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

We cant bid on jobs, that facility is defeated, the base op has total control


It doesn't work on Mercury mate, it crashes the system.


wouldnt know, its not an option!

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