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 Post subject: Taxitalk May 09 issue
PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:45 am 
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http://www.hphpublishersltd.co.uk/pdfs/Taxi%20Talk%20May-2009.pdf

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I look forward to my copy that I subscribed to!!!

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:56 pm 
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captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:09 pm 
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lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I hope you read all of that column and didn't just pick out the bits you like :wink:

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:39 pm 
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toots wrote:
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I hope you read all of that column and didn't just pick out the bits you like :wink:

Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us :sad: :sad: :sad:


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:20 am 
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I loved that bit about the pilot, reminds me of MrT once in Newcastle. :lol:


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lawman wrote:
toots wrote:
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I hope you read all of that column and didn't just pick out the bits you like :wink:

Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us :sad: :sad: :sad:


Did you ask the NTA for advice or did you join the T&G?

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Nigel wrote:
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I loved that bit about the pilot, reminds me of MrT once in Newcastle. :lol:


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The trade tells people it’s a profession, yet it seems to do everything it can to suggest it isn’t, more worryingly it doesn’t actually look like a profession but more a ragtag and bobtail outfit full of people who can’t do anything else.


I quite like this bit :wink:

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I don’t know if some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid, no, I’ll rephrase that, I know some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid. Be they those cherry-pickers who charge £30 to go through a tunnel under the Mersey, or those other hackney drivers who seem to think they should be excluded from RTFC work. Either way, the public do remember being ripped off and they do remember a crap service. We
are not so much giving customers to private hire as driving them away. What surprises me is that still the HC trade wonder why it’s quiet


I like this bit as well :wink:

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toots wrote:
Nigel wrote:
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I loved that bit about the pilot, reminds me of MrT once in Newcastle. :lol:


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The trade tells people it’s a profession, yet it seems to do everything it can to suggest it isn’t, more worryingly it doesn’t actually look like a profession but more a ragtag and bobtail outfit full of people who can’t do anything else.

yep agreed but why punish eveyone for the sins of a few :wink:

I quite like this bit :wink:

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I don’t know if some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid, no, I’ll rephrase that, I know some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid. Be they those cherry-pickers who charge £30 to go through a tunnel under the Mersey, or those other hackney drivers who seem to think they should be excluded from RTFC work. Either way, the public do remember being ripped off and they do remember a crap service. We
are not so much giving customers to private hire as driving them away. What surprises me is that still the HC trade wonder why it’s quiet


I like this bit as well :wink:


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toots wrote:
Nigel wrote:
lawman wrote:
captain cab wrote:

Excellent column on page 34 revealing the truth about all the garbage and
scams and waste of public money involved in the crass training courses we had to suffer :shock: :shock:


I loved that bit about the pilot, reminds me of MrT once in Newcastle. :lol:


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The trade tells people it’s a profession, yet it seems to do everything it can to suggest it isn’t, more worryingly it doesn’t actually look like a profession but more a ragtag and bobtail outfit full of people who can’t do anything else.


I quite like this bit :wink:

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I don’t know if some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid, no, I’ll rephrase that, I know some within the hackney carriage trade are stupid. Be they those cherry-pickers who charge £30 to go through a tunnel under the Mersey, or those other hackney drivers who seem to think they should be excluded from RTFC work. Either way, the public do remember being ripped off and they do remember a crap service. We
are not so much giving customers to private hire as driving them away. What surprises me is that still the HC trade wonder why it’s quiet


I like this bit as well :wink:

Yep agreed but why punish everyone for the sins of a few :wink: :wink:


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Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us


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Did you ask the NTA for advice or did you join the T&G?


Did you not see my question :?

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toots wrote:
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Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us


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Did you ask the NTA for advice or did you join the T&G?


Did you not see my question :?

Tand G were supposed to represent us but let us down big style :sad: :sad:


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lawman wrote:
toots wrote:
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Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us


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Did you ask the NTA for advice or did you join the T&G?


Did you not see my question :?

Tand G were supposed to represent us but let us down big style :sad: :sad:


Awww never mind. I take it you are not part of the T&G now. Perhaps you should contact the NTA. I personally have yet to have proven to me that any union is actually worth it's salt at the moment :wink:

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toots wrote:
lawman wrote:
toots wrote:
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Yep my dear read it all and re read it all and still love it only wish
Mr Wayne Casey was about in Bournemouth 5 years ago when the
crap was inflicted on us


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Did you ask the NTA for advice or did you join the T&G?


Did you not see my question :?

Tand G were supposed to represent us but let us down big style :sad: :sad:


Awww never mind. I take it you are not part of the T&G now. Perhaps you should contact the NTA. I personally have yet to have proven to me that any union is actually worth it's salt at the moment :wink:

Agree with you there but what do you think about the rest of Mr Caseys
article on Btec waste scams corruption etc :? :)


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Awww never mind. I take it you are not part of the T&G now. Perhaps you should contact the NTA. I personally have yet to have proven to me that any union is actually worth it's salt at the moment Wink


There is probably not one Toots (save but the airlines) as they are all now basically run like a business and the man at the top has got to have his wedge.

If you contact them to say that there is potentially 1/2000 members who could do with and need representation, they will instead of going out to the ranks to get it, tell you to go to them! It is by no small design that they have lost over the years 18/19 million members when they are too lazy to get off of their backsides to get it back.

Unfortunately the drivers who could be self sufficient in themselves lack the trust and backbone to sort it out, oh and of course the greedy sods who would rather work ridiculous hours than have a Custers last stand that could give them a good life.

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