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Yes, maybe he got a time machine for Christmas

Or perhaps it's all one of those clever jokes about the neutrino

Well cream crackered.
Considering there where only 5 of us working, different company's, we had a dam good night, only 2 pubs open in local housing schemes, so no one called from them, all phone work house to house at one stage I was telling folk around an hour, and as they where in a nice warm house they waited.
Have a look at google earth and you can see just what Galashiels is like it approximately 3 miles long by a mile wide, so when there next to no other traffic on the roads its easy to get around.
When you have lots of phone work you can organise a drop then a quick pick up in the same area even the same street.
Yes we are derestricted.
What tends to happen here is families collect family and friends at lunch time, then get them cabs to get them home later.
That was 87 runs just from 6.30 PM BTW, the longest run was 10 miles and I got a return
Things do come true even in fairy tails

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

That's over 7 jobs an hour for 12 hours or 4 jobs for 18 hours. Skippy, you have a wonderful imagination.

What is it with taxi drivers and talking shi*e?

Well in my 39 yrs of doing this job I have never heard such a load of c**p in all my life,I thought we had some donemores down here but you take the prize!!.
You were back on here after 71/2 hrs which means you did 87 jobs in that time, an average of 5.1 mins per job!!
What a w*nker!!

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42 years now! and still going strong!

With or without strings?

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IDFIMH

I've been doing this job longer than most, but not as long as some, and in that time have worked some very crazy long hours, and I have never ever done 87 jobs in a day.

Between 40 and 50 is the most I can think of.

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IDFIMH

I used to do 50 on a radio circuit....but that includes lots of rtfc.....and that was over 15 hours

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I don't think he had time for that as well!

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Grandad,

I remember when I first started driving Taxis, ( 1959), I was really young. Then, diesel was only 1s & 4d a gallon (roughly, £6 a litre by todays prices). Anyhoo, Edinburgh was regulated then, there was only 127 Taxis on the road. I remember this guy, Jim was his name, we referred to him as Mr Jasbar. He was the most popular driver in the Toon’. I always remeber what his catch-phrase was, “ I never got to where I am today by listening to rumors of deregulation”. He was a great guy, and I often wonder what happened to him.
The main point I want to make is, on Christmas Eve 1960, ( The flag-down then was 9d), I worked a 12 hr shift, nae’ breaks, I pashed & shat masel’ in the Cab, had an average of 33 passengers per hour, and made £9, 10s, 4d, The eqilivent of £685 !. So you’re right Skippy. it can be done. Unfortunately there are there are always going to be,Doubting Thomas’ mate.

Yes, or perhaps your as retarded as him?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Read my post again CC, it was meant as a joke,,, Don't know why you're being so nasty.

I thought that after I'd hit the posty type button.......i apologise.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Apology accepted. Btw, 1959 ? I was 2 years old.