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aah sugar Cap, i was under the illusion that Skull was doing on behalf of the taxi drivers in Edinburgh......


Aye right, and Scotland will win the World Cup :lol:

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so in essence he and his pal are nothing more than opportunists?


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so in essence he and his pal are nothing more than opportunists?


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you have a fair point thier about them accpepting free plates, but the question still remains, is Skull nothing but an opportunist? i believe he is, after allif i was given a free plate i would be overjoyed, but instead i have had to invest in the business, as have the majority in Edinburgh, so why should a couple of "wanna plate mates" come along and scream drivers rights etc?


No 187ums you need me to be whatever justifies your insignificant existence by making it more significant at least in your own mind. You did not invest in a business nor are you a "businessman". At best you are a self-employed taxi driver who was daft enough to invest money in something with an artificial value. Now you are a slave to that little illusion you are so desperately trying to hold on too. As for yours truly I never got a free plate I paid for it and its true value at that. And if numptys like you want to throw money at me for selling it then so be it.

The whole thing is a con and totally dependent on taxi driver’s bowing and scraping to their political masters to keep the little illusion alive.

BTW The truth is 187ums you bought in to the illusion to be something more than your insecurities were telling everyone you were. I bet you can't just wait to tell everyone you meet what a successful "businessman" you are. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Back in 5 mins just nipping out to be sick. :roll:

What a dreamer :shock:


Another classic example of skull's "thinking." We are all insignificant and subordinate to his superior vision of some Utopian world, where the sayings of skull are worshipped as showing the path of true deliverance from our slavery to these "plate monsters.".

The reality is, we've heard it all before in many different guises. The guys who tell us that they're going to fix everything that is wrong with the trade and show us how it should be run; they know it all (albeit F**K all)
Face facts Garry and come clean. Revenge is your only motivation.
Wipe us all out? Doubt it, the trade has weathered many like you and survived. Yes there have been lows and highs but soon even those on here will see you for what you are and you will be consigned to the history books as just another wannabe.


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you have a fair point thier about them accpepting free plates, but the question still remains, is Skull nothing but an opportunist? i believe he is, after allif i was given a free plate i would be overjoyed, but instead i have had to invest in the business, as have the majority in Edinburgh, so why should a couple of "wanna plate mates" come along and scream drivers rights etc?




No 187ums you need me to be whatever justifies your insignificant existence by making it more significant at least in your own mind. You did not invest in a business nor are you a "businessman". At best you are a self-employed taxi driver who was daft enough to invest money in something with an artificial value. Now you are a slave to that little illusion you are so desperately trying to hold on too. As for yours truly I never got a free plate I paid for it and its true value at that. And if numptys like you want to throw money at me for selling it then so be it.

The whole thing is a con and totally dependent on taxi driver’s bowing and scraping to their political masters to keep the little illusion alive.

BTW The truth is 187ums you bought in to the illusion to be something more than your insecurities were telling everyone you were. I bet you can't just wait to tell everyone you meet what a successful "businessman" you are. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Back in 5 mins just nipping out to be sick. :roll:

What a dreamer :shock:


Another classic example of skull's "thinking." We are all insignificant and subordinate to his superior vision of some Utopian world, where the sayings of skull are worshipped as showing the path of true deliverance from our slavery to these "plate monsters.".

The reality is, we've heard it all before in many different guises. The guys who tell us that they're going to fix everything that is wrong with the trade and show us how it should be run; they know it all (albeit F**K all)
Face facts Garry and come clean. Revenge is your only motivation.
Wipe us all out? Doubt it, the trade has weathered many like you and survived. Yes there have been lows and highs but soon even those on here will see you for what you are and you will be consigned to the history books as just another wannabe.




Raw nerve Alan read the post again I think you have lost the plot a bit

No 187ums you need me to be whatever justifies your insignificant existence by making it more significant at least in your own mind. You did not invest in a business nor are you a "businessman". At best you are a self-employed taxi driver who was daft enough to invest money in something with an artificial value. Now you are a slave to that little illusion you are so desperately trying to hold on too. As for yours truly I never got a free plate I paid for it and its true value at that. And if numptys like you want to throw money at me for selling it then so be it.

The whole thing is a con and totally dependent on taxi driver’s bowing and scraping to their political masters to keep the little illusion alive.

BTW The truth is 187ums you bought in to the illusion to be something more than your insecurities were telling everyone you were. I bet you can't just wait to tell everyone you meet what a successful "businessman" you are.

Back in 5 mins just nipping out to be sick.

What a dreamer

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so if it is such an illusion why are you so desperate to "shatter" the illusion?

what will you do if you get your free plate? start moaning about the vehicle guide lines? will you want to be sticking your plastic on to any old banger?

p.s. I have no aspirations to be selling alan sugar selling dodgy merchandise....



If it’s not an illusion then you have nothing to fear from de-restriction then do you? So I couldn’t shatter that little illusion you have invested so much money in now could I? If you truly are a “businessman” with a “business” investment you have nothing to worry about because it’s not an illusion it’s reality. No how could I shatter that?

The only problem is de-restriction would blow your little illusion all to f***


Need I say more?

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Raw nerve Alan read the post again I think you have lost the plot a bit

No 187ums you need me to be whatever justifies your insignificant existence by making it more significant at least in your own mind. You did not invest in a business nor are you a "businessman". At best you are a self-employed taxi driver who was daft enough to invest money in something with an artificial value. Now you are a slave to that little illusion you are so desperately trying to hold on too. As for yours truly I never got a free plate I paid for it and its true value at that. And if numptys like you want to throw money at me for selling it then so be it.

The whole thing is a con and totally dependent on taxi driver’s bowing and scraping to their political masters to keep the little illusion alive.

BTW The truth is 187ums you bought in to the illusion to be something more than your insecurities were telling everyone you were. I bet you can't just wait to tell everyone you meet what a successful "businessman" you are.

Back in 5 mins just nipping out to be sick.

What a dreamer


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sorry skull but as usual you are talking utter tosh, the reason why limits are in place are to protect your business - if you cant understand this then you are beyond help.

thing is skull, you had a plate and you gave it away, and now you want another free one

and as for your attacks on Mr T and the Captain, I think you are just plain jealous of what they have achieved, whilst you are kicking yourself for selling for your free plate.

i bet you wake up at night and wonder " if only i never sold it ", now thats a nightmare


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sorry skull but as usual you are talking utter tosh, the reason why limits are in place are to protect your business - if you cant understand this then you are beyond help.


Is that the oficial reason Oxford gave to the DfT?

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nah they said they realised the free for all that you espouse was the best option, thing is they realised thier would be over 300+ cars on the streets of Oxford, and if you have ever been here you will know just how tiny the place is.

imagine 300+ cars competing for a limiting factor called space.


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187ums wrote:

imagine 300+ cars competing for a limiting factor called space.


I always thought space and polution was their overriding factor, I'm glad we sorted that one out?

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sorry skull but as usual you are talking utter tosh, the reason why limits are in place are to protect your business - if you cant understand this then you are beyond help.

No, limits are supposed to meet demand plain and simple nothing to do with protecting your "business".

The driver's already meet this demand all be it driving someones else's taxi.


thing is skull, you had a plate and you gave it away, and now you want another free one

No I didn't give it away and it was not free I paid for it. There is no such a thing as a free plate.

and as for your attacks on Mr T and the Captain, I think you are just plain jealous of what they have achieved, whilst you are kicking yourself for selling for your free plate.

I take nothing away from Mr. T he has used the taxi environment to his best advantage under the circumstances but that does not make it right. Wayne's World on the other hand is totally dependent on his brothers. Not much I can add to that other than lucky old Wayne must be nice to have an opinion based on personal experience.


I bet you wake up at night and wonder " if only i never sold it ", now thats a nightmare



Wrong again like I said before if any mug wants to give me a pot of cash I will punt it every time. I would hate to think I missed the opportunity to cash in because the council pulled the plug on my "business" cough cough.

But this doesn't change the fact you did not invest in a "business" nor are you a "businessman".

At best you are a pseudo council employee with a whole chunk of cash invested in keeping you in a job.

The truth is 187ums you bought into this little scam thinking it would make you someone more significant than you already are.


You must be over the MOON :wink:

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hey Skull I understand that you have actually had two plates, is that right?

we will call you "Skull two plates"....


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hey Skull I understand that you have actually had two plates, is that right?

we will call you "Skull two plates"....


Skull Two Plates Multiple Owner Cartel Operator

to be precise :wink:

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