Auf ein Wort zu meiner Konzession
-
Nun düs’ ich ja schon einen knappen Monat mit meiner eigenen Konzession
durch München, deswegen ein paar Worte zu meiner Konzession und wie ich zu
ihr kam:...
How 2 Hail A Cab in New York City
-
I am a New York City Taxi Driver and I am going to write a bit How to take a
taxi cab in new york city.
I often come across peoples who actually want to get...
Strike
-
Most of the dockers who went on strike for 26 weeks in Dublin never set foot
inside the dock gates again.
As I write there is still no concrete news about...
their life in my day…
-
As a cab driver well, as this cab driver anyway, you start off each day
wondering quite what your day will have in store for you. On particularly
anxious ...
Mothers Day
-
A typical mothers day. Always guaranteed to be a busy one as I found out
yesterday. I didnt get started til around 1pm due to a very late night the
night b...
Clocks Forward, Proletariats Backward
-
At 4:15 this morning I ambled out of my Brooklyn cavern and walked west 4
blocks. On the last stretch of sidewalk from which one can safely hail a cab
and ...
Runners
-
Along with paltry wages, heavy traffic, violent drunks and a myriad of
regulations, runners are the bane of a cab driver’s life. I explained this
to some n...
Not my day.
-
Last Friday I went to all five boroughs, I did eight trips to Brooklyn,
three to queens and when I got frustrated enough by not getting any trips
within Ma...
Over the Rainbow
-
In Thailand, there's no such thing as too much color. Clothing, decorative
items, as well as signage and advertising often employ a spectrum of hues.
Even ...
XLVII
-
I had made a comment before about how every time somebody calls me an
asshole I know I’m on the right track. The more I thought about that the
more I reali...
Comments......... And other low lifes
-
It was my intention to never moderate comments. So I never learned how.
Regrettably, I've had to learn how. To the Chinese guy who placed comments I
had to...
Jimmy's in Trouble
-
Jimmy's hard to miss. A big, Boston-Irish guy, he stands more than six feet
tall. His bald head is shaved so smooth that it shines like a peeled boiled
egg...
My Cab Runneth Over
-
Sometimes during the course of a shift a taxi driver may notice that events
of the night seem to be taking on the form of a theme. Let's say, for
example, ...
Last Post
-
I'm moving my blogging effort to WordPress, consolidating several blogs into
one platform. From now on, look for my taxidriving stories at
OneMoreFare.com
...
Mustache is my cactus house. Meat!
-
THe winds been blowing awful hard these last few day's. All I can hear is
the sound of the rain hitting my living room window. There is so much out
there, ...
Happy New Year To You All
-
Hi Folks & a Happy New Year to you all.
Since my last post I have been beavering away at work and running to
standstill.
Talking about running I have had ...
Speed limits
-
I fully supported the introduction of variable speed limit signs along
Beaufort st in Highgate. The idea being that at times of high vehicular
and/or pedes...
Me Golden Bollocks...?
-
My previous cab's registration ended GBX. Two mates Silverchris & Carl aka
L.c. Reckon it stands for Golden Bollocks eXtraordinaire.
Well last Saturday nigh...
The suspect dad
-
He flagged me down on Market between Franklin and Gough. There was something
tentative about the way he flagged me down. I felt like he was hiding
somethin...
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS METRO ALERT
-
Last night around midnight I was picking my nose while sitting at a red
light at 14th and Irving when a distressed young woman banged on the
passenger side...
It's been a month.
-
I've been lazy recently and haven't got around to posting for about a month
now. There's a few reasons that I won't bore you with.
I have nothing of real i...
Service Industry <3
-
One upside to this job is that we are essentially customers "people" so in
addition to the taxi drivers themselves as dispatchers we are often speaking
to ...
Good Information and Advice
-
Thought this interesting enough to share with all of you......*FYI*.......
The man that first sent this information is a computer tech. He spends a lot
of ...
Happy Sunday
-
*Aloha Sunday,*
*Friend!
Did You SPRING ahead
to Daylight Savings Time?
(Steady, parts of Indiana! We know you don't Spring or Fall in time.)
><>
Hawaii ...
Blender 3D Guitar Model
-
I learned the basics of 3D modeling in the wonderful free, open source 3D
modeling program Blender recently. Got a book from Amazon: The Essential
Blender ...
C’Est Si Bon
-
Let’s talk about beef. Pastrami to be specific. Doesn’t that look
delicious? Doesn’t that look ridiculously, mouth-wateringly, delicious?
You’d think I ...
I may be back....
-
It's been a dull 10 months or so, but the economic gods may be smiling
again, instead of laughing at us. I'm told the cab business in Southern
Calif may be...
Gringo learns Spanish the hard way
-
I don't speak Spanish, but I've picked up a little bit along the way. A
Hyundai Tiburon drove by a cab stand and I said the car is okay, but why
does it ha...
Anyone there?
-
I don't know if anyone still reads this blog -- and I'm sure some people
will be pissed because all I do on it now is promote my book or whatever --
but i...
I’ve Developed An Aversion to Cab Driving
-
It’s now been just over a year ago that I started this blog. In this project
I’ve managed to record many aspects of what has been overall a really rich
and...
2 Comments:
You've got some really compelling shots here, man.
Thanks Michael
Post a Comment