Google Street View
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Earlier on today Google decided to make street imagery available for most of
the UK. Meaning you can now see what its like in our local streets with a
virt...
The Welsh are here
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The Welsh are arriving for a brilliant sporting weekend.
They love singing and Rugby and digging coal from the ground!
Today the Gods smiled at me and ...
Looks like we’ll be Sriking on St. Patricks Day!
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I gather from the latest press release from the Irish Taxi Council that
Taxis will be on strike from St. Patrick’s Day on…… As the Cabinet are all
away on ...
Visitors
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Lately it seems the majority of passengers are tourists and business
visitors, in particular those from the UK. Yet surprisingly many are only
here for a w...
Grand View
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Having lived in Bangkok now for seven years, some places in this city no
longer seem as novel or as exotic to me as they once did. An exception to
that is ...
SCRUMPTIOUS SNIPPETS FROM 1/25/10
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It was the one year anniversary of my beloved Jenine and I. I spent the
later part of the day caged inside 4H55, earning what would become a near
persona...
You see a lot of things while driving cab
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Over the years, I have seen a lot of things while driving my cab. Some good,
some not so good.
Family Guy lover.
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Senior citizens A.K.A old people do not get into my cab that often because
I have Ford Escape Hybrid and it feels like jumping onto a horse (pony at
least...
XLVII
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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...
waiting for a change…
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So, having broken through the blogging dam that had built up for 3 months &
realised that there is nothing to stop me penning the odd post from my
iPhone, ...
Comments......... And other low lifes
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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...
Amseln im Frühling
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Ich weiß ja nicht, was ihr für Beobachtungen in der Früh macht, mir ist
schon öfters aufgefallen, daß Vögel - insbesondere Amseln, weil es die bei
uns so h...
Jimmy's in Trouble
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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
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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
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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
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Mustache is my cactus house. Meat!
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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
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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
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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...?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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 ...
THE WORLD'S 18 STRANGEST AIRPORTS
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By Chris Sweeney
Popular Mechanics
Engineers tasked with building an airport are faced with countless
challenges: The ideal location needs ample space, en...
Homey's Town(s)
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*ALOHA, Friend*
*Welcome*
*to*
*Wednesday in*
*WAIKIKI*
*
*
*V>*
Click! Click and put your back into it!
Let's turn down the shouting, and turn up the hon...
Heredia, Belén and Alajuela
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Here are a few blurry snapshots taken with the cheap, obsolete phone: Many
of the sidewalks in the old parts of the cities here are made with nicely
finish...
C’Est Si Bon
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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 ...
Cabsandpalmtrees has left the house
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Well, it finally happened. The economy has struck with its evil hand and I'm
out of the taxi business. It's so bad right now that I couldn't make the
weekl...
Gringo learns Spanish the hard way
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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?
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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
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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
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