Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: dalymount on May 03, 2020, 11:03:29 am
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I feel the situation the world finds itself in is to some extent a bit of a novelty. Fear of the unknown is always there, yet I get a strange burst of enthusiasm for life occasionally, and am encouraged by even the slightest bit of positivity I hear from the scientists, that they are working hard on finding a vaccine. Sometimes my enthusiasm makes me want to shout it from the rooftops. Every evening I listen to Dr Tony holohan, hoping that the number of reported deaths will be lower then the day before., I also hope the number of reported cases of infections will be lower than the day before as well. I'm in a kind of a rut as regards going back to work, a large part of me doesn't really care if I go back or not, yet like all of you I can't afford not to my thoughts are how will life change for us all when this is all over, will we ever see what we used to call normality again, if your like me, you will love to hear people talking about cures, vaccines, and return to normal life.
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I'm loving my first decent spell of time off since my school days!
On the virus front I'm getting the impression it spreads more like the cold than the flu and that a vaccine/real cure probably isn't happening, they'll hopefully get better at treating people and less will die, but once normality resumes we're all probably getting this
hopefully I'm wrong
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Good news is John M will never return to work, one less
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The world ain't gonna turn the way it used to for a long time
There be no packed rugby matches no rammed coppers nightclub no mad busy nites no gangs of silly Christmas jumpers looking for lifts home
Announced today flights will rise to1980 prices so no cheap weekends away which fucks airport work up
Taxi business is fucked 100 euro a long nite be the norm
I pity anyone with big overheads
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I'd three months off last year due to bilateral hip replacement surgery.
This year is looking similar.
I'm enjoying every minute.
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I'm kinda off since Christmas.It's getting a little boring but with everything closed and no foreign holidays this year I can't really spend money so no need to be earning.
Dreading going back as the industry won't be the same for a good while.More hours ,less money, more overheads.I'll be milking the 350 for as long as it lasts.
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The thing I'm a little afraid of is, when restrictions are lifted to a great extent, and it appears the worst is over, will the scientists take their respective foots of the gas , and the cure becomes less urgent
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If the government weren't paying us to stay home I reckon most of us would be out spreading the virus.
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Well I think that was the thinking behind it. If we incentivise them enough, then they will stay at home, and in fairness they did incentivise us, but encouraged by the likes of Ebbs, with his 2 Bob screen , the greedy was to much for lots who claim the 350,and work as well
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If the government weren't paying us to stay home I reckon most of us would be out spreading the virus.
Exactly.
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Think the real problem will come after the Sitting Down Money is stopped or reduced to 203 .Listening to Leo on the telly he says .Ireland is one of only a very few countries that counts fatalities that occur both outside and inside hospitals and do not deduct for underlying condition .Ie Big Dommos Aunty was in a hospice on borrowed time and she got pneumonia or some other symptom associated with the fever that would be counted as a corona death and until the lab work is completed later on will they have a genuine figure .So figures for nursing home fatalities might be over estimated and the actual fatality rate could be lower than reported .I know of one case and 2018 reported here his dad was unwell .I like numbers and if you look at the number of infections per million in certain US States you have to wonder if there was an over reaction in some countries that triggered others .All eyes on USA now to see what happens when they lift the lockdown and raise their Rifles in their Cold angry hands .Tourism,Hotels,Pubs wont be back properly till next year so our business will be slow to pick up .
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Greatest holiday I ever had and the weather .....unbelievable
bringing the kids up to howth head summit on ther bikes and no traffic real safe ...and the birds singing ...ya can hear them...and the air on the beach ....have ya noticed how fresh it is ? Every cloud has a silver lining an all that ...shit scared of bein forced back into a taxi ....wish black taxis wit screens wer compulsory then I widnt have to talk to the cnuts atall ...
Probably go back into full phycho mode again wen I'm driving ...fantasizing of garotting sum cnut givin me gip
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Is there any chance that we could be restricted based on your roofie number odd numbers 3 days a week and even four days and the opposite the following week and get paid for the other days on the dole until business improves .
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it's all a loada bollocks.
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Is there any chance that we could be restricted based on your roofie number odd numbers 3 days a week and even four days and the opposite the following week and get paid for the other days on the dole until business improves .
No
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Is there any chance that we could be restricted based on your roofie number odd numbers 3 days a week and even four days and the opposite the following week and get paid for the other days on the dole until business improves .
Eeeh, No !
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dont be to sure !!!!!!!!!!
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I was talking to a driver a few weeks ago, and he hated double jobbers more ten anything. He solution was to propose that they have different colour roof signs to show they are part timers. I said to him do you really think the public give a bollox if he's a part timers or not ?
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September would be a nice time to go back. The bars will be open, schools and colleges starting. Hopefully the disease will be under control by then.
I'd like the summer off weather permitting, although I've noticed the wife looking at me more than usual. I think she's getting jealous of my leisurely lifestyle. She is either thinking ( God he looks so fit since he started exercising, he's so dreamy) or it could be ( look at that lazy fooker at home all day doing nothing)
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Two things women can't stand, an idle man, or a man crying.
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I can do both at the same time..
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Two things women can't stand, an idle man, or a man crying.
Link? 8)
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Add on TV says we've got the paint that doesn't drip, she looks at me and says I've got the drip that doesn't paint
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:Sorry I got the above out of the dandy
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Mixed feelings I guess. On the whole I'm enjoying the time off but my father is in Beaumont... although he hasn't got the virus it does focus the mind, I guess. I'd love to think that we're going to learn how important community is from this whole episode and that we'll move forward with a new sense of values, significantly higher taxation and a strong focus on strengthening and expanding the public sector. However, I'm not optimistic about any of that... one may as well dream while awake as while asleep, I guess.
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A young woman was taking golf lessons and had just started playing her first round of golf when she suffered a bee sting.
Her pain was so intense that she decided to return to the clubhouse for medical assistance.
The golf pro saw her heading back and said, “You are back early, what’s wrong?”
“I was stung by a bee!” she said.
“Where?” he asked.
“Between the first and second hole.” she replied.
He nodded and said, “Then your feet are too far apart”
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Mixed feelings I guess. On the whole I'm enjoying the time off but my father is in Beaumont... although he hasn't got the virus it does focus the mind, I guess. I'd love to think that we're going to learn how important community is from this whole episode and that we'll move forward with a new sense of values, significantly higher taxation and a strong focus on strengthening and expanding the public sector. However, I'm not optimistic about any of that... one may as well dream while awake as while asleep, I guess.
Best wishes for your Dad RC, a nicer man you couldn't meet.
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Thanks, SB... I'll pass on your kind wishes.
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Mixed feelings I guess. On the whole I'm enjoying the time off but my father is in Beaumont... although he hasn't got the virus it does focus the mind, I guess. I'd love to think that we're going to learn how important community is from this whole episode and that we'll move forward with a new sense of values, significantly higher taxation and a strong focus on strengthening and expanding the public sector. However, I'm not optimistic about any of that... one may as well dream while awake as while asleep, I guess.
Best wishes for your Dad RC, a nicer man you couldn't meet.
Hope your Dad is OK Rats
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Thanks, STC.
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What age RC, and the nature of the problem?
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Best wishes to you, and your dad rc, hope it's nothing to serious
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76, BS. Gallstone they think after a week of testing and with further tests planned... but he's becoming increasingly unsteady on his feet despite pretty much every test imaginable finding no identifiable cause other than wear and tear.
Thanks, DM.
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Mmm, gallstones not usually serious if caught early, and easily identified on a scan. Herself had the gall bladder removed last year, slight subsequent, ocasional tummy irritation, she suspects from the clips used to close off, but maybe just slower food processing. Good look with the other issues.
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bringing the kids up to howth head summit on ther bikes and no traffic real safe ..
Is that not outside your 2km radius?
RC, hopefully they sort out your ould fella soon enough.
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Best wishes for your Dad ...hope he recovers soon.
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Northsiders are built with extra strong constitutions so all will be good please God !
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Fect the taxi ,ii be a lot better when golf courses are back open .Plan is to play 4 days a week ,to catch up .When leo stops giving me the €350 ,ii be back working my normal 4 shifts a week ,and 2/3 days golfing .
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bringing the kids up to howth head summit on ther bikes and no traffic real safe ..
Is that not outside your 2km radius?
RC, hopefully they sort out your ould fella soon enough.
Yea vik ...havnt been stopped yet on the bike .....
Best wishes to yur da rat .....
And to dubs da aswell ...hope hes ok too ...difficult time
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A young woman was taking golf lessons and had just started playing her first round of golf when she suffered a bee sting.
Her pain was so intense that she decided to return to the clubhouse for medical assistance.
The golf pro saw her heading back and said, “You are back early, what’s wrong?”
“I was stung by a bee!” she said.
“Where?” he asked.
“Between the first and second hole.” she replied.
He nodded and said, “Then your feet are too far apart”
Fukkin best ever joke in here...magic rofl
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@ Ratcatcher. I hope your Father will be OK, at 76 he is only a 'Young fella'.
My Mum just turned 80 last month and used to play Golf twice a week,
Me da is 79 and used to walk or cycle everywhere before the Cocooning thing set in.
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Thanks for all the good wishes.
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76, BS. Gallstone they think after a week of testing and with further tests planned... but he's becoming increasingly unsteady on his feet despite pretty much every test imaginable finding no identifiable cause other than wear and tear.
Thanks, DM.
He doesn't fit the normal criteria for Gallstones (the 3 Fs) ... Fat, Female and Forty
Hope he gets well soon .... whatever it is
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76, BS. Gallstone they think after a week of testing and with further tests planned... but he's becoming increasingly unsteady on his feet despite pretty much every test imaginable finding no identifiable cause other than wear and tear.
Thanks, DM.
He doesn't fit the normal criteria for Gallstones (the 3 Fs) ... Fat, Female and Forty
Hope he gets well soon .... whatever it is
A few on here fit that description!!