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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: silverbullet on May 03, 2020, 12:52:35 pm
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For those drivers still working. Is it all health workers and pharmaceutical suppliers?
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Drug dealers and alcoholics
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Seriously though, is there any work out there ?
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I doubt after costs minus the 350 you would make a deuce .
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And Still the Hungary poxes risk it
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about 85% are drug dealers making drop offs and druggies going to score coke.
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Lots of young track suit wearing lads doing drop and return to pickup ie they goin up to somone with drugs then return home
D12 and d8 I'm told
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It seems there is still a dribble coming and going from the airport
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Lots of young track suit wearing lads doing drop and return to pickup ie they goin up to somone with drugs then return home
D12 and d8 I'm told
If your not part of the solution yur part of the problem.....
Why would ya drive that filth dirt and scum around ...
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Lots of young track suit wearing lads doing drop and return to pickup ie they goin up to somone with drugs then return home
D12 and d8 I'm told
If your not part of the solution yur part of the problem.....
Why would ya drive that filth dirt and scum around ...
Urgent medical supplies... ::fuck
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Still see a good few day trippers....Dont know what calibre they were........
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They are called idiots. Travelling with a deasise invested Hungary cunt who is prepared to risk life and limb to deliver a 50% discounted job at the behest of dispatchers
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It's encouraging that Trump is going to repatriate pharmaceutical suppliers. Imagine little Harley, Roman or Cooper trying to explain their way out of be re-homed to Idaho! 8)
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They are called idiots. Travelling with a deasise invested Hungary cunt who is prepared to risk life and limb to deliver a 50% discounted job at the behest of dispatchers
they're unbelievers like myself.
not everybody has bought in to the boogie man virus.
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They are greedy cunts who hopefully will be caught when it transpires they have been claiming the 350 as well
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you've every right to claim the three fiddy and still go out and have a lash.
the government has taken the vast majority of the punters hostage.
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Ya have an your bollox you cannot claim unemployment benefit and work at the same time
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Anyone know how many Hungarians we have in Ireland?
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Ya have an your bollox you cannot claim unemployment benefit and work at the same time
maybe by the book you can't, but this is the taxi industry we're talkin about here.
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They are called idiots. Travelling with a deasise invested Hungary cunt who is prepared to risk life and limb to deliver a 50% discounted job at the behest of dispatchers
I'm not working but taxi driver 2 doors up from me who 72 is
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Funny thing a out it is, it does seem to be all auld fellas out there
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Walked around Marlay Park this morning, lots of Joggers coming at me panting away as I walked on breathing in some of the air they'd just exhaled violently I yhought to myself .. I'd be safer working in the Taxi
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Funny thing a out it is, it does seem to be all auld fellas out there
Because they get the pension money not the 350
So they can legally work
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Funny thing a out it is, it does seem to be all auld fellas out there
They're being caught out now, telling all and sundry " Ah sure I have me money made"!! 8)
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I don't think your right there taxi, you cannot work and claim unemployment benefit at the same time
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Funny thing a out it is, it does seem to be all auld fellas out there
Immigrants?
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I don't think your right there taxi, you cannot work and claim unemployment benefit at the same time
DM anyone claiming and working their taxi via one of the Apps or dispatchers are playing a very dangerous game, who knows what the revenue will ask to be shared. If they working "Cash" only they should be safe enuf.
On the other hand i would say there is Fcuk very little cash jobs out there to take the chance.
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I don't think your right there taxi, you cannot work and claim unemployment benefit at the same time
DM anyone claiming and working their taxi via one of the Apps or dispatchers are playing a very dangerous game, who knows what the revenue will ask to be shared. If they working "Cash" only they should be safe enuf.
On the other hand i would say there is Fcuk very little cash jobs out there to take the chance.
Catching a virus versus an audit, choices choices!
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I don't think your right there taxi, you cannot work and claim unemployment benefit at the same time
DM anyone claiming and working their taxi via one of the Apps or dispatchers are playing a very dangerous game, who knows what the revenue will ask to be shared. If they working "Cash" only they should be safe enuf.
On the other hand i would say there is Fcuk very little cash jobs out there to take the chance.
Catching a virus versus an audit, choices choices!
SB an audit would be mild in comparison what these cnuts will be subject to, I would imagine it will be straight for the jugular
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I think the usual penalty for welfare fraud is repayment via a deduction of up to 15% from future claims... provided you hold your hands up, of course.
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Walked around Marlay Park this morning, lots of Joggers coming at me panting away as I walked on breathing in some of the air they'd just exhaled violently I yhought to myself .. I'd be safer working in the Taxi
Have to agree somewhat with that..out with the dog 2day ...younger people nearly walking into you and a lot of aggression there but at least I could get away...Not in a taxi though!
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And Still the Hungary poxes risk it
Are you calling me also a 'Hungary Pox' DM ?
I worked the last 2 weeks making decent coin, I took in about 65% of my usual takings,
but at least it gets me outta de house and back on the Street after taking 3 Legit weeks off.
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
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Nonsense, DM. Evidence shows that taxis are by far the safest way to travel for those who have to make essential journeys. Avoiding crowds is key to slowing the spread and keeping it pithing the desired rate. Ken has probably saved as many lives as any doctor or nurse... not all heroes wear masks and gloves.
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It's not just crowds that you must avoid ..
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Who told ya that rat , your pal Vinny Kearns, or your buddy in main St swords ? I'm utterly convinced your on the books. Come to think of it , Ken is a buddy of the bould Mr Kearns as well
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Who told ya that rat , your pal Vinny Kearns, or your buddy in main St swords ? I'm utterly convinced your on the books. Come to think of it , Ken is a buddy of the bould Mr Kearns as well
The psychological term would be Self serving bias.Depression and the Self-Serving Bias
Sometimes when people are depressed or have low self-esteem, their attribution style is flipped.
They attribute positive events to chance or external help, and attribute negative events to their own character.
If someone is feeling irritable, they might attribute negative events to a combination of internal and external factors, (i.e., "I suck and everybody sucks.").
But yes, the rank expression would be hungry pox.
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Who told ya that rat , your pal Vinny Kearns, or your buddy in main St swords ? I'm utterly convinced your on the books. Come to think of it , Ken is a buddy of the bould Mr Kearns as well
Not sure where you've been for the past couple of months... but to put you wide, Vinny is totally against taximen / taxi drivers working. In fact he was the only drivers' rep that argued in favour of us getting the pandemic welfare payment. You might recall the erm posting an article within which he shamelessly sensationalised Mick the moan's passing in his quest to discourage drivers from working.
The bosses won't starve over a few months freight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIh5dUOz824 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIh5dUOz824)
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So if he cares about drivers that much, why didn't he close up ?
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It's an essential service.
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Essential for who , him or the punters.. ? He said in an interview maybe I should think about closing my own door when asked , but did he do it ? Did he fukk
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@ DM, Did you read what I posted last month ?
I was on the Dog (Phone) to Vinny this morning and to be fair he was not complaining, even though I know how ever much we are suffering financially, he with God only knows how many rentals parked up is suffering a lot more, he told me that he has told a lot of his elder drivers to park up and his offer to them was; "Park up, pay No base sub or rental, your insurance will be frozen and come back when ever you want" and that offer is open to all of his drivers, if'n they wish to continue to work then their usual base sub of 100 is now reduced to 25.
Fook it, ya can't be any fairer than that !
Fer the begrudgers on here, I'm a Cork Taxi driver and Vinny is a Dooblin dispatcher so we don't or never had any interaction in business, we just chat as friends and I asked Vinny before our call ended was it OK to post on the forum of what he said, and he gave me the OK.
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
I'm Not insisting on spreading the virus as you say DM, I am classified as an essential worker, granted not all of my work is Medical but a good share of it is and the FN discount is Not 50% to drivers as the 15% commission is waved on Medical jobs, so it is 35% which on short jobs which nearly all are it costs the driver about 1 Euro.
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A couple of weeks ago you were critizing F/N you even gave the impression you were finished with them because of the letter. 5 minutes later your back doing their bidding, happy to do the discounted jobs. As for your pal Vinny, he STILL did not close his doors
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
I'm Not insisting on spreading the virus as you say DM, I am classified as an essential worker, granted not all of my work is Medical but a good share of it is and the FN discount is Not 50% to drivers as the 15% commission is waved on Medical jobs, so it is 35% which on short jobs which nearly all are it costs the driver about 1 Euro.
Ken how can you even try justify doing these jobs?
Imo anybody doing these bring the hero to work jobs for half price deserves to catch the corona pox and die roaring, just like the taxi business is with free now
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Essential for who , him or the punters.. ? He said in an interview maybe I should think about closing my own door when asked , but did he do it ? Did he fukk
The clients. If he shutdown he'd lose drivers and customers. Technically, drivers are self-employed so he can't force them to stop working... although he has tried to persuade them not to work. They'd just work for another firm if he switched his radio off. Anywaysanall, it's not his decision, the directors as a collective are responsible.
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Fair play, Ken. You are doing yourself, our trade and Cork proud. Keep up the good work and stay safe.... and, FFS, get your 3 and a half a week back, you're more than entitled to it.
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Here lies Ken
A true hero he helped to spread the coronavirus. He was so brave, he even worked for fukkall , while the people who detailed him to do so, hid in the bunkers in Mount street. God bless Ken , and his cab and all that sail in it. Proudly posted by his number 1 supporter Mr rat
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Living in fear is not living!
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In a free world we can all make our own choices
And live with them.
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It's an essential service.
No it isn't.
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No it isn't.
Tell that to the widow(er)s / ex (same sex) partners who wouldn't have got to their dying spouse's / (same sex) partner's bedside if there were no taxis... and the tens of thousands of essential workers who would have caught COVID '19 and died if they had to travel by bus, train or Luas.
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No it isn't.
Tell that to the widow(er)s / ex (same sex) partners who wouldn't have got to their dying spouse's / (same sex) partner's bedside if there were no taxis... and the tens of thousands of essential workers who would have caught COVID '19 and died if they had to travel by bus, train or Luas.
Widows are not allowed by the bedside. People can do social distancing on public transport , not so in the back seat of a money hungry pox.
Try harder.
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That's crazy... how can you avoid crowds on a crowded bus?
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Just from what I've seen on my walks the buses rarely have more than 5/6 passengers.One free seat every three rows with the others covered by cardboard unavailable for use.
That's on Dublin bus and bus Eireann a good while now.
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Just from what I've seen on my walks the buses rarely have more than 5/6 passengers.One free seat every three rows with the others covered by cardboard unavailable for use.
That's on Dublin bus and bus Eireann a good while now.
The buses are ghost buses.
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I doubt they're even covering the cost of the diesel under the current restrictions.
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... all touching the handrails, all standing in queues, etc, etc. They're filthy infested metal boxes not even disinfected after each run. The NBRU man on the wireless yesterday said average occupancy is 19 pax.
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That seems like a lot.Maybe the trains are bringing up th average.All the buses I've seen have been relatively empty.
I've noticed the bus Eireann ones can have only one passenger leaving town heading for Cavan.More subsidies on the way for them lads.
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Sure rat what's the point of rushing to see your loved ones, when you get there your not allowed in ?
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He was talking about buses. He did say he wants CIE to disinfect buses every day though... I woulda thought they'd be doing that already but still no comparison to a taxi with a maximum of 4 pax being disinfected once or twice a month, I guess.
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... all touching the handrails, all standing in queues, etc, etc. They're filthy infested metal boxes not even disinfected after each run. The NBRU man on the wireless yesterday said average occupancy is 19 pax.
My neighbour drives a bus and reckons the only passengers moving are junkies going to dealing hotspots.
At each terminus they have of those cleaning things that completely sanitizes the vehicle for the next leg.
It's in your vernacular as an Immigrant?
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Twice a month..la de dah..my car has moss growing on the roof!.
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Sure rat what's the point of rushing to see your loved ones, when you get there your not allowed in ?
Not sure.. there was a woman on with Joe Duffy (wash your hands) yesterday who said she felt she had to be there and had to take a taxi to get there... I think she was accommodated in some way by the hospital workers... there was another woman after that who couldn't get there and was completely distraught.... and possibly another similar after that.
Fair play to the taxi driver who got Liveline (wash your hands) Woman #1 where she wanted/needed to be.
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
I'm Not insisting on spreading the virus as you say DM, I am classified as an essential worker, granted not all of my work is Medical but a good share of it is and the FN discount is Not 50% to drivers as the 15% commission is waved on Medical jobs, so it is 35% which on short jobs which nearly all are it costs the driver about 1 Euro.
Ken how can you even try justify doing these jobs?
Imo anybody doing these bring the hero to work jobs for half price deserves to catch the corona pox and die roaring, just like the taxi business is with free now
Are you observing the 2km rule El Tonio while out Fishing ?
I doubt it ! Don't be Preaching to me !!
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It's 5 kilos now. Loads out walking last evening... people who have never walked further than from their sofa to their bathroom if truth be known.
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Here lies Ken
A true hero he helped to spread the coronavirus. He was so brave, he even worked for fukkall , while the people who detailed him to do so, hid in the bunkers in Mount street. God bless Ken , and his cab and all that sail in it. Proudly posted by his number 1 supporter Mr rat
I did not know that is how you looked upon me DM,
But you are entitled to your opinion as much as I am,
and I hope we can part as Friends.
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Fair play, Ken. You are doing yourself, our trade and Cork proud. Keep up the good work and stay safe.... and, FFS, get your 3 and a half a week back, you're more than entitled to it.
Thanks fer the support Stephen, I got the 350 fer the 3 weeks I took off, no more, no less.
And all totally legit, No App work fer those 3 weeks.
(https://i.postimg.cc/cKjgKHkV/thumbnail-Screenshot-2020-04-27-at-07-15-45.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/cKjgKHkV)
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If your takings are reduced you're entitled to claim it and work.
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/68c144-what-to-do-if-you-are-self-employed-covid-19/ (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/68c144-what-to-do-if-you-are-self-employed-covid-19/)
What to do if you are self-employed (COVID-19)
Published: 3 April 2020
From: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
If you pay yourself as a PAYE worker through your payroll then you can apply for the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme from the Revenue Commissioners.
If you don’t pay yourself as a PAYE worker then you should claim the emergency COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment at MyWelfare.ie.
You may, if your trading income has collapsed to the extent that you are available to take up other full-time employment if it was offered to you, receive a payment of €350 per week for so long as you are available to take up other work. This is equal to the standard jobseeker rate for a two adult household.
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There seems to be some disagreement here. I was so intreagued at the possibility that you could work, and claim at the same time , that I actually rang the department of employment affairs. It took me quite a while to get through to their info section, but I asked an info officer about it , and he said there is absolutely no way you can claim the covid pandemic payment, and work at the same time he said there is a scheme whereby people can work 20 hours per week, and receive some welfare payment, but he was quite adament it does not apply to anyone receiving the covid payment . So my advice is watch out if you are
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He's wrong. It's there in black and white as published by the Dept. He's also wrong about the 20 hours as far as self-employed is concerned, there is no restriction on self-employed hours if you qualify for Jobseekers Allowance. Ring back and ask to speak to someone who knows what they're talking about.
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Funny as it may seem... while I was looking for the quotes of you doing exactly what you criticised Vinny for doing - and posting remarkably similar figures to Vinny's - I came across another interesting contribution you made while you were working during COVID '19... surely a 35% reduction in takings equates to a collapse?
http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=11577.msg136055#msg136055 (http://intaxi.org/forum/index.php?topic=11577.msg136055#msg136055)
Re: Covid-19 effect on Taxi Industry
« Reply #89 on: March 07, 2020, 10:16:50 AM »
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Report on the news last night, that the taxi industry has been hardest hit by the virus. According to the report, drivers are down on average 35% in their takings I would have to say, that accuractuly reflected my performance last night, I don't know about the rest of you
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
I'm Not insisting on spreading the virus as you say DM, I am classified as an essential worker, granted not all of my work is Medical but a good share of it is and the FN discount is Not 50% to drivers as the 15% commission is waved on Medical jobs, so it is 35% which on short jobs which nearly all are it costs the driver about 1 Euro.
Ken how can you even try justify doing these jobs?
Imo anybody doing these bring the hero to work jobs for half price deserves to catch the corona pox and die roaring, just like the taxi business is with free now
Are you observing the 2km rule El Tonio while out Fishing ?
I doubt it ! Don't be Preaching to me !!
Yes ken i am, i haven't had the pleasure of hitting a beach since the pox broke out and the gay injun told us not to travel, fortunately enough there is a river less than 100 yards from my hall door.
Inanyways if i did travel to a beach im still not mixing with the public
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HELLO ANTO .
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HELLO ANTO .
Hi John
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Because of your insistince on wanting to risk spreading the virus, I, and others like me are delayed in going back to work safely
I'm Not insisting on spreading the virus as you say DM, I am classified as an essential worker, granted not all of my work is Medical but a good share of it is and the FN discount is Not 50% to drivers as the 15% commission is waved on Medical jobs, so it is 35% which on short jobs which nearly all are it costs the driver about 1 Euro.
Ken how can you even try justify doing these jobs?
Imo anybody doing these bring the hero to work jobs for half price deserves to catch the corona pox and die roaring, just like the taxi business is with free now
Are you observing the 2km rule El Tonio while out Fishing ?
I doubt it ! Don't be Preaching to me !!
Yes ken i am, i haven't had the pleasure of hitting a beach since the pox broke out and the gay injun told us not to travel, fortunately enough there is a river less than 100 yards from my hall door.
Inanyways if i did travel to a beach im still not mixing with the public
Fook off !
I had a peep at the Erkina river on google maps next to your gaff,
it's a Fookin stream !