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Title: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 09, 2020, 10:18:06 pm
So there are mixed messages coming from the Government.

They are saying that there is no consensus on the wearing of masks, yet the WHO (obviously not the band) are saying that people should wear them indoors and on public transport.

Our Gov are only advising people to do so.

In other European countries, they are insisting people wear them at all times. In fact, most Euro countries are giving masks out free, or shops to sell them a maximum charge of 50 cent.

According to a report tonight, Aer Lingus are insisting that all passengers must wear masks whilst on board. AirCoach have reduced the capacity of the coaches ( due to social distancing) from 49 seats to only allowing 11 people to be on the coach at any one time.

If,their driver has to help with luggage,he/she must wear gloves and be wearing a mask also.

So,"when" we are all back working (especially airport drivers) should we all insist that passengers wear a mask otherwise we can refuse them.

Afterall, this is about everyones safety. If plane companies insist on it, why shouldn't we. 


 
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: maxi on June 09, 2020, 10:30:28 pm
Trump defund a WHO simply .. a crime against humanity. Still legal in Ireland .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: dalymount on June 09, 2020, 10:34:21 pm
Well justin can you explain why taxi drivers are permitted to work ,while driving testers are not ?.if the logic is social distancing,then how can they justify taxi drivers working ?
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 09, 2020, 10:43:01 pm
Well justin can you explain why taxi drivers are permitted to work ,while driving testers are not ?.if the logic is social distancing,then how can they justify taxi drivers working ?

Well you simply cannot practice social distancing in the confines of a car, the 2 meter rule doesn't work.
 
Before we went into lockdown I was actually on numerous radio stations making this point and both presenters and other members of the public agreed with me.

There is no justification for the few that are presently working. In my opinion they are putting their lives and the lives of their passengers at risk

I work the port mainly and stopped working early March because of the possible risks involved. I didn't know who was getting into the car. Within a few days as it happened, we went into lockdown. 

 
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 09, 2020, 11:23:08 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Taxi driver42 on June 09, 2020, 11:26:32 pm
Justin time
Lol
Working the port so stay on the 350 ur not missing much
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on June 09, 2020, 11:28:23 pm
it's all a loada bollocks.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Bob Shillin on June 09, 2020, 11:29:45 pm
One knows what is said about opinions, and to what they are compared.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Shallowhal on June 09, 2020, 11:33:08 pm
This might be the perfect time for me to wear my full body latex suit and gimp mask in public without being judged.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: maxi on June 10, 2020, 07:26:18 am
This might be the perfect time for me to wear my full body latex suit and gimp mask in public without being judged.

I found this absolutely brilliant! Just came across this point of view of one girl on Lockdown Ireland...


I'm done. I'm fucking sick of this shite. I've absolutely had it. This is nothing but mass mental illness playing out on a worldwide scale. Can't go no fucking road without getting death-glares off every fucking imbecile as though they can see leprosy itself jumping right outta your skin.

Can't even go to the fucking shop for milk or heaven forbid dare to go anywhere near a supermarket to get your bastard groceries without having to partake in a fucking moronic military style operation and that's before they even let you into the hellhole. Because after standing outside in the bubbling, boiling, blistering heat in a queue full of total morons who are quite happily and willingly pandering to this utter fucking lunacy, you've then got to stand like a mong rinsing yourself down under the observation of some wee creepy weirdo making sure you're doing it right before you can gain entry.

Gain official entry.

To the bastard shop.

With your wee disinfected sheepy hands.

What even is this fucktardedness.

Then when you finally get into the zombieland of brain-dead zoo animals you're met with nothing only apocalyptic scenes that would actually make Hollywood blush. Absolutely fucking surrounded by the astoundingly ignorant, masked-up, government arse-licking, baa baa sheeple people and they're all standing where they're told to stand, walking where they're told to walk, following the wee gimpy arrows, standing on their specially allocated social distancing circles. Umm, we're all in the same building ya fucking clowns. What ya think's gonna happen if we stand 1-2cm closer, will the Rona just jump out your fucking pocket and pounce on the poor cunt beside you, fucking grab them by the neck and then boom, deady bye byes.

If even the half of these knuckle draggers applied the most basic level of simple logic and reasoning to any of this and to what the fuck is actually happening here then this monumental shitshow would be over tomorrow. But naw. Not one smidgen of anything that even remotely resembles a braincell between any of them. Spineless weak-minded swines. I'm done as fuck with the lot.

Fuck the Rona. Fuck you. And fuck my life.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Shallowhal on June 10, 2020, 10:20:26 am
That kinda sounds like Octys "love of his life" been off the gargle since March!!
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Octavia1 on June 10, 2020, 10:28:17 am
I doubt most of us be in any position to refuse a passangers just because they no wearing masks ........
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 10:30:02 am
I think I live with the author of that ...Seriously !
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Octavia1 on June 10, 2020, 10:36:22 am
That kinda sounds like Octys "love of his life" been off the gargle since March!!


Shes back on it again tho .....mad cnut ...gone off her ....
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 10, 2020, 10:44:40 am
This might be the perfect time for me to wear my full body latex suit and gimp mask in public without being judged.

I found this absolutely brilliant! Just came across this point of view of one girl on Lockdown Ireland...


I'm done. I'm fucking sick of this shite. I've absolutely had it. This is nothing but mass mental illness playing out on a worldwide scale. Can't go no fucking road without getting death-glares off every fucking imbecile as though they can see leprosy itself jumping right outta your skin.

Can't even go to the fucking shop for milk or heaven forbid dare to go anywhere near a supermarket to get your bastard groceries without having to partake in a fucking moronic military style operation and that's before they even let you into the hellhole. Because after standing outside in the bubbling, boiling, blistering heat in a queue full of total morons who are quite happily and willingly pandering to this utter fucking lunacy, you've then got to stand like a mong rinsing yourself down under the observation of some wee creepy weirdo making sure you're doing it right before you can gain entry.

Gain official entry.

To the bastard shop.

With your wee disinfected sheepy hands.

What even is this fucktardedness.

Then when you finally get into the zombieland of brain-dead zoo animals you're met with nothing only apocalyptic scenes that would actually make Hollywood blush. Absolutely fucking surrounded by the astoundingly ignorant, masked-up, government arse-licking, baa baa sheeple people and they're all standing where they're told to stand, walking where they're told to walk, following the wee gimpy arrows, standing on their specially allocated social distancing circles. Umm, we're all in the same building ya fucking clowns. What ya think's gonna happen if we stand 1-2cm closer, will the Rona just jump out your fucking pocket and pounce on the poor cunt beside you, fucking grab them by the neck and then boom, deady bye byes.

If even the half of these knuckle draggers applied the most basic level of simple logic and reasoning to any of this and to what the fuck is actually happening here then this monumental shitshow would be over tomorrow. But naw. Not one smidgen of anything that even remotely resembles a braincell between any of them. Spineless weak-minded swines. I'm done as fuck with the lot.

Fuck the Rona. Fuck you. And fuck my life.

She makes a lot of sense, however I reckon it's for people like her that the ridiculous rules are required in that she would be foolhardy without them, most of us at this stage know what is safe and what isn't without the need for arrows and spots
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 10:46:57 am
Occi do you live near the Flats .Last Tuesday when the Girls got the allowance there was loads of them and a few more playing bingo .I recon if you turned up the next time the bingo is on they are nozy whores tell them you are an artist and I would bet one of the Mitchell Triplets would offer to pose for ya .You probably wouldnt have to bring her back to your studio or even have paint .She is a lovely girl just not very bright it could be weeks before she realized you never showed her your Easel .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Octavia1 on June 10, 2020, 10:56:06 am
Wen I started drivin a taxi I got the flu every year ....and chest infections,  cold,  yu name it ....I got the swine flu ( mother of jaysus ... nearly a month in bed an 6 months in an out of the eye an ear  ...an I git the aussie flu ...3 weeks in bed an another 3 months in an out of the eye an ear .......it was the most appalling experience of me life....like a really bad hangover but worse .....since then I got the vaccinations and havnt had anything since 2018......
This flu is not to be messed with or underestimated.....
For some it is a mild illness ...for others it can kill ....and that includes men our age ....some are more susceptible than others and from wat I understand men get it worse than woman an kids because adult male hormones interact wit it
And make it deadly ........some of yous mite get a cough an bit of a fever for a bit ....others it can kill them in a few days .....so I have to take the threat of getting it seriously
I'm certain from my susceptibility of coronavirus other than covid 19 and the impacts flu, hav on me  that I cud likly snuff it from the  ting ...And I'm fit and healthy ....
I'm going get complacency naturally like we all will now that we sick of free holidays and tins of Guinness but this ting needs to be treated with caution and respect ...
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Shallowhal on June 10, 2020, 11:00:28 am
You've dealt with worse Octy....the love of your life for starters!!
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Octavia1 on June 10, 2020, 11:06:37 am
Occi do you live near the Flats .Last Tuesday when the Girls got the allowance there was loads of them and a few more playing bingo .I recon if you turned up the next time the bingo is on they are nozy whores tell them you are an artist and I would bet one of the Mitchell Triplets would offer to pose for ya .You probably wouldnt have to bring her back to your studio or even have paint .She is a lovely girl just not very bright it could be weeks before she realized you never showed her your Easel .

Ah johnny ..I painted the love me life nude on the bed .....she looked like a roast chicken tho in the painting ...I'll have to get lessons or sumtin ...but I enjoyed trying .....
amazed how she kept that body all them years an ate nuttin but heinikin an john player specials  ???
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 11:16:03 am
Some of the wimmen keep their Figures I remember Olive Reilly she is exactly the same as she was Forty years ago A fat bird only difference is now she bleaches her Mustashe and Gets June Kerrigan to pluck her eyebrows and wax her legs .She Keeps herself nice .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: stonethecrows on June 10, 2020, 12:27:59 pm
Wen I started drivin a taxi I got the flu every year ....and chest infections,  cold,  yu name it ....I got the swine flu ( mother of jaysus ... nearly a month in bed an 6 months in an out of the eye an ear  ...an I git the aussie flu ...3 weeks in bed an another 3 months in an out of the eye an ear .......it was the most appalling experience of me life....like a really bad hangover but worse .....since then I got the vaccinations and havnt had anything since 2018......
This flu is not to be messed with or underestimated.....
For some it is a mild illness ...for others it can kill ....and that includes men our age ....some are more susceptible than others and from wat I understand men get it worse than woman an kids because adult male hormones interact wit it
And make it deadly ........some of yous mite get a cough an bit of a fever for a bit ....others it can kill them in a few days .....so I have to take the threat of getting it seriously
I'm certain from my susceptibility of coronavirus other than covid 19 and the impacts flu, hav on me  that I cud likly snuff it from the  ting ...And I'm fit and healthy ....
I'm going get complacency naturally like we all will now that we sick of free holidays and tins of Guinness but this ting needs to be treated with caution and respect ...
Sounds like the Dreadded "Man Flu" to me
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 01:02:22 pm
Wen I started drivin a taxi I got the flu every year ....and chest infections,  cold,  yu name it ....I got the swine flu ( mother of jaysus ... nearly a month in bed an 6 months in an out of the eye an ear  ...an I git the aussie flu ...3 weeks in bed an another 3 months in an out of the eye an ear .......it was the most appalling experience of me life....like a really bad hangover but worse .....since then I got the vaccinations and havnt had anything since 2018......
This flu is not to be messed with or underestimated.....
For some it is a mild illness ...for others it can kill ....and that includes men our age ....some are more susceptible than others and from wat I understand men get it worse than woman an kids because adult male hormones interact wit it
And make it deadly ........some of yous mite get a cough an bit of a fever for a bit ....others it can kill them in a few days .....so I have to take the threat of getting it seriously
I'm certain from my susceptibility of coronavirus other than covid 19 and the impacts flu, hav on me  that I cud likly snuff it from the  ting ...And I'm fit and healthy ....
I'm going get complacency naturally like we all will now that we sick of free holidays and tins of Guinness but this ting needs to be treated with caution and respect ...

Well said, you have effectively re enforced my point. I think we can all agree that most taxi drivers get more colds, flus, chest infections,given the nature of our job and the close proximity  we are to passengers.
The covid19 virus is still an unknown entity and is extremely contagious. Only this morning I read that experts are still learning about it and the effect it is having on people.

Even those who got mild symptoms are possibly facing long term complications that involve lungs,heart,kidneys,blood vessels or the brain.

Whilst we are beginning to slowly open up the economy, the virus hasnt gone away you know.

Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 01:05:56 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Bob Shillin on June 10, 2020, 01:25:29 pm
Change yer blood group.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: maxi on June 10, 2020, 01:47:48 pm
Change yer blood group.

I heard that medical board said to Leo to shut a fuck up or his doc title will be whipe out
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 10, 2020, 02:01:14 pm
Sounds like bollox.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 02:10:49 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You sound like you are an expert can you give us the Virology report on wearing Masks in close proximity .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 02:34:04 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength


Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You sound like you are an expert can you give us the Virology report on wearing Masks in close proximity .

Thanks, I would never claim to be an expert in virology.

What is recommended though is that  cloth face coverings in public settings should be worn where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain i.e. in a taxi.
Whilst face mask dont provided 100% protection, the recommendations are that we should social distance and wash our hands on a regular basis.
 
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 02:37:13 pm
Traceability seems to be important so should the Kesh be closed and App only pickups from the Port .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 02:43:42 pm
Traceability seems to be important so should the Kesh be closed and App only pickups from the Port .

You could apply that to every job, be it the airport,ferry port, or street work.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 10, 2020, 02:45:15 pm
If you cannot survive on 350 a week but insist on going to work then wear a mask if you feel at risk.Drivers have been wearing masks since mid March.It's not a big problem.

By the time the lads on 350 have come off their holidays in August, there's a good chance the numbers will have decreased significantly or be so low that they're insignificant.

By the way I've no intention of wearing a mask or putting a screen In my beautiful Prius.I won't be back until at least August.Longest Christmas holidays ever..
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 02:48:30 pm
Traceability seems to be important so should the Kesh be closed and App only pickups from the Port .

You could apply that to every job, be it the airport,ferry port, or street work.

Thats actually the rule we are supposed to keep a record of our contacts .Me personally Im doing what im asked staying home washing me hands saving water (a bit of an enigma that one ) and Checking me bank every Tuesday to make sure I get me Dole .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 10, 2020, 02:55:03 pm
It's starting to look like the Kesh pass wasn't really worth getting after all.

All them lads will be out hogging the ranks and apps leaving very little for the rest if us.Remember the ash cloud?.Some of my worse weeks driving a taxi.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 02:55:03 pm
Traceability seems to be important so should the Kesh be closed and App only pickups from the Port .

You could apply that to every job, be it the airport,ferry port, or street work.

Thats actually the rule we are supposed to keep a record of our contacts .Me personally Im doing what im asked staying home washing me hands saving water (a bit of an enigma that one ) and Checking me bank every Tuesday to make sure I get me Dole .

"keep a record of our contacts"? How is that feasible? You pick up Debbie from a night on the town and before she gets out you say, "scuse me sweetheart, I need your contact details"

You know the answer...............
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: stonethecrows on June 10, 2020, 03:11:08 pm
Traceability seems to be important so should the Kesh be closed and App only pickups from the Port .

You could apply that to every job, be it the airport,ferry port, or street work.

Thats actually the rule we are supposed to keep a record of our contacts .Me personally Im doing what im asked staying home washing me hands saving water (a bit of an enigma that one ) and Checking me bank every Tuesday to make sure I get me Dole .

"keep a record of our contacts"? How is that feasible? You pick up Debbie from a night on the town and before she gets out you say, "scuse me sweetheart, I need your contact details"

You know the answer...............
Data protection issue !!!
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 03:11:21 pm
Your getting the Picture Justin let them talk and just do what suits you .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 03:24:56 pm
That was my point, Data Protection issues!

Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 03:29:24 pm
That was my point, Data Protection issues!

Whats the Solution ...Let me think Oh yeh all jobs to be covered by appp @20% commission .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 10, 2020, 03:35:59 pm
The gov still haven't released a contact tracing app.It's on the way apparently.

Already your smartphone knows if it's in close proximity to other people for any amount of time.

They can do it but they don't like using it because it's a bit creepy.But if it allows everyone to go to the pub again most of us would get a barcode tattoo on our forehead.Bleeeep.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: stonethecrows on June 10, 2020, 03:58:19 pm
That was my point, Data Protection issues!

Whats the Solution ...Let me think Oh yeh all jobs to be covered by appp @20% commission .
Sounds like the most logical solution in these Pox times
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 03:58:24 pm
One knows what is said about opinions, and to what they are compared.
There are no pockets in Habits.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 04:00:13 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength
Go back to work then. It's  not Like you're from a  broken home or simply bored.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 04:02:33 pm
This might be the perfect time for me to wear my full body latex suit and gimp mask in public without being judged.

I found this absolutely brilliant! Just came across this point of view of one girl on Lockdown Ireland...


I'm done. I'm fucking sick of this shite. I've absolutely had it. This is nothing but mass mental illness playing out on a worldwide scale. Can't go no fucking road without getting death-glares off every fucking imbecile as though they can see leprosy itself jumping right outta your skin.

Can't even go to the fucking shop for milk or heaven forbid dare to go anywhere near a supermarket to get your bastard groceries without having to partake in a fucking moronic military style operation and that's before they even let you into the hellhole. Because after standing outside in the bubbling, boiling, blistering heat in a queue full of total morons who are quite happily and willingly pandering to this utter fucking lunacy, you've then got to stand like a mong rinsing yourself down under the observation of some wee creepy weirdo making sure you're doing it right before you can gain entry.

Gain official entry.

To the bastard shop.

With your wee disinfected sheepy hands.

What even is this fucktardedness.

Then when you finally get into the zombieland of brain-dead zoo animals you're met with nothing only apocalyptic scenes that would actually make Hollywood blush. Absolutely fucking surrounded by the astoundingly ignorant, masked-up, government arse-licking, baa baa sheeple people and they're all standing where they're told to stand, walking where they're told to walk, following the wee gimpy arrows, standing on their specially allocated social distancing circles. Umm, we're all in the same building ya fucking clowns. What ya think's gonna happen if we stand 1-2cm closer, will the Rona just jump out your fucking pocket and pounce on the poor cunt beside you, fucking grab them by the neck and then boom, deady bye byes.

If even the half of these knuckle draggers applied the most basic level of simple logic and reasoning to any of this and to what the fuck is actually happening here then this monumental shitshow would be over tomorrow. But naw. Not one smidgen of anything that even remotely resembles a braincell between any of them. Spineless weak-minded swines. I'm done as fuck with the lot.

Fuck the Rona. Fuck you. And fuck my life.
Someone cut off the bitches drug supply by the sound of it.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 10, 2020, 05:32:53 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 06:19:32 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.

YOUR SILLY
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Rat Catcher on June 10, 2020, 06:32:08 pm
There is no justification for the few that are presently working. In my opinion they are putting their lives and the lives of their passengers at risk



They are saving lives. My own father couldn't be discharged from Beaumont Hospital unless he went to the CRC and the only way HSE would allow that transfer was by taxi. I was listening to Joe Duffy a while back and two ladies told of their gratitude to our colleagues/competitors who continue to provide a service. In both cases their husbands were on their death beds and they would not have got to see them if taxis were not available. Then there's the countless other essential workers they transport safely, folk who may otherwise have to take their chances on buses, trains or luaseyeses.

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awqsOWxq7vI#)

Going forward all public transport customers ought to be encouraged to walk or cycle wherever possible. I know there are plans to invest in the promotion and facilitation of cycling... obviously, regardless of the impact it will have on our trade, that is a good thing in the context of the greater good. Should there be a second wave or, worse still, a COVID '20 to follow the less essential we are the better.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Octavia1 on June 10, 2020, 06:51:48 pm
Wen I started drivin a taxi I got the flu every year ....and chest infections,  cold,  yu name it ....I got the swine flu ( mother of jaysus ... nearly a month in bed an 6 months in an out of the eye an ear  ...an I git the aussie flu ...3 weeks in bed an another 3 months in an out of the eye an ear .......it was the most appalling experience of me life....like a really bad hangover but worse .....since then I got the vaccinations and havnt had anything since 2018......
This flu is not to be messed with or underestimated.....
For some it is a mild illness ...for others it can kill ....and that includes men our age ....some are more susceptible than others and from wat I understand men get it worse than woman an kids because adult male hormones interact wit it
And make it deadly ........some of yous mite get a cough an bit of a fever for a bit ....others it can kill them in a few days .....so I have to take the threat of getting it seriously
I'm certain from my susceptibility of coronavirus other than covid 19 and the impacts flu, hav on me  that I cud likly snuff it from the  ting ...And I'm fit and healthy ....
I'm going get complacency naturally like we all will now that we sick of free holidays and tins of Guinness but this ting needs to be treated with caution and respect ...
Sounds like the Dreadded "Man Flu" to me

Nope ...I can assure ya mr crow .....apparently they saying now only real men with real man hormones snuff it or get really sick wen ya get the flu  .....so any of yous that get a mild form are probably full of women's hormones ....
Baldy fellows are apparently most at risk ....hairy blokes with full heads o hair in ther 50s to 90s are fuked .....
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Bob Shillin on June 10, 2020, 07:12:52 pm
Just sayin' like, 1000+ trips, no screen, no face mask, baldy as fukk, no symptoms, no contact tracing,......ahh blood type O, BCG vaccine?
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 10, 2020, 07:33:36 pm
Apart from retired Taxi drivers were there any casualties among present ACTIVE drivers ?Im not working because I cant see 350 a week after costs at the moment If some of the fucktards that think they represent this industry had an IQ above 6 they would be looking at the Child minding sector who recieved 75 million in grants to help them back to work .They should be looking for grants for us to provide a service that like childminding allows others to return to work .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Rat Catcher on June 10, 2020, 07:35:33 pm
Surely investment would be better directed at promoting safer, healthier, environmentally friendlier alternatives such as cycling and walking. The less essential rideshare and/or taxis are going forward the better, right?
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 10, 2020, 07:49:04 pm
I'd like to get 20k off th government for a replacement vehicle in 2021.Just saying it before yis all apply for any free money.

I may also apply for a 10k electric car grant so 30k altogether.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 08:02:00 pm
Change yer blood group.
Don't be so AB negative.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 08:05:59 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.
That's false advertising. Perhaps we can divert the blame by saying "But a professional virologist/ taxi driver called Roy told us we shouldn't be doing ourselves down" 8)
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 10, 2020, 09:43:00 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.

"regardless of whether it is or not"
and I'm the gobshite!!!

Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 10, 2020, 10:18:50 pm
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.

"regardless of whether it is or not"
and I'm the gobshite!!!

yes, you're also a bit slow, you point out the positives and let others point out any negatives, it's basic stuff, think about advertisements for chocolate ... they rarely tell you this shit makes you fat and gives you diabetes, it's the same for us, we are supposed to compliment the service we offer not criticise it.
Hard to believe this shit needs explaining, you'd think it'd be obvious to people.

Justintime taxis ... Don't use us ... you might die!
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: stonethecrows on June 10, 2020, 10:22:24 pm
A man came home just in time to find his wife in bed with another man.

So he dragged the man to the shed and put his penis in a vise.

He secured it tightly, super glued it shut, removed the handle and picked up a hacksaw...

The man, terrified, screamed, "Stop! Stop! You're not going to cut it off, are you?"

The husband said "No, you are. I'm setting the shed on fire."
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 10, 2020, 10:52:12 pm
A man came home just in time to find his wife in bed with another man.

So he dragged the man to the shed and put his penis in a vise.

He secured it tightly, super glued it shut, removed the handle and picked up a hacksaw...

The man, terrified, screamed, "Stop! Stop! You're not going to cut it off, are you?"

The husband said "No, you are. I'm setting the shed on fire."

Ah, if you only had a shed! 8)
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: john m on June 11, 2020, 07:30:02 am
If 2 meter Distance has any Scientific merit why is it not LAW .If Facemasks have any real effect why is it not LAW .....anywhere in the world ?The Experts told Sweden not to lockdown,American experts told Donny T everything would go away .The British expert who lost his job Because he was caught fucking his married lover told Borris to go for heard Immunity .Our Forum Doc says its all a load of bollox .I would bet money that within a fortnight the 2 meter distance which is just a number picked at random will be reduced to 1 meter .Remember the 2  meter is supposed to be Science based if it is then what are the comparitive figures for  2 meter and one centimeter distance over just 2 meters .If its science based then there is an answer .
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Shallowhal on June 11, 2020, 10:26:29 am
I'd say based on that birra wind today,if you were 2kms downwind of it and someone with the dizeeezzzee sneezed your limbs would probably start falling off around teatime.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 11, 2020, 02:41:28 pm
If 2 meter Distance has any Scientific merit why is it not LAW .If Facemasks have any real effect why is it not LAW .....anywhere in the world ?The Experts told Sweden not to lockdown,American experts told Donny T everything would go away .The British expert who lost his job Because he was caught fucking his married lover told Borris to go for heard Immunity .Our Forum Doc says its all a load of bollox .I would bet money that within a fortnight the 2 meter distance which is just a number picked at random will be reduced to 1 meter .Remember the 2  meter is supposed to be Science based if it is then what are the comparitive figures for  2 meter and one centimeter distance over just 2 meters .If its science based then there is an answer .

If you are standing face to face with someone who has the virus and they cough in your general direction you are relatively safe if 2 meters away.
If You're standing face to face and someone coughs in your direction the risk is increased.
If you touch something that someone with covid has coughed on the risk is high (wash your hands)
So if you have your back to someone risk is reduced (taxi)
If you are beside someone risk is reduced (taxi)
If you sanitise regularly risk is reduced
If you have a screen between you and others the risk is reduced
This isn't science .... it's just common sense
We can do a lot to reduce ours and others risk
The constant can't work/2 meter crap where taxis are involved is nonsense
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 11, 2020, 02:52:20 pm
You could just wait another month or two and all these threads will be pointless.The virus won't be gone but it will be greatly reduced in the community.

As soon as they open up the pubs people will go back to normal not giving a bollix.So what if a few pensioners die five years earlier than expected.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Rat Catcher on June 11, 2020, 02:54:23 pm
IU was in Lidl today. I'd say less than 5% of punters wearing masks despite Dr. Leo's suggestions.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 11, 2020, 03:01:20 pm
There are a good few more mask wearers in my local Tesco.If they want people to wear masks they need to provide them for free or it will be ignored.Chemists are charging €2 for the disposable ones that are meant to be changed every few hours.I can't see anyone spending €6 day when they don't believe it's necessary.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Rat Catcher on June 11, 2020, 03:04:38 pm
I think Dr. Leo and Dr. Tony said we should wear them in shops and on public transport. I'm never on public transport and with Mrs. Catcher supposedly working from home I don't even go shopping a whole lot. I think it's about three weeks since I last went into a shop of any kind.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Theoneandonly on June 11, 2020, 03:39:18 pm
You could just wait another month or two and all these threads will be pointless.The virus won't be gone but it will be greatly reduced in the community.

As soon as they open up the pubs people will go back to normal not giving a bollix.So what if a few pensioners die five years earlier than expected.

Or more likely there'll be a second wave and we'll all have to work away in our so called death traps, there'll be no return to lockdown according to WHO and Irish Government
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Cool Boola on June 11, 2020, 03:44:45 pm
I had one of them black internet masks on last night .....in Tescos.Had to bend down to get something and when I stood up I couldnt breath through the mask..Fookin nearly passed out.....Im tellin you ...Them masks are bad for your health
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: maxi on June 11, 2020, 04:21:08 pm
You could just wait another month or two and all these threads will be pointless.The virus won't be gone but it will be greatly reduced in the community.

As soon as they open up the pubs people will go back to normal not giving a bollix.So what if a few pensioners die five years earlier than expected.

Or more likely there'll be a second wave and we'll all have to work away in our so called death traps, there'll be no return to lockdown according to WHO and Irish Government

Second Wave is about tracking and control a specially in the big cities. WHO is accused for crime against humanity.Donald Trump terminates US relationship with World Health Organisation already. Well Irish Government
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: maxi on June 11, 2020, 04:35:55 pm
About second Wave check this out guys!
ANDROID USERS BEWARE, google automatically signed you up to COVID-19 TRACING APP!!!

If you use an Android Phone and have not installed the COVIDSafe App, then you may have COVID-19 Exposure Notification already on your phone!!!

To check:
1. Go to Settings
2. Scroll down to Google Services and launch
3.If COVID-19 Exposure notification is on the top of list, then tap on three dots on the top right hand corner of your screen
4.Tap Usage and Diagnostics
5. Turn Off

CHECK REGULARY IN CASE THE ANDROID SYSTEM TURN THIS ON AUTOMATICALLY. C:-)

Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Rat Catcher on June 11, 2020, 06:09:38 pm
Indeed. We don't want to make contact tracing easy. If Govt/HSE want traceability they should tell people not to hire taxis without using a licensed dispatch firm.
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: silverbullet on June 11, 2020, 06:56:38 pm
You could just wait another month or two and all these threads will be pointless.The virus won't be gone but it will be greatly reduced in the community.

As soon as they open up the pubs people will go back to normal not giving a bollix.So what if a few pensioners die five years earlier than expected.
I understand, but what if they're driving their cab at the time?
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: mercenary for hire on June 11, 2020, 06:58:46 pm
Every cloud..
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 12, 2020, 10:57:08 am
I had one of them black internet masks on last night .....in Tescos.Had to bend down to get something and when I stood up I couldnt breath through the mask..Fookin nearly passed out.....Im tellin you ...Them masks are bad for your health

Think thats down to old age, not a mask  lol
Title: Re: Maybe wear a mask ?
Post by: Justin Time on June 12, 2020, 10:59:22 am
Another gobshite saying that getting into a Taxi is dangerous.
You'll notice other businessmen pleading with their customers to come back into their premises, pleading with government to allow them to open, begging for the social distance rule to be reduced to 1 meter to allow more customers in
Gobshite Taxi drivers exclaiming that their business is dangerous ....
Give me strength

Apologies, I wasn't aware you were a knowledgeable professional virologist.

You don't hear any other businessmen saying their premises are cesspits of viral toxicity, only muppet taxi drivers, we should be promoting our business as the safest transport option, regardless of whether it is or not, leave it to others to knock us.

"regardless of whether it is or not"
and I'm the gobshite!!!

yes, you're also a bit slow, you point out the positives and let others point out any negatives, it's basic stuff, think about advertisements for chocolate ... they rarely tell you this shit makes you fat and gives you diabetes, it's the same for us, we are supposed to compliment the service we offer not criticise it.
Hard to believe this shit needs explaining, you'd think it'd be obvious to people.

Justintime taxis ... Don't use us ... you might die!

Making a taxi as safe as possible for both the driver and passenger, is "positive".