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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Justin Time on July 01, 2020, 12:14:58 pm
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So has any of your wise and wonderful taxi people installed a screen yet?
If so, can you give a recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
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There are a multitude of screen threads on here, the consensus seems to be that the free now offering is the best value, €25 if you're an ambassador lick arse lacky or €50 if you're not.
I think you may have to be with Free now to avail of the service?
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There are a multitude of screen threads on here, the consensus seems to be that the free now offering is the best value, €25 if you're an ambassador lick arse lacky or €50 if you're not.
I think you may have to be with Free now to avail of the service?
€100 for drivers still in the dark ages.
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Fukk all for drivers who dont buy into this scaremongering cobblers promoted by F,N
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Fukk all for drivers who dont buy into this scaremongering cobblers promoted by F,N
Just curious, what screen will you have fitted on return to work?
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
Ken might flog you his old one seen as he has a €25 FN one now.
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
Ken might flog you his old one seen as he has a €25 FN one now.
I'd say he has some burd wrapped up in his last screen and in the boot of his car at this stage!!
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
Ken might flog you his old one seen as he has a €25 FN one now.
I'd say he has some burd wrapped up in his last screen and in the boot of his car at this stage!!
Really, keep her nice and moist
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
Silver said it's €100 for keshies
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I'm an independent driver and are not part of FN or will be.
So, anyone got any recommendations for screens ?
thanks
Silver said it's €100 for keshies
I'm unemployed presently, he will have to reduce it
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Dropped a friend out to the airport this morning .Refitted my screen .I am taking it out due to Social distancing .Like Ken said you cannot communicate with the customer and my car is to small so the seats are adjusted to far forward .Uncomfortable and probably unsafe driving position .There is another safety issue .If I pick up Bronco or Punch Happy and they tell me where they are going and I cant hear them it could lead to friction .Masks will be optional if the passenger requires me to wear one I will.
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You're removing the screen due to social distancing?
We've clearly moved to the next phase already so!!
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Taxi driving is a social occupation we usually communicate with the customers sometimes to receive instruction or direction.The screen presents a social barrier .It dosent suit my modus operandi .
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I thought you drove a Renault Fluence!!
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Dropped a friend out to the airport this morning .Refitted my screen .I am taking it out due to Social distancing .Like Ken said you cannot communicate with the customer and my car is to small so the seats are adjusted to far forward .Uncomfortable and probably unsafe driving position .There is another safety issue .If I pick up Bronco or Punch Happy and they tell me where they are going and I cant hear them it could lead to friction .Masks will be optional if the passenger requires me to wear one I will.
"Taking it out due to social distancing"!!!
Bit of a paradox there.
So, youre taking a chance in getting Covid, despite all evidence showing that taxi drivers in particular are high risk of contracting it.
Theres a myth out there that, most of the population that get it will only have "mild" symptoms" and "young people wont get it"
Both,are completely wrong.
Everyone, can get it.
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I for one certainly wont be putting up a useless screen at my expense unless it becomes compulsory at the taxithingys expense
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I for one certainly wont be putting up a useless screen at my expense unless it becomes compulsory at the taxithingys expense
They didn't pay for the door stickers !
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I for one certainly wont be putting up a useless screen at my expense unless it becomes compulsory at the taxithingys expense
I expect the NTA to make Taxi screens mandatory in the next week or so, but not face masks ??
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I dont think there is the slightest chance of the NTA making screens compulsory,particularly since they are the ones that said they offer no protection against the virus.not only that,I doubt they have the right to ake them compulsory since a very small percentage of drivers have them
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I for one certainly wont be putting up a useless screen at my expense unless it becomes compulsory at the taxithingys expense
I expect the NTA to make Taxi screens mandatory in the next week or so, but not face masks ??
They cannot make the screens mandatory without a standard or certification, they'll have to go with masks
customers however seem to expect them, and a large portion of FN bookings require them
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Taxi driving is a social occupation we usually communicate with the customers sometimes to receive instruction or direction.The screen presents a social barrier .It dosent suit my modus operandi .
I've had no trouble conversing with passengers, maybe your plastic is a bit thick (like yourself) or that seal you have around it is a tad OTT and not really required
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So has any of your wise and wonderful taxi people installed a screen yet?
If so, can you give a recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
I don't think FN offer screens to non-FN drivers, there original offer stated that the screen was worth 100 Euro but would be discounted to 50 fer ordinary FN plebs and 25 fer ambassadors.
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With the light weight FN screen you can still converse with a passenger but by and large most stay silent rather than talk through a screen.
The One problem I did have with the screen was when reversing by night, there was a terrible glare off it fer the rear mirror view, but the simple solution I found was just to turn off your headlights whilst reversing.
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
Because they say "Taxi with screen: on the prebook page, i rarely do any live jobs, I just try and fill any gaps I might have with their pre-booked jobs if they have any that suit
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
Because they say "Taxi with screen: on the prebook page, i rarely do any live jobs, I just try and fill any gaps I might have with their pre-booked jobs if they have any that suit
Thanks, I just checked my personal customer app and that option is not available in Cork.... Yet.
Did you have to sign the FN Pledge to get FN Screened jobs ?
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
Because they say "Taxi with screen: on the prebook page, i rarely do any live jobs, I just try and fill any gaps I might have with their pre-booked jobs if they have any that suit
Thanks, I just checked my personal customer app and that option is not available in Cork.... Yet.
Did you have to sign the FN Pledge to get FN Screened jobs ?
To Clarify:
(https://i.postimg.cc/H8468gtf/IMG-0141.png) (https://postimg.cc/H8468gtf)
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Got a message tonite from FN about their screens, offer finishes next week, they must be trying to get rid of them before the government make a call !
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Mask it or casket! 8)
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
Because they say "Taxi with screen: on the prebook page, i rarely do any live jobs, I just try and fill any gaps I might have with their pre-booked jobs if they have any that suit
Thanks, I just checked my personal customer app and that option is not available in Cork.... Yet.
Did you have to sign the FN Pledge to get FN Screened jobs ?
To Clarify:
(https://i.postimg.cc/H8468gtf/IMG-0141.png) (https://postimg.cc/H8468gtf)
Did you have to sign the FN 'Pledge' to get offered FN Screened work or just send in photos of your Screened cab ?
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Screens are possibly dangerous .If you offer a screen under the Free Now banner you are supposed to clean the car after every journey .If you do a follow on job at what point did you clean the car as advertised .If somebody is traced to your vehicle as infected and you cannot prove you cleaned the car after them how much shit will you be in .Be carefull what you sign up to .
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...........and a large portion of FN bookings require them
How do you know this Roy ?
Because they say "Taxi with screen: on the prebook page, i rarely do any live jobs, I just try and fill any gaps I might have with their pre-booked jobs if they have any that suit
Thanks, I just checked my personal customer app and that option is not available in Cork.... Yet.
Did you have to sign the FN Pledge to get FN Screened jobs ?
To Clarify:
(https://i.postimg.cc/H8468gtf/IMG-0141.png) (https://postimg.cc/H8468gtf)
Did you have to sign the FN 'Pledge' to get offered FN Screened work or just send in photos of your Screened cab ?
Last time I saw the "pledge" was during my sojourn on the PUP at the time I just closed the APP, so ...no?
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Screens are possibly dangerous .If you offer a screen under the Free Now banner you are supposed to clean the car after every journey .If you do a follow on job at what point did you clean the car as advertised .If somebody is traced to your vehicle as infected and you cannot prove you cleaned the car after them how much shit will you be in .Be carefull what you sign up to .
To support my point https://bgr.com/2020/07/06/coronavirus-spread-through-the-air-surfaces-asymptomatic-transmission-elevator/ If you dont want to read it basically it says a carrier using a lift left behind enough Virus to infect 70 more users .My point being if you sign a pledge to clean your car after every journey and dont and somebody using the HSE app can show they used your car after a known infected person and you did not disinfect it .Are you criminally negligent as you are in breach of your booking contract .Are Free Now putting you in legal jeopardy with their marketing promises .
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Screens are possibly dangerous .If you offer a screen under the Free Now banner you are supposed to clean the car after every journey .If you do a follow on job at what point did you clean the car as advertised .If somebody is traced to your vehicle as infected and you cannot prove you cleaned the car after them how much shit will you be in .Be carefull what you sign up to .
To support my point https://bgr.com/2020/07/06/coronavirus-spread-through-the-air-surfaces-asymptomatic-transmission-elevator/ If you dont want to read it basically it says a carrier using a lift left behind enough Virus to infect 70 more users .My point being if you sign a pledge to clean your car after every journey and dont and somebody using the HSE app can show they used your car after a known infected person and you did not disinfect it .Are you criminally negligent as you are in breach of your booking contract .Are Free Now putting you in legal jeopardy with their marketing promises .
The APP does not tell people where they were or who they were near, it doesn't work if you get into a taxi after somebody else, Get your facts right!!!
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All fares should be arranged through a licensed dispatch firm (Lynk, for example, provides it's drivers with PPE) to facilitate contact tracking and ranks should be reassigned to safer, environmentally friendlier forms of public transport such as bicycles, electric scooters and rickshaws.
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All fares should be arranged through a licensed dispatch firm (Lynk, for example, provides it's drivers with PPE) to facilitate contact tracking and ranks should be reassigned to safer, environmentally friendlier forms of public transport such as bicycles, electric scooters and rickshaws.
rofl
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All fares should be arranged through a licensed dispatch firm (Lynk, for example, provides it's drivers with PPE) to facilitate contact tracking and ranks should be reassigned to safer, environmentally friendlier forms of public transport such as bicycles, electric scooters and rickshaws.
How does a paper mask help with contact tracing, is there a built-in tinfoil hat and microchip?
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Dispatch firms are already required to record job details. Extending those regulation to facilitate sharing data with HSE where necessary would make sense as would amending the same to require them to ascertain the purpose of the journey. Obviously ranks would have to be closed or reassigned to safer, healthier, environmentally friendlier forms of public transport and street hails banned.
I see TfL are trying to speed up regulations to facilitate electric scooters. NTA should follow suit and consider wider promotion of (electric) rickshaws as safer alternatives to taxis, at least for short journeys.
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Ratzer,im pissing meself laughing.your some fukin wind up merchant.funny though,nearly as funny as the erm with big Dommo,and the kids
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Ratzer,im pissing meself laughing.your some fukin wind up merchant.funny though,nearly as funny as the erm with big Dommo,and the kids
They do sorta meld into each other.....and between the pair o dem can't build a bleedin shed!!
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Ratzer,im pissing meself laughing.your some fukin wind up merchant.funny though,nearly as funny as the erm with big Dommo,and the kids
Maybe his address has been "Got At" and it ain't him at all !
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Maybe ratzer himself was fot at by noel to promote lynk,now theres one for ya
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Maybe ratzer himself was fot at by noel to promote lynk,now theres one for ya
A good surmission on your behalf DM
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Dispatch firms are already required to record job details. Extending those regulation to facilitate sharing data with HSE where necessary would make sense as would amending the same to require them to ascertain the purpose of the journey. Obviously ranks would have to be closed or reassigned to safer, healthier, environmentally friendlier forms of public transport and street hails banned.
I see TfL are trying to speed up regulations to facilitate electric scooters. NTA should follow suit and consider wider promotion of (electric) rickshaws as safer alternatives to taxis, at least for short journeys.
You also asserted that cab companies don't keep records for revenue regarding payments to drivers.
Yer some can o' piss. 8)
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Do ya reckon they DO inform the revenue silver ?
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Do ya reckon they DO inform the revenue silver ?
Sure enough. Can you imagine Ebbs hiding payment to drivers?
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No I cant,nor ANY of them.sure people say the revenue have more power then the Gardai
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No I cant,nor ANY of them.sure people say the revenue have more power then the Gardai
Garda are a branch of revenue.
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Yes thats true
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I've posted on this already, got me daisies re-fitted last week and the NTA guy says they have the power to go into FN or any other dispatcher and get info on drivers.
They can also if they wish pass this on to revenue , and I would think in respect of the present Covid payments they do.
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Dispatch firms are not currently required to record destinations or fares charged, SB... hence the information available from most traditional dispatch firms would be of limited use to Revenue in conducting driver audits. Conversely, drivers who work for app based firms such as Free Now can get an annual statement showing all income from cash and account jobs dispatched by the firm... obviously Revenue will know that and expect to see the same in the event of an audit.
In any event, none of that has any relevance in facilitating contact tracking. Restricting all taxis to private hire may make sense in that regard and could require amended regulations requiring dispatch firms to record the purpose of the journey and the destination. Such enhancements may indirectly assist Revenue in enforcement of compliance depending on definitions specified.
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Ah yes but the magic list would snooker any drivers claiming the 350 and working the app .
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Dispatch firms are not currently required to record destinations or fares charged, SB... hence the information available from most traditional dispatch firms would be of limited use to Revenue in conducting driver audits. Conversely, drivers who work for app based firms such as Free Now can get an annual statement showing all income from cash and account jobs dispatched by the firm... obviously Revenue will know that and expect to see the same in the event of an audit.
In any event, none of that has any relevance in facilitating contact tracking. Restricting all taxis to private hire may make sense in that regard and could require amended regulations requiring dispatch firms to record the purpose of the journey and the destination. Such enhancements may indirectly assist Revenue in enforcement of compliance depending on definitions specified.
Monies transferred to driver's personal bank accounts from the likes of Ebbs et all should be sufficient for revenue.
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Ah yes but the magic list would snooker any drivers claiming the 350 and working the app .
You would want to be some Fool to be claiming the Covid 350 and working.
I had a taxi driver in my cab last week who told me that his base was closed but he still worked away on the app and streets and claiming but then the Gov cut off his Covid 350 payments and he rang them up to inquire why and was told that he was observed Working.
Granted he was pissed while in my cab and he was ranting about data protection and all that and how they can't cut him off, Etc..
I didn't have the heart to tell him to be expecting a knock at the door some day soon from revenue looking fer their dosh back and if ya don't pay it back then you ain't getting a tax clearance cert fer next year. Fookin Greedy Fool !
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Ah yes but the magic list would snooker any drivers claiming the 350 and working the app .
You would want to be some Fool to be claiming the Covid 350 and working.
I had a taxi driver in my cab last week who told me that his base was closed but he still worked away on the app and streets and claiming but then the Gov cut off his Covid 350 payments and he rang them up to inquire why and was told that he was observed Working.
Granted he was pissed while in my cab and he was ranting about data protection and all that and how they can't cut him off, Etc..
I didn't have the heart to tell him to be expecting a knock at the door some day soon from revenue looking fer their dosh back and if ya don't pay it back then you ain't getting a tax clearance cert fer next year. Fookin Greedy Fool !
I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
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......I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
I don't mind bringing Taxi drivers, to be fair they are good tippers, but the odd time I get a Taxi myself or have another driver in the cab, what I do find is that they haven't a Fookin clue about their own business.
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......I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
I don't mind bringing Taxi drivers, to be fair they are good tippers, but the odd time I get a Taxi myself or have another driver in the cab, what I do find is that they haven't a Fookin clue about their own business.
Yeah and they are always on about the darkies.
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......I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
I don't mind bringing Taxi drivers, to be fair they are good tippers, but the odd time I get a Taxi myself or have another driver in the cab, what I do find is that they haven't a Fookin clue about their own business.
Yeah and they are always on about the darkies.
Not so much that, what I find is they haven't a clue about NTA rules,
or how the FN app works ??
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There is hope for us yet then
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......I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
I don't mind bringing Taxi drivers, to be fair they are good tippers, but the odd time I get a Taxi myself or have another driver in the cab, what I do find is that they haven't a Fookin clue about their own business.
Yeah and they are always on about the darkies.
Not so much that, what I find is they haven't a clue about NTA rules,
or how the FN app works ??
And they never ask "Are you Busy"
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Monies transferred to driver's personal bank accounts from the likes of Ebbs et all should be sufficient for revenue.
A lot of firms are cash heavy (e.g. C2K) so extrapolating (net) account payments to ascertain takings would be firm specific with significant margins of error - in C2Ks case you would be looking at a 92+% margin of error. For drivers that work for Free Now no extrapolation is required as they can get annual statements showing all cash and account jobs dispatched and completed by them.
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Monies transferred to driver's personal bank accounts from the likes of Ebbs et all should be sufficient for revenue.
A lot of firms are cash heavy (e.g. C2K) so extrapolating (net) account payments to ascertain takings would be firm specific with significant margins of error - in C2Ks case you would be looking at a 92+% margin of error. For drivers that work for Free Now no extrapolation is required as they can get annual statements showing all cash and account jobs dispatched and completed by them.
I'd guess you're a big hit with the women.
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......I hate bringing taxi drivers, having to listen to their knowall dung.
I don't mind bringing Taxi drivers, to be fair they are good tippers, but the odd time I get a Taxi myself or have another driver in the cab, what I do find is that they haven't a Fookin clue about their own business.
Yeah and they are always on about the darkies.
Not so much that, what I find is they haven't a clue about NTA rules,
or how the FN app works ??
And they never ask "Are you Busy"
..and they seem to be wearing the same clobber as they do when they're working!
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The ladies go mad for a bit of extrapolation...
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The ladies go mad for a bit of extrapolation...
And i thought it was the cock!!
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The ladies go mad for a bit of extrapolation...
And i thought it was the cock!!
Ah no, that's just yours, 'cos it's enormous, or so you tell us.
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The ladies go mad for a bit of extrapolation...
Show us yer Abacus mister! 8)
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The ladies go mad for a bit of extrapolation...
And i thought it was the cock!!
Ah no, that's just yours, 'cos it's enormous, or so you tell us.
I've been sayin to the missus since we met...."it's fukin huge...and don't you forget it!!"