Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on May 17, 2022, 07:17:40 pm
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Yer one in Britain in England Lizzy Truss says she is going to bring in laws to stick Leos Backstop deal up his backpassage as we all knew they would except for that treacherous low life piece of humam waste Dr Leo Veradkar himself when he agreed to the backpassage deal .Anyhoo the EU say if you do we will bring in trade barriers and duty on ALL UK exports into the EU ...SO WHAT ! about 40% of all our Petrol and Diesel is imported from refineries in the UK as we do not have any refining capacity we also import a lot of Electricity from the UK by underwater cable .Will the Brits decide not to supply fuel to Ireland or impose tarriffs and taxes in retaliation .If they do will we see 3euro a liter diesel or Rationing ?The fare increase will all be swallowed up by increased Fuel prices . 250 a liter before Christmas when China goes back to work or 300 if the Brits decide to fuck the toys out of the pram .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVKSID5H5Lw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVKSID5H5Lw)
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Did you know that Ireland, as part of the EU, has to hold 90 days reserve stock of 'oil', incl petrol and diesel? --> nora.ie
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Did you know that Ireland, as part of the EU, has to hold 90 days reserve stock of 'oil', incl petrol and diesel? --> nora.ie
If thats all we have it will be rationed .The bigger issue is tarriffs or extra duty .The Fuel importers will pass on any extra freight costs .I remember the 1970 rationing and the ESB going off .This backward kip has not learned from then .I wouldnt like to be deciding on buying a new vehicle this year .
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Does the sun ever shine in your part of the world? lol
We were essential workers during the pandemic. If there was rationing and people couldn't drive their own cars, it's likely taxis would be in high demand. Probably be allowed to charge a premium as well.
The 1,000+ EV taxis the NTA part-funded would certainly be popular...
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Why would taxis be popular a bus can carry gangs of people .Trucks to deliver food .Rent a bike .we are not that essential .
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And yet there are 10,001 PSV's (to be precise! (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/taxi/statistics-and-legislation/vehicle-licences-county-and-category/)) in Dublin as I type and 10,000 of us are plodding along making a living :P
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Here Watty Dublin has been ranked as the seventh least financially viable city to live in the WORLD .
The capital was put to the test along with 55 other cities globally.
It was determined based on the amount of disposable income available to residents.
They subtracted the cost of living and the cost of rent by the average salary.
After paying their bills, Dubliners end up having on average around €785 worth of debt each month.
The study also found the average cost of a 3-bed apartment in the city centre was over €2,900.
In comparison, Rome, who ended up the least financially viable, costs around €2,000 for a 3 bed.
However, employees in Dublin are on higher salaries compared to the European average.
When Diesel hits 250 and the knock on effect on Electricity and Gas prices hits peoples pockets how many taxis do you think will be needed .....Add in Doctor Leo wants more people to stay working from Home he is trying to crash the market in Office Space single handedly .Small coffee shops around town will close if there are no office workers .Cause and effect Watty .Talking to a fella in the Builders Federation he says there are more people working now in construction than there ever has been .He says on average over the last 20 years there were less than 2000 people employed in Construction in Limerick today its over 50,000 .He recons Dublin has become to expensive to do business in and there is a major movement by multinationals away from Dublin .Also according to him the reason builders are not building houses in Dublin is affordability .The cost of land under a 3 bed house with small rear garden in Dublin is 280,000 per site before you stick a shovel in the ground he recons the average price of a 3 bed new build in Dublin would need to be half a Million for the builder to make any profit .
During Covid Sharon Buckley from the Flats got a Welfare increase from 203 to 350 and also got a taste for Presecco not Cheap Lidil Cider .She has no interest in working now for 350 a week take home so she wont be needing a taxi .They say Boom and bust moves in 14 year cycles 2009 +14 =2223 Anybody who reads my non Sunny outlook might just save themselves a lot of pain if they try to fix their Mortgage limit their borrowings .The Last recession was bank led a lack of money this one is the opposite it is to much money floating around and unlike the last Bust where interest rates were reduced to help you out this time its the opposite Interest rates go up to halp the Banks correct the Governments largess of giving Presecco Money to Cider Drinkers .
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The banks don't raise the rates usually until the ECB increases the rates.Even then you have a week or two to lock it in.It's a really slow process.
You need a few grand a year to stay taxi driving...whether it's 20k over 6/7 years or some old yoke every three years for a bit less the numbers work out the same.
There's nothing you can do if shit hits the fan except go to work more.
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The banks don't raise the rates usually until the ECB increases the rates.Even then you have a week or two to lock it in.It's a really slow process.
You need a few grand a year to stay taxi driving...whether it's 20k over 6/7 years or some old yoke every three years for a bit less the numbers work out the same.
Im trying to move our kids Mortgage her bank is closing .You need to pony up 1500 in fees to move your mortgage and have 40% equity to get a fixed rate for 10 years .The banks are into all sorts of Cuntology with Switcher Mortgages .Rialto Driver was looking at buying a battery car and was told along with the grant the loan would be financed @5.6% over 36 months .(If there was a vehicle available )ECB due to hike .5 in July with a possible .additional .5 in December a full 1 % on a 200,000 mortgage that is 40 a week or 160 a month extra that needs to be found and there will be more increases next year .I remember 1983 when Mortgage rates went up weekly until they reached 18% but gaffs didnt cost half a Million then .Car loan in 1988 from Renault Liffey Valley from Penny Apples was 9% .
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Are the banks not offering cashback to switch that covers the legal fees?AIB are the best amongst them all I've found.Bank of Irelands rates are usually the most expensive..Two or three per cent interest is still feck all on a gaff.Even if it goes up to 5 or 6% the amount paid out isn't that much more per month.The banks would have stress tested all applicants already.
The interest rate on the leccy car is relatively cheap.I wouldn't pay it myself but if it got you out of a jam you'd just pay it.You need the money and they have it.No other way.
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The average price of a 3 bed apartment to rent in Dublin City centre is bout €4,000-5, 000 I rekon if yu look on daft ....
€ 2,900 will get yu one them 2 bed kips along the quays that was trown up by zoe developments during the celtic tiger ....
Bring a hard hat an a pair of wellys wen ya move in :-\
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The shit could hit the fan or if you prefer the Lead could hit the scull .The Azemov Brigade have Given up/Surrendered /Done a deal .Whatever .Russia now says they are terrorists and will be tried and shot if found Guilty .If that happens then we have a Moral maze .THe EU will have to bite the Bullett and turn off all Russian Gas and Fuel .So like I said what happens not if but when Fuel rationing comes in .Situation not helped by Boris delivering Leos Backstop straight up his back passage .Brexit was always going to fuck up up just Covid got in the way .
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The average price of a 3 bed apartment to rent in Dublin City centre is bout €4,000-5, 000 I rekon if yu look on daft ....
€ 2,900 will get yu one them 2 bed kips along the quays that was trown up by zoe developments during the celtic tiger ....
Bring a hard hat an a pair of wellys wen ya move in :-\
My hen works part time with a Property manager in Dublin says he hasent had an appartment to rent since March .Google and Facebook and other firms from the Google Ghetto are snapping them up and leaving them empty so they have them for staff returning to the Dublin Office after working from home in other countries .
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Large numbers of homeowners who are exposed to interest rate rises are rushing to lock in to good-value fixed rates, it has emerged.
In a significant market shift, many people are also ditching more expensive tracker mortgages in favour of long-term fixed rates, brokers said.
Trackers have been considered the best value mortgages and until recently such a move would have been considered illogical.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to start raising its key refinancing rate in the coming months, a move that would make trackers and variables more expensive and mean higher new fixed rates.
Broker Martina Hennessy of Doddl.ie said there has been a surge in customers seeking to lock in fixed rates before they rise again.
She said the switcher application numbers had doubled in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year.
The numbers were boosted by Ulster Bank and KBC Bank customers who wanted to move mortgage providers before their mortgages are sold.
“But also, and increasingly in the last two months, due to the expectation that rate increases are more imminent,” Ms Hennessy said.
Rather than fixing for three and five years, mortgage holders were now opting for fixes of five, seven, 10 and 15 years.
Yesterday, Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot raised the prospect of a 0.5pc rise in ECB rates in July. Mr Knot, who is on the governing council of the ECB said the rate rise would be needed in July if inflation continues to climb.
If as expected the ECB pushes up the refinancing rate three times in the next year it will cost a typical variable-rate customer, or those on trackers, an extra €1,000 in repayments.
Each 0.25pc rise in the ECB rates will cost €30 more in monthly repayments for a €250,000 mortgage.
This week ICS Mortgages announced a second rise in its mortgage costs.
Its three and five-year fixed rates will increase by 1pc across all loan-to-value (LTV) bands. It comes just two months after it increased its rates. The latest increase of 1pc means the ICS five-year fixed rate will go from 2.6pc to 3.6pc.
This means an extra €131 per month, or €1,572 a year, in repayments for a homeowner with a €250,000 mortgage over a 25-year term, and an 80pc loan-to-value, Ms Hennessy said.
Last week Avant Money, which shook up the market here when it launched mortgages for less than 2pc at the end of 2020, is increasing its five, seven and 10-year fixed rates for new borrowers by between 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points.
Broker Michael Dowling of Dowling Financial said some people with poorly priced tracker mortgages were ditching the trackers for fixed rates.
Such a move would once have been considered heresy.
Trackers are priced at a set percentage over the ECB refinancing rate, which is currently 0pc. Most trackers are set at 1pc over the ECB.
He said those with higher margins than 1pc should get a financial expert to review their situation, especially if ECB rates go to 2.5pc as some economists are predicting.
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wORK FROM HOME ..Workers can save more than €1,400 a year by working from home, new Government research has suggested.
The findings, published by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, show that working from home is more environmentally friendly.
While heating costs would increase by around €79 and electricity by €30 on average, eliminating €413 of car commuting costs alone would see remote workers €304 better off.
A total of €1,103 could be earned from working during the time it takes to travel to and from work.
Remote workers will see a €43 increase in their gas heating bills per year, a €104 increase for households that use oil or a €128 increase for households that use electric central heating, which works out as an average of €79.
The research shows that working from home could save up to €7.6m for the State by removing 164,407 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Cutting out car commuting would offset increases in household emissions from using more heating oil or electricity.(THAT WE DONT HAVE )
The research also shows that businesses could save nearly €1,500 per worker if they gave up office spaces.
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...However, to be approved for a mortgage, they must also pass a stress test, per Central Bank rules. This tests the ability of the borrower to repay the loan each month should interest rates rise by 2 percent above what the lender is offering them.
Can't really comment on property as I don't understand how young people can afford to buy/rent these days. However, if mortgagees told the bank the truth when they got their mortgage, they should have some buffer as rates rise upto 2% over the current rate.
The taxi industry will survive. Most of us survived the last recession. Even if the customer's wallet shrinks again, the taxi biz has been shrinking too. According to the NTA (PDF) (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NTA-Taxi-Statistics-2020-2.pdf), there were 23.7k PSV vehicles and 38.5k driver licences back in 2011 but nowadays it's closer to 19k vehicles and 20k drivers. The number of drivers has almost halved in 11 years! The industry will reinvent itself and adapt. The NTA has part-funded upto 10% of the fleet to be WATs and nowadays, it's part-funding EV (maybe 2,000) over 3 years. That's almost 10% of the fleet converted to EV!
The Govt/NTA are throwing money at the 'vehicle' side of things but it's the drivers I'd be looking at. The number of drivers has almost halved since 2011 and, of those that remain, 30-40% are over 60 years old and must be thinking of slowing down/retiring. The NTA will have to let new drivers into the biz. But the Govt are pushing apprenticeships and the construction industry so where are the new drivers gonna come from?
(https://i.ibb.co/wLhB7BH/taxi-driver-age-profile.jpg)
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The average price of a 3 bed apartment to rent in Dublin City centre is bout €4,000-5, 000 I rekon if yu look on daft ....
€ 2,900 will get yu one them 2 bed kips along the quays that was trown up by zoe developments during the celtic tiger ....
Bring a hard hat an a pair of wellys wen ya move in :-\
My hen works part time with a Property manager in Dublin says he hasent had an appartment to rent since March .Google and Facebook and other firms from the Google Ghetto are snapping them up and leaving them empty so they have them for staff returning to the Dublin Office after working from home in other countries .
All ties in wit jasmy secure pc Johnny....the ammont of people working from home has changed forever.....its cheaper for companies an employee's an creates an arguably greater environment for
A better work/life balance an productivity in most cases ide imagine ....apes are looking to rent or buy down the bog wer cost of rent / purchase / cost of living expenses is much cheaper......Dublin is pricing itself out of business on the world stage ..these factors are reflected in the national property price index wer properties down the bog have seen a marked increase in value compared to Dublin....decentralisation seems to be the way forward in all tings ....
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OCCI Remember where you read this first .I use to work the Docks still know a few heads .There will be Fuel Rationing by October we do not have any LNG storage so it too will be rationed for Electricity Generation .The bolloxology about the Sancho Panza Windmills is just that Bolloxology .It takes 8 years from applying for planning to connection to the grid .What nobody is mentioning is the upstands for these Windmills are cast in Ukraine or Russia .Putin has played a blinder .His next move is the Easter Sunday 1916 shoot the Azymov Brigade as terrorists exactly what the Brits did then the Ukranian people will turn on Zalesny if he dosent save them .You cant out maneuver a Brain like that with anti tank missiles or Eurovision winning Songs .How will Dr Leos home workers cope with no electricity and their modums dont work and they cannot teather their mobile for security reasons .Fucking bright idea by the Doctor home working even the Mill owners in 1780 knew home working had no future .
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I don't tink putin is a genius...he's a fukin maniac
Way too long in office an clinging to 20th century ideals ....he's murdering his own soldiers who are disorganised, untrained,
ill-equipped and corrupt by all accounts an no match for western technology and intervention....
My guess a coup is on the cards....either that or nucleur war ...
That cnut is very capable
He's totally fuked up russias future ...made enemies of the oligarks..some of whom he's allegedly murdered with ther families ...
I hope an inside job is on the cards soon ....
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Watty here is my take on the taxi industry .Dereg went wrong as in .They expected the hacks to licence up and a few casual traders that would work weekends or when there was an event .But lads in the pub bragging about their earnings encouraged the likes of me to change jobs .As a result of the amount of taxis on the road the Taxithingey went for the 9 year rule and Suitability and stickers to reduce casual traders and improve standards also as a result of the increase in the amount of taxis it became the preferred way to travel on a night out .In reality the oversupply of taxis has ruined local economies .People who use to drink local now head for the City center you regularly see them in a que in the rain outside pubs in town waiting to get in and not complaining unlike if they need to que for a taxi while there are plenty of good drinking pubs with food and entertainment in their local area .Now as a result of lobbying from City Center Locations Streets will be shut off for people to drink in .The poor Publican or restauranture in Lucan or Swords will see his business exported to Capel Street or South William Street the downside will be loss of Commercial rates and local employment .Dublin City Council get rates for every street table .Everything is cause and effect .The WAT only was a legal device to restrict and REDUCE the number of taxis .The High court ruled anybody could get a SPSV drivers licence but the Minister could regulate the Standard of the Vehicles .add in the non transferability .The Taxi industry will self regulate and as a result the exodus of Pint drinker Tony and his new Girlfriend Ludmilla from their local in the village to Temple Bar will be reversed .
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I don't tink putin is a genius...he's a fukin maniac
Way too long in office an clinging to 20th century ideals ....he's murdering his own soldiers who are disorganised, untrained,
ill-equipped and corrupt by all accounts an no match for western technology and intervention....
My guess a coup is on the cards....either that or nucleur war ...
That cnut is very capable
He's totally fuked up russias future ...made enemies of the oligarks..some of whom he's allegedly murdered with ther families ...
I hope an inside job is on the cards soon ....
Jesus Occi what are you smoking He lost less Soldiers in winning this war than the Yanks lost losing in Vietnan,or Korea,or Afganistan or Iraq .He is a Military Genius .How has he fucked up Russias future Germany cooked people in ovens and we drive Scodas and Vws .On the Ollies he dosent give a fuck about them he probably seized all their Russian assetts .You are watching to much CNN .When this is sorted Russia owns the eastern side of Ukraine Sweden and Finland are buying loads of American military hardware and we are topping up with Russian Diesel in the roundy Q .This is not a story from the Commando Comics we use to buy in the 60s this is real warfare between a Genius and a TV Comedian who was played by the Brits and the Yanks .Look at how many hundred billion the USA has made out of supplying over priced oil and Gas and obsolete military hardware to fighters and frightened countries .The Big winners in all of this were the USA and Russia biggest losers Ukraine and the idiot EU who got played .
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In a modern world yu can't survive or prosper without trade ...the chinese Know this ... that's why they developed a communist/ capitalist hybrid society ...they won't back him cause they know he's a fukin eegit ....
Putin is living in the 20th century an is mentally ill and unstable..
He's obsolete like his tanks an his helicopters an his ridiculous
invasion that's backfired and only strengthened nato ...wat a gobshite
If he was clever heed do wat the American an Chinese do ....
Heed strengthen his economy by welcoming trade with a smile an wit a knife behind his back ...an buy up every piece of real estate abroad he can get his hands on ...I'm guessing thers an appartment block within 2 miles of yur gaff foreign owned an the profits from rent are shipped off to investors in a monthly paycheck an not a shot fired
The man is a fuking idiot Johnny....
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The FN manager has a genius for getting stories in the paper - here's another FN
press release news story! I love how newspapers print this stuff without labelling it 'sponsered' or similar. There's no context or quotes from rival firms or even the NTA...
Increasing number of people training to become taxi drivers (https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/increasing-number-of-people-training-to-become-taxi-drivers-1306804.html)
There has been an increasing number of people training to becoming taxi drivers, according to data released by Free Now. <snip> It comes as concerns have been raised over the lack of taxi drivers in Dublin.
In April this year, there was a 20 per cent increase in the number of people registering for the Free Now training programme compared with January. Free Now driver data shows 60 per cent of new driver partners who joined the app in 2022 have completed the training initiative.
Niall Carson, general manager of Free Now Ireland said a collective effort from stakeholders needs to be made to support taxi driver retention and encourage more drivers to join the national fleet. “The rising number of candidates registering for our training programme since the start of 2022 is great to see as it reflects fresh interest in careers within the taxi sector at a time when the national fleet remains depleted post-pandemic,” Mr Carson said.
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According to Free Now, 60 per cent of taxi drivers enjoy their job and recommend it as a career choice. Working for themselves, a flexible working schedule, and the ability to maintain a good work-life balance were cited by drivers as benefits of the job.
I wonder if this emphasis on newbies is because current drivers are giving up on FN and switching to Bolt and Uber?
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You need to read your History Occi .The Yanks and Brits were scared shitless by the Russians after WW2 they feared Communism and the Elites in both Britain and USA isolated Russia and destroyed their economies with embargos to protect their own pot of Gold .USA have destroyed more economies to boost their own. Oil could trade at about 80c a barrell and still make money but Nigeria, Venezuela ,Iran are all banned from exporting oil while Saudi are protected by the USA .Look at the USA it is a failed state .Imagine an elected President tried to overtrow his sucessor and he might even get re elected .WW1 was a fight between German Socialism and British Aristocratic entitlement .Brits were afraid if Germany was a fairer society then the British Working Classs would rise up so they sent them off to War to defeat the thing that they actually wanted . Dont fool yourself about China it is a dictatorship like both Russia and America it works for the Elites .I posted last week that I could buy something for 6 euro on line or 20 in the shop .That was made by China for about 50P .What China do is make cheap to market shit that they will corner the market then increase their prices but we dont care we want the smallest price .over 90% of all ball bearings used world wide are now made in China .The bullshit about global warming and fossil fuels is more to do with the trillions of Dollars that are exported to Saudi Arabia who dont play with the same deck as the rest they dont buy Levis or Coca Cola or use Paddy Power accounts .They take that money and spend it buying up your Hotels,Officeblocks,Hospitals ,Roads ,That increases the price and denies the local elites from buying them up cheap .The 1% dont like sharing .Back to me war story and your assumption Putin is not a Military Genius .Big Dommos Great Uncle Dommo was a Corporal in the Dublin Fusiliers I was drinking Porter with him in the Pigeon Club one day and he said how the fuck did the British win World War one they were fucking idiots if the Yanks hadent helped them the Germans would of won .Imagine he said some Fucking Young officer who probably only learned to wank a few weeks ago led men over the top of a trench to attach German trenches and the dumb cunt use to blow a fucking whistle just to let the Germans know they were coming .
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The FN manager has a genius for getting stories in the paper - here's another FN press release news story! I love how newspapers print this stuff without labelling it 'sponsered' or similar. There's no context or quotes from rival firms or even the NTA...
Increasing number of people training to become taxi drivers (https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/increasing-number-of-people-training-to-become-taxi-drivers-1306804.html)
There has been an increasing number of people training to becoming taxi drivers, according to data released by Free Now. <snip> It comes as concerns have been raised over the lack of taxi drivers in Dublin.
In April this year, there was a 20 per cent increase in the number of people registering for the Free Now training programme compared with January. Free Now driver data shows 60 per cent of new driver partners who joined the app in 2022 have completed the training initiative.
Niall Carson, general manager of Free Now Ireland said a collective effort from stakeholders needs to be made to support taxi driver retention and encourage more drivers to join the national fleet. “The rising number of candidates registering for our training programme since the start of 2022 is great to see as it reflects fresh interest in careers within the taxi sector at a time when the national fleet remains depleted post-pandemic,” Mr Carson said.
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According to Free Now, 60 per cent of taxi drivers enjoy their job and recommend it as a career choice. Working for themselves, a flexible working schedule, and the ability to maintain a good work-life balance were cited by drivers as benefits of the job.
I wonder if this emphasis on newbies is because current drivers are giving up on FN and switching to Bolt and Uber?
Watty did you read my previous reply to you .The 11% increase in fares will further reduce the number of fares available .The industry is probably still oversupplied its just 6 hours at the weekend and as soon as this inflation and rent and mortgage increases bite people wont be heading to the overpriced Oasis that is Dublin City Center .If you work nights you notice Thomas Street to Mount Street .Abbey Street to Renelagh outside that its virtually empty .For food or Drink and mid week even the Overpriced Oasis is only partly busy .
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You need to read your History Occi .The Yanks and Brits were scared shitless by the Russians after WW2 they feared Communism and the Elites in both Britain and USA isolated Russia and destroyed their economies with embargos to protect their own pot of Gold .USA have destroyed more economies to boost their own. Oil could trade at about 80c a barrell and still make money but Nigeria, Venezuela ,Iran are all banned from exporting oil while Saudi are protected by the USA .Look at the USA it is a failed state .Imagine an elected President tried to overtrow his sucessor and he might even get re elected .WW1 was a fight between German Socialism and British Aristocratic entitlement .Brits were afraid if Germany was a fairer society then the British Working Classs would rise up so they sent them off to War to defeat the thing that they actually wanted . Dont fool yourself about China it is a dictatorship like both Russia and America it works for the Elites .I posted last week that I could buy something for 6 euro on line or 20 in the shop .That was made by China for about 50P .What China do is make cheap to market shit that they will corner the market then increase their prices but we dont care we want the smallest price .over 90% of all ball bearings used world wide are now made in China .The bullshit about global warming and fossil fuels is more to do with the trillions of Dollars that are exported to Saudi Arabia who dont play with the same deck as the rest they dont buy Levis or Coca Cola or use Paddy Power accounts .They take that money and spend it buying up your Hotels,Officeblocks,Hospitals ,Roads ,That increases the price and denies the local elites from buying them up cheap .The 1% dont like sharing .Back to me war story and your assumption Putin is not a Military Genius .Big Dommos Great Uncle Dommo was a Corporal in the Dublin Fusiliers I was drinking Porter with him in the Pigeon Club one day and he said how the fuck did the British win World War one they were fucking idiots if the Yanks hadent helped them the Germans would of won .Imagine he said some Fucking Young officer who probably only learned to wank a few weeks ago led men over the top of a trench to attach German trenches and the dumb cunt use to blow a fucking whistle just to let the Germans know they were coming .
Venezuela, Nigeria, Iran? lol ....who the fuk wants to deal wit them ......... ones a cocaine dealer , ones a failed state rife and crippled wit endemic cultural corruption an the other is a religious cult livin In the middle ages.........yuv just proved me point Johnny ....all in poverty excluded from the world economy an all rich in resources an all bollixed ....North Korea is on the far end of the spectrum an that's wer putin is headin only I don't think/hope the smart Russians will put up wit it much longer ..
The gas an oil exports will be cut off ...foreign businesses have left Russia, trade closed down ....biggest own goal in history
Poor bastards in Russia be eatin grass or pot noodles made in China next yer ....
As for global warming....wers the fukin swallows ? >:(
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Watty did you read my previous reply to you .The 11% increase in fares will further reduce the number of fares available .The industry is probably still oversupplied its just 6 hours at the weekend and as soon as this inflation and rent and mortgage increases bite people wont be heading to the overpriced Oasis that is Dublin City Center .If you work nights you notice Thomas Street to Mount Street .Abbey Street to Renelagh outside that its virtually empty .For food or Drink and mid week even the Overpriced Oasis is only partly busy .
People can walk, cycle, bus, LUAS, drive, facetime etc etc before they get a taxi so I'm not convinced people think about the price of taxis too much Taxis are at the luxury end of the transport spectrum so, of course, it's a bit more expensive than other modes of transport.
People have more money than sense. And for some people, paying with a card/FN is not like spending real money - they just tap and go. I work days and I'm regularly amazed at minimum wage kids getting a taxi to work in Tesco/Woodies etc. Or mothers in their pyjamas delivering their well-dressed child to school in a taxi and then driving the mother home. Or junkies doing the home-clinic-drug dealer-home run.
Pubs might be closing but people still need to socialise - posh people will have dinner parties and normal people will have drink/drug parties. People are afraid of drink checkpoints so they'll get a taxi to work the next day. And they're still be those who wake up in a strange bed and need to get outta there asap. People will still get taxis to funerals and hospital appointments. Taxis to train stations/airports. Plenty of reasons to get a taxi.
Having a card machine will probably be important so people can pay by credit card if there's no money in their bank account.
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... there were 23.7k PSV vehicles and 38.5k driver licences back in 2011 but nowadays it's closer to 19k vehicles and 20k drivers. The number of drivers has almost halved in 11 years! ......
The Govt/NTA are throwing money at the 'vehicle' side of things but it's the drivers I'd be looking at. The number of drivers has almost halved since 2011 ....
The Taxi fleet has decreased but not halved in 11 years, of the 38.5k drivers fer just 23.7k PSV's in 2011, I reckon quite a lot of them 38.5k drivers were not actively working the industry but just keeping their old license alive as back then it cost just 13 Euro every 5 years to renew it and it was handy if a 'Rainy day' ever came along.
But then the license renewal went up to 250 Euro and the rules got more stringent and most of the 'Rainy day' crowd did not bother renewing.
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When?
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When?
When, What ?
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When does/did the rationing start. I can't be arsed reading all them words to find out... it's an ES I'm after....
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OCCI Remember where you read this first .I use to work the Docks still know a few heads .There will be Fuel Rationing by October we do not have any LNG storage so it too will be rationed for Electricity Generation .
<snip>
Put October in your diary. Or Not...
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has anybody else felt compelled to carry a jerry can in the boot with the price of juice.
stick twenty notes in the tank and it's nothing.
got caught by the bollocks a couple of times and nearly ran owa fuel yesterday.
was collectin some bollocks from mick's garage near the fermot.
was already low on juice from swords when i went down the motorway.
says i better go to the petteriddle station first before mick's garage and i came off at the red cow but headed towards citywest insteada town. looped backa round and the low fuel light came on and fuel range on my screen was only 15 kilometers. not familiar at all with the place cause i'm a northside knacker.
was at the lights at the nass road and the kylemore road and the range dropped to 0 kilometers all of a sudden and the low fuel light started flashin. absolutely brickin it.
google maps told me i was right on toppa a circle k.
turned left and there was a station and i glided in and threw a nifty inta her.
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has anybody else felt compelled to carry a jerry can in the boot with the price of juice.
stick twenty notes in the tank and it's nothing.
got caught by the bollocks a couple of times and nearly ran owa fuel yesterday.
was collectin some bollocks from mick's garage near the fermot.
was already low on juice from swords when i went down the motorway.
says i better go to the petteriddle station first before mick's garage and i came off at the red cow but headed towards citywest insteada town. looped backa round and the low fuel light came on and fuel range on my screen was only 15 kilometers. not familiar at all with the place cause i'm a northside knacker.
was at the lights at the nass road and the kylemore road and the range dropped to 0 kilometers all of a sudden and the low fuel light started flashin. absolutely brickin it.
google maps told me i was right on toppa a circle k.
turned left and there was a station and i glided in and threw a nifty inta her.
NO.
https://www.besmart.ie/fs/doc/Small_Business/Documents/Information_Note_Storing_Petrol_Safely.pdf (https://www.besmart.ie/fs/doc/Small_Business/Documents/Information_Note_Storing_Petrol_Safely.pdf)
Also, consider the dregs sucked up when allowing the tank to empty. Top up after every shift, you'll never be caught out on a JWT or long run.
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Dont tell me its going to be …driving around estates-..and sucking diesel from the tanks with a hose?
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Dont tell me its going to be …driving around estates-..and sucking diesel from the tanks with a hose?
It's more common than you think. A regular punter from the Glenamuck Road came home to find his winter supply drained by - as he suspected - local unsettled people.
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Very unsettling ::fds