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Title: Happy New Year
Post by: Rat Catcher on December 31, 2024, 02:14:59 pm
A happy and prosperous 2025 to all our readers and contributors.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Octavia1 on December 31, 2024, 02:32:16 pm
A happy and prosperous 2025 to all our readers and contributors.

Happy new year
 ::sleep
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: silverbullet on December 31, 2024, 03:24:18 pm
A happy new year to you and yours.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Bob Shillin on December 31, 2024, 03:24:22 pm
Hapy New Year to all, even Hal.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Shallow Hal on December 31, 2024, 05:41:50 pm
Hapy New Year to all, even Hal.

Jaysus..it's gettin personal!! lol

Happy New Year...one and all!!
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: watty on December 31, 2024, 05:57:39 pm
Happy New Year to all  :2cheers
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Punter on December 31, 2024, 06:13:14 pm
Ditto--to one and all--you help to make the day pass !
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: C5 on December 31, 2024, 10:55:53 pm
Happy new year everyone
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 01, 2025, 06:29:20 am
It's all a loada bollocks.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Octavia1 on January 01, 2025, 07:30:29 am
It's all a loada bollocks.
lol
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 01, 2025, 10:37:04 am
I wish all on here a Happy and prosperous new year in 2025 !   ::cheers

Even Octy whom 'Prosperous' is highly unlikely.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Octavia1 on January 01, 2025, 10:49:22 am
I wish all on here a Happy and prosperous new year in 2025 !   ::cheers

Even Octy whom 'Prosperous' is highly unlikely.
Ah Ken... ya shud wish me luck fuk sake ...
Happy new yer ya owl  bollixes
 ::sleep
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 01, 2025, 12:12:29 pm
I wish all on here a Happy and prosperous new year in 2025 !   ::cheers

Even Octy whom 'Prosperous' is highly unlikely.
Ah Ken... ya shud wish me luck fuk sake ...
Happy new yer ya owl  bollixes
 ::sleep
Happy New Year Octy and Best of Luck in your Mad Crypto adventures, unlikely next year will be so Happy.... But ??

I'm just resting up the old Pegs here in a Hot Salted water basin and supping on Tallaght's Finest after doing 12 of the busy 13 nights over the Chrimbo averaging 7.75 hours per night.
I'll be bursting me Bollix laughing when the 'QUIET OUT'  thread starts up again next week !   lol

The Sun fairly shone fer Taxi drivers these past 13 nights with the new Tariff 3 in play fer a lot of it, most unlikely that same Sun will Shine again in January !
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Octavia1 on January 01, 2025, 12:20:27 pm
It's not lookin good Ken... observing the restaurants out the nothside these last cople weeks ther half empty or less ...
Tink the apes wer havin a pint alrite but tings are goin be shoite this yer accordin to me octymeter ...
I'll be practicin thrifty livin from now on
 ::sleep
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 01, 2025, 12:39:43 pm
I'm a bit (well deserved) pissed at the mo, but I had a Financial Target set fer myself over the 13 busy Chrimbo nights, of which I worked 12 of them taking only Chrimbo Eve off, and I achieved that same Target at 7.30am this morning.

Have a guess Octy of what that Target of mine was ?
(And do remember I'm Licky-Lacky Arse Licking Ambassador on Gold and Priority status).
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 01, 2025, 12:47:44 pm
I've earned about 400 since December 10.I got browned off with Christmas a few years ago.It's over hyped and means very little extra money on the day shift.When you're looking at Chritmas jumpers from the end of November it's hard to be enthusiastic.I don't know how yous still get excited about it. Probably just dementia yis have..

This year I'm going to do the same and have everything earned by December if possible then fuk off on holidays to avoid the traffic.

Oh happy new year..
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Octavia1 on January 01, 2025, 12:48:17 pm
I'm a bit (well deserved) pissed at the mo, but I had a Financial Target set fer myself over the 13 busy Chrimbo nights, of which I worked 12 of them taking only Chrimbo Eve off, and I achieved that same Target at 7.30am this morning.

Have a guess Octy of what that Target of mine was ?
(And do remember I'm Licky-Lacky Arse Licking Ambassador on Gold and Priority status).

I'm glad ya did well Ken.. no need to tell us much ya made ... well done ... enjoy yur day off ... ya deserve it
 ::sleep
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 01, 2025, 02:12:48 pm
I had the most ghastly month from a financial perspective. I worked 33.5 hours taking in €1281 with takings per hour significantly below the year's average despite the fare increase.... and I spent most of the month handing out money like it was going out of fashion which, to be fair, is the norm for December as far as personal / socialising expenditure excesses are concerned but I was also faced with €550 for a new meter, €90 to schedule sealing, €75 for a brand new tyre (bubbled on inside wall), €127 for a brand new battery,  €55 for NCTS, €15 for a first aid kit, €150 for LRA - on successful completion of which the inspector advised I'd have to take another trip up to Dublin for the stickers as they were out of stock and said he'd ring when they came in, no word as yet.... pff, the list is endless...

Folk pay taxi firms like Free Now extortionate surge fees and see taximen driving €40k cars  so they think we're making a fortune. They don't realise you'd need to work like a first generation immigrant to show any kind of profit.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 01, 2025, 02:16:03 pm
Thank Fuck it's January!
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 02, 2025, 08:56:22 pm
I'm a bit (well deserved) pissed at the mo, but I had a Financial Target set fer myself over the 13 busy Chrimbo nights, of which I worked 12 of them taking only Chrimbo Eve off, and I achieved that same Target at 7.30am this morning.

Have a guess Octy of what that Target of mine was ?
(And do remember I'm Licky-Lacky Arse Licking Ambassador on Gold and Priority status).

€4,587.60?
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 02, 2025, 09:01:26 pm
... or 57% of a Toyota DPF, if you prefer!
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: watty on January 03, 2025, 03:27:24 am
... or 57% of a Toyota DPF, if you prefer!

 lol
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2025, 11:38:51 am
... or 57% of a Toyota DPF, if you prefer!
Ooou Nasty ! Elbow straight to de Ribs !   lol
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2025, 11:41:24 am
I'm a bit (well deserved) pissed at the mo, but I had a Financial Target set fer myself over the 13 busy Chrimbo nights, of which I worked 12 of them taking only Chrimbo Eve off, and I achieved that same Target at 7.30am this morning.

Have a guess Octy of what that Target of mine was ?
(And do remember I'm Licky-Lacky Arse Licking Ambassador on Gold and Priority status).

€4,587.60?
Close, round it to the nearest 'Bag' ! 
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Bob Shillin on January 04, 2025, 01:41:42 pm
I'm a bit (well deserved) pissed at the mo, but I had a Financial Target set fer myself over the 13 busy Chrimbo nights, of which I worked 12 of them taking only Chrimbo Eve off, and I achieved that same Target at 7.30am this morning.

Have a guess Octy of what that Target of mine was ?
(And do remember I'm Licky-Lacky Arse Licking Ambassador on Gold and Priority status).

€4,587.60?
Close, round it to the nearest 'Bag' !
I can hear Revenue breaking ot the champagne already
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Taxi driver42 on January 04, 2025, 05:49:07 pm
Fantastic
Happy new yr
My last yr so bad that this yr can only mean death or a heart attack to top it

On the plus side I got divorced last yr
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Bob Shillin on January 05, 2025, 02:17:05 am
"On the plus side I got divorced last yr" +1.
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Taxi driver42 on January 05, 2025, 10:19:50 am
"On the plus side I got divorced last yr" +1.

Congratulations
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: silverbullet on January 05, 2025, 06:06:57 pm
"On the plus side I got divorced last yr" +1.
-2? 8)
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 05, 2025, 08:34:03 pm
Fantastic
Happy new yr
My last yr so bad that this yr can only mean death or a heart attack to top it

On the plus side I got divorced last yr
Life is a whole lot easier without them, I gave up about 15 years ago and never looked back !
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Shallow Hal on January 05, 2025, 08:48:26 pm
Fantastic
Happy new yr
My last yr so bad that this yr can only mean death or a heart attack to top it

On the plus side I got divorced last yr
Life is a whole lot easier without them, I gave up about 15 years ago and never looked back !

Ah Ken!!
Title: Re: Happy New Year
Post by: Belker on January 07, 2025, 02:48:37 am
Fantastic
Happy new yr
My last yr so bad that this yr can only mean death or a heart attack to top it

On the plus side I got divorced last yr
Life is a whole lot easier without them, I gave up about 15 years ago and never looked back !

Ah Ken!!
Some of us got lucky Hal  lol and some of us didn't !  ::fds