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Title: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2021, 07:59:45 am
It's Over, OVER !

The weekend nights on the run up to Chrimbo were ok.
Christmas eve was a good evening.
Christmas day/evening on tariff 3 was great.
St Stephens night was poor.
NYE on tariff 3 was a Bonanza.
Last Friday night was very poor.
Last night (Sat) was a lot worse, easily my worst Saturday night ever by a long way.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Tony on January 03, 2021, 10:31:25 am
I'd a busy christmas and new year, I ate and drank loads but looking forward to getting back to normal (whatever that is) next week

Probably because i havnt worked the taxi in a half year or more.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 10:46:05 am
Kenneth .The shit is going to hit the Fan .The Government said Save the Hospitals they failed hospitals will be overflowing by the end of the Month .Keep schools Open they failed there as well schools now closed till 11th but that might be extended .Hotels,Pubs ,Shops all closing except vital services .Vaccine is a fucking Joke Government have ordered millions of doses but the Delivery is 40,000 doses a week half that because we need two needles thats less than 100,000 a month to get needled or about a Million a year or 5 years to needle us all thats the governments own figures .Watch the fear factor growing as kids are at home shops are prebooked and people you know are sick .The RTE -BBC ,SKY shock reporters will be in full flow .Your bring a bottle service is your best bet to pay rent .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2021, 11:07:05 am
Before yis all kill yerselves remember it goes quieter in January every year before anyone ever heard of Covid 19 or Brexit or lockdowns.

Erm I'm surprised you're head hasn't exploded now that brexit has arrived and  it's not as dramatic as you were hoping.You must be raging.:-)
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2021, 11:10:33 am
I wouldn't be in a big rush back to the Taxi game El Tonio, I would suggest that if'n the HGV license gig is working fer you to stick with it.

Fer myself I achieved 60+ jobs over each of Christmas week and new years week which gets me to Gold status fer next week.
If I can earn my Silver (36 job) star fer the next 2 weeks then I will remain as Gold status, but I really doubt that even as ambassador on Gold status that I can make even the 36 job Silver in the coming weeks.

Last nights (Sat) work (On ambassador/Priority), 7.5 hours, 7 FN jobs and nothing at all off the street/rank/private.
That's a job an hour of a Saturday night, I'm dreading what the Jan/Feb mid week nights will be like.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 11:12:40 am
Before yis all kill yerselves remember it goes quieter in January every year before anyone ever heard of Covid 19 or Brexit or lockdowns.

Erm I'm surprised you're head hasn't exploded now that brexit has arrived and  it's not as dramatic as you were hoping.You must be raging.:-)


Watch the impact of Brexit .You will see it in your wage packet and spending power .Wait till all those Tens of thousands of Jobs we were going to rob from Britain dont materialize and all the new office blocks down the docks remain empty and we need to bail out the banks again .Brexit is not even one working day old yet .Your positivity could be mistaken for stupidity .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 11:14:18 am
I wouldn't be in a big rush back to the Taxi game El Tonio, I would suggest that if'n the HGV license gig is working fer you to stick with it.

Fer myself I achieved 60+ jobs over each of Christmas week and new years week which gets me to Gold status fer next week.
If I can earn my Silver (36 job) star fer the next 2 weeks then I will remain as Gold status, but I really doubt that even as ambassador on Gold status that I can make even the 36 job Silver in the coming weeks.

Last nights (Sat) work (On ambassador/Priority), 7.5 hours, 7 FN jobs and nothing at all off the street/rank/private.
That's a job an hour of a Saturday night, I'm dreading what the Jan/Feb mid week nights will be like.


Ken after Costs is it worth your while risking your health ?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2021, 11:20:36 am
Ermy I don't have a wage packet.We're in a pandemic and I'm on the Covid dole like you and most of the fleet..bleeding losers.Pandemics are much more important than a few trade agreements and a few trucks getting delayed.

In ten plus years on this and the other channel I don't think you've ever said anything positive about anything.That's a fact.I'm not trying to piss on your Weetabix BTW.Yer too soft of a target these days.

Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: taxi1990 on January 03, 2021, 11:28:52 am
from 9am to 7pm yesterday I made 0 euro.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 11:29:24 am
.Why would I be positive I told anybody that would Listen Hailo was a Cuckoo in the Nest would rob your work .Tell me I was Wrong ?I know no other business that was destroyed from within .No other business has asked for more costs to be lumped on it or made it easier for new entrants .This business is Dead Merch just not buried yet and most lads dont recognise it yet .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 03, 2021, 11:29:37 am
The  house parties must have been rocking in Cork.
No wonder we topped Dublin in the Covid cases yesterday
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Tony on January 03, 2021, 11:35:07 am
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Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 03, 2021, 11:36:31 am
from 9am to 7pm yesterday I made 0 euro.

Did you leave yer gaf?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Tony on January 03, 2021, 11:37:05 am
from 9am to 7pm yesterday I made 0 euro.

Did you leave yer gaf?

I made more than that, i got €6 on the lotto
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2021, 11:41:52 am

...... Ken after Costs is it worth your while risking your health ?

I don't know anymore John M, since the Oct Lockdown most usually I only worked Fri and Sat nights.
But Chrimbo and NYE are different to me than most others, I need to be out working and mingling.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2021, 11:42:48 am
^^^^^^^^I don't think things are as grim as you perceive them Ermy.There are lads in New York New York with medallions that they paid millions for doing feck all.

Our industry is in a much healthier position than it was ten years ago.We do have an app leaning on us but most seem happy do do what they're told.For ten years you've been telling us to get another gig with nobody leaving.Things can't be that awful.Just a pandemic in January.Once in a lifetime event for most on here.

Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 11:44:51 am
I went for an Antibody test Wednesday talking to the Chemist he said there is no such thing as a private Covid test as only official tests carried out by the government count but he does one unofficial he said a lot of people with good jobs take private tests as if they opt for the government test then they and their close contacts must self isolate As they dont want to miss work they opt for the secret test .I bet a lot of positive chemist tests never tell anybody they are toxic just work from home and stay quiet .The real figure for this Cough will never be known .If most of us had a cough or a sneeze we wouldnt be calling the Doc for a test we would just think its a cold .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: taxi1990 on January 03, 2021, 11:48:07 am
from 9am to 7pm yesterday I made 0 euro.

Did you leave yer gaf?



most days 100% of my business comes from people ringing me. The phone didnt ring once yesterday.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2021, 11:51:56 am
The  house parties must have been rocking in Cork.
No wonder we topped Dublin in the Covid cases yesterday
NYE/NYD from 12.30am to 9am was total 'Batshit' on the FN app,
I was just a Score short of bringing the 'Hairy fella' home !
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2021, 11:52:22 am
I'm supposed to meet up with family later and I'd rather walk 30 minutes than get on a bus with other people right now.Why would any rational person get in a taxi if they believe the new strain is as awful as it's being portrayed.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 11:58:04 am
I'm supposed to meet up with family later and I'd rather walk 30 minutes than get on a bus with other people right now.Why would any rational person get in a taxi if they believe the new strain is as awful as it's being portrayed.

Merch I asked the Question here .Did Free Now contact any of 42s passengers to inform them that the driver was positive ?Did Free Now have a policy that Drivers must inform them if they are positive ?Do Free Now have a track and trace to inform DRIVERS if a passenger proves positive ? Like you say Merch why would a passenger take a taxi or why would you drive one at the moment .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2021, 12:09:46 pm
It's not their job John.If they take a week to return emails when it's busy they don't have the resources to phone every pisshead that may have been in 42s taxi.That's the HSEs responsibility and it could open Freenow up to a compo claim.

Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 03, 2021, 12:49:18 pm
The  house parties must have been rocking in Cork.
No wonder we topped Dublin in the Covid cases yesterday
NYE/NYD from 12.30am to 9am was total 'Batshit' on the FN app,
I was just a Score short of bringing the 'Hairy fella' home !

Is the hairy fella a monkey ?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 03, 2021, 12:52:31 pm
more of a chance gettin off a taxi driver in that confined space than a barman I rekon
Me taxi is infested with spiders cause it's not bein used ....
Japenese immigrant spiders ...I know ther japenese cause they came wit the car an I cant catch the cnuts ...ther too quick


The country be in shock mid / late January...only a cople weeks ago they  ( experts ) wer sayin we had nearly lowest figures in Europe.....now we have the worsest.....
The owlone next door has it aswell as bout a dozen I've been told about ....the kip is riddled ....
Get yur playstation out of the attic or do a bit of "  role play or play strangers " wit the mot to break the lockdown tension ...
But stay at home fuk sake
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Shallowhal on January 03, 2021, 01:04:40 pm
During first and second lockdown we(my family) didn't know anyone with the disease,this time however(3rd time unlucky) it's been on our doorstep and hopefully won't get any further but i think maybe people might actually sit up and take notice....except the fuks in Clogherhead..seems to be fukin rampant out there,even my son won't go near the kip.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 03, 2021, 01:12:40 pm
from 9am to 7pm yesterday I made 0 euro.

Snap. Fortunately, Anderson won the second semi final in the darts a bit later.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 01:33:32 pm
Somebody somewhere is making a killing .In the Bumper race today at Punchestown the Favourite cost HALF A MILLION EURO .Now remember his balls are gone so no breeding value He would have to be the best National Hunt Horse of all times to get that sort of coin back for his owner after training fees ,Jockies and trainers % vets fees .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 03, 2021, 01:34:21 pm
Did he win?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 01:43:30 pm
Did he win?

Race hasent been run yet but Half a million for a Point to Point Winner .We were bankrupt 12 years ago now half a million on a hobby horse not even any Stallion value .

Walk In The Park 5yo half-brother to point/2m4f hurdle winner Kerisper; dam French 2m2f hurdle winner, sister to French 2m4f hurdle winner Viva Rederie; impressive debut winner of Tattersalls Farm 4yo maiden point-to-point for the yard in October before changing hands for a whopping 470,000Euros at Tattersalls Cheltenham November Online Sale; intriguing to see how he fares on Rules debut.

Not what you would call an IMPRESSIVE pedigree .When I see the amount of Coin changing hands for National Hunt Horses im thinking Money Laundering .Novice Hurdle ran in Fairyhouse a month ago four of the horses cost 250,000 or more prize money was 8,600 to the winner
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 01:59:46 pm
Just another Observation it was an ON line sale so Horse was actually bought sight unseen .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 03, 2021, 02:58:37 pm
Did he win?

Punchestown isnt on today even  :D
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 03:58:59 pm
Did he win?

Punchestown isnt on today even  :D

Sorry fairyhouse Occi but I can still spot half a million Euro worth of not so good .Lost .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 03, 2021, 05:03:30 pm
Did he win?

Punchestown isnt on today even  :D

Sorry fairyhouse Occi but I can still spot half a million Euro worth of not so good .Lost .

Yea it's weird alrite johnny ....a horse is worth more than us ...an if it breaks a leg it gets shot in the head an ends up in a tin of pedigree chum or a tesco burger ......
Doesn't do antin for me self esteem  oops
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 03, 2021, 06:11:14 pm
You'll never go too far wrong laying odds on shots in Irish racing.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 06:18:59 pm
Rodent I spoke to you before about the Price being paid for Store Horses .It has to be Money laundering .A National Hunt Horse has little or no future value unlike flat horses where a Good stallion like Galileo is worth over a Billion .That horse today had a very poor French Pedigree his dam and grand dam won over Hurdles but no speed in his pedigree so he wasent going to be a Guarenteed Hurdler and No real Chasing Pedigree .So what were they paying Half a Million For .

Back to the point we cannot make a living for 60 hours a week driving a cab but there seems to be plenty of people with hundreds of thousands to spend on Hobby Horses
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 03, 2021, 06:22:21 pm
It's a bit nuts alright. There was a time an ordinary punter could aspire to (part) owning a NH horse with reasonable pedigree. Nowadays it's even too rich for the likes of Michael O'Leary... I blame rich Ritchie and his ilk, more money than sense, etc... but it'll probably all end in tears.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 03, 2021, 06:35:46 pm
It's our imported American neo capitalism ....I see Bezos wife donated 500 million dollors to blax lives matters.....that's nice ....an  100s of thousands of blacks livin in tents up an down the highways of America.....
I suppose she can sleep a little less guiltily knowing she donated 2 days of her husbands wages  into a bank account
in the Cayman islands ...
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 03, 2021, 06:43:00 pm
Did he win?
.Novice Hurdle ran in Fairyhouse a month ago four of the horses cost 250,000 or more prize money was 8,600 to the winner


There was a time when you'd only ever see something like that in flat racing as the jumps game was seen as the ordinary Joe's sport apart from the odd headline purchase.Now it truly is an orgy of the rich.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 03, 2021, 06:46:53 pm
Rat .Sports Spending hasent stopped during the Fever and look at Brexit .The Premier League can now only buy European Players with a Pedigree .I love the Whole Brexit thing nonsence about blocking free movement Man City ,Chelsea .Arsenal Liverpool not a Dozen Brits playing  among them .But I laughed today when I saw Rangers Gloating that they bet Celtic and looking out from behind the reporter was a United Nations of Players .I remember when Mo Johnston left Celtic and went to Rangers he was the First Catholic to play for Rangers and there were genuine threats to his life .In 1967 when Celtic won the European Cup all their Players came from Glasgow .Sort of Crazy now .In the 1960 Jimmy Hill led a strike to get more wages for players who were on an average of £12 a week about the same as a black Cab driver .Now Premier League players earn enough every week to buy both your and my gaff and still have a few quid left to get a tattoo on their neck .

 Thing thats going to be the Big danger from this Fever the divide between the have a little and have fuck alls .Anybody working for the state are working from home or on restricted Duty but on Full Pay .The only people really struggling are low paid workers like ourselves or those that are locked out of their toil .I posted here in November that there would be no Paddys Day Parade ,Most of what I posted was Correct now Ill tell you there is Blind Panic in Dep of Education because of Court cases There will be NO LEAVING CERT EXAMS in June as the way they marked last years was deemed unfair .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2021, 06:25:09 am
I was out last night on these days Rare FN Gold status and on Priority with ambassador status. Which is more or less Top of the Tree.

I only went out to get Smokes and a Munch starting at 1am.
1.5 hours later and no job, not even an offer from the app and the streets totally deserted.

I got me smokes and had me munch all with the app on during the 1.5 hours and then did a lap of the city before heading fer home with Zilch on the sheet.
The app binged as I was in the southern suburbs fer a job 10.6km away, I declined it.
It binged a Second time and I had a good long look at it, 10.4km away coming 12.6km back to the city and motorway fer 3/4 of the trip.
I took it just to have something on my sheet before I went home, I did that and then took another short hop fer a Second job and meandered me way home slowly after dropping northside, but that was it, no further offers, 2 hours, 2 jobs.

And that is probably a good nights work !
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: watty on January 04, 2021, 09:19:34 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Shallowhal on January 04, 2021, 09:29:57 am
You're dead right watty....the number of cases yesterday was scary with god knows how many  in their sick beds untested but know themselves they're riddled.....cue the Doc!!
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 04, 2021, 09:47:08 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.

+1
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: watty on January 04, 2021, 09:49:48 am
The thing is doctors have gotten much better at treating the virus and you've a good chance of surviving it if you end up in hospital.  But you need a bed and doctors & nurses that are 100% alert. 

If the virus really gets out of control and there's no beds and doctors are knackered, they might have to play 'God' and pick and choose who gets to live and who dies.  I'm not that lucky so I'm avoiding the virus!
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2021, 09:53:44 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.
Firstly Thank you fer your concern Watty, much appreciated.
I really don't know what to do at the moment, it's Monday morning now and I will happily Sleep and Drink through today and tomorrow, but come Wednesday and the itch to get back out to work will sit in with me, I might make it through Wednesday or even Thursday at a big push, but come Friday I need to be outta de house and on the street.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: taxi1990 on January 04, 2021, 11:08:16 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.
Firstly Thank you fer your concern Watty, much appreciated.
I really don't know what to do at the moment, it's Monday morning now and I will happily Sleep and Drink through today and tomorrow, but come Wednesday and the itch to get back out to work will sit in with me, I might make it through Wednesday or even Thursday at a big push, but come Friday I need to be outta de house and on the street.


park up the taxi and drive for DPD for a couple of months? it would get you out of the house and lower your risk of getting covid.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: vandriver on January 04, 2021, 11:51:27 am
Find a pizza delivery type job?
There's an app called gigable that has a fair bit of work like that on it.Don't know if the cover your fair city though.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2021, 11:54:36 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.
Firstly Thank you fer your concern Watty, much appreciated.
I really don't know what to do at the moment, it's Monday morning now and I will happily Sleep and Drink through today and tomorrow, but come Wednesday and the itch to get back out to work will sit in with me, I might make it through Wednesday or even Thursday at a big push, but come Friday I need to be outta de house and on the street.

park up the taxi and drive for DPD for a couple of months? it would get you out of the house and lower your risk of getting covid.
As in Work fer a Boss and be told what to do ?
I don't think so !
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2021, 11:56:38 am
@ Belker - I know you went a bit mental the last time but would you not park up for a few weeks?  The virus is out of control in Cork and the rest of the country.  CUH is effectively closed and 100 nurses are out sick.  Cork is not a place to get sick at the moment!

Apart from drug runs, I can't imagine who would want a taxi at the moment (enough to make a weekly wage). 

NPHET is begging people to stay at home & work from home.  The teachers are putting their foot down and want the schools to stay closed.  Hospital and ICU admissions have doubled in a week and are likely to double or treble in another week.  The next two weeks are ones in which we all should just write off and stay home.
Firstly Thank you fer your concern Watty, much appreciated.
I really don't know what to do at the moment, it's Monday morning now and I will happily Sleep and Drink through today and tomorrow, but come Wednesday and the itch to get back out to work will sit in with me, I might make it through Wednesday or even Thursday at a big push, but come Friday I need to be outta de house and on the street.


park up the taxi and drive for DPD for a couple of months? it would get you out of the house and lower your risk of getting covid.
Write a buke. Plague rat diaries.
The legend that was case 70,054! 8)
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 11:58:22 am
Ken First stay safe .What you are seeing is what it was like in Dublin .Our kid was contacted by a Teacher in the school cold calling to see how parents are fixed as the Teachers Union are considering refusing to return to work remember where you read that first .Teachers are pissed off that they are not being protected from Septic Rugrats .They are annoyed that if a Parent gets the Lurgy they are not informed and the Child can still attend School as there is no rule that says CHILDREN must isolate if they are a close contacts. As you know I dont understand all the contradictions .Numbers for Covid deaths are bollox they are for people who died while infected with Covid not that they ACTUALLY DIED of Covid .Same bolloxology for Cases .They are for the number of POSITIVE TESTS not people SUFFERING from Covid as a lot of people have no symptoms .There is HUGE dishonesty going on here The Hospitals are NOT overcrowded Just look back at the figures from two or three years ago how many people were on trollies or sleeping in corridors and how many there are now .Ken there is an Annual Flu cycle the Flu they got in the Southren Hemisphere last year is normally the one we Vaccinate for in the Northerner Hemisphere this year. Flu mutates it is a virus that mutates to survive that is the nature of viruses .From the start of this China Cough I have thought it was no more than a Flu that mutated and the Anti Flu vaccine for last year failed then Trump for Political Reasons as the Flu was first found in China the Largest population on earth so more likely to come from there than anywhere else statistically used it for his Political Ends .The New surge we are seeing is no more than the number of infections we would see every other year if we did not vaccinate for the Annual winter flu .This years Flu Vaccination which would normally be designed from last years strain of flu is not working .So here is my simple view for what its worth .What we have is a Flu nothing more just a common flu but there has been a failure probably by design for Political reasons that backfired .Now for the Science Real Every year a new Flu vaccine is released .It does not take ten years for the Drugs Licencing board to check it out it is designed to counter last years strain of the flu as that is the latest known flu .You cannot Vaccinate against the Unknown unless you use Holy Water and a Christian Name .Ken I believe this Flu was a Political Gambit by Trump and America to undermine the Chinease Economy it failed .Look at the countries that Conspired in this Europe ,UK ,USA ,Japan, Now look at their stock markets most of their businesses are affected economic slowdowns everywhere but the stock markets are buoyant why is that ?

 These countries economies were on their knees because we had consumed all we needed from 4 coloured tellies per house and 5 mobile phones and two cars we were all tapped out no more coin because we had reached our credit limits .Now look in the Mirror you will see a man who without any efford has collected thousands of free money from the Government Companies no matter how profitable have gotten Free Money from governments Stock markets that boomed because of Free Money from Governments but the Governments giving away the Free Money were the ones whos economies were slowing .America .Europe,UK ,Japan .The 2008 Bank Collapse proved to Western Governments that money does not exist you can just create it out of nothing .What is needed is Consumerism create a demand then create a way of satisfying that demand Lockdown has done that .People are chomping at the bit to get out and spend and people have money to spend as Governments have created Trillions of Euro/Dollars/Yen out of thin air .This Virus is no more than an Economic Dam designed to hold back spending to turbo charge the next few years .History is littered with this Phenomena The Roaring 20s after the First World War then the Boom of the 50s and 60s after WW2 .This Pandemic is no more than an Economic stimulus and just like World War one and Two the same actors are on stage .Stay healthy sit it out the boom times are a coming Donny T knows it thats why he wants to hang on .As the Doc and Occi pointed out  the Old sick and infirm the less productive economic units have suffered during this Pandemic .The only rational explanation for this Pandemic is that it is designed to stimulate Western Economies and Governments dont mind handing out Free Coin and Central banks dont mind printing it as they know a boom in sales will lead to a boom in tax and credit and the exchequres and banks that issued the Coin will get it all back .Another reason for issuing more Free Money is to fight off Crypto Currencies .The US government controls the world economic system with the Dollar but who owns or controls Crypto Currencies .Why do you think we are hearing all about big Hacks by Governments on Computer Systems ?Would you be happy if your money only existed in a computers virtual memory .This virus is only an economic stimulus created to turbocharge Western Economies and I will ask you a Question .Do you know anybody who died from Covid .The answer is No nobody died from covid they died With Covid .My underlying health is not great I wouldnt like to catch it but look at the real figures for Deaths in the USA or the UK or Ireland .I think the Figure for deaths from all causes in the USA for last year against 2019 is only about 20,000 more when if there was a Pandemic that killed 400,000 more people the figure should be higher .None of this adds up .Just for an example of what I mean remember after Lock down 1 was lifted the Ques outside Pennys to buy Girlie Socks and Jocks .Look at Mick O leary the world is falling apart and he is buying Aeroplanes to cash in on the Travel Boom .To rob a quote from  TV .This time next year we will all be Millionaires .Sit it out Ken your a middle aged man not to healthy like most of us .If lockdowns worked why are we on Lockdown number 3 .This will pass when we are told it has passed the threat is dont catch it because we have no room in the hospital .Apart from Doc Hooligan giving out figures and the Smiling youngone on Virgin Media giving out the Death Score how would you know what was going on .Its not as Doc Says ALL A LOAD OF BOLLOX .....its AN ECONOMIC STIMILUS designed to kickstart stagnant Western economies and wait till Leo is Great or Borris or Joe or Angela go on SKY or CNN to announce the Pandemic is over it will be like VE day all over again as the Western world goes Shopping and Spending .You cant use War any more to stimulate the World economy but a Pandemic now there is an Economic Policy that the world will buy into and you dont need to murder millions of future customers .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2021, 12:03:44 pm
Ken First stay safe .What you are seeing is what it was like in Dublin .Our kid was contacted by a Teacher in the school cold calling to see how parents are fixed as the Teachers Union are considering refusing to return to work remember where you read that first .Teachers are pissed off that they are not being protected from Septic Rugrats .They are annoyed that if a Parent gets the Lurgy they are not informed and the Child can still attend School as there is no rule that says CHILDREN must isolate if they are a close contacts. As you know I dont understand all the contradictions .Numbers for Covid deaths are bollox they are for people who died while infected with Covid not that they ACTUALLY DIED of Covid .Same bolloxology for Cases .They are for the number of POSITIVE TESTS not people SUFFERING from Covid as a lot of people have no symptoms .There is HUGE dishonesty going on here The Hospitals are NOT overcrowded Just look back at the figures from two or three years ago how many people were on trollies or sleeping in corridors and how many there are now .Ken there is an Annual Flu cycle the Flu they got in the Southren Hemisphere last year is normally the one we Vaccinate for in the Northerner Hemisphere this year. Flu mutates it is a virus that mutates to survive that is the nature of viruses .From the start of this China Cough I have thought it was no more than a Flu that mutated and the Anti Flu vaccine for last year failed then Trump for Political Reasons as the Flu was first found in China the Largest population on earth so more likely to come from there than anywhere else statistically used it for his Political Ends .The New surge we are seeing is no more than the number of infections we would see every other year if we did not vaccinate for the Annual winter flu .This years Flu Vaccination which would normally be designed from last years strain of flu is not working .So here is my simple view for what its worth .What we have is a Flu nothing more just a common flu but there has been a failure probably by design for Political reasons that backfired .Now for the Science Real Every year a new Flu vaccine is released .It does not take ten years for the Drugs Licencing board to check it out it is designed to counter last years strain of the flu as that is the latest known flu .You cannot Vaccinate against the Unknown unless you use Holy Water and a Christian Name .Ken I believe this Flu was a Political Gambit by Trump and America to undermine the Chinease Economy it failed .Look at the countries that Conspired in this Europe ,UK ,USA ,Japan, Now look at their stock markets most of their businesses are affected economic slowdowns everywhere but the stock markets are buoyant why is that ?

 These countries economies were on their knees because we had consumed all we needed from 4 coloured tellies per house and 5 mobile phones and two cars we were all tapped out no more coin because we had reached our credit limits .Now look in the Mirror you will see a man who without any efford has collected thousands of free money from the Government Companies no matter how profitable have gotten Free Money from governments Stock markets that boomed because of Free Money from Governments but the Governments giving away the Free Money were the ones whos economies were slowing .America .Europe,UK ,Japan .The 2008 Bank Collapse proved to Western Governments that money does not exist you can just create it out of nothing .What is needed is Consumerism create a demand then create a way of satisfying that demand Lockdown has done that .People are chomping at the bit to get out and spend and people have money to spend as Governments have created Trillions of Euro/Dollars/Yen out of thin air .This Virus is no more than an Economic Dam designed to hold back spending to turbo charge the next few years .History is littered with this Phenomena The Roaring 20s after the First World War then the Boom of the 50s and 60s after WW2 .This Pandemic is no more than an Economic stimulus and just like World War one and Two the same actors are on stage .Stay healthy sit it out the boom times are a coming Donny T knows it thats why he wants to hang on .As the Doc and Occi pointed out  the Old sick and infirm the less productive economic units have suffered during this Pandemic .The only rational explanation for this Pandemic is that it is designed to stimulate Western Economies and Governments dont mind handing out Free Coin and Central banks dont mind printing it as they know a boom in sales will lead to a boom in tax and credit and the exchequres and banks that issued the Coin will get it all back .Another reason for issuing more Free Money is to fight off Crypto Currencies .The US government controls the world economic system with the Dollar but who owns or controls Crypto Currencies .Why do you think we are hearing all about big Hacks by Governments on Computer Systems ?Would you be happy if your money only existed in a computers virtual memory .This virus is only an economic stimulus created to turbocharge Western Economies and I will ask you a Question .Do you know anybody who died from Covid .The answer is No nobody died from covid they died With Covid .My underlying health is not great I wouldnt like to catch it but look at the real figures for Deaths in the USA or the UK or Ireland .I think the Figure for deaths from all causes in the USA for last year against 2019 is only about 20,000 more when if there was a Pandemic that killed 400,000 more people the figure should be higher .None of this adds up .Just for an example of what I mean remember after Lock down 1 was lifted the Ques outside Pennys to buy Girlie Socks and Jocks .Look at Mick O leary the world is falling apart and he is buying Aeroplanes to cash in on the Travel Boom .To rob a quote from  TV .This time next year we will all be Millionaires .Sit it out Ken your a middle aged man not to healthy like most of us .If lockdowns worked why are we on Lockdown number 3 .This will pass when we are told it has passed the threat is dont catch it because we have no room in the hospital .Apart from Doc Hooligan giving out figures and the Smiling youngone on Virgin Media giving out the Death Score how would you know what was going on .Its not as Doc Says ALL A LOAD OF BOLLOX .....its AN ECONOMIC STIMILUS designed to kickstart stagnant Western economies and wait till Leo is Great or Borris or Joe or Angela go on SKY or CNN to announce the Pandemic is over it will be like VE day all over again as the Western world goes Shopping and Spending .You cant use War any more to stimulate the World economy but a Pandemic now there is an Economic Policy that the world will buy into and you dont need to murder millions of future customers .
Yet another unopened bag of SCRABBLE tm 8).


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Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2021, 12:07:06 pm
Find a pizza delivery type job?
There's an app called gigable that has a fair bit of work like that on it.Don't know if the cover your fair city though.
I did pizza delivery fer 9 months back when I started out about 12 years ago,
I was working Base and Pizza every night and loving been out on the streets,
but it took it's toll, thankfully I dropped the Pizza but kept the base.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2021, 12:08:35 pm
Find a pizza delivery type job?
There's an app called gigable that has a fair bit of work like that on it.Don't know if the cover your fair city though.
I did pizza delivery fer 9 months back when I started out about 12 years ago,
I was working Base and Pizza every night and loving been out on the streets,
but it took it's toll, thankfully I dropped the Pizza but kept the base.
A suicidal pizza tops itself! 8)
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Octavia1 on January 04, 2021, 01:10:28 pm
Ken First stay safe .What you are seeing is what it was like in Dublin .Our kid was contacted by a Teacher in the school cold calling to see how parents are fixed as the Teachers Union are considering refusing to return to work remember where you read that first .Teachers are pissed off that they are not being protected from Septic Rugrats .They are annoyed that if a Parent gets the Lurgy they are not informed and the Child can still attend School as there is no rule that says CHILDREN must isolate if they are a close contacts. As you know I dont understand all the contradictions .Numbers for Covid deaths are bollox they are for people who died while infected with Covid not that they ACTUALLY DIED of Covid .Same bolloxology for Cases .They are for the number of POSITIVE TESTS not people SUFFERING from Covid as a lot of people have no symptoms .There is HUGE dishonesty going on here The Hospitals are NOT overcrowded Just look back at the figures from two or three years ago how many people were on trollies or sleeping in corridors and how many there are now .Ken there is an Annual Flu cycle the Flu they got in the Southren Hemisphere last year is normally the one we Vaccinate for in the Northerner Hemisphere this year. Flu mutates it is a virus that mutates to survive that is the nature of viruses .From the start of this China Cough I have thought it was no more than a Flu that mutated and the Anti Flu vaccine for last year failed then Trump for Political Reasons as the Flu was first found in China the Largest population on earth so more likely to come from there than anywhere else statistically used it for his Political Ends .The New surge we are seeing is no more than the number of infections we would see every other year if we did not vaccinate for the Annual winter flu .This years Flu Vaccination which would normally be designed from last years strain of flu is not working .So here is my simple view for what its worth .What we have is a Flu nothing more just a common flu but there has been a failure probably by design for Political reasons that backfired .Now for the Science Real Every year a new Flu vaccine is released .It does not take ten years for the Drugs Licencing board to check it out it is designed to counter last years strain of the flu as that is the latest known flu .You cannot Vaccinate against the Unknown unless you use Holy Water and a Christian Name .Ken I believe this Flu was a Political Gambit by Trump and America to undermine the Chinease Economy it failed .Look at the countries that Conspired in this Europe ,UK ,USA ,Japan, Now look at their stock markets most of their businesses are affected economic slowdowns everywhere but the stock markets are buoyant why is that ?

 These countries economies were on their knees because we had consumed all we needed from 4 coloured tellies per house and 5 mobile phones and two cars we were all tapped out no more coin because we had reached our credit limits .Now look in the Mirror you will see a man who without any efford has collected thousands of free money from the Government Companies no matter how profitable have gotten Free Money from governments Stock markets that boomed because of Free Money from Governments but the Governments giving away the Free Money were the ones whos economies were slowing .America .Europe,UK ,Japan .The 2008 Bank Collapse proved to Western Governments that money does not exist you can just create it out of nothing .What is needed is Consumerism create a demand then create a way of satisfying that demand Lockdown has done that .People are chomping at the bit to get out and spend and people have money to spend as Governments have created Trillions of Euro/Dollars/Yen out of thin air .This Virus is no more than an Economic Dam designed to hold back spending to turbo charge the next few years .History is littered with this Phenomena The Roaring 20s after the First World War then the Boom of the 50s and 60s after WW2 .This Pandemic is no more than an Economic stimulus and just like World War one and Two the same actors are on stage .Stay healthy sit it out the boom times are a coming Donny T knows it thats why he wants to hang on .As the Doc and Occi pointed out  the Old sick and infirm the less productive economic units have suffered during this Pandemic .The only rational explanation for this Pandemic is that it is designed to stimulate Western Economies and Governments dont mind handing out Free Coin and Central banks dont mind printing it as they know a boom in sales will lead to a boom in tax and credit and the exchequres and banks that issued the Coin will get it all back .Another reason for issuing more Free Money is to fight off Crypto Currencies .The US government controls the world economic system with the Dollar but who owns or controls Crypto Currencies .Why do you think we are hearing all about big Hacks by Governments on Computer Systems ?Would you be happy if your money only existed in a computers virtual memory .This virus is only an economic stimulus created to turbocharge Western Economies and I will ask you a Question .Do you know anybody who died from Covid .The answer is No nobody died from covid they died With Covid .My underlying health is not great I wouldnt like to catch it but look at the real figures for Deaths in the USA or the UK or Ireland .I think the Figure for deaths from all causes in the USA for last year against 2019 is only about 20,000 more when if there was a Pandemic that killed 400,000 more people the figure should be higher .None of this adds up .Just for an example of what I mean remember after Lock down 1 was lifted the Ques outside Pennys to buy Girlie Socks and Jocks .Look at Mick O leary the world is falling apart and he is buying Aeroplanes to cash in on the Travel Boom .To rob a quote from  TV .This time next year we will all be Millionaires .Sit it out Ken your a middle aged man not to healthy like most of us .If lockdowns worked why are we on Lockdown number 3 .This will pass when we are told it has passed the threat is dont catch it because we have no room in the hospital .Apart from Doc Hooligan giving out figures and the Smiling youngone on Virgin Media giving out the Death Score how would you know what was going on .Its not as Doc Says ALL A LOAD OF BOLLOX .....its AN ECONOMIC STIMILUS designed to kickstart stagnant Western economies and wait till Leo is Great or Borris or Joe or Angela go on SKY or CNN to announce the Pandemic is over it will be like VE day all over again as the Western world goes Shopping and Spending .You cant use War any more to stimulate the World economy but a Pandemic now there is an Economic Policy that the world will buy into and you dont need to murder millions of future customers .

Most likely escaped from the bat flu laboratory china ...
Its costing America trillions ...and ultimately the blacks used it to get rid of the racist trump .....
If the world wasnt locked down an we hadny got modern medicine it probably wid bein spanish flu part 2
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 01:49:01 pm
Occi What got out of a china Lab ?Look at the ACTUAL figures for deaths last year world wide there are seven billion people on earth the death rate for last year was only a million or two more than the year before .Here is a contradiction that explains some of it .People are living longer so there are more old people if there is a strong flu or extra cold or extra hot weather they suffer more deaths than young people that is a fact .Conspiracy theory is being exploited here .This PANDEMIC is so HUGE there must be a hidden cause other than its a fucking flu virus .If a Volcano blew up and killed ten Million people everybody would accept it because we can see a volcano but because we cannot see a virus because its to small we need to believe that there is more to it to balance the scale of cause and effect .ITS AN ECONOMIC STIMILUS .If it was really thought China had created this then the Nutjobs in the USA would at least impose trade barriers on China .In two months two days two hours two minutes and two seconds of this virus being discovered they had a Vaccine yet Malaria kills tens of Millions of People every year mostly non economic shitting and eating air breathing units in Africa or Asia and they dont spend as much money on Malaria virus research per year as Donny T spent on his re election Campaign .This fucking thing is no more real than the Supoerstars of Wrestling . FOLLOW THE MONEY .Why are governments in the West handing out Trillions of Monies ?It is simple to expand their economies and inflate away debt .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 02:07:29 pm
Here is an example DONT BOTHER READING IT ..The Irish Government is set to borrow around €4bn this week and will open the European bond market for new deals.

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has mandated Bank of America, Davy, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Nomura as joint lead managers for a new 10 year bond that will be issued through a syndication structure to investors.

The bonds due in 2031 are expected to be launched and priced as early as Tuesday. It will be the first bond deal by any Euro area sovereign borrower this year.

Market sources say the NTMA target is to borrow €3bn to €4bn through the deal, although that could be scaled up to meet demand. The NTMA’s target for borrowing in 2021 is €16bn to €20bn, much of it to plug an expected shortfall between tax revenue and spending as a result of schemes to support the economy through the Covid-19 shock.

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The investor base for the new bond is any professional, retail and eligible counterparty, but demand is expected to be supported once again by the European Central Bank (ECB) in the background.

The ECB cannot lend to Ireland or other Euro members when bonds are issued but is very aggressively buying up debt in the secondary markets.

In December, the ECB committed to keep buying bonds under its pandemic emergency purchase programme “until it judges that the coronavirus crisis phase is over” (and at least until March 2022), and increased its so called envelope or budget by half a trillion euros.

In December bond market analyst Ryan McGrath of Cantor Fitzgerald said that despite the scale of new debt being raised Ireland’s borrowing looks “very manageable” given that it entered the crisis in a good fiscal position. “Markets will continue to look at Ireland very favourably,” Mr McGrath said.

Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 02:18:18 pm
Government is borrowing 4 BILLION that would of been enough to solve the housing crisis but would of destroyed existing house prices .Now read on The ECB cannot buy government bonds DIRECT so Bank of Ireland or whoever buy the Bonds from the Irish government then sell them on in the secondary market to the ECB who just ink up the printer and print the amount of money needed to buy the bonds .Its all a Game 150 years ago most of our families lived on two acres of land or a multi family hovel or wallowed in filth in the bilge of a Famine boat but now today we linger in 3 bedroomed centrally heated gaffs with wall to wall tv and internet and cars in the garden yet we do less actual work than our grandfathers .A fella won half a million last night for playing Darts .You question the reality of a Flu virus but dont question how you are thousands of times better off than your great grandparents by doing less .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 04, 2021, 03:26:13 pm
God be with the days when Ozzy Osbourne could eat a bat and not kill half the world...
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 03:30:19 pm
God be with the days when Ozzy Osbourne could eat a bat and not kill half the world...

Do you remember queing outside the Stadium  to see Sabbath now you Que to pay 3,45 for a paper cup full coffee .Its a fucking Crazy world Mark .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2021, 08:45:26 pm
Saw Dire Straits twice in the National Stadium, and Status Quo, three chord heroes. Sutherland brothers and Quiver. Bachmann Turner Overdrive, 
Dean Friedman had to be the worst.
Add in Judy Tsuke.
Gallagher & Lyle.
John Martyn had to be my favourite.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Shallowhal on January 04, 2021, 08:59:03 pm
Gary Glitter in the 70's(don't start lads!!)

Suzanne Vega in the mid 80's

And played there myself at the first People in Need gig in 89

And saw a couple of scraps outside while driving past in me joe!!
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2021, 11:33:25 pm
Gary Glitter in the 70's(don't start lads!!)

Suzanne Vega in the mid 80's

And played there myself at the first People in Need gig in 89

And saw a couple of scraps outside while driving past in me joe!!
I saw Beeeeernord Dunne fight there.
Last music gig was Toots and the Maytals in Vicar St .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: cruiser on January 04, 2021, 11:33:51 pm
Saw Dire Straits twice in the National Stadium, and Status Quo, three chord heroes. Sutherland brothers and Quiver. Bachmann Turner Overdrive, 
Dean Friedman had to be the worst.
Add in Judy Tsuke.
Gallagher & Lyle.
John Martyn had to be my favourite.

Ah the stadium
Dire Straits 1st tour ( favourite )
B B KING ( twice )
Neil Sedaka
Randy Newman
Ralph McTell
Warren Zevron---  solo with piano only ( bloke stands up shouting " RIP OFF " as he was expecting a full backing band . All the radio adverts played his singles with backing band .  lol lol
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 11:42:41 pm
1975 Mud then to the Plaza for the Premier of their film Never to Young to Rock .
Simon and Garfunkel
Skid Row .

Great venue
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 04, 2021, 11:48:00 pm
If the Schools are Closed do drivers with School runs still get Paid ?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 05, 2021, 01:55:19 am
I wudda loved to see Simon and Garfunkel.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Shallowhal on January 05, 2021, 08:35:03 am
I wudda loved to see Simon and Garfunkel.

Hello Darkness my old friend,
It's all a loada bolloxxxxx,
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 09:22:19 am
Worst Gig I ever went to was Meat Loaf in Dalymount .Fat Cunt out of his tits Dylan at Slane was fairly shite as well neither of them gave a fuck just turned up for cash .Strangest Gig and I kid you not Joe Strummer of the Clash playing an acoustic set in a squat in Brixton in 1984 to raise funds for a local arts group £2.50 on the door .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 05, 2021, 09:50:54 am
If the Schools are Closed do drivers with School runs still get Paid ?

Will let you know during the week.
Probably get 50%
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 05, 2021, 10:22:58 am
National Stadium gigs

Thin Lizzy
Horslips
OMD
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 05, 2021, 12:45:24 pm
Worst Gig I ever went to was Meat Loaf in Dalymount .Fat Cunt out of his tits Dylan at Slane was fairly shite as well neither of them gave a fuck just turned up for cash .Strangest Gig and I kid you not Joe Strummer of the Clash playing an acoustic set in a squat in Brixton in 1984 to raise funds for a local arts group £2.50 on the door .
Saw the Clash in the Top Hat in Dun Laoighaire , supported by the Virgin Prunes. 1978.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: silverbullet on January 05, 2021, 12:54:10 pm
Saw Dire Straits twice in the National Stadium, and Status Quo, three chord heroes. Sutherland brothers and Quiver. Bachmann Turner Overdrive, 
Dean Friedman had to be the worst.
Add in Judy Tsuke.
Gallagher & Lyle.
John Martyn had to be my favourite.

Ah the stadium
Dire Straits 1st tour ( favourite )
B B KING ( twice )
Neil Sedaka
Randy Newman
Ralph McTell
Warren Zevron---  solo with piano only ( bloke stands up shouting " RIP OFF " as he was expecting a full backing band . All the radio adverts played his singles with backing band .  lol lol
Randy Edelman was the same, I was getting Daggers looks for eating a bag of Taylor during " You can thank your lucky stars" a piano solo!  8)
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 05, 2021, 01:42:09 pm
If the Schools are Closed do drivers with School runs still get Paid ?

50% for 3 days that the schools were supposed to be open this week.
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 02:31:14 pm
Saw Dire Straits twice in the National Stadium, and Status Quo, three chord heroes. Sutherland brothers and Quiver. Bachmann Turner Overdrive, 
Dean Friedman had to be the worst.
Add in Judy Tsuke.
Gallagher & Lyle.
John Martyn had to be my favourite.

Ah the stadium
Dire Straits 1st tour ( favourite )
B B KING ( twice )
Neil Sedaka
Randy Newman
Ralph McTell
Warren Zevron---  solo with piano only ( bloke stands up shouting " RIP OFF " as he was expecting a full backing band . All the radio adverts played his singles with backing band .  lol lol
Randy Edelman was the same, I was getting Daggers looks for eating a bag of Taylor during " You can thank your lucky stars" a piano solo!  8)

Was Lucky Stars Not Dean Friedman ?
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 02:55:16 pm
If the Schools are Closed do drivers with School runs still get Paid ?

50% for 3 days that the schools were supposed to be open this week.

Thanks Jack a lad not on here has a school run he was wondering needs the coin to pay his car loan .
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 05, 2021, 03:10:50 pm
Dear Contractor,
 
 
 
As you are aware a period of school closures has been announced that will apply up and including 8th January 2021.
 
It has been decided that a payment of 50% will be afforded for Wednesday 6th Thursday 7th and Friday 8th January 2021 for all routes that were operating prior to the Christmas school holidays.
 
This is in line with previous arrangements relating to unscheduled school closures. 
 
Please be advised that the cleaning allowance will not be paid for these dates as this is only payable for days operated.
 
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 03:19:34 pm
Dear Contractor,
 
 
 
As you are aware a period of school closures has been announced that will apply up and including 8th January 2021.
 
It has been decided that a payment of 50% will be afforded for Wednesday 6th Thursday 7th and Friday 8th January 2021 for all routes that were operating prior to the Christmas school holidays.
 
This is in line with previous arrangements relating to unscheduled school closures. 
 
Please be advised that the cleaning allowance will not be paid for these dates as this is only payable for days operated.

Looks like its till the end of the Month ..Not great if you are depending on it ......
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Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 04:29:11 pm
This might help out a bit .Its a BUSINESS LOAN but that dosent mean you cant spend it on your Mortgage if you need to ....https://microfinanceireland.ie/loan-packages-2/covid19/
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 05, 2021, 04:42:29 pm
With respect John....why would a taxi driver get a loan when most are not trading,regardless of no payments for the first 6 months,i'm sure there's enough drivers like yourself who can't afford the car loans that they have,why would getting another loan help,the 6 month payment grace period will creep up very quickly...and then bingo...payment time!!
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Post by: john m on January 05, 2021, 06:59:53 pm
if your sinking Hal dont refuse a lifeboy until somebody comes to rescue you .
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Post by: Octavia1 on January 05, 2021, 07:29:29 pm
 Hard  see them to  repo a taxi in a pandemic
...I mean its somebody's livelihood and who's going buy an ex taxi ....even after 6 months grace I'm sure they'd go another six month an add on exorbitant  interest ....
Ther must be thousands not paying for ther cars and Van's and taxis
Wud it not cost them more to repossess and wer do yu store the tings ...be cheaper to wait till tings pick up
..
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Post by: watty on January 05, 2021, 07:37:48 pm
Someone on here posted that judges won't grant repossession orders against taxis because it's the primary way for taxi drivers to earn a living?  Whoever posted it also said banks & CU's weren't giving taxi vehicle loans as a consequence because they weren't certain of getting their money back if it all went tits-up...
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Post by: Octavia1 on January 05, 2021, 07:41:22 pm
Someone on here posted that judges won't grant repossession orders against taxis because it's the primary way for taxi drivers to earn a living?  Whoever posted it also said banks & CU's weren't giving taxi vehicle loans as a consequence because they weren't certain of getting their money back if it all went tits-up...
Yea ..I think yu need a wad of a deposit watty now ....cant see them giving 30 k to a dying trade....credit union mite give yu few thousand...
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Post by: stonethecrows on January 05, 2021, 08:03:38 pm
I've a great idea to beat the Pox.

If they put the vaccine in gargle and open up the pubs the whole country would be vaccinated by next week.

Just trying to help.
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 05, 2021, 08:09:19 pm
I've a great idea to beat the Pox.

If they put the vaccine in gargle and open up the pubs the whole country would be vaccinated by next week.

Just trying to help.

Good idea....considering they're hoping to have 135,000 vaccinated by the end of Feb....they could have twice that by Monday morning using your model.
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Post by: Jack Meoff on January 05, 2021, 09:29:28 pm
Dear Contractor,
 
 
 
As you are aware a period of school closures has been announced that will apply up and including 8th January 2021.
 
It has been decided that a payment of 50% will be afforded for Wednesday 6th Thursday 7th and Friday 8th January 2021 for all routes that were operating prior to the Christmas school holidays.
 
This is in line with previous arrangements relating to unscheduled school closures. 
 
Please be advised that the cleaning allowance will not be paid for these dates as this is only payable for days operated.

Looks like its till the end of the Month ..Not great if you are depending on it ......

On the first lockdown they paid out in full for a few weeks and then paid 50% till the end of the school term in June.
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Post by: Rat Catcher on January 06, 2021, 06:39:42 pm
Once you can keep it within puppy dole earning limits I guess it's reasonable.
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Post by: Belker on January 07, 2021, 10:23:07 pm
....... Your bring a bottle service is your best bet to pay rent .
The Bootleg game is totally over in these Covid times, folk have got used to the offie and know exactly how much to buy.
Back in the day folk would fall outta de pubs and go to hastily arranged house parties and be begging fer more drink and more than willing to pay Bootleg prices.
But no more, I still have about half a dozen regular ''A lister's'' on my books, and most of them are friends rather than customers whom I look after, not a single one of them has rang me in the last 3 weeks.
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Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 07, 2021, 10:35:14 pm
what is the standard bootleg markup on prices ken.
I still have bottles of arthur scargill sploshing around in the boot from the first lockdown.
I never flogged one because cunts thought I was joking when I told them my boot was full of hammer.
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Post by: Belker on January 07, 2021, 10:39:40 pm
I saw the Tesco's pre Christmas offer of 24 cans of Heiniken fer a Score and thought I might make a killings there, so I bought 2 slabs and stuck 'em in the boot, 3 weeks on and they are still in the boot.

Captain Morgan's a Score a liter, Smirnoff 70cl  3 fer a Nifty, 2L 7-up mixer 5 fer a Fiver, all great value, but no one is buying !
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 07, 2021, 10:46:55 pm
And it's dry January!!
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Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 07, 2021, 10:54:29 pm
Ken "Cocktail" Cash.
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Post by: Belker on January 07, 2021, 10:57:33 pm
what is the standard bootleg markup on prices ken.
I still have bottles of arthur scargill sploshing around in the boot from the first lockdown.
I never flogged one because cunts thought I was joking when I told them my boot was full of hammer.
Outside of my few regulars I don't really bother with it anymore.
The standard mark-up fer a 12.78 bottle of supermarket V and a decent 2L 7-up mixer is 35.
Fer buying, storing and delivery costs you need to be making a minimum of a Score per job,
and most important is that your client base is always reliant on repeat custom.
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 07, 2021, 11:11:22 pm
Ken "Molotov Cocktail" Cash.
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Post by: Belker on January 08, 2021, 12:02:50 am
When I packed up the Bootleg biz about 5 years ago, I sent out a group text to my about 400 clients that I was 'Packing up' and got some very appreciative texts back.

About a year later I got a MyTaxi job in the Southern suburbs, it was 'Dave' an old Bootleg customer of mine and a Gas man.
In he sits and looks at me and sez; "OMG, it's you ! Ken the Bootlegger, I thought you had retired, We all got your text about 'Packing up', I tell ya Bey, there was fella's crying on the street and buying mass card's an all ! "
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Post by: Belker on January 08, 2021, 12:13:47 am
I did get a lovely tribute a few years back, I picked up this chungwan in town going out to Bishopstown,
her face was very familiar to me, but I said nothing, she is sat in the back on her phone as we drive out.
Then she puts down her phone and sez to me; "Your Ken Cash ? Aren't ya ?"
I reply; "I am Luv",
She sez; "Oh, we had so many parties 'Ken Cash'in' over the years !"
Next she is on her phone again and I hear her say; "You won't believe who is driving me home,
it's the Urban Legend, Ken Cash !".


We arrive at her home and there is Six lads standing out on the street forming a Guard of Honour
awaiting our arrival, I didn't know there names but I recognized all their faces and each lad in turn
shook my hand and sincerely thanked me fer my service over the years.

I will have to admit being a tad emotional leaving the scene.
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Post by: john m on January 08, 2021, 12:57:15 am
Garda Crack Bootlegging Case .Garda Mursheen Foley from the Barracks on the Main Street today Arrested and charged a man who supplies Porter from the boot of his car .The great Leo Veradkar TD recently announced that Off Licence Porter Places will be closing early nobody knows why as it will just mean Street Hoboes mixing with Grannys in Tesco or Lidil during old Ladies Shopping Hour .The sting was set up by Lillian O Flaherty from the Paper who ordered loads of slabs of Porter lashings of Vodka ,Gemmy and a drop of 7 up .Garda said there was an active villian in Cork for many years but they could never catch the wiley Portable Publican .Young Lillian said the scourge of Porter has desimated parts of Cork and East Kerry for years and she became aware of the presence of a notorious bootlegger from his social media poste .The Sting was set up and a Photographer was on site to photograph the handover of the illicit fluid and the cash .One Policeman said we were surprised when the Portable Publican turned out to be a licenced taxi driver who will now be refused his licence renewal .A woman from the Penny Dinners said its great to see pushers of portable porter off the streets .(see full pictures of the sting on pages 2,3,4 and 7)
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Post by: Rat Catcher on January 08, 2021, 12:47:26 pm
Garda Crack Bootlegging Case .Garda Mursheen Foley from the Barracks on the Main Street today Arrested and charged a man who supplies Porter from the boot of his car .The great Leo Veradkar TD recently announced that Off Licence Porter Places will be closing early nobody knows why as it will just mean Street Hoboes mixing with Grannys in Tesco or Lidil during old Ladies Shopping Hour .The sting was set up by Lillian O Flaherty from the Paper who ordered loads of slabs of Porter lashings of Vodka ,Gemmy and a drop of 7 up .Garda said there was an active villian in Cork for many years but they could never catch the wiley Portable Publican .Young Lillian said the scourge of Porter has desimated parts of Cork and East Kerry for years and she became aware of the presence of a notorious bootlegger from his social media poste .The Sting was set up and a Photographer was on site to photograph the handover of the illicit fluid and the cash .One Policeman said we were surprised when the Portable Publican turned out to be a licenced taxi driver who will now be refused his licence renewal .A woman from the Penny Dinners said its great to see pushers of portable porter off the streets .(see full pictures of the sting on pages 2,3,4 and 7)


Link?
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Post by: silverbullet on January 08, 2021, 02:28:18 pm
Garda Crack Bootlegging Case .Garda Mursheen Foley from the Barracks on the Main Street today Arrested and charged a man who supplies Porter from the boot of his car .The great Leo Veradkar TD recently announced that Off Licence Porter Places will be closing early nobody knows why as it will just mean Street Hoboes mixing with Grannys in Tesco or Lidil during old Ladies Shopping Hour .The sting was set up by Lillian O Flaherty from the Paper who ordered loads of slabs of Porter lashings of Vodka ,Gemmy and a drop of 7 up .Garda said there was an active villian in Cork for many years but they could never catch the wiley Portable Publican .Young Lillian said the scourge of Porter has desimated parts of Cork and East Kerry for years and she became aware of the presence of a notorious bootlegger from his social media poste .The Sting was set up and a Photographer was on site to photograph the handover of the illicit fluid and the cash .One Policeman said we were surprised when the Portable Publican turned out to be a licenced taxi driver who will now be refused his licence renewal .A woman from the Penny Dinners said its great to see pushers of portable porter off the streets .(see full pictures of the sting on pages 2,3,4 and 7)


Link?
THE BOXROOM BUGLE  8)
Title: Re: It's Over, OVER !
Post by: Shallowhal on January 08, 2021, 03:08:27 pm
I wouldn't say that boxroom has ever seen a bugle....paper or otherwise!!
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Post by: Belker on January 09, 2021, 02:14:40 am
The thin blue have no interest in bootleggers, if you sell a bottle at 2.30am then 5 hours earlier or in 8 hours time it would be legal, hardly crime of the century !

I know full well that I have been ratted out many times to plod, druggies are notorious canaries when they are caught and giving up a lone bootlegger is an easy option but I never had my collar felt.

Either way I'm long gone from that biz and they would do well to catch me now with me half dozen "A list" regulars and a very limited stock.
The bootleg game was good to me in the recession years and kept the wolf from the door but as things picked up I could make more legally working the streets than illegally working the bootleg game.

If'n I had the option to go back to it today, then I would, but I know the custom just is not there and I never bothered to go searching fer it.
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Post by: Belker on January 09, 2021, 02:30:12 am
It's now 2.30am of a Friday night, 5 years back my phone would have been Hopping off the hook, even fer the past few years the streets would have been great with 2 or 3 regular bootleg jobs thrown in. But tonight I'm sat here, did me 6 hour shift earlier fer a job an hour and packed up out of boredom at Midnight and my phone has not rang even once all night.

It's Over ! OVER !!
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 09, 2021, 12:21:06 pm
And you used to look forward to the burds night out in Jan anall Ken...which happened to coincide with mickey money day(last Tues)this year.
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Post by: john m on January 09, 2021, 12:56:50 pm
But your an Ambassadore with loads of medals anall .
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 09, 2021, 01:24:18 pm
Like Stormin Norman Schwarzkopf of the taxi wurld!!
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Post by: john m on January 09, 2021, 01:44:14 pm
Like Stormin Norman Schwarzkopf of the taxi wurld!!

How fitting Hal to put both names in Context  Desert Storm and Deserted Streets .I can see it now a fully stickered Taxi not a Sherman tank with the Confederate Flag that once flew at an All Ireland Camogie Quarter Final (ie first round )being held aloft by the strong grip of the Douglas Devil as he scouts for victims round the mean Streets of Cork City and Bandon and Ovens and Mallow ,Mitchelstown with the Dying Rebel blasting out on the car stereo at twenty to two in the morning and a small tear running down his cheek .God I have a lump in me throat as I type this .
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Post by: Shallowhal on January 09, 2021, 03:40:04 pm
A lump in yer throat in the boxroom....hmmm!!
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Post by: Belker on January 10, 2021, 04:26:16 am
But your an Ambassadore with loads of medals anall .
I am at the moment on Gold status/ambassador/on priority and I just did a very boring Sat night shift from 8pm to 2am with 8 FN jobs and 1 street job. I got no job fer 45 minutes at 1.15am and bogged off home and again tonight my phone has not rang even once.

I will lose Gold status at midnight on Sunday because I could not complete the 36 FN jobs this week, not that it matters much anymore because there just is not enough work out there at the moment with a lot of drivers back out working and diluting what little work there is.
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Post by: watty on January 10, 2021, 05:21:13 pm
@ Belker - are you working at the wrong times?

In their recent newsletter, the NTA published the results of a telephone survey they did with passengers.  I can't remember the exact details because I've no intention working while we're in this 3rd wave of disease.  But my vague memory is that the morning and night business is dead dead dead.  And the busy time was something like 2pm-10pm.  Like I said, can't remember exactly.  Think FN did similar with their data and their results were almost the same as the NTA? 

Might be worthwhile changing your working hours or get a hobby & stop working  :P

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/spsv-industry-update-issue-50/ (https://www.nationaltransport.ie/spsv-industry-update-issue-50/)

(https://i.ibb.co/PTF4XYL/Screenshot-2021-01-10-172529.jpg)
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Post by: Belker on January 10, 2021, 10:28:06 pm
The problem at the moment is that the schools are closed and all the school run drivers are now day time street workers, also the airport is as good as dead and they are all back on the street aswell.

I did 3 hours tonight (Sun) 6pm to 9pm and got 1 job to make 13 notes, got bored and went home.
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Post by: john m on January 10, 2021, 10:31:28 pm
Ken while you were flashing your bollox (medals) we here in DUUBBBLLLINNN tried to tell yo the game was fucked .Its been like that up here for months .Even the Nasal Nourishers are delivering to your gaff no need to go out to score .
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Post by: Rat Catcher on January 10, 2021, 10:36:31 pm
How the fuck would you know what it's like up above in Dublin or anywhere else, erm? At least Watty looks at the stats while he's lounging around saving the world.
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Post by: Belker on January 10, 2021, 10:43:49 pm
Ken while you were flashing your bollox (medals) we here in DUUBBBLLLINNN tried to tell yo the game was fucked .Its been like that up here for months .Even the Nasal Nourishers are delivering to your gaff no need to go out to score .
Only since lockdown 5 in October did the game fall apart down here.
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Post by: john m on January 10, 2021, 11:05:25 pm
I have Taxi insurance since July I knock on the App nothing doing in D22 or Lucan .I only see prebooks from where Shrek Lives Far Far Away .If Im out and a hand shoots out I take it but im activly seeking work to guarentee me covid Coin .Raises the question How do drivers with no insurance qualify for PUP as they are not Activly seeking work ?
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Post by: Tony on January 10, 2021, 11:40:39 pm
Ah sure not to worry, there's only 3 more lockdowns till Christmas
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Post by: markmiwurdz on January 11, 2021, 09:36:09 am
I have Taxi insurance since July I knock on the App nothing doing in D22 or Lucan .I only see prebooks from where Shrek Lives Far Far Away .If Im out and a hand shoots out I take it but im activly seeking work to guarentee me covid Coin .Raises the question How do drivers with no insurance qualify for PUP as they are not Activly seeking work ?

They are looking for different work not associated with their taxi.. ::fuck
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Post by: Rat Catcher on January 11, 2021, 11:32:07 am
.If Im out and a hand shoots out I take it

Whether to work or not is quite a difficult decision. Have you given it much thought erm or do you just need coin because that Mehaul cunt cut your puppy dole. I've never criticised any man for working during the pandemic - in fact I have applauded those that continued to provide service both virtually and in the real world - and I'm not going to start now. I'm genuinely interested in how you have assessed the risks given that the health service is under more pressure now than at any time since the pandemic was recognised. In particular, have you considered how much of a danger you are to yourself and your passengers and what, if any, weight do you currently attach to medical professionals advising us to stay at home unless absolutely necessary?

Bring back Dr. Leo. Dr. Leo was great so he was...

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Post by: Punter on January 11, 2021, 11:59:48 am
I have worked most of the time as I believed I was entitled to ,in my understanding of the Minister speech in the Spring ,if I didn't I would go off my rocker and be a bigger Alcoholic than I already am and with the bad weather don't walk where I did twice a day in Spring/ Summer---have been very fussy of jobs I do which are basically retail staff and a few Hospital Staff-NO PARTY HOUSES, of which there are still a few --I have a purpose built screen which seals the entire rear of the car bar a small payment hatch so I feel safe enough but always wear a mask--
Allowing all annual costs you would be hard pressed to net 600/800 per month and that's for 4 hours a day 7 days a week effort--if nothing happens I just jack have had days where I never got one job--worse week I grossed 260 yoyos, but  at least I tried so justified myself to have more beer for another few days--the joys of living alone but trying helps fend off the darkness that some on here have also suffered !
So if your lucky enough to be in a half decent relationship and getting a few quid on PUP ,relax enjoy yourself you're missing F /ALL, and Joe Public doesn't give a fiddlers about you !
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Post by: Rat Catcher on January 11, 2021, 04:08:24 pm
I tend to agree, Punter. A service is required but there definitely seems to be too many taximen / taxi drivers working now thanks to the unions calling for subsidies to get men back to work because there's no work to go back to! However, I must admit to being tempted to do enough to cover expenses and make up the money that Mehaul cunt took off my puppy dole.

Bring back Dr. Leo. Dr. Leo was great so he was...