The recession is here.. We'r all fuked

[Cool Boola]

If somebody was doing 2 and a half in about six hours or so last night......I am not calling them a liar but they must have a terrible memory

[dalymount]

Well I done 2 and a half,in that time ,but I dont see a memory connection ?  I would usually be very slow to say what ny average take  would be,simply because its nobodys business,and im very sorryI mentioned.  especially on here

[dalymount]

When you consider the outlay that we have,I wouldnt have thought thats great. Any less then that ,and I would get out of the game .that is not great money,its ok,but it is not great

[Cool Boola]

Ok!...Well then I for one should not bother getting into my taxi because it's ten years or more since I earned consistently at that rate per hour....B lucky to achieve more than half it....Good luck to yousers!

[dalymount]

SSseriously coola,I dont find it difficult to get that amount any givin thursday.it could be to do with the. fact that I very seldom rank ,mostly just drive around.any time  I do ranknot,its always  batchelors walk ,PWC, opposite the boat,or the new rank at the halpenny bridge

[Rat Catcher]

It doesn't strike me as a particularly high rate per hour. My average hourly rate would be less but I generally don't pick up south of Collins Avenue or west of Ballymun Road so I know I'm not maximising potential takings and I don't do a whole lot after midnight, on a good week I might stay out 'till 2:30 of a Friday and 03:30 of a Saturday but it's a long time since I've done that consistently, outside of that I'm always home by 00:30. Of course, my expenses are a lot higher than DMs as I work almost exclusively for mytaxi.

[dalymount]

No your right,its not a particularly high rate,but I just work for what I need,and most weeks I would get that amou n t without any great difficuulty.I suppose we all have amounts we need to keep rhings ticking over,and I only work 3 nights a week for what I need

[mercenary for hire]

Depends on where ya work...some lads will keep driving back to where they feel comfy even if it costs them .Many drivers might not pick up on those ranks where Dalymount works because of their proximity to Sherrif street.

I remember Daly ranking up outside of Busaras in the early hours and having trouble with Pikeys.I'm sure yis know that yer just as likely to get some gyppo getting thrown put of a holding cell as ya are an airport job from outside a cop shop.

[Rat Catcher]

Indeed, we're all different and that's the beauty of the trade, you can tailor it to suit yourself. For example, one of the reasons I work evenings is to keep myself from pouring alcohol down my neck although, in recent times, I have found that I have to go home earlier than I'd like simply because I'm tired, to the extent that I'd be in danger of falling asleep behind the wheel... I'm not as young and certainly not as fit as I used to be... back in the good old days I could do 18 hours of a Saturday with no bother, in fact I couldn't sleep without a drink... these days I need to drink a strong coffee to stay awake past midnight!

[Octavia1]

Here yiz are talking about earnins again....
I see jedwards ma died.... Rip... I had her in me car one nite and the 2 lads.... Very shrewd lady gettin the yungfellos to be millionaires and not a brain cell between them... And her hiding her cancer known that they need a good start in life because of their mental age of about 5...now that was some mammy.
I went to all the trouble of askin her cud I have their autographs for me niece who was a jedward nut.... An wen I gave it to me niece she said.... " ya can keep it... I don't like them anymore "
I'm doing nothing for nobody since

[silverbullet]

Fantastic money for a street car.
I’m sure some of the radio or app wankers didn’t even earn that

Which one  are you Vik?
I'm guessing both!!

[mercenary for hire]

Back to the OP regarding the recession..did a few hours yesterday and dropped off at Heuston to see a couple of the regulars back robbing at the platform. Haven't seen that in a long time.

[Rat Catcher]

Immigrants?

[mercenary for hire]

Unfortunately Irish scum.

[dalymount]

Does nobody from Irish rail monitor that ?-there is a sign and they STILL  ignore it.