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« Reply #30 on: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 21:59:21 » |
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i've never been in a taxi either.
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« Reply #31 on: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 22:07:50 » |
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good advice ben.
i'd like to add that the price quoted is infact half what you should pay.you must tip the driver the exact same amount as the price he tells you.if not he could get very angry and take you back to where you started.taking the fare from you first of course. Completely true Arriba. You should also offer the taxi driver some hay. Again, this is from the time when Taxi's were pulled along by horses. The driver doesn't actually expect you to have any and won't accept, but it's a politeness thing. You don't want to get blacklisted by taxi drivers, they pass on information between them in secret code. If you piss off one of them then you'll never be able to get a taxi again. |
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« Reply #32 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 06:38:19 » |
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A little known fact is that they used to have sedan chairs before taxis were common place. Usually for the gentry.
Upon leaving hosts for the journey home, the phrase "chair - ho" was used to summon the transport.
This has become the well known phrase "cheerio" in modern times
(that was one of the first useless facts I ever learnt)
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« Reply #33 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 07:31:46 » |
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A little known fact is that they used to have sedan chairs before taxis were common place. Usually for the gentry.
Upon leaving hosts for the journey home, the phrase "chair - ho" was used to summon the transport.
This has become the well known phrase "cheerio" in modern times
(that was one of the first useless facts I ever learnt) Nah - that's the gentry calling for his chair and his bitch! |
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« Reply #34 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 08:24:19 » |
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A little known fact is that they used to have sedan chairs before taxis were common place. Usually for the gentry.
Upon leaving hosts for the journey home, the phrase "chair - ho" was used to summon the transport.
This has become the well known phrase "cheerio" in modern times
(that was one of the first useless facts I ever learnt) Nah - that's the gentry calling for his chair and his bitch! As in "pimp my ride " ? |
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« Reply #35 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 08:29:14 » |
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i've never been in a taxi either. Are you serious?! I've lost count how much profit taxis have made from me :x |
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« Reply #36 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 08:56:09 » |
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One weekend I spent £40 on taxis, ive also been known to spend £65 getting to Bristol when a train wasnt on
They serve me well
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« Reply #37 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 08:59:51 » |
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I got a taxi from Calne to Goatacre.
It's probably less than ten minutes and it cost me someting like £11
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« Reply #38 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 09:08:13 » |
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I got a taxi from Calne to Goatacre.
It's probably less than ten minutes and it cost me someting like £11
:| Yes, but that's bandit country, not the sprawling metropolis. |
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« Reply #39 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 09:51:10 » |
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It cost us nearly £15 last night to get from town to Highworth.
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« Reply #40 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:19:33 » |
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One weekend I spent £40 on taxis, ive also been known to spend £65 getting to Bristol when a train wasnt on
They serve me well Its only cos you stop at kebabs van on the way home  |
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #41 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:24:34 » |
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Chicken and chips on teh way home is a must, anyway your mrs wanted to come to mine after that, the chicken works....the chicken dance that is!
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« Reply #42 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:48:01 » |
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hate cabs fucking rip off
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« Reply #43 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:49:47 » |
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Unless you live in milton keynes!
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« Reply #44 on: Friday, August 10, 2007, 17:06:18 » |
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stfc_dave, would you mind letting us know how much the cab costs please?
i think perhaps we could create a database of taxi fares, for future use.
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