MESSAGE FROM DA MAN : Hi All, As Movember draws to a close so does my Mo and I gotta say I can’t wait to get rid of it. These things are really itchy and I can’t understand how some people are really into having one. I want to say... Read on...
November 30, 2006 in Heroes | Comments (6)
Here's my young fella putting on the moves in the name of charity. After his brush with cancer a few years back he's acutely aware of the importance of research funding. If you'd like to support a worthy cause, Aaron explains how... UPDATE : Aaron's Mo is looking strong but... Read on...
November 29, 2006 in Heroes
Cabbies have various means of communicating with each other - verbal, mobile phone, internet forums or dunny walls... Read on...
November 29, 2006 in On the job | Comments (1)
Those journalists are funny coves. On a dead shift for blog content they can be relied upon for a quotable laugh. Last night one suggested that given the continual woes of the hapless Labor Party, they may as well bring back Paul ‘The Count’ Keating. (‘The Count’ is my phrase... Read on...
November 28, 2006 in On the job | Comments (4)
Yesterday at around 2am I picked up two young fellas in Newtown. ‘Mate, first stop Jannali then Caringbah’, they ordered. Normally I’d be pressed to complete a thirty minute job before the changeover, but I had the cab till dawn so I relaxed. Additionally I knew there would be plenty... Read on...
November 27, 2006 in On the job | Comments (12)
Last night a bloke around forty years old climbed into the front seat and proceeded to tell me about his expensive day. ‘I woke up to find the bloody cat was sick’, he moaned. ‘It couldn’t piss’. ‘You have a cat..?’. ‘Yeah, I know’, he said, ‘it’s sounds weird but... Read on...
November 26, 2006 in On the job | Comments (14)
Whilst responding to a comment at Public Money on the quality of digital DV camcorders, I recalled an interesting item concerning my next mobile phone. Namely the new Nokia N93 with a 3.2 megapixel lens, three times optical zoom and 30 frames per sec video. Here's a music video shot... Read on...
November 25, 2006 in Media | Comments (0)
Driving a cab in Sydney, or pretty much anywhere in the world is generally hazardous. Until you hear the tales of an Iraqi cab driver, Taxi driver Ali Haydar, 36, has to be careful about choosing his customers. Two of his fellow drivers were killed recently when suicide bombers used... Read on...
November 24, 2006 in Cab news | Comments (1)
Two years ago I featured in a segment on ABC TV’s pop culture show Mondo Thingo, an ABC in-house production. The two cameramen assigned to the job were independant contractors. They consisted of a broadcast camera operator in the passenger seat, a sound man, and a DVD camera mounted on... Read on...
November 23, 2006 in Current Affairs | Comments (10)
My recent post Too Wasted has attracted a large volume of traffic and some reasonable comment. Namely, how does one deal with wasted passengers ? Whilst a NSW cabbie is not legally obliged to carry such people, the question of responsibility is nonetheless valid. Does it turn on the patron,... Read on...
November 22, 2006 in On the job | Comments (10)
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