Chopped
Forgotten warrior, enhanced.
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July 31, 2008 in moblog | Comments (7)
Archives for July 2008
Away
Here's one of the more attractive cab ranks around town - Meadowbank Ferry terminal. When I was a kid this part of the Parramatta River was totally toxic, from the nauseating sulphuric odours to the old...
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July 28, 2008 | Comments (8)
Walkers
If you're wondering why the lack of pilgrim posts during WYD it's because they never caught taxis. The Pope arrived and announced we should be saving the environment so the pilgrims duly set about offsetting their...
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July 23, 2008 in On the job | Comments (10)
Indulgence(2)
A few weeks back I reported how cabbies can sometimes win rather than lose, from passengers’ excesses. Over the weekend I again encountered such a fare. A thirty-something fella staggered out of a Darling Harbour nightclub and opening my front door thrust a twenty dollar note at me. “This is... Read on...
July 21, 2008 in On the job | Comments (6)
CabShots
Here's an image for my New York expat readers. For anyone who has ever visited that wonderful city check out New York Taxi Photo blog. Besides a compilation of NY cab shots over the years, Lucky also posts fine images of New York neighbourhoods. Another...
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July 18, 2008 | Comments (1)
Dodgy
On Monday evening a passenger related how a Silver Service driver had recently offered his services on a private basis. In quoting a price for her journey he consulted a chart of listed suburbs and added a $10 flag fall. If he was busy, he told her, a friend would... Read on...
July 16, 2008 | Comments (7)
Pilgrims
If you haven't heard about World Youth Day then you've been living under a rock (apologies to international readers) as Sydney is swarming with hordes of wide-eyed youthful pilgrims. Last night I came across a Mass congregation from St Mary's Cathedral milling...
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July 14, 2008 in On the job | Comments (3)
Snaps
There was plenty of media flak on Thursday over the underage dance party police raid. Here a young fella gets frisked by an undercover cop and is cleared to join the party. It takes a special kind of 'girl' to hang outside on a freezing...
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July 12, 2008 in On the job | Comments (2)
Xchange
Last night whilst taping footage for a forthcoming video I was surprised by a hailee in the dark. Thus, perchance, I captured a mildy amusing exchange. The passenger, a caring capitalist, first kindly offered to share the cab with a woman waiting in the rain, then unloaded upon his industry... Read on...
July 10, 2008 in On the job | Comments (9)
