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PostPosted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:31 pm 
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revealed what Ali :roll: that skull says its a con and I bought in and am doomed..run on m8 you had your kick at the ball and you bailed :roll: an am not a bailer :wink:


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="dug"I dont want the opportunity to bail out skull as its making me money this con you talk of and if i wanted 2 i still could and i would be getting more than i paid I will hold on a bit longer I like a bit of a gamble thats what lifes about....


the fact that you want more money than you paid
and you dont wont to bail but will hold on for a better price .....ffs make up yer mind ye bailing or no


youre sheettin it dug :lol:

how's the claim coming btw.


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Money well spent Ali I have no debt plate has paid for itself and it earns me my good wages i am happy and i will not be stupid enough to sell up just because the end is nigh :roll: i have been hearing it for years and it hasnt happened yet..and if it does well sh.t happens..


So, why all the bleating about how difficult business is and how we don't need more plates?

You want your cake and eat it.

The status quo claims business is brisk and companies are expanding, all the while doctoring their figures (allegedly :wink: ) to make claim to the council that business is poor and we don't need more plates.

Someone telling porkies here? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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"Jim Taylor, secretary of taxi trade lobby group CABforce, today said there was no need to "tinker" with the current set-up.

He said: "Taxis are readily available in Edinburgh about 95 per cent of the time so we do not believe there is an unmet demand.

"In Edinburgh, we have about as many taxis per head of population as London, where there are no restrictions at the moment."

CABforce also believes that easing the rules would result in hackneys catering for the disabled being replaced with "lowest-common denominator vehicles" such as saloon cars.

Mr Taylor added: "The quality and integrity of the trade will simply diminish."

Bristol deregulated its taxi fleet in 1997 but reintroduced restrictions last year.

The number of hackney cabs jumped from 273 to about 650 during the period, prompting claims that drivers were being forced to work almost around the clock and even overcharge passengers to make ends meet "

You gotta laugh !!


:lol: :lol: =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>


You gotta get out more. Being an anorak is getting to you.

First, Saul on the road to Damascus (This has all been stated before)

Second, the argument isn't about the rights of taxi owners, I've come to realise that it is about the right of workers to ply their trade without let or hindrance. That's what happens in a free market, that we're supposed to have.

Third, I now realise it is about the rights of customers to have a reasonable expectation of hailing a taxi to get home, without being tempted to take unnecessary risks by walking home in the dark late at night, hanging about trying to hail a cab, getting into private hire or out of town taxis, or even being tempted to take a lift home from those they don't know fully or don't even know at all, risking assault, rape or even death.

Fourth, the statements made above were made without full knowledge of all the facts, of consideration of the needs of all.

Fifth, I now pursue taxi matters just like everyone else in the trade, I do what suits me and mine. That means I don't really give a toss about anyone else, most, but not all, who have shown they put their own greed before common need. So, when you seek to score your childish petty points with me, you are really showing yourself and those you support in the bad light. Cos, I'm just being like them.

Finally, I have no respect for you. because you are a snivelling bleating selfish yellow belly coward, too scared to put your name to what you write.

I on the other hand have the moral high ground because I do put my name to what I write and say. Anyone has the opportunity to talk to me personally about any of the matters I raise. But, surprise surprise, no one has. because they are too scared to be identified with their selfish greedy position.

That's why I have scant regard for the trade and those in it. That's why I sit bemused when others look my way and are too scared to approach, to engage. That's why I laugh at the childish schoolboy sniggering. You're a joke. The trade's a joke. Local authority is a joke.

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jasbar u are a balloon full of hot air. every word u type must feel like groundhog day same sh*t different day

yes one day the council will open up the trade but it wont be because of u and ur views

it does not matter if there are loads of taxis or not, people will walk home or jump into privates if they want too

nothing constructive or positive to say about the trade just bitterness,


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it does not matter if there are loads of taxis or not, people will walk home or jump into privates if they want too


At least then it will be their choice. Not someone elses.

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(This has all been stated before) I by you plumb am just reminding you..so you got it wrong back then did you or did you get it right :roll: do you even know pudding and as for bleating thats rich coming from you larry lamb thats all you do tubs....and my names there if you look its dug stands for kev :roll:


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(This has all been stated before) I by you plumb am just reminding you..so you got it wrong back then did you or did you get it right :roll: do you even know pudding and as for bleating thats rich coming from you larry lamb thats all you do tubs....and my names there if you look its dug stands for kev :roll:

nah surely no ky jelly belly

the man who along with me and a few others applied for a plate of the cooncil,let a certain mrs munday betray us to the cooncil,fecked us up.
and now supports regulation now that he's bought in.


surely no that kev :?: :?:


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nah dug for..... wait for it dougie not kev a was being sarcy :-| dont know kev....and ma claims getting there Ali thanks for asking..


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dug wrote:
nah dug for..... wait for it dougie not kev a was being sarcy :-| dont know kev....and ma claims getting there Ali thanks for asking..

glad your claims going well just you sounded a bit wet behind the ears.
i wouldnt like to see you conned or taken for a mug .................again :lol: :lol: :lol:


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gas works wrote:
jasbar u are a balloon full of hot air. every word u type must feel like groundhog day same sh*t different day

yes one day the council will open up the trade but it wont be because of u and ur views

it does not matter if there are loads of taxis or not, people will walk home or jump into privates if they want too

nothing constructive or positive to say about the trade just bitterness,


Full of hot air? That's rich coming from an illiterate Gasworks.

Yes, the trade will open up, and it will be because of us, though the council are working feverishly to a plan that they can say it isn't.

I don't care who gets the credit, as long as it happens. As long as owners lose their plate value. As long as drivers can work in their own trade without let or hindrance. As long as those who are incompetent and need the council to prop up their illusions go to wall. Financially ruined.

I want it to hurt you Gas works. I want you to feel real pain. I want you to take desperate measures.

Why? Simply because you are a lowlife who cares nothing for the rights of drivers, and even less for the needs of customers. Customers who, because of your selfishness, are disappearing like snow off a dyke.

Get this Gasworks, the exponential rise in private hire, taking our work away from us, is because of you and your ilk. I loathe you for being so foolish. I despise you for being so stupid. And I rejoice that your defence of the status quo is unsustainable.

Now, tell me where I've got this wrong. Tell us all how being unable to get a taxi on a busy night and being forced to take risks of attack, assault, rape or murder, is good for the customer?

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Ali glad to see you think its funny my misfortune.. see i am not like that I did not laugh at your misfortunes that have even been brought up on the internet thats not my style but i now see where your coming from big man.. :roll:


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Ali glad to see you think its funny my misfortune.. see i am not like that I did not laugh at your misfortunes that have even been brought up on the internet thats not my style but i now see where your coming from big man.. :roll:

my taunt was at youre stance as business man dug and the fact that you believe you got a good deal.

it was not an attack on any member of youre family was it :?: :?: :?:

funny thing is no wrong was done to me it was done to a member of my family dug ,a child .

and you think it appropriate to attack her in an attempt to get at me.

very sad

be a man not a slug dug.


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read the post again it says not my style and i am not like that i did not even mention what it was about so as not to involve the leeches...I have 3 daughters one who was at the same school and year as yours so as i say i do not laugh at others misfortunes got that now..as for my claim if am not earning my familys not earning and i dont find that funny...


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dug wrote:
read the post again it says not my style and i am not like that i did not even mention what it was about so as not to involve the leeches...I have 3 daughters one who was at the same school and year as yours so as i say i do not laugh at others misfortunes got that now..as for my claim if am not earning my familys not earning and i dont find that funny...


funny dug but you did mention my misfortune did you not.


you cant mention, not mentioning it! by mentioning not to mention it.

now doesnt that sound stupid. :roll: :roll:

you dont have to say what its about

its the only thing in my family thats been publisised in any way.
so i know and you know and so do most others on here know what you are talking about so spare me the pish ok


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