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Multi tasking/Multi interest's not your thing then AliT

Like i say i like to debate, if it is significant then it influences,if it is not significant it doesn't, who gives a feck

Enjoy your wee windfall of which to me is insignificant, why you would want to brag about it is beyond me

An £80 grand windfall is outrageous. This is not what the system should be about. This alone should have forced the council to de-restrict to end it.

However, I'm chuffed to the gutties for you Ali. All you did was play the system. Dougie's system.

dunno Dougie if multi tasking is my thing or not.

could you tell me the significance,of you having an interest in your local community.
and you answering the question of what exactly you've done regarding lobbying your mp/msp over taxi matters controlled by local government
and what you've been told they are gonna do about it.
(after all your always insinuating that you are somehow influencing the snp )

now i know you cant answer,because i know there impotent on local government matters.

put up or shut up dougie this is about taxi's

bowling club mentality of the worst sort,pretend your doing it for others my arse,if you really were you wouldn't feel the need to mention it.
nolan and co sprung to mind straight away.

you should run for community councilor.you'd be crap at it just like the rest of them.
btw why do you keep mentioning my little windfall of £80k are you jealous Dougie.
does it sting...............ohhhhhh


................ ill be back................in the high street............with some fresh apps soon.

Like i say if my input to the debate is significant then the it influences, if not then it's not, i can handle rejection of my input unlike some who go on a crusade, "failyor".

tripe

My input includes

Tightening the grip to stop carpet baggers like you, how we do that

again you fail to say how you would do that and how you would tell the difference(if there is one)between a carpetbagger and a real cabbie
tripe

Discourage Multi plate holding by bringing in the New York Model where PLC's like ECPH pay massivley more for holding multi plates in their company name, this trade should be about the individual, a benefit to the whole economy rather than multi plate holding companies taking all the profits out of our trade.

absolute tripe and impossible to implement

Encouraging more bus services at times of high demand, asking for more buses and every 1/2 hour during the night, this to help protect the public and to protect our trade from total meltdown, a result of de-restriction if de-restriction EVER happens would be total meltdown, finding a balance between all forms of public transport is the objective to finding the solution of how best serve the public, All is fair in love and public transport, i have no problem with phc, bigger companies like ECPH should pay more though, as above.

the taxi trade is in meltdown,as is the whole western economy.
its the same for buses,ask lothian buses if they would like more first bus's or taxi's on the road,youll see how stupid they think you are dougie,i dont think you need me to point it out to you

I put the idea to the recent Taxi summit that Taxi and PHC companies could be rated in a similar way to how Hotels are rated, surely you would agree there is a difference between City Cabs with 350 taxi's than say a phc company with say 70 phc cars, i consider City cabs a 5 star company, i base that on the facts that we are a co-operative, we invest in people (staff), we have an excellent customer service track record, we invest in green community projects, we do our bit for charity, we invest heavily in new taxi's, we are nearly fully enhanced disclosured, i could go on, but the biggest thing for me is showing the public the difference between a Taxi company and a PHC company, 5 star Taxi company- 5 star phc company.

and their response was what exactly ?
btw Dougie thats a rather old! new vehicle you've invested in cc,surely you joining makes them at least a four star cab company

Now as i say i don't care if my views fall on deaf ears but if they are listened to i'm not going to come on here and say i told you so.

why not if your right your right.......you get no problem from me if you are
of course we can all see your wrong.......
i mean you cant even answer simple questions,....
you do know you have to do this in debate .....dont you

Now once you have digested my views i hope you responed fairly and without discrimination as it is my HUMAN RIGHT to debate the debate

yep digested and shat out..never had much of a stomach for trash food
unfortunately what you regard as a properly formed argument fall short of what i regard as one,dont get me wrong im no expert,but it looks like rubbish to me,sounds like a guy having an ill informed moan at the ranks

There is no evidence to show that ph would not have grown if the area was de-restricted. It continues to grow here and we are de-restricted. It can't even been blamed on the fact that taxis here have to do a knowledge or other type of test, we all do the same and ph continues to grow. The only difference here now than before de-restriction is that we have taxis working on ph systems cos there isn't enough work on the road. Is that the kind of thing you want for Edinburgh, instead of paying rent for a vehicle that is maintained by somebody else you want to have HP costs, maintenance costs, a whole lot more competition, more regulation and the cost of rental for a radio from PH company I ask this because I can't see what else you'll gain that you don't already have

It's about choice. And the rightt to make it.

Your situaion is down to YOU. You've made the bed your lying in.

Now, if you were truly proactive and adopted modern commercial techniques yo could shape a better future for yourself.

As for having to join a PH network, the problem is that customers have been persuaed to fone for a hire. Technology is encouraging this, and will do even more in the future.

In a city conurbation however there is still scope for customers to step out of their brownstone and hail a cab on the street. Or at one of a number of key ranking points. It's not so imperative to be on a circuit

Thanks for your comments but hey you are not a man of influence are you

I bought my Taxi brand new, Invested £27,500, July 03 so it's just over 7 years old, my Taxi is highly maintained and serviced every 6,000 mile, as you know, prevention no cures for me , Now what age was your Taxi and how much did you invest in that piece of real crap? you even tried to double shift (S REG) it because you aint no real cabbie, your feared to work beyond midnight!!! Your words.

Good luck with your £80k but remember a fool and his money are easily parted, spend wisely

is that it dougie....
no reply,no debate
you've got nothing ( That's it, That's my input if it's significant then fair do's, if it's not then so what, but my views are in the right hands to decide )

your vehicle is old dougie face it.
one of the oldest in city cabs fleet in fact ( One of the best maintained, single shifted, 240,000 miles on clock, fibre glass plastic body, Toyota 03 engine and Auto box, an 03 with more miles on clock just sold for £8k Davie barclay bought it, My metrocab will last for years, Private reg and hey presto, buying new one poss 2012, that's brand new not an S reg though)

how much did i invest
£1600 for the tx1 £600 in parts.through its test
£1000 for the metro £428 through its test ( Evidence of your carpetbagging attitude, no long term investment, no long term strategy in running a cab, £80k in your back pocket, an accountable £80k at that, alway's planning to sell your carpetbagged plates, this all adds up in showing the difference between a carpet bagger and a real taxi driver like me )

who's the mug dougie (would you like to re-asses your view )

ive made for more profit out of the taxi game than you ever could
6000 miles service (Never said i have made more money than you but 13 years as a cabbie, couple of semi's in east lothian, couple of terraced in NIDDRIE i've done not to bad thanks, that's my pension looked after, oh and no finance and no mortgage on the home i live in, YES you are making more than me, spending it wisely i hope )

ive never tried to double shift the metro,more poor info from you...no surprise their (My mistake but you did have a driver who broke down a lot or was he thrashing it around town like it was a new motor )

i believe you mean scared to work beyond midnight dougie,not feared. ( ok SCARED)

as ive been day shift for years i fail to see why i would want to work nights.......perhaps you can explain.....
but then again nothing will be forthcoming your just a blether ,after all (Ok nightshift made you scared )

no reply,no debate
you've got nothing (I'm replying)

as for no influence
dougie why do you think i got my plates without a fight.
why do you think the cab office never give me a compliance sheet,only an mot fail sheet.

because they know i know.

because i know how to influence where and when it counts. (what you done was a different kind of influencing from my kind, you know the law i don't so what )

the only thing your influencing dougie is your seratonin levels in your brain....which buy your fixation with me (NOT) they must be dropping through the floor.

no reply,no debate
you've got nothing ( I have my DIGNITY, PLAYING THE GAME TO THE RULES OF THE GAME and happy to do so