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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:14 pm 
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A quote from Victor Hugo:

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.


I am no one's slave, and no one owns my dignity- Skull.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:28 pm 
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How much is your rental?


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LongshanksED wrote:
How much is your rental?


Trust me son, not that much. :)


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What a feckin puddin you are :roll:


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[quote="LongshanksED"]How much is your rental?[/quote


He tells everybody the norm is between £300 and £350 per week :shock:
So i take it there is good deals out there Gary :D


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saf wrote:
LongshanksED wrote:
How much is your rental?



He tells everybody the norm is between £300 and £350 per week :shock:
So i take it there is good deals out there Gary :D


How much did Gary and Ali and Ali's Mrs rent their cabs out for?

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saf wrote:
LongshanksED wrote:
How much is your rental?[/quote


He tells everybody the norm is between £300 and £350 per week :shock:
So i take it there is good deals out there Gary :D


The normal on the the nightshift is £45 sun-thurs,£70 on a friday and £75 on a saturday.

So the normal rental if you want 7 days is £370 in my book saf unless like some owners I know who take the saturdays of the driver for themselves to drive or 50/50 with a part-timer doing the shift.


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Skull wrote:
LongshanksED wrote:
How much is your rental?

Trust me son, not that much. :)

R yew his daddy?

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Is that rental on a streetcab or a radio cause you are not paying that on a streetcab and others on a radio of course you will pay more could have airport haymarket waverley which do cost you know :roll:


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dug wrote:
Is that rental on a streetcab or a radio cause you are not paying that on a streetcab and others on a radio of course you will pay more could have airport haymarket waverley which do cost you know :roll:


Ha dug typical you know dam well most drivers pay for the airport fob themsevles. As for the permits for wav or haymarket it doesn't matter one iota the rental is the norm, permit or not.

Why do you think the greedy owners out there try to shut the drivers up talking :lol:


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captain cab wrote:
saf wrote:
LongshanksED wrote:
How much is your rental?



He tells everybody the norm is between £300 and £350 per week :shock:
So i take it there is good deals out there Gary :D


How much did Gary and Ali and Ali's Mrs rent their cabs out for?

CC



Gary sold his plates for a tidy little profit no matter what he says :shock:
Dont know if he ever had a driver on either of those but im sure he will give you some bull that will fit in with his little crusade :shock:
Ali on the other hand lets his out for free :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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What you guys don't get is that no one should HAVE to pay a rental to get access to the tools of his trade.

It wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else, so why in the taxi trade?

Oh yes, of course, it's because the council gives the clique a leg up, a helping hand, a special privilege.

And that's £64,000,000 worth of privilege.

Isn't it therefore no wonder that usual suspects come on here with their bile bleating like lost sheep to protect their special privilege.

Dark ages guys, you're living in the dark ages.

The power of an idea whose time has come is unstoppable.

Victor Hugo.

So, bleat away guys, you showing your pain does wonders for the resolve.

Me? I just take comfort in the knowledge that without the council's helping hand you lot will go down. And I hope all the way out.

You see, that's precisely the kind of quality controls we've long talked about.



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But YOU wanted the cap jim so what happened did you have a knock to the head and decide against it..I single shift my motor will I make the same money in a derestricted Market will I nothing..you just want your own plate cause your near to retirement and you won't need to make a lot of money which you won't with your way...and where do these extra motors go you can't get on a rank as it is do you drive around wasting fuel..I don't want your way jasbar..


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Jasbar wrote:
What you guys don't get is that no one should HAVE to pay a rental to get access to the tools of his trade.

It wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else, so why in the taxi trade?

Oh yes, of course, it's because the council gives the clique a leg up, a helping hand, a special privilege.

And that's £64,000,000 worth of privilege.

Isn't it therefore no wonder that usual suspects come on here with their bile bleating like lost sheep to protect their special privilege.

Dark ages guys, you're living in the dark ages.

The power of an idea whose time has come is unstoppable.

Victor Hugo.

So, bleat away guys, you showing your pain does wonders for the resolve.

Me? I just take comfort in the knowledge that without the council's helping hand you lot will go down. And I hope all the way out.

You see, that's precisely the kind of quality controls we've long talked about.



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"More taxi's in Edinburgh would ruin the trade",Thats what you said Jim.
Hypocracy of the highest order listen to yourself.
There is no more straws for you to clutch Jim and no matter how many times you try and convince yourself and others that the games up for the Edinburgh taxi trade you lose,show a little dignity and concentrate on something more worthwhile.Retire,your health is at risk here Jim all these setbacks cant be good. :D


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:10 pm 
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Skull wrote:

I am no one's slave, and no one owns my dignity- Skull.

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So that person you sold that free plate you managed to snaffle, possibly with some insider dealing.......do you think;

a, He had the money in his bank.

b, He borrowed the money from a bank.

c, Robbed a bank to get the money.

More importantly, do you think the people he borrowed the cash from, should be paid back?

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