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jman316
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:41 am 
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but all of you guys are still doing it right? I mean it hasnt been enough to deter you? No disrespect obviously guys!

I think you have take into account that many drivers can't change even if they wished too, as there is generally f*** all else out there at present.

But many in the trade love it and wouldn't do anything else even if an openeing appeared elsewhere.


I totally agree. There isnt anything else out there at the moment...

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 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
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also, after 15 years or more self employed, try getting the required references to apply for a PAYE job!

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jman316
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:49 pm 
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And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern. At least in a Hackney, they have a protective window!!

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Nidge2
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:17 pm 
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The grass is always greener on the other side right!!!



"NO".
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toots
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
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jman316 wrote:
And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern. At least in a Hackney, they have a protective window!!


What protective window the the taxis have that the ph don't have?

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jman316
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:46 pm 
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toots wrote:
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And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern. At least in a Hackney, they have a protective window!!


What protective window the the taxis have that the ph don't have?


Dont the hackneys have a protective window that separates the driver and passengers?

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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:10 pm 
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jman316 wrote:
And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern.

The security in PH comes from experience.

If a job looks or sounds iffy, then generally it is. So blank it.

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wannabeeahack
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jman316 wrote:
And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern. At least in a Hackney, they have a protective window!!


If you think a plastic screen with a pay gap can stop a bullet...

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gusmac
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Sussex wrote:
jman316 wrote:
but all of you guys are still doing it right? I mean it hasnt been enough to deter you? No disrespect obviously guys!

I think you have take into account that many drivers can't change even if they wished too, as there is generally f*** all else out there at present.

But many in the trade love it and wouldn't do anything else even if an openeing appeared elsewhere.


Some of us have been doing this so long, we're not qualified for anything else.
Some are too old and/or too unfit to do anything else, even if we wanted to.

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jman316 wrote:
toots wrote:
jman316 wrote:
And there is no security in PH. This is my biggest concern. At least in a Hackney, they have a protective window!!


What protective window the the taxis have that the ph don't have?


Dont the hackneys have a protective window that separates the driver and passengers?


Some do, some don't.

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 Post subject: Re: Knowledge Test
PostPosted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:50 am 
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i see!

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StuartW
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roythebus wrote:
I've got a spreadsheet I can send you that will work out your costs. Do you know how many miles a set of tyres will do? My tyres cost me 0.006p per mile for a full set as a matter of interest!

0.006p over 30,000 miles (say) is 180p. Which is £1.80. For a set of tyres :?

Alternatively, if you assume you get over eight million miles from a set of tyres, that's the kind of figure per mile you'd get :idea:
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Chris the Fish
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Nice prompt response StuartW. Only Nine and a Half Years.

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Sussex
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Chris the Fish wrote:
Nice prompt response StuartW. Only Nine and a Half Years.

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wannabeeahack
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30,000 miles, superb on michelins at £150 each

30,000 miles, £600 =

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