Thu 31 Jan 2008
Last September the old Falcon was retired, and my cab partners and I were given a *new* Ford Crown Victoria taxi. New to our company means a 1995 with 212000 miles on it. I bought the old Falcon for my personal use, and am enjoying it, …
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Thu 31 Jan 2008
Thu 31 Jan 2008
The dead pool on Marzetti II was handily won by the driver who guessed Jan. 15, 2008. We hadn’t received a call from the old guy since Jan. 14 or so, and that was the source of much speculation. The guy who chose 1/15 was particularly …
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Thu 31 Jan 2008
Thu 31 Jan 2008
I learned late last night that I need to have a copy of my driving record, which California calls an H6 form, to HQ by Wednesday. No real problem there, as my driving record is spotless. It’s just that going to the DMV is about as much …
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Wed 30 Jan 2008
Last night a driver picked up a fare and asked: “Does anybody know where an all male strip club is in San Diego?” Dead silence. Even if somebody knew, they would risk being labeled gay if they answered. I had to resist the urge to …
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Wed 30 Jan 2008
Had an interesting one last night. I picked up a lady north of downtown who wanted to go to somewhere around 805 and Imperial. I didn’t know if 94 had an 805 south exit, so I asked her, and she didn’t know. No problem, we’d find the way …
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Wed 30 Jan 2008
Mad Cabbie’s cab! The last passenger vomiting experience I had was about five hears ago when I picked up this chick in front of the Third Edition in Georgetown. Her friends threw her in my cab and asked me to take her to one of the …
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Wed 30 Jan 2008
The day after he survived a 35-foot plunge in his taxi cab from a highway overpass, Errol P. Reid got notice from the state Wednesday that his driver’s license is about to be suspended.
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Wed 30 Jan 2008
Headout (COLUMN) My personal car’s broken and the weather’s miserable enough to preclude bike riding.
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