Archive for January, 2010



Get A Podcast – Taxi Protection – Podcasts powered by Odiogo

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

Taxi insurance is a very important matter when you want to start to drive a taxi. Insurance is needed to protect you as well as your passengers. There are a number of factors to consider when buying taxi insurance. …

More: continued here




Lia in Thailand: Hat Lek/ Krong Koh Kong Border Crossing

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

While we were having our passports stamped at the window, a bunch of Cambodian men circled us, engaging us in your regular “what’s your name”, “where are you from”, “where are you going” questions. They were taxi drivers, or all worked …

More: continued here




Beijing (II) – Morts in China

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

Our flight to Beijing from Wuhan was at 4pm on Saturday, so we got a taxi at 1pm to give us plenty of time to get to the airport. It wasn’t actually a taxi, it was a private driver employed by the university, and he had brought his wife …

More: continued here




Taxi driver's terror at armed police raid – Peterborough Today

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

Taxi driver’s terror at armed police raid – A TAXI driver has spoken of his terror at being confronted with officers armed with guns when he became caught up in a police drugs operation.

More: continued here




Suq Al Mal: Dishonest Taxi Drivers

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

In reading this story, I am reminded of the story of the Prophet Shu’aib who God sent to the People of Maydan. I don’t see any exemption for taxi drivers from the strictures of this ayya as I have pointed out on more than one occasion …

More: continued here




News | The Independent UK – Taxi! MPs' expenses watchdog took

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 11:01 pm

Although many of Sir Ian’s taxi journeys were to meetings and other official engagements, the vast majority ? more than 200 every year ? were trips between his home in North London and the commission’s HQ in the City. …

More: continued here




Pelosi Gate: US Military Serving as Chauffers & Babysitters for

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 10:01 pm

Not only are taxpayers paying for Nancy Pelosi’s expensive ‘food and booze’ they’re also paying for the US Military to play taxi and babysitters with her children and grand children as well.

More: continued here
Powered by SmartRSS




Philip Greenspun's Weblog » Taxi rates in Washington, D.C. versus

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 10:01 pm

I took a taxi today from National Airport to Northwest Washington, D.C. The District has replaced the zone system that prevailed for decades with conventional taxi meters. Fares are about $1.50 per mile, compared to $2.00 per mile in …

More: continued here




Arequipa – Taxi annoyances, convents, and frozen mummies! « Stef

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 10:01 pm

and confirmed taxi costs to the center of town. Then we walked outside to find a taxi. Of course one picked us up quickly and agreed to take us to our hotel. As soon as we left the parking lot, he asked us if we really wanted to stay at …

More: continued here




The New York Nobody Sings: Taxi

Saturday 30 January 2010 @ 10:01 pm

How many evenings did I spend watching Taxi (including re-runs) with my sister growing up? This song is engraved in my mind, as I’m sure it is in hers as well. Originally on Bob James 1978 album, Touchdown, this catchy jazz lite ditty …

More: continued here




Next Posts »» «« Previous Posts