Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Others may correct me if I am wrong, but in NYC a taxi medallian goes for about $300,000. Therefore, someone owns the medallian and rents a taxi for a shift to someone holding(hopefully) a valid drivers license. The last time I was in NY my drivers said something about having to work six hours just to pay the rent on the taxi. This would explain a lot about how aggressive cabbies are in NY. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 5/2/06, bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: > > Larry, on reflection, I am living in the past .............. it was > late '70s when I was regularly in NY. > > But in those days, cabs would be shift-worked by various members of a > family. To-day, I'm sure the same thing occurs ............. but the > driver probably has taken the exam., or has the same name as the > owner ............ > > B. > > On 2-mei-2006, at 17:52, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > > > > On May 1, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Bruce wrote: > > > >> I used to just point and show them the way, with my fingers. > >> > >> It's like NY ............... or was .............. with a Puerto > >> Rican driver, who, from the park, didn't know how to reach 5th and > >> whatever ................ even in Spanish (not Puertoricue?o). > >> > >> B. > > > > > > Don't they have to take some form of exam from the Taxi and Limo > > Commission certifying that they have some familiarity with the > > street pattern of New York? Or am I just living in the past? > > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >