Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Taxi directions
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Tue May 2 09:59:56 2006
References: <200605012129.k41LSUwq010456@server1.waverley.reid.org> <B3759FC1-3F7B-4EAD-BADA-45AD0ADB64F6@optonline.net> <4B33824D-947B-4CD0-9006-6FA04922ADEE@ralgo.nl>

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
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Taxi directions)
Message from bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce) ([Leica] Re: Taxi directions)