Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11608564)

Yeah, she started as a 1 car operation, now has 4 cars, but only works Thursday - Saturday as a cab service. The rest of the week it is more like pre-booked private hire runs to the airport and the like, and a surprising (her words) number of kid drop offs at evening activities. Reckons the evening pub-run business is almost exclusively expats.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11608617)

Please tell me it's run out of a tiny little office in the city somewhere that smells like fags and has dirty tea cups lying around everywhere ...

Originally Posted by Nutek (Post 11608621)

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11608622)

:D

Originally Posted by AlphaTangoMike (Post 11608633)

I was expecting a more 'matron' look, with curlers in the hair.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11608021)

............ whereas a good ol' boy drives down the road in his pickup truck drinking beer and throwing the empties in the bed of his truck. :lol:

Originally Posted by Yorkieabroad (Post 11607928)

I can't remember where I saw it, but it was just in the last couple of days. There had been a study (AAA maybe?) on teenage drivers and distractions while driving (not just cellphones). They all had videocams in the cars, watching the drivers. There were various sequences showing how the kids were "switching off" while they were talking, but and there was one stunning sequence where a 17 year old had a phone to his ear. Pulled up to an intersection. Stopped. Looked Left. Looked Right. Looked Left. Looked Right. Appeared to be doing everything right, but he still had the phone at his ear as he pulled out and got t-boned by an 18-wheeler he hadn't seen.

ETA - it was AAA - and the incident I was referring to was very similar to the one at 1:00 in this video clip
https://vimeo.com/aaapublicaffairs/r...614/989d09b15b

Interesting lack of emotion on a lot (not all) of their faces when they realized what was going on.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11608617)

Please tell me it's run out of a tiny little office in the city somewhere that smells like fags and has dirty tea cups lying around everywhere ...

Originally Posted by Mrs Danvers (Post 11608900)

Lol. That brings back memories.