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the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:05:13 PM
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Originals
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anyone on here a cabbie? or done the knowledge? im considering it at the moment. seems daunting but do able specially with the job im in, and everyone goes on about how much cabbies make!
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:06:45 PM
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Spherical
let me just google that for you
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How much do cabbies make?
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:09:13 PM
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Jungle Dave
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I did the graveyard shift as a cab controller last year for some extra bucks. Not London, but Saaf Coast.
Private hire. I can only speak for these guys and the council-plate lot that work for Brighton cabs... the money is SHIT for private hire and not much better for the others. Petrol is fucking expensive, the work is piecemeal and hard. Average money works out about £9 an hour if they put the hours in.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:09:20 PM
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**gutlessrhyme**
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ORIGINAL: Originals
everyone goes on about how much cabbies make!
apart from the Cabbies themselves. Makes you think
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:09:31 PM
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urdie
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How much do cabbies make?
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:11:11 PM
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**gutlessrhyme**
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taken from http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2002/nov/10/wageslaves.careers
which, granted, is 10 years old. but....
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Income
Most put in a 40- to 50-hour week and earn around £23,000 after expenses. It's not a cheap business to run. A new vehicle costs £28,000, insurance £1,600 a year, garage fees another £1,300 and then there are repairs on top of that.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:12:45 PM
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Originals
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obviously they do cash in hand aswell so not all of it is through the books, someone at work was telling me today that on the jubilee weekend his brother in law went out friday night- came back tuesday (slept in his cab) and made 2grand...
you take what you want, as your effectively your own boss. so if you need 300pounds, you stay out all day until youve made it. so they in effect have no wage cap.
< Message edited by Originals -- 20/6/2012 4:14:20 PM >
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:13:20 PM
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Syhr
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plus all the drunk tourists you can rape.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:15:26 PM
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Joey Gunz
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The bubble has burst on being a black cabbie!
Too many mini-cab firms, mobile phones, smart phones makes it all to easy to get a cheaper optionl.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:17:27 PM
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**gutlessrhyme**
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on the jubilee weekend his brother in law went out friday night- came back tuesday (slept in his cab) and made 2grand...
I wouldn't fancy getting in a cab with a man who had spent the weekend sleeping in it 
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:19:19 PM
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Originals
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ORIGINAL: **gutlessrhyme**
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ORIGINAL: Originals
on the jubilee weekend his brother in law went out friday night- came back tuesday (slept in his cab) and made 2grand...
I wouldn't fancy getting in a cab with a man who had spent the weekend sleeping in it
you wouldnt know. unless you tried to sniff him you dodgy butcher.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:21:10 PM
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Syhr
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You could be one of those guys riding a moped around london with a map on a clipboard in front of you.
but where would you get a helmet big enough Webby, riddle me that.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:36:15 PM
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Whagwan
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Isn't it like 36 months training and a 25% pass rate...
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:45:04 PM
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Originals
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i shall have one specially built by nasa scientists. but my huge head could probably contain huge amounts of knowledge, and knowledge is power. we all know that.
yeh on average takes 3years depending on circumstance.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:46:12 PM
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Syhr
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You could be the first black cabbie to do the Knowledge for the entire planet.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:51:08 PM
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CCourt
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ORIGINAL: Syhr
plus all the drunk tourists you can rape.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 4:57:40 PM
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Originals
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ORIGINAL: Syhr
You could be the first black cabbie to do the Knowledge for the entire planet.
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 5:23:05 PM
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Johnny Quest
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leave it to the asians
they know what you want
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 5:42:47 PM
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watsgoodinthehood
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Syhr
but where would you get a helmet big enough Webby, riddle me that.
syhr's 3 for 3 in here, good work
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 6:28:22 PM
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Shiverman
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Why anyone would aspire to be cab driver I don't know. Fucking hell times are hard
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RE: the knowledge (black cabbie) - 20/6/2012 6:42:48 PM
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HM1HM1
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ORIGINAL: Joey Gunz
The bubble has burst on being a black cabbie!
Too many mini-cab firms, mobile phones, smart phones makes it all to easy to get a cheaper optionl.
Think about it tho, minicabs ain't allowed to do street pick-ups, and also if you were a tourist what would you rather, one of the iconic black taxis on all the postcards which wait outside your hotel/every major trainstation or some backstreet place above a kebab shop full of Somalis? Think a standard airport run is £75 as well. Not bad for a couple hours work!
Also nuff people in here seem to be confusing the London cab drivers with just standard "cab drivers"...
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