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Car 58, where are you?: Last Post
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. I'm moving my blogging effort to WordPress, consolidating several blogs into one platform. From now on, look for my taxidriving stories at OneMoreFare.com. I've transferred my blogroll and advertising across to the new domain and I'll be renewing links with my brother cabbies around the world. And writing new content. Sad to see you leave you had some great points! 1 June 2011 at 8:27 pm. 19 May 2012 at 4:14 am.
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Car 58, where are you?: Why I love this job!
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. Why I love this job! I was waiting on Manuka rank on a slow evening, logged into the Manuka zone, and I got a radio booking. Collect a passenger at 2030 and take them to the airport for a late flight. Nice job, and I'd likely get a fare from the airport. But she bends down, leans in the window and tells me the job's cancelled and is there any call-out fee to pay? No, of course not, that's fine! Online with DNA Insurance.
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Car 58, where are you?: Girl in a blanket
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. Girl in a blanket. She was waiting for me outside Accident and Emergency. A cold night and she had a hospital blanket draped over her shoulders. I cranked up the heat as she got in, but she said, “No, I’m warm as toast. These things are great! I looked at her. Female. My age. There was only one choice. I reached over to the iPhone, turning on the ABBA golden hits video. She and I and ABBA had a party on the drive home and sh...
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Car 58, where are you?: Darkseeing
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. I was munching on a carrot in my cab, number two on the Manuka rank. Reading Further Tales of the City. So I was surprised when a passenger opened the door and got in. "What about him? I asked, indicating the cab ahead. I didn't want to wake him up," she said, and gave me a destination on the further side of the city, an easy forty dollar fare. But I can't drive when I'm tired. I start making mistakes. I'll give out ...When ...
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Car 58, where are you?: May 2009
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. Walking in blue and gold. I guess I'm a bad blogger nowadaze. It's been four weeks since the Christchurch convention ended, and two since I broke my arm, and in almost every respect my life is not at all what I thought it would be just now. Seldom have I enjoyed a BookCrossing convention so much. It was so close to perfect, with the setting, the season, the fun and the friends. I don't think anybody wanted it to end! I'm enj...
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Car 58, where are you?: RIP Betsy
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. I returned home from the USA on Sunday morning, ready to drive my first night cabbie shift on Monday evening, rightly assuming I’d be tired and not wanting to drive. That was the night the owner crashed our lovely new cab. And now the car is written off. We only drove it for a month, enjoying every moment. While I was away my day driver felt so emotionally attached, he gave our silver cab a name: Betsy. And she was new. ...
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Car 58, where are you?: November 2009
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. I returned home from the USA on Sunday morning, ready to drive my first night cabbie shift on Monday evening, rightly assuming I’d be tired and not wanting to drive. That was the night the owner crashed our lovely new cab. And now the car is written off. We only drove it for a month, enjoying every moment. While I was away my day driver felt so emotionally attached, he gave our silver cab a name: Betsy. And she was new. ...
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Car 58, where are you?: Turning eighteen
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. Last night was a fresh start and a storm. I've driven TX58 for the last time. A short shift, because I was so very tired. I collected my wife from the airport - it's been a long day, she warned me, I need some TLC! And instead of taking her the short drive home, I headed for Belco, where the car is living at the moment. It's a Holden (General Motors Australian arm, for my overseas friends) Statesman. A year or so old alr...
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Car 58, where are you?: January 2009
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Car 58, where are you? Taxi 58 in Canberra. Two drivers, one cab, night and day. OK The secret’s out. The real reason I drive a cab is because I like aeroplanes. Looking at them, flying in them, reading about them. And, being a cabbie means that not only do I get to hang out at Canberra airport where I can watch planes landing, taking off and cruising around looking for a parking slot, I can earn enough money to fly in them every now and then. Links to this post. Australia Day, the 26th of January, comme...
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