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| 21 Jun 2007 5:54 PM |
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SEFTON Taxi drivers are turning the tables on their customers by giving them a tip or two during Men’s Health Week.
Hackney and some private hire drivers will be handing out a free information booklet to their passengers this week as part of Sefton Primary Care Trust’s work to improve the health of all local men.
Called Sefton Man, the booklet offers simple ways for men to improve their lifestyle to safeguard their future health and wellbeing, including tips on improving diet, increasing physical activity, reducing alcohol and stopping smoking.
Taxi drivers have been working with the PCT for some months now as part of the Colin the Cabbie project.
This latest initiative from Sefton’s men’s health team follows a series of similar successful projects working with bus and truck drivers, who, from research, lead unhealthier lifestyles than men working in other professions.
Jo McCullagh, health promotion specialist, said: “This new booklet is just one part of the work we’re doing in Sefton to help our men lead healthier and longer lives.
“We’ve designed it with input from the men we are particularly targeting to ensure it is going to be useful for them.”
Gareth Lewis, men’s health nurse, added: “It is about promoting the preventative steps that all men can take to help reduce their risk of serious long term illness in a way that it right for them.”
The project also incorporates a number of other elements aimed at improving the lives of the drivers.
Workshops on healthy eating have been organised for them and free leisure passes are encouraging them to get active after spending a shift on the road.
A number of men have also been trained as peer mentors so they can offer lifestyle advice and information to fellow taxi drivers and the public.
Taxi driver Percy Smith said: “Our booklet is excellent.
“It gives a lay persons understanding, keeping it simple to get the message across.
“Instead of asking each other at the ranks if we’ve had a busy day, we’re now talking about quitting smoking.
“It’s been a real eye opener and it’s made me think about my lifestyle and the effect it’s having on my health.”
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plato
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| 21 Jun 2007 5:55 PM |
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| Allegedly Mr T isnt exactly a walking advert on healthy living, he as a 4 course meal in his beard and his waistline is a collection of cab spare tyres |
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Denise
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| 21 Jun 2007 8:40 PM |
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| is he coloured as the only MR T i can think of was on that saturday night kids program about 10 years ago |
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GA
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| 22 Jun 2007 12:40 PM |
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I would suggest that MrT is a good advert for a man of his (shall we say) many years.
The content of his beard is, and should remain his business (he did recently reveal that on very special occasions he actually trims it).
Denise ............. your thinking of the A Team ................. and our Mr T is only black when he gets home from a
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| 22 Jun 2007 2:19 PM |
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| is that through bruising that he'sblack when he gets home, as i have it on good authority that his wife wishes that he could keep the swelling as its never been so good..... |
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| 22 Jun 2007 6:45 PM |
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I would suggest that MrT is a good advert for a man of his (shall we say) many years.
The content of his beard is, and should remain his business (he did recently reveal that on very special occasions he actually trims it).
GA didnt you once or still have a beard ? and what do you have in yours? Mr T keeps plate values hidden in his
how can you describe Trevor Jones as a good advert of a man, fat bearded self opinionated woolyback who only cares about his self
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NICK
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| 23 Jun 2007 12:39 AM |
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| I had the pleasure of meeting Mr T once, and he was a very very nice man, courteous and polite, he used to have a party trick that he did for drivers that thought they were hard..... he used to pick up a full Austen engine with everything on it in his arms from a bench and then place it on another bench 20 feet away, he told me it was amusing watching them trying to lift it when he was not looking...... I can remember the next day having a very very bad hangover..................... |
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over worked and under paid
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| 23 Jun 2007 9:33 AM |
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he sounds a real mans man !!
when you say everything was still on the engine Nick are you refering to things such as alternator, starter motor etc ?
or are you saying the whole car was still on it ???????????
dont see what it as to do with waking up with a hangover though ?
the MrT's posts i've read on other forums, have him coming across as someone who as a decent enough knowledge of the trade in his area, but my opinion is that his background and knowledge is only of hacks not ph.
his hearts in the right place even though he does get called a baron at times by some. its only a fews perspective on Mr T's views and business, just as the man in Carlisle seems to get the rough end of the stick sometimes 2
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GA
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| 23 Jun 2007 1:19 PM |
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Oh yeah I did have a beard ............... in fact I still have one ................... but it cannot be compared to the one MrT has.
Felix, with regard your other statement ............. you ommitted the words "OF HIS AGE" which identify your willingness to misquote using only the words that substanciate your argument ..................... a man of 80 cannot be compared with a man of 20 with reard physique, athletisism or fitness.
Your a fool Felix ....................... what you claim I have done was done on the request of the majority of the trade ............ you see I don't tell people what they should do, I act upon what they tell me to do ...................... and together with their support we won more than we lost.
But thats why you are better than me ................... I don't believe I know whats best and have to ask the people involved ............ maybe you should try it.
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felix
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| 23 Jun 2007 7:37 PM |
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With respect GA where in my post above did i claim anything about what you have done ?
i merely asked ........ didnt you once or still have a beard ? and what do you have in yours?
so why are you getting on your high horse about me asking about a beard.
where did i say i know best.... ?
are you getting me mixed up with someone else or are you and Trevor on the binge together again ????
as he's Ant Hill Mob [NTA] and you now being GMB. i thought never the twain would meet, never mind mingle
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felix
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| 23 Jun 2007 7:47 PM |
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I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
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felix
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| 23 Jun 2007 7:52 PM |
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Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
- Winston Churchill
The reasonable man [GA, CC, Mr T] adapt themselves to the world; the unreasonable one [Felix] persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
- Phyllis Diller
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
- Slovenian proverb
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein
Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.
- Elias Schwartz
Everything you can imagine is real.
- Picasso
Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
- Abraham Lincoln
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
- Malcolm S. Forbes
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GA
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| 23 Jun 2007 10:41 PM |
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Mr Felix,
I must say that membership of any organisation doesn't deflect one iota from the fact that I have great respect for anyone who lives and breaths the professional Taxi Trade ........................... and little or no respect for people who look to only take from it.
Fortunatly, or should I say unfortunatly for you, the people who I share opinions about the future of the trade with can see past those shallow enough to attempt to create division or create rifts to further their own agendas.
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| 24 Jun 2007 12:18 AM |
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are you insinuating that Felix is out to create a rift within this trade or that he as an hidden agenda ?
are you not now dancing to the tune of the GMB'S own agenda, and before that did you not dance to the tune being played by the NTA ?
but to whos tune does felix dance to ?
your thoughts on a postcard to......... ............ |
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NICK
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:19 AM |
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Posted By over worked and under paid on 23 Jun 2007 9:33 AM
he sounds a real mans man !!
when you say everything was still on the engine Nick are you refering to things such as alternator, starter motor etc ?
or are you saying the whole car was still on it ???????????
dont see what it as to do with waking up with a hangover though ?
the MrT's posts i've read on other forums, have him coming across as someone who as a decent enough knowledge of the trade in his area, but my opinion is that his background and knowledge is only of hacks not ph.
his hearts in the right place even though he does get called a baron at times by some. its only a fews perspective on Mr T's views and business, just as the man in Carlisle seems to get the rough end of the stick sometimes 2
didnt someone once say jealousy is a form of flattery ?
I think Mr T only say's ,
what he is prepared to divulge
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felix
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:24 AM |
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secretive to the end more like,
ask him what a plates worth his way........ dont hold your breadth |
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NICK
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:30 AM |
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| I think they are making about 25,000 and he has got at least 15 or more |
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felix
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:36 AM |
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| is that on the low side el barono |
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felix
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:37 AM |
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fancy going on the chatroom
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felix
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| 24 Jun 2007 1:38 AM |
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| pity he doesnt even no how many he's got ? obviously went to a queens govt recomended school |
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