nugget
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25 Oct 2007 8:28 PM |
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‘Iceman’ taxi firm wins two-week reprieve
A taxi firm linked to Scotland’s top crime godfather has won a temporary reprieve thanks to a bureaucratic blunder. Licensing officials at Glasgow City Council had been expected to shut down CS Cars, a company owned by the wife of James …
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http://uktaxinews.co.uk/
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GMB BRANCH PRESIDENT
"souf"LONDON
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25 Oct 2007 9:07 PM |
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| TONIGHT "nugget " YOU SLEEP WITH THE FISHES |
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taximan
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26 Oct 2007 3:46 PM |
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Temporary reprieve for two weeks.How can he sleep at nights with all the worrying?They don't call him ICEMAN for nothing..........
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GMB BRANCH PRESIDENT
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26 Oct 2007 5:26 PM |
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| welcome taximan,feel free to post om any subject,we enjoy debate and can be quite naughty at times,please dont melt away especially after such a chilling intro |
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taximan
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26 Oct 2007 6:15 PM |
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| Thank you very much for your warm welcome. To be honest I now live in Northumberland and work as a taxis driver. My mum and Dad owned pubs in Glasgow and have grown up with the knowledge of certain individuals and sometimes even the fathers before them. My Father was in his 80's before he retired. Glasgow is a bit like London, we are fascinated with gangster stories. I am sure you will agree the biggest gangster in any town is 999. Everyone fears him. On a different matter I notice you are the president of the GMB. I would like to know a little bit more about this as I might be interested in joining. If you wish to get in touch with me or send me some literature, please feel free. We have in our area a local taxis association and in all my years of taxising in this area I have never been approached by them to join. Of course the chairman of this association to the best of my knowledge, it may have changed now is also the biggest owner of taxis. He has well over 100 cars and if you work for him you must vote for him. I have had suggestions in the past for my local council and they have told me that I would need to approach this operator and go through him as I am a hackney driver and he is recognised by the council as the association. Guess what? I am also the owner of private hire vehicles aswell and guess who is in charge of the private hire association. Yes you guessed it. The very same operator. Just to give you an example of how we operate up here. Our local council sent out letters to all hackney drivers telling them that they were about to release 4 new hackney plates for the first time in years. Everyone with a taxis or private hire badge could apply and they would be put into a hat and picked out by the council. The successful winners would have 1 month to put these plates onto brand new disabled vehicles except doblos. All the winners worked for this operator who remember is the head of the taxis association so when they received their plates from the council guess what, he financed the brand new disabled vehicles to the driver thus meaning the w/hackney plates became the property of the head of the taxis association. This year the council has decided not to issue any at all. I could go on all day. Before any taxis association members start to go on the defensive I am only talking about my circumstances in my area. I have read many good things in the past about the NTA and like wise the GMB but I would never consider joining the taxis association in my area as the only way to get representation would be if it was to benefit this operator. I have never heard of the taxis association in my area defending any driver or even having any involvement with the council at any time. They do have meetings at the local pub and pay a fee for the buffet. The only problem is the pub is owned by a taxis operator who was at one time the business partner of you guessed it the head of the taxis association. Who incidently parted company with each other when the tax man caught them and they split their business down the middle. I rest my case. Lets debate. |
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GMB BRANCH PRESIDENT
"souf"LONDON
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26 Oct 2007 6:26 PM |
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| TAXIMAN GREAT POST GIVING ALL AN INSIGHT INTO GLASGOWS PROBLEMS. I AM GOING TO INFORM A GUY YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF: TERRY FLANAGAN BRANCH SEC, HE WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOU WITH OUR NORTHERN GMBPDB REPS. |
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taximan
SCOTLAND
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26 Oct 2007 6:39 PM |
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Many thanks look forward to hearing from them.
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GMB BRANCH SEC LONDON
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26 Oct 2007 8:16 PM |
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Taximan 2 bits of advice first ring me any time on 07958 275 339 i will return your call saving you any cost. Dont even dream of going anywhere the NTA just another Fleet owners cabal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Terence Flanagan Branch Sec GMBPDB s We already have members in Glasgow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POLICYS ARE SET BY THOSE THAT ARE MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Tony
Bradistan...... only joking Terry Bradford to you others
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27 Oct 2007 1:30 PM |
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To be honest I now live in Northumberland and work as a taxis driver.
We already have members in Glasgow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Terry taximan is now living and working in Northumberland as per the quote above
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taximan
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29 Oct 2007 5:48 PM |
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Spoke to Terence Flanagan today and Bill Coates of the GMB and I am soon to be a member once I get my application form filled in etc. Many thanks to all concerned. It is very much appreciated.
P.S. Sorry mate I do not know your name. All I have is the GMB SEC of London, obviously this is not your name, at least I hope not. Many thanks again. Jimmy
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GMB BRANCH PRESIDENT
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29 Oct 2007 5:53 PM |
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| welcome on board,my name is don,spread the word jimmy. |
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Tony
Bradistan...... only joking Terry Bradford to you others
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30 Oct 2007 8:09 AM |
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As this site suddenly become the unofficial site for the GMB ?
it appears that it certainly is effecting the regular users from posting
due to personal insults being posted on various topics
what does the future hold ?????
which way to take it ? |
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hopper
Norfolk "Nelson's County"
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30 Oct 2007 9:13 AM |
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Yes, there is a fine line between banta and abuse that line is stepped over far to often..... IMHO
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Tony
Bradistan...... only joking Terry Bradford to you others
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30 Oct 2007 10:05 AM |
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do we start editing posts or banning users for a set amount of time and if repeated ban permanently ?
its not the route myself or Pete wanted to go down but theres a definite fine line between banter and abuse.
if its not put to rest then something will certainly be done about it, for the good of the users and secondly the site |
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hopper
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30 Oct 2007 10:35 AM |
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How about adding a new forum at the top with a sticky spelling out the APU (ACCEPTABLE USER POLICY) this is quite common on other forums.
Then if any one has any doubts as to the way they should be conducting themselves they can go and refresh their memories.
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Tony
Bradistan...... only joking Terry Bradford to you others
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30 Oct 2007 1:27 PM |
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| Just mentioned it to pete, and may go down route of certain users will have to get their posts approved before it is put live onto forum !! |
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hopper
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30 Oct 2007 2:01 PM |
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Would be a shame if you had to do that but there you go, here is my take on it……
We are all here by invitation of admin and its like being invited into someone’s home and then having a blue with one of the other guests, all down to common courtesy really…..inti?
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GMB BRANCH PRESIDENT
"souf"LONDON
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30 Oct 2007 2:16 PM |
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| Hopper,agree on most of this but when i have a go at some one i use plain language not code like some people, love, a raving novice,ring any bells.you might hear from the other one soon lol. |
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Tony
Bradistan...... only joking Terry Bradford to you others
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30 Oct 2007 3:27 PM |
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Don for the good of the other users and the site its gonna happen if it carries on.
theres having a ruck on trade issues but getting personal isnt on and isnt acceptable behaviour
especially if one of them is a trade association / national trade union
dont think it looks good on anyone going down them lines....... almost smacks of desperation.
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hopper
Norfolk "Nelson's County"
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30 Oct 2007 5:02 PM |
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Hopper,agree on most of this but when i have a go at some one i use plain language not code like some people, love, a raving novice,ring any bells.you might hear from the other one soon lol.
Signature gone tel. don't call me a yokel and I won't call you a poof.
Lets keep it nice
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