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tc1820@webtv.net Webmaster tc1820@webtv.net Nov 17, 2008, 3:20 PM Post #1 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Almost $100 bucks to the airport Can't Post I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct

salmoneous@aol.com Webmaster salmoneous@aol.com Nov 17, 2008, 3:59 PM Post #2 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post > I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > pocket full of their money. =A0 =A0 =A0 Tom in Ct Was it at least one of those limos with free booze?

CLM in ND Webmaster camarvel8@hotmail.com Nov 17, 2008, 4:18 PM Post #3 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 2:20=A0pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > pocket full of their money. =A0 =A0 =A0 Tom in Ct Like Zero Mostel said in the movie "The Producers", "If you got it, flaunt it, baby. FLAUNT IT!" Cameron

Thomas W. Webmaster avlv@hotmail.de Nov 17, 2008, 4:46 PM Post #4 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:20:24 -0500, tc1820@webtv.net wrote: >I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went >out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct You might want to check Chapter 42 of "The Vegas Code" for some well-deserved come-uppance. Thomas

fxd99@NOSPAMverizon.net Webmaster fxd99@NOSPAMverizon.net Nov 17, 2008, 6:48 PM Post #5 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post tc1820@webtv.net wrote: > I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > Don't worry Tom, we'd all do it if we could! Denny in Mass

Nonnymus Webmaster awss@cox.net Nov 17, 2008, 7:29 PM Post #6 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post CLM in ND wrote: > On Nov 17, 2:20 pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: >> I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went >> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > > Like Zero Mostel said in the movie "The Producers", "If you got it, > flaunt it, baby. FLAUNT IT!" I think that Tom's just enjoying a little luxury he could afford. Good for him. -- Nonnymus- Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

Ronald Emerson Webmaster northturn@yahoo.com Nov 17, 2008, 8:50 PM Post #7 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 3:20=A0pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > pocket full of their money. =A0 =A0 =A0 Tom in Ct I always go first class and take Grey line to and from the airport. Ronald Emerson.

"dr. Baf" Webmaster slazar19@stargate.net Nov 17, 2008, 9:10 PM Post #8 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 12:20=A0pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > I told the bellman if he had a limo hanging around I would be >intereste= d. He got on his cell phone and one came flying >around the corner in about 90 seconds. >Tom in Ct Next time you are in town buy a Lexus, I'll take care of it for you, just call I'll be there in 30 seconds. dr. Baf

dixie hollins Webmaster mikeaklein@yahoo.com Nov 17, 2008, 9:40 PM Post #9 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post Tom, did you blow the rest of your winnings on the slots at the airport while waiting for your flight? Dixie.

tc1820@webtv.net Webmaster tc1820@webtv.net Nov 17, 2008, 10:31 PM Post #10 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post Dixie asked if money was lost at the airport slots........the answer is no. By the time I get to the airport, gambling is done for the trip. I see signs that all pays are hand pays? Do other avlv play there? Cant be bothered, just put me on the plane. Tom in Ct

"DH" Webmaster d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net Nov 18, 2008, 3:57 AM Post #11 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post   <tc1820@webtv.net> wrote in message news:21616-4921D208-1339@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net... >I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > Ugh! As a Vegas cab driver I bust my hump to make little more in a twelve hours shift than that one ten minute ride cost ya. Tom, you and the other AVLV'ers simply must start throwing us low-life (honest) cab drivers an occasional bit of your winnings! BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to any and all who tip "American-style".

"Albert Giesbrecht" Webmaster albertgiesbrecht@hotmail.com Nov 18, 2008, 5:32 AM Post #12 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post   "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote in message news:ArvUk.7929$VN1.459@newsfe02.iad... > > > BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to > any and all who tip "American-style". Up the butt? Visaman

BOB Webmaster rlerick@gmail.com Nov 18, 2008, 7:31 AM Post #13 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 5:28 pm, Nonnymus <a...@cox.net> wrote: > CLM in ND wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2:20 pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > >> I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > >> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > >> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > >> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > >> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > >> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > >> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > >> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > > > Like Zero Mostel said in the movie "The Producers", "If you got it, > > flaunt it, baby. FLAUNT IT!" > > I think that Tom's just enjoying a little luxury he could afford. Good > for him. > I think Tom is Taunting and Flaunting.

BOB Webmaster rlerick@gmail.com Nov 18, 2008, 7:33 AM Post #14 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 1:20 pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > I may get banned from avlv for this....... Yup, you're out, Tom. !00 bucks is airfare for me.

"Double Down Now!" Webmaster double.down.now@hotmail.com Nov 18, 2008, 8:30 AM Post #15 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 17, 9:31=A0pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > Dixie asked if =A0money was lost at the airport slots........the answer i= s > no. By the time I get to the airport, gambling is done for the trip. I > see signs that all pays are hand pays? Do other avlv play there? Cant be > bothered, just put me on the plane. =A0Tom in Ct That's how I feel! My gamblin' is DONE once I get in that cab to the airport. At the airport, I'm too busy get' blitzoed at the Gordon Biersch bar . However, I'm always reading about how some lucky slob wins million$ on those WoFortune machines there while waitin' for there plane. I believe Jackie Gaughn owns the license for those machines though they don't accept any slot cards...

Skipfromla Webmaster skipfromla@yahoo.com Nov 18, 2008, 9:44 AM Post #16 of 29 (28 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:57:03 -0800, "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote: > ><tc1820@webtv.net> wrote in message >news:21616-4921D208-1339@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net... >>I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went >> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct >> > >Ugh! As a Vegas cab driver I bust my hump to make little more in a twelve >hours shift than that one ten minute ride cost ya. > >Tom, you and the other AVLV'ers simply must start throwing us low-life >(honest) cab drivers an occasional bit of your winnings! > >BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to >any and all who tip "American-style". > I'm not sure what "American Style" tipping is but I'm glad to see you consider yourself an honest cab driver. Every cab I've taken in Las Vegas has resulted in attempts at long hauling and other scams to run up the meter. You must be the only honest cabby there. Skip

"DocTCW" Webmaster doctcw@aol.com Nov 18, 2008, 4:18 PM Post #17 of 29 (8 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post Tom in Ct told me a long time ago that the first thing he does every morning is change $100 bill into $5's and everytime he is served a drink he tips $5. I sort of doubted it until last June when I saw him in action, and it is true. Tom's a generous rich man-----must have been for Obama. Tom On Nov 18 2008 6:31 AM, BOB wrote: > On Nov 17, 5:28 pm, Nonnymus <a...@cox.net> wrote: > > CLM in ND wrote: > > > On Nov 17, 2:20 pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > > >> I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > > >> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > > >> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > > >> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > > >> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > > >> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > > >> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > > >> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > > > > > Like Zero Mostel said in the movie "The Producers", "If you got it, > > > flaunt it, baby. FLAUNT IT!" > > > > I think that Tom's just enjoying a little luxury he could afford. Good > > for him. > > > > I think Tom is Taunting and Flaunting. -----  : the next generation of web-newsreaders : http://www.recgroups.com

flip Webmaster flip@nospam.com Nov 18, 2008, 11:19 PM Post #18 of 29 (8 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post I was once heading from the Gold Coast to the airport where the taxi line was really long. Next to the long cab line was a perfectly good stretch lemo. I gathered a group of guys (from New Jersey) together and we took the lemo to the airport and split the fare. I think the total cost was around $100, but we split it about six ways so it was very reasonable. The way it was explained to me--by law, lemo drivers cannot solicit fares in Las Vegas, but you can approach them and negotiate a deal. --flip,

"The DOS Man" Webmaster nowhere@nohow.com Nov 19, 2008, 1:04 AM Post #19 of 29 (8 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post Skip: Hounddog was pretty honest. Does he still drive in Las Vegas? M "Skipfromla" <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:l1l5i41i9ueb2s9f8qumngle3tkt221fgv@4ax.com... > On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:57:03 -0800, "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote: > >> >><tc1820@webtv.net> wrote in message >>news:21616-4921D208-1339@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net... >>>I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >>> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went >>> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >>> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >>> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >>> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >>> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >>> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct >>> >> >>Ugh! As a Vegas cab driver I bust my hump to make little more in a twelve >>hours shift than that one ten minute ride cost ya. >> >>Tom, you and the other AVLV'ers simply must start throwing us low-life >>(honest) cab drivers an occasional bit of your winnings! >> >>BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to >>any and all who tip "American-style". >> > > I'm not sure what "American Style" tipping is but I'm glad to see you > consider yourself an honest cab driver. Every cab I've taken in Las > Vegas has resulted in attempts at long hauling and other scams to run > up the meter. You must be the only honest cabby there. > > Skip

BOB Webmaster rlerick@gmail.com Nov 19, 2008, 8:33 AM Post #20 of 29 (6 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Nov 18, 2:18 pm, "DocTCW" <doc...@aol.com> wrote: > Tom in Ct told me a long time ago that the first thing he does every > morning is change $100 bill into $5's and everytime he is served a drink > he tips $5. I sort of doubted it until last June when I saw him in action, > and it is true. Tom's a generous rich man-----must have been for Obama. Yup. Sounds like he's spreading the wealth alright.. But I suspect he's one of them compassionate conservatives. > > Tom > On Nov 18 2008 6:31 AM, BOB wrote: > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:28 pm, Nonnymus <a...@cox.net> wrote: > > > CLM in ND wrote: > > > > On Nov 17, 2:20 pm, tc1...@webtv.net wrote: > > > >> I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time > > > >> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went > > > >> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo > > > >> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one > > > >> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I > > > >> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. > > > >> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a > > > >> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct > > > > > Like Zero Mostel said in the movie "The Producers", "If you got it, > > > > flaunt it, baby. FLAUNT IT!" > > > > I think that Tom's just enjoying a little luxury he could afford. Good > > > for him. > > > I think Tom is Taunting and Flaunting. > > ----- > : the next generation of web-newsreaders :http://www.recgroups.com

"DH" Webmaster d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net Nov 21, 2008, 5:37 AM Post #21 of 29 (2 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post   "flip" <flip@nospam.com> wrote in message news:fdmdnT8T5ONCDr7UnZ2dnUVZ_o_inZ2d@giganews.com... >I was once heading from the Gold Coast to the airport where the taxi line >was really long. Next to the long cab line was a perfectly good stretch >lemo. I gathered a group of guys (from New Jersey) together and we took the >lemo to the airport and split the fare. I think the total cost was around >$100, but we split it about six ways so it was very reasonable. > > The way it was explained to me--by law, lemo drivers cannot solicit fares > in Las Vegas, but you can approach them and negotiate a deal. > --flip, > I must reply with the same three letter word I used earlier: UGH! $100 for a 15 minute ride? Further, flip, I had to laugh when I read 'there was a really long line at the Gold Coast'. I dare say the Gold Coast has never, ever, EVER had a "really long" cab line! Duane - the friendly, HONEST Vegas cab driver

"DH" Webmaster d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net Nov 21, 2008, 5:40 AM Post #22 of 29 (2 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post "Hounddog" moved out of state a number of years ago. "The DOS Man" <nowhere@nohow.com> wrote in message news:A%NUk.7512$c45.4270@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com... > Skip: > > Hounddog was pretty honest. Does he still drive in Las Vegas? > > M > > > "Skipfromla" <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:l1l5i41i9ueb2s9f8qumngle3tkt221fgv@4ax.com... >> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:57:03 -0800, "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote: >> >>> >>><tc1820@webtv.net> wrote in message >>>news:21616-4921D208-1339@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net... >>>>I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >>>> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we >>>> went >>>> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >>>> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >>>> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >>>> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >>>> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >>>> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct >>>> >>> >>>Ugh! As a Vegas cab driver I bust my hump to make little more in a >>>twelve >>>hours shift than that one ten minute ride cost ya. >>> >>>Tom, you and the other AVLV'ers simply must start throwing us low-life >>>(honest) cab drivers an occasional bit of your winnings! >>> >>>BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to >>>any and all who tip "American-style". >>> >> >> I'm not sure what "American Style" tipping is but I'm glad to see you >> consider yourself an honest cab driver. Every cab I've taken in Las >> Vegas has resulted in attempts at long hauling and other scams to run >> up the meter. You must be the only honest cabby there. >> >> Skip >

"DH" Webmaster d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net Nov 21, 2008, 6:29 AM Post #23 of 29 (2 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post   "Skipfromla" <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:l1l5i41i9ueb2s9f8qumngle3tkt221fgv@4ax.com... > On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:57:03 -0800, "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote: > >> >><tc1820@webtv.net> wrote in message >>news:21616-4921D208-1339@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net... >>>I may get banned from avlv for this....... didn't know exactly what time >>> we were leaving Harrahs, so didn't book one of their limos. When we went >>> out to the cab line it was loooong. I told the bellman if he had a limo >>> hanging around I would be interested. He got on his cell phone and one >>> came flying around the corner in about 90 seconds. He did ask me if I >>> wanted him to load up the car with other airport people, and I said no. >>> So 20 for the bellman and 70 for the limo, easy when leaving with a >>> pocket full of their money. Tom in Ct >>> >> >>Ugh! As a Vegas cab driver I bust my hump to make little more in a twelve >>hours shift than that one ten minute ride cost ya. >> >>Tom, you and the other AVLV'ers simply must start throwing us low-life >>(honest) cab drivers an occasional bit of your winnings! >> >>BTW - My phone number - as well as my services - are readily available to >>any and all who tip "American-style". >> > > I'm not sure what "American Style" tipping is but I'm glad to see you > consider yourself an honest cab driver. Every cab I've taken in Las > Vegas has resulted in attempts at long hauling and other scams to run > up the meter. You must be the only honest cabby there. > > Skip As soon as I wrote "American Style" I knew I should have worded it better. It was a late hour (as it is now as I write this). Twelve hour shifts AND trying to keep up with the AVLV board is tiring! While we in Vegas cannot be completely unhappy by the fact that a rather large part of our economy has been - especially in recent months - supported by foreigners, those of us who work for tips have seen a decline in our income. "American Style" tipping is far different from "European or Mexican or Australian or [fill in the country] Style". Don't get me wrong. As the economy continues to tank (and I don't have great faith in the President-elect to pay my bills) I am thankful to have a job and for every fifty cent tip I get. In the past I've raised the taxi cab issue here a few times. And I've oft considered doing so more often. But I've concluded that, with few exceptions, everyone reading this NG is a regular member of the choir. Very few visitors ever join in. And members of this choir don't need preaching to! Just remember.... If you get into a taxi at the airport (and your destination is not South Point, Green Valley Ranch or anyplace south) all you need tell the cab driver is "please do NOT take the tunnel". Since it is a well-known fact, no liable: the worst "longhaulers" (I call them THIEVES) are drivers for Nellis and Desert cab companies. But it's not all their fault. Those two companies, especially, pressure them severely to "bring home the bacon". This is from yesterday's Las Vegas Sun newspaper: By Jeff German Thu, Nov 20, 2008 "A former Nellis Cab Co. driver has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit that is sure to attract the attention of industry leaders and regulators. Adrian Niculescu, who spent four years at Nellis Cab, alleges that he was fired July 14 in part because he refused to follow an unofficial company practice of long-hauling passengers to McCarran International Airport. Long-hauling, which is against state law, enables drivers, and in turn their companies, to earn more money by running up the meter on unsuspecting passengers. Cabbies picking up tourists on the Strip will sometimes take the long route by traveling on I-15 South to the airport tunnel off I-215, rather than the direct route through street traffic." As an HONEST cab driver I can only hope it 'attracts attention'. But, trust me, it won't. 100 to 1 odds. Sorry to be so lengthy but after working as a casino dealer and shift supervisor for over twenty years I am now "just" a cab driver. The ever increasing majority in my profession are giving me a bad name. I don't like it. And I'm fighting back ... even if I'm fighting only to the choir.

Skipfromla Webmaster skipfromla@yahoo.com Nov 21, 2008, 11:06 AM Post #24 of 29 (2 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:29:44 -0800, "DH" <d.h@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote: >>> >> >> I'm not sure what "American Style" tipping is but I'm glad to see you >> consider yourself an honest cab driver. Every cab I've taken in Las >> Vegas has resulted in attempts at long hauling and other scams to run >> up the meter. You must be the only honest cabby there. >> >> Skip > >As soon as I wrote "American Style" I knew I should have worded it better. >It was a late hour (as it is now as I write this). Twelve hour shifts AND >trying to keep up with the AVLV board is tiring! > >While we in Vegas cannot be completely unhappy by the fact that a rather >large part of our economy has been - especially in recent months - supported >by foreigners, those of us who work for tips have seen a decline in our >income. "American Style" tipping is far different from "European or Mexican >or Australian or [fill in the country] Style". Mexican tipping? Isn't that also know as extortion? I had to take a cab in Mexico City. As soon as I got in the driver told me to give him $5, pointing to a police car across the street and said, "That's my brother." > >As an HONEST cab driver I can only hope it 'attracts attention'. But, trust >me, it won't. 100 to 1 odds. > >Sorry to be so lengthy but after working as a casino dealer and shift >supervisor for over twenty years I am now "just" a cab driver. The ever >increasing majority in my profession are giving me a bad name. I don't like >it. And I'm fighting back ... even if I'm fighting only to the choir. > Good for you. The last time I mentioned my experiences with Las Vegas taxis, describing the most egregious ones, a cab driver's brilliant response was, "You'd better make sure you never get in my cab." I guess this guy wasn't too bright because I made it clear that there are no cabs in my future in Vegas. The Las Vegas bad cab experiences go back at least 30 years. One of the worst was taking a cab from N Las Vegas airport to Fremont Street, a cab ride I'd taken once a month for about 4 years, occasionally with an honest driver. We finally arrived on Fremont Street, after going by the Tropicana twice. I knew exactly what the fare should have been but he wanted to charge me what the meter said, about 5 times that. I told him to call the police because I wasn't paying what he wanted. The police showed up and gave him a choice of accepting what I offered or having some severe legal problems. After I paid him he said, "Hey, you forgot my tip." This experience was fairly typical although most of the time it was just enough of a long haul so tourists wouldn't get suspicious. After that experience I always told the driver which route to take, street by street. Most were very unhappy and complained, as if they had a right to cheat people. It's doubtful I'd ever take another cab in Las Vegas or a few other select cities . When I was still drinking, I stopped using cabs and instead used car services with set rates per hour. Now, using my own car or a rental car is a much better deal for me since I no longer drink. Las Vegas isn't the only place with dishonest cab drivers. I worked undercover during a robbery investigation as cab driver in the Los Angeles area. When I first started I was intensely schooled by the dispatchers and other drivers about all the scams I could get away with to cheat the fares out of more and more money and what to do if a fare challenged the meter. After 3 months I came to the conclusion that Gypsy grifters, assorted con artists and politicians were more honest than the cab drivers I worked around. Hmmm. Walt, what do you think? Volume 7? Skip

Thomas W. Webmaster avlv@hotmail.de Nov 21, 2008, 1:46 PM Post #25 of 29 (2 views) Shortcut Re: Almost $100 bucks to the airport [In reply to] Can't Post On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:06:09 -0800, Skipfromla <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote: >Mexican tipping? Isn't that also know as extortion? I had to take a >cab in Mexico City. As soon as I got in the driver told me to give >him $5, pointing to a police car across the street and said, "That's >my brother." Was his body ever found? Thomas

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