Re: off topic NYC taxis; was RE: I'M CERTIFIED....:) :) :)

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Speaking as a near New Yorker (I've only lived here half my life), this is
> an honor you do not want. I ride taxis in NYC a lot, and I never can relax
> for an instant. You are riding in a vehicle that has a very unsafe, kludged
> up barrier about 20 inches from your nose, designed so that in quick stop,
> your face gets an imprint of the barrier. The New York hospitals actually
> see so many of these injuries (if you survive the crash) that they have a
> special name for it. The drivers are underpaid, work 12 to 16 hour shifts,
> speak no English (for the most part), and usually have no idea where they
> are going. All they want to do is drive as fast as possible, to maximize
> their income. Even if you know where you are going, you may have difficulty
> communicating that to the driver.


did you know what the smallest mesurable unit of time is?

the time it takes a nyc taxi driver to honk his horn after the light
changes.

nj
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