NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

The Zombies were out in force tonight,
Work wise a very busy night as would be expected for this time of year
a pretty uneventful night until knocking off time
When my time came to go home i decided to look for a job on the radio to take me home,
the terminal flashed up Hippodrome Leicester square to pinner
I'll have some of that i thought, it was booked for 1am experience has taught me they never come out on time,
I had to wait on the cranbourne st taxi rank with a name board for my man, i endured 40minutes of No joke Zombies, coming up to the window slurring all sorts of destinations, & insults when i said i was booked,
But the Oscar for the Zombie of the night, had to go to this Blond bird that came up to me dressed as a banana with her bloke dressed as an apple, Slurring are you going Hic West HIC Burp PLAZE, No sorry love im booked, to which she replied well if he don't turn up can we take you, But he will says i, But if he don't says she, i said he definitely will its an account job, Screaming at the top of her voice she say's "nothings flucking definite"
One thing is i said ,Banana replies whats that "You fucking definitely ain't getting in this cab, I nearly pissed myself when she started saying your a prick
Have you looked in the mirror lately i said & im a prick
Anyway the Apple pulled the Banana away
& i eventually got my job home to Harrow
So there you have it Until the next time Good Health to all

Joy's of being a cabbie

Still working nights, tonight wednesday was a lot busier than the earlier part of the week, thought to myself i'd get out there and get stuck in, got off to a good start, got a good run of jobs going one in one out,
eventualy i got flagged down in seven dials by a woman wanting to go to Bermondsey street s.e.1 via a cash point machine,
I was chatting to a cabbie friend on my hands free, when all of a sudden i became aware of an unusual noise coming from the back of the cab,
I hung up and switched the intercom on and asked the punter in the back if she could hear anything to which she replied i can hear a knocking noise, i thought id hang it out until i got to the cash point in cannon street, on arrival i got out and examined the rear of the cab when i noticed the nearside rear Tyre was deflating rapidly
Punter back on board i limped accross London bridge, eventualy arriving in leathermarket street by Bermondsey street, with by now a completley flat tyre,
feeling somewhat deflated myself by my misfortune i decided not to hang about,
and to get stuck in and get the spare on Rapido,
Hub cap off i put the wheel brace on the first nut and stood on the bar, it undone no probs, number two no such luck the brace was bending,I rang Carlos AkA (londoncabby)to see if he was out and about, He was still indoors in his home in northwest London and said he would make his way over with his "pucker steel bar and socket", In the mean time i rang the AA to see if there might be a patrol nearby,
after 10minutes of being held in a Que, i was told i could wait up to two hours so i told them not to bother,
In no time at all Carlos turned up and between us we had the spare on double quick time, What a pal,I owe you Carl Thankyou,
But on a lighter note (excuse the pun) iv lost 10 pounds in weight over the last two weeks Great i'm really proud of myself iv totaly cut out carbohydrates eating more fruit and veg than at any other time in my life, going to the gym, have so much more energy feel less tired and much happier in general,
Until next time health and happiness to all, Chris

Ringing the Changes

Two day's ago i decided Enough was Enough
Especially after recent health scares
six years ago i quit drinking, one year later knocked the smoking on the head
now i feel the time is right to shed a few pounds
56 to be precise that's roughly what i need to lose to achieve my ideal weight
being a cabbie as you start to get older can have its pitfalls as the metabolism slows down & if your not careful on comes the middle age spread
So two day's ago
I joined a weight loss clinic with my daughter
who recently had beautiful twins and has understandably put on a few pounds herself.

On the work front iv been pretty fortunate this week
Twice this week towards the end of my shift i got a job to Gatwick
living just outside Watford, straight around the M25 I'm home within the hour
Christmas is just around the corner
Its December already & time to make hay while the sun shines as they say
Once Christmas is here the arse fall's out of it
Until the January Sales
January the Taxman wants his first slice of the pie
February brings my annual trip to Thailand with the wife
March is spent trying to prepare for April's annual cab overhaul
So no time for day's off, seven day's a week from now until the run up to
Christmas,
Anyway Whatever happened to living one day at a time
I sometimes drive myself crazy fretting about thing's
that very rarely materialize
So on that note Just for Today
Nite Nite