Adrian wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 2 Mar 2005:

Mike Hughes ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :


If you really want to get ripped off then try taking one of the
'minicabs' from the West End and then compare that with the price for
the same journey in a licensed taxi. If it's not double then you will
be lucky.

********. Big fat round hairy ********. Sometimes they take the ****, but
most of the time they're a LOT cheaper than a black cab. If you can find a
black cab.

I've never actually found that to be the case. But, to be fair, while
there *are* the most appalling cowboys around, there are also some good
people. But at least with black cabs you know where to report the
ghastly ones.

As an aside I was in a garage in Bayswater Road on Sunday night when a
minicab asked me where the Ritz Hotel.

Bloody hell, a talking car!

Oh, there are a fair few of them around....
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"Mrs Redboots"
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