Oh, god, the first time I got into a DC cab, I though we were being kidnapped! I was in the front seat, looking at the lack of meter and not knowing what was going on.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2007 7:56:54 am PDT #5417 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Theodosia - Oct 07, 2007 7:58:21 am PDT #5418 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I always wondered what was the difference between taxis and car services, which so far as I know we don't have that distinction in Boston -- there are plenty enough operated/owned cabs that are around that you can hail or call as needed.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2007 8:01:30 am PDT #5419 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yellow cabs in NYC are only hailed, and are only supposed to pick up passengers in Manhattan or at the airport. In the other boroughs, if you want a cab, you're supposed to call a car service, which is not a yellow cab. You can also use car services that you call ahead in Manhattan, but they are usually nicer/more expensive, as far as I know.
In Cambridge, at least, you can't hail a cab on the street -- you have to go to a taxi stand, or call. Which caused some consternation a few years ago when another NYC resident friend and I were trying to get a cab home from a bar!
Jesse - Oct 07, 2007 8:08:33 am PDT #5420 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ION, can anyone whitefont the last five minutes of Eureka for me, or tell where I can find a recap? Stupid Sci-Fi.
bon bon - Oct 07, 2007 8:09:51 am PDT #5421 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yellow cabs in NYC are only hailed, and are only supposed to pick up passengers in Manhattan or at the airport. In the other boroughs, if you want a cab, you're supposed to call a car service.
I did not know this! I thought it was just out of convenience. If a cab takes a passenger to Brooklyn, what is it supposed to do?
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2007 8:10:50 am PDT #5422 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know about hailing cabs in LA. I have seen it done. I seem to recall being told you weren't allowed to in Detroit. Which made no sense to me.
bon bon - Oct 07, 2007 8:13:30 am PDT #5423 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't know about hailing cabs in LA. I have seen it done. I seem to recall being told you weren't allowed to in Detroit. Which made no sense to me.
Just a guess, it probably ensures that cabs have no incentive to bunch up in front of the Ren Center, say, instead of responding to calls.
Tom Scola - Oct 07, 2007 8:15:20 am PDT #5424 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You can hail cabs in other boroughs, it's just that you probably won't ever find one.
§ ita § - Oct 07, 2007 8:16:50 am PDT #5425 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it probably ensures that cabs have no incentive to bunch up in front of the Ren Center, say, instead of responding to calls
Which now makes me wonder about hotels.
I know that there are cab ranks here in LA, sometimes by obvious places like hotels, but other times I can't work out the placement rationale.
Jesse - Oct 07, 2007 8:19:16 am PDT #5426 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I really thought they weren't supposed to pick up on the street in the boroughs, but I don't know where I got that from!