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@dagocleo 6 сағат бұрын

if this keeps up... we'll all have to make more videos to keep you going in those dry spells...

@darkshei1756 7 сағат бұрын

Am glad your last night went well , mine was boring to be honnest am kinda anxious because Tuesday i will be back in school meaning new ppl , new teacher , new and possibly worst time table not to mention i have to wear glasses all the time now because i have astigmatism and myopia now i dont know how am gonna tell my friends why i got glasses , i'm really not excited for next week i atleast pray i wont have school on saturday again thats the least i hope for but enough of me i hope you will enjoy your week end to the full , good health to you my man

@MonicaTheMad 8 сағат бұрын

I'm so glad your week picked up near the end. I was worried there for a while.

@foodquig 8 сағат бұрын

Believe me, I was more worried than you! I'm glad my weekend is here...

@k9nick 9 сағат бұрын

Do your see ubers running around? Usually a prius.

@foodquig 8 сағат бұрын

I see them on rare occasions. I think the bigger problem is the recent rise in the costs of living and renting so that the general public haas less and less disposable income. I mean, a taxi is a luxury. People can walk wherever they need to go as long as they have enough time to do it... Well, except those who can't walk due to injuries. Oh. Over here, most of the ubers that I have seen are Teslas.

@joejustjoe8351 Күн бұрын

I grew up in Pierrefonds eating at Chenoy’s.

@theresaurus9820 2 күн бұрын

I suddenly and out of nowhere remembered your old “Inbedlam” video and I’m surprised you’re still on yt. Good luck!

@AxeMoose 5 күн бұрын

I can't see things getting better any time soon. Everything is expensive and wages are not going up any time soon.

@foodquig 5 күн бұрын

No, I don't see things improving either...

@k9nick 6 күн бұрын

I have a class 2 licence. Means I can drive a coach or school bus. 16 ton rigid trucks even. Don't know how it works out there. Point is, you have another string to your bow. Maybe a school bus driver. Be available for the charters that come up. Don't know what the normal hourly rate is there, but 20 hours a week with no expenses ain't up be sniffed at. Then there's the charter work. So swimming, foot ball etc

@foodquig 6 күн бұрын

You do have a point. My problem is that I like the lifestyle and the freedom that I have. I like working on my own terms rather than taking a pre-set route, I could always drive something else, but that would probably mean I'd be driving in ttraffic during the daytime. Traffic is stupid here in the daytime. No thanks! If I'm going to make amove, I'd like to work in a liquor store even though I have a class one license which allows me to drive anything except a motorcycle.

@k9nick 6 күн бұрын

@@foodquig dove a school bus in the country.??

@foodquig 6 күн бұрын

@@k9nick Suppose I could try it someday...

@dagocleo 7 күн бұрын

What I have found is that those electric bikes (if that was the case) come a lot faster than expected… had a few close calls as well…

@foodquig 6 күн бұрын

I don't recall if the bike was electric or pedal. If it was a pedal bike, he should not have been there... Maybe it was electric.

@DonnerPassWhisky 7 күн бұрын

Where I live in the foothills of northern California paying with $100 bills = Pot grower or someone who works for Pot growers.

@foodquig 6 күн бұрын

Could be, but pot is legal here, it's grown on farms, and they even have cannabis shops on almost every corner...

@DonnerPassWhisky 6 күн бұрын

@@foodquig Here too at least by state law but the illegal market is thriving because playing the legal game in California requires a lot of money

@darkshei1756 7 күн бұрын

A pretty rough week indeed my week was fine the usual i hope you have a great week end and is your car fuel problem fixed now or its still unfixed?

@foodquig 7 күн бұрын

THe fuel problem seems to be sorted now... It was just running too rich...

@darkshei1756 7 күн бұрын

@@foodquig thats great news you will make more profit now hopefully and lets hope another problem doesnt come up

@foodquig 6 күн бұрын

@@darkshei1756 Problems always come up...

@MonicaTheMad 7 күн бұрын

I guess people don't have wallets as much anymore. I carry a little bit of cash in my phone case, but only big bills and no coins so it doesn't take up much room. Mmmm, canned herring is lovely once in a long while. I have to leave a lot of time between but sometimes it's good.

@foodquig 7 күн бұрын

I'm eating a bit of tuna in olive oil right now :)

@nobbynobster1 8 күн бұрын

good to see you are still at it. i havent tuned in for years. i think when i did last ttime you were trying to give up smoking !

@foodquig 8 күн бұрын

Oh wow! That would have been around June of 2009...

@AxeMoose 13 күн бұрын

Man, you're not doing well the last couple of months. I know people here have been crushed by inflation. Food has more than doubled in a year. Rent for most places is way the hell up.

@foodquig 13 күн бұрын

I'm being crushed on both sides. People have less disposable income, so I make less money, and then on the other side it costs more to buy things. Good thing I have credit, and I can pay later while hoping that things will get better. I did have two good nights this past week, and that helps a lot!

@dagocleo 14 күн бұрын

I would find it very difficult to wait as you do at times

@foodquig 13 күн бұрын

I used to bring books to read while waiting. Nowadays, I watch KZfaq on my phone and fall asleep. I find the waiting more relaxing than the driving...

@MonicaTheMad 14 күн бұрын

Ahhhh, don't you just hate that "check engine" light. So many cars drive around with that on. I find it's usually best to say nothing.

@foodquig 14 күн бұрын

I ignored the check engine light on my own car, and it went out all by itself... We used to cover that thing up with black electrical tape, or trace it out with magic marker back when the taxis were running on propane. I only look forward to the fuel consumption problem being solved once and for all.

@AbdelStatistics 18 күн бұрын

😢

@AxeMoose 20 күн бұрын

I miss my mom.

@foodquig 20 күн бұрын

I miss mine too. Dementia takes them away slowly.

@MonicaTheMad 21 күн бұрын

I wonder if the mechanics were not certified to work on a car like that and messed it up.

@foodquig 20 күн бұрын

Something definitely got messed up. I texted the owner, and he said he'd get it sorted next Tuesday... That means that the car will be a pig on Sunday and Monday nights for me.

@dagocleo 21 күн бұрын

Our moms were born the same year. Happy Birthday to her !

@foodquig 20 күн бұрын

Happy birthday to your mom too!

@DonnerPassWhisky 21 күн бұрын

Happy 🎉 Birthday to your Mom !

@foodquig 20 күн бұрын

She never thought she'd make it to ninety, she told me this morning...

@DonnerPassWhisky 20 күн бұрын

@@foodquig Congratulations to her. Today is also our 33rd Anniversary here

@foodquig 20 күн бұрын

@@DonnerPassWhisky Way to go! Congratulations!

@AxeMoose 27 күн бұрын

I see deer at night here.

@foodquig 26 күн бұрын

I see them at all hours,.. I also see raccoons, rats, rabbits, owls, but I have yet to see a cougar in town...

@k9nick 28 күн бұрын

You're in summer out there aren't you? Deer coming into to town looking for food?

@foodquig 27 күн бұрын

Deer are always in town. They are everywhere, They come out of hiding when there's little or no traffic like at 5:30 AM, and there are plenty hedges, bushes, and shrubberies for them to much on. The bucks are especially building up their strength for the Autumn rut..

@nyr484 28 күн бұрын

Have you considered speaking with the owner to shift from a fixed lease cost to a percentage lease that helps you make money on slow nights? You are taking all the risk of a slow night.

@foodquig 27 күн бұрын

As it is, even on a slow night, I don't do much worse with the fixed lease than I would do with a percentage. With a percentage, I'd be losing out on the busier nights. I have been doing the business this way for over thirty years through the good times and the bad times, through prosperity and recession, and I always managed to make it. I'm only five years away from retirement, so why change things now? To me, going to a percentage would be like going to work for an hourly wage in a brick and mortar establishment with a boss leaning over my shoulder, telling me all the time what to do and how to do it. I hate micro-management. I prefer no management at all! That's what has kept me doing the cab thing for so long even though the hours are long, and I could make more money doing something else. After more than three decades of being my own boss, with all the benefits, freedoms, and risks involved, I would be miserable and feel imprisoned as an employee.

@nyr484 26 күн бұрын

@@foodquig 50/50 until lease is paid, then 100% for you. If the owner would really be struggling without you he might be willing to do it.

@MonicaTheMad 28 күн бұрын

People must have trouble typing numbers into their little phone keypads for you to have it go wrong so often.

@foodquig 27 күн бұрын

No. The problem was that two streets have the same name. I thought we were going to the Juan DeFuca Highway in Sooke, But our destination was Juan DeFuca Road in Shirley. The text message was "2966 Juan DeFuca," and my passenger said that it was in Sooke, and there is no 2966 Juan DeFuca Highway. With GPS, it's garbage in, garbage out.

@MonicaTheMad 27 күн бұрын

@@foodquig Frustrating.

@MonicaTheMad 28 күн бұрын

That buck was so cool! Must be the season for them.

@foodquig 27 күн бұрын

The real season for them is around October when they resemble boys wrestling...

@MonicaTheMad 27 күн бұрын

@@foodquig Right, I know that. Strange then.

@dagocleo 28 күн бұрын

I really get annoyed at how many people just take a cab and have no intention of paying…

@foodquig 27 күн бұрын

I'm sure that I get more annoyed than you do... I know bad drugs has something to do with it. It's just like that guy a few weeks ago who put all kinds of garbage in my car and wasted the whole morning half of the shift. People don't usually talk the way these two annoying people did.

@shikarisahib6054 Ай бұрын

I know it well. Great place if you love endless grey days and endless rain.

@mrpap7613 Ай бұрын

Taxi driving is soul destroying

@angusorvid8840 Ай бұрын

Do more awesome science fiction reviews. They are awesome.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

It has been a while since I read much science fiction...

@clcarlso1 Ай бұрын

I'm sure you've already thought of this but what about working some weekends or day shifts? I know it's not your preference but could there possibly be some better business there?

@foodquig Ай бұрын

I have talked with drivers who work weekends and day shifts, and their experience is not much better than mine...

@AxeMoose Ай бұрын

That was not good at all. Maybe it's time to change jobs. Can't keep this up.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

I still have time to decide what I'm going to do...

@benrlego Ай бұрын

My dad is actually in a very similar situation right now with his job, he’s been looking at other jobs lately but it’ll be a rough transition. What sucks is he’s already retired, but it’s nowhere near enough. He has to work for at least 8 more years then he gets an increase on his pension.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

I could apply for a pension right now, but I'd only get three or four hundred dollars a month. I will get a lot more if I wait five years, and after those five years I can also get old age security...

@k9nick Ай бұрын

When I was working corporate, a restaurant I made regular pickups and drop off too, SPQR in auckland cbd, popular with high profile people, went into liquidation. This slowdown is a worldwide thing. You are not alone. I’d tough it out. Recessionary times only last a while. You’ll be on 500 nights again soon. Remember, the only constant in life is change. Remember 2008?

@foodquig Ай бұрын

Oh yes, I remember 2008... But back then we didn't have UBER.

@k9nick Ай бұрын

@foodquig ahhhh. I remember suggesting, when you said uber was coming to town, plan do something else. Uber decimated the taxi industry here. If you wanted to buy shares in a taxi, Co-op taxis for example, Two hundred thousand dollar shares halved over night. I was corporate cabs. I saw the writing on the wall. To buy in to corporate, was 30k. Then you buy the car etc on top of that. I got out just in time. Didn't make a loss. But a lot of guys that hung on, they lost money. Just have up their licenses. Couldn't sell them.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

@@k9nick I'm just glad that I never bought a taxi. I can walk away at any time. I'm just not ready to do that yet...

@dagocleo Ай бұрын

Not easy and I really feel bad for you… we can only hope that it will look better as the summer progresses, take care.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

Things would still be better without UBER taking away some of our business...

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

I hate to see you in a week like this.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

I don't exactly like it either...

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

@@foodquig No, not a good week. Hope it turns upwards soon.

@fiwongoinrv Ай бұрын

smokin on that dad pack🚬🚬🚬

@nononsenseBennett Ай бұрын

Look! It has a liquor store! Hilarious.

@AxeMoose Ай бұрын

You did good.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

Yes I did.

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

I don't use Uber.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

GOOD!!!

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

Every time I go to the theatre with Veronica, when we go to Stratford, even if it's extremely interesting, I end up almost falling asleep. It's so very dark there and we have lunch just before. It didn't happen when we went to The Mousetrap in Ingersoll because it wasn't dark like Stratford.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

Yes, darkness helps me sleep too...

@benkohlmann3473 16 күн бұрын

The mousetrap? I just saw that in London in May!

@dagocleo Ай бұрын

True with your description, Friday is taxi vlog night ! Nice to see the airport again !

@foodquig Ай бұрын

Yes, seeing the airport again was a treat for me, but seeing it twice in a row was right over the top!

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

Yaaaay Friday!!!

@foodquig Ай бұрын

LOL

@cookingfanman1234 Ай бұрын

As always, many thanks for the uploads. Glad the Sunday was busy.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

The week turned out alright!

@AxeMoose Ай бұрын

You could write a book on strange customers.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

The good part is that I can forget about them after a while...

@dagocleo Ай бұрын

I always enjoy your stories with those strange people… comforts me that we are all more “normal” that people say ! Seems like really big weeks are not for the foreseeable future. I read that taxi drivers are suffering bad over here…

@foodquig Ай бұрын

It's a global phenomenon that we're suffering. The economy and Uber are hurting us...

@bleebloe4610 Ай бұрын

how much do u have saved so far for retirement?

@MonicaTheMad Ай бұрын

Oh wow, it's Friday! I didn't realise until your video popped up.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

I try to put them up on time :)

@AxeMoose Ай бұрын

I doubt mine is better than yours.

@foodquig Ай бұрын

It's all relative...

@k9nick Ай бұрын

Andy. When you talk with other drivers in the night, are they having tough times too? Those working the city etc

@foodquig Ай бұрын

We are all feeling it, Nick.

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