Comments on: Friday free-for-all http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/ Just another Rogers Radio Blog weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: John http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-896 John Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:18:16 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-896 I wish the opposition in the nova scotia legislation had more of a backbone than a JELLY FISH .The RODNEY MACDONALD government is at it again increasing user fees .I am 75years old and this government is the WORST I have ever seen .It is determined to TAX the people of N.S. into the ground.We are one of the highest taxed people in NORTH AMERICA and RODNEY wants us to be THE HIGHEST taxed people in north america.It is the only thing he is good at. Would the opposition PLEASE bring down this government before the harm they are doing is irreversible.WE can no longer afford this bunch of BOTTOM FEEDERS.Look at your tax forms to see how they rip us off . ATV owners know how bad it really is. I hope before anyone votes in the next prvincial election they really consider how BAD this party is .VOTE for any other party,but not the Progressive Conserative Party of N.S..This article is inserted by a life long Progreesive Conservative ,but no longer will I ever VOTE for ROGUES like we have now in the P.C. party I wish the opposition in the nova scotia legislation had more of a backbone than a JELLY FISH .The RODNEY MACDONALD government is at it again increasing user fees .I am 75years old and this government is the WORST I have ever seen .It is determined to TAX the people of N.S. into the ground.We are one of the highest taxed people in NORTH AMERICA and RODNEY wants us to be THE HIGHEST taxed people in north america.It is the only thing he is good at. Would the opposition PLEASE bring down this government before the harm they are doing is irreversible.WE can no longer afford this bunch of BOTTOM FEEDERS.Look at your tax forms to see how they rip us off . ATV owners know how bad it really is. I hope before anyone votes in the next prvincial election they really consider how BAD this party is .VOTE for any other party,but not the Progressive Conserative Party of N.S..This article is inserted by a life long Progreesive Conservative ,but no longer will I ever VOTE for ROGUES like we have now in the P.C. party

]]> By: bruce http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-891 bruce Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:45:20 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-891 who ever made the deal to purchase the junk submarines from UK should get their butt down the hatch and get underway on one. they should also be made to fly on seakings. now our servicemen and women are forced to jump throuh time wasting political hoops. why did canada not build their own subs? hell, that would have created canadian jobs. boosting the economy. we have the technology, we just don't have the politicians with brain power or guts. as far as i'm concerened there is very little leadership in the ranks of our government. as a 12 year submarine veteran, i lead from the front, not from behind a oak desk with a pair of $200.00 shoes that the tax payers bought for me. who ever made the deal to purchase the junk submarines from UK should get their butt down the hatch and get underway on one. they should also be made to fly on seakings. now our servicemen and women are forced to jump throuh time wasting political hoops. why did canada not build their own subs? hell, that would have created canadian jobs. boosting the economy. we have the technology, we just don’t have the politicians with brain power or guts. as far as i’m concerened there is very little leadership in the ranks of our government. as a 12 year submarine veteran, i lead from the front, not from behind a oak desk with a pair of $200.00 shoes that the tax payers bought for me.

]]> By: Douglas Zwaan http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-827 Douglas Zwaan Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:22:41 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-827 God bless the squeegee kids! I love the squeegee kids. Many is the time when they cleaned my windows and the windows really needed cleaning. All done for cheap tips. Good for them. To hell with the uptight south-enders who dont want to have to see the world as it really is. but then the south-enders dont really see the rest of us as human-beings , we're more just servants there to do their bidding and not be noticed or heard from. I almost always hand out change to the more needy and I am far from wealthy. I handed out change at the corner of Robie and Quinpool the other day and the girl accepting was very polite and very thankful and it made me feel better about myself. I watched as the Idiot in the Lexus rolled his eyeballs and shook his head and rolled up his window. I wished nothing but a car accident upon him as I drove off in my 12 year old intrepid. These morons have never understood the words 'there but for the grace of God' Doug Zwaan the cabbie. God bless the squeegee kids! I love the squeegee kids. Many is the time when they cleaned my windows and the windows really needed cleaning. All done for cheap tips. Good for them. To hell with the uptight south-enders who dont want to have to see the world as it really is. but then the south-enders dont really see the rest of us as human-beings , we’re more just servants there to do their bidding and not be noticed or heard from. I almost always hand out change to the more needy and I am far from wealthy. I handed out change at the corner of Robie and Quinpool the other day and the girl accepting was very polite and very thankful and it made me feel better about myself. I watched as the Idiot in the Lexus rolled his eyeballs and shook his head and rolled up his window. I wished nothing but a car accident upon him as I drove off in my 12 year old intrepid. These morons have never understood the words ‘there but for the grace of God’ Doug Zwaan the cabbie.

]]> By: Douglas Zwaan http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-826 Douglas Zwaan Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:40:03 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-826 Sorry if i forgot to say who i was. Douglas Zwaan , 2nd class citizen and valueless human-being. Just ask the rowdy bar crowd or the people who have the power to do in our industry. We have a couple pols on our side. I hope they prevail. Sorry if i forgot to say who i was. Douglas Zwaan , 2nd class citizen and valueless human-being. Just ask the rowdy bar crowd or the people who have the power to do in our industry. We have a couple pols on our side. I hope they prevail.

]]> By: Douglas Zwaan http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-825 Douglas Zwaan Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:36:29 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-825 1. The caps that limit the number of taxi cars on our roads absolutely has to stay in place. When I started this business in 1993, I was able to work for only 60 hours a week and still had enough to eat. These days a 60 hour week seems like a vacation. I regularly work 80 to 100 hours per week now and am still 3 months behind on my power bill. Working these new hours allows me to earn almost as much as I did in 1993. Due to my recurring rheumatoid arthritis, my ability to accept other employment is extremely hampered. This will explain to those of you who earn much more money than I do why I do not run off to Alberta like everyone else. It also answers what I am sure you all are thinking – ‘If you don’t like it, leave’. Of course there will be times when things will be busy and you have to wait for a cab(rush hours, booze hours, concerts etc… although most of that does not apply to me as I am a Dartmouth zone cab) but thank God for those times or I might be on welfare. 2. We want to own our taxi licenses just as they do almost everywhere else. Please remember, taxi drivers work a horribly dangerous job with very long hours and stress and we deserve some sort of benefit for that. My own experiences driving taxi have included a broken nose, being vomited on, an attempted robbery, fellow cabdrivers having been murdered and many others beaten to within an inch of their lives, others having been hurt in other ways including stabbing and gunshot wounds. There are no savings plans for us, no vacation pay, no sick days, no rrsp’s , no pensions, no unemployment and no medical unless we can do it ourselves. Many cannot even afford a dentist. People on welfare have free dental for the love of god. When my friend cabbie was murdered in Sackville 3 odd years ago, his taxi license was immediately confiscated by H.R.M to be given away at a later date. That license should have gone to his wife, who could have sold it had she wished, to help out her household after the funeral. The licenses we hold could be our pension plan, our nest egg of sorts( small value to be certain) or our expenses incurred in the very real possibility that our lives end unexpectedly or we are incapacitated due to things like knives, guns and beatings or even stress. 3. Open the zones! I am a resident of H.R.M. My taxi licence says H.R.M on it. I currently hold a Dartmouth zone rooflight. Why? Why am I a 2nd class citizen in my own municipality? Is Wal-Mart at Dartmouth crossing going to be forced to tell customers from Halifax to buy elsewhere as they only sell to Dartmouthians? Why am I perfectly capable of dropping off people in Halifax only to turn down fares in my own city because I am unworthy to pick them up. I must leave empty. There is no Dartmouth or county any longer. There is just H.R.M. There is already a blatant disregard for zones that has been allowed to continue for years by the city council and the taxi commission. I am a Dartmouth cabbie and yet I am allowed (Illegally, I believe and under the present rules unethically) to steal this business from what is obviously a destination which resides in the COUNTY! Halifax and Dartmouth cabs stealing fares from what should be a county taxi stand! I hear many arguments from city drivers over why this should be allowed including it is federal gov’t property, it is private property or that they were there first. None of these reasons hold water. Using this logic, all taxis should be allowed to work all federal government properties including the cruise ship terminal, Stadacona, CFB Halifax, maybe the Ralston Building. What a stink there would be then! To those cabbies who want to work the Airport when it is clearly not in their zone, I say this. Fair is fair. You cannot have all of the cake and get to eat all of it too. Allowing the zones to open will improve taxi response times during peak business hours as taxis which are idle will be allowed to help in any areas that are inundated with business. The taxi concentrations may shift for a short while but the spread will even out as taxis realise that too many cabs in one area dilutes business there and under-utilised cabs will drift back out of the high traffic areas to service other areas that need it. There will be some growing pains but like water sloshing around in a bowl, things will level out. Two final little thoughts, 1. get rid of size restrictions on taxicars .All over the world they use hybrids and smartcars. Smart people. Save the environment and make the job more profitable. 2. One owner, one license means just that. For those of you you have 10, 20 and 60 licenses, tough ,eat it. I had to give up 2 licenses because of rules . The rules need to apply to all. Give those licenses to real cabdrivers. that will help solve our supposed taxi crisis. This is not a job for part-timers. Thank you. Douglas Zwaan, HRM taxi with a Dartmouth rooflight. 1. The caps that limit the number of taxi cars on our roads absolutely has to stay in place. When I started this business in 1993, I was able to work for only 60 hours a week and still had enough to eat. These days a 60 hour week seems like a vacation. I regularly work 80 to 100 hours per week now and am still 3 months behind on my power bill. Working these new hours allows me to earn almost as much as I did in 1993. Due to my recurring rheumatoid arthritis, my ability to accept other employment is extremely hampered. This will explain to those of you who earn much more money than I do why I do not run off to Alberta like everyone else. It also answers what I am sure you all are thinking – ‘If you don’t like it, leave’. Of course there will be times when things will be busy and you have to wait for a cab(rush hours, booze hours, concerts etc… although most of that does not apply to me as I am a Dartmouth zone cab) but thank God for those times or I might be on welfare.
2. We want to own our taxi licenses just as they do almost everywhere else. Please remember, taxi drivers work a horribly dangerous job with very long hours and stress and we deserve some sort of benefit for that. My own experiences driving taxi have included a broken nose, being vomited on, an attempted robbery, fellow cabdrivers having been murdered and many others beaten to within an inch of their lives, others having been hurt in other ways including stabbing and gunshot wounds. There are no savings plans for us, no vacation pay, no sick days, no rrsp’s , no pensions, no unemployment and no medical unless we can do it ourselves. Many cannot even afford a dentist. People on welfare have free dental for the love of god.
When my friend cabbie was murdered in Sackville 3 odd years ago, his taxi license was immediately confiscated by H.R.M to be given away at a later date. That license should have gone to his wife, who could have sold it had she wished, to help out her household after the funeral. The licenses we hold could be our pension plan, our nest egg of sorts( small value to be certain) or our expenses incurred in the very real possibility that our lives end unexpectedly or we are incapacitated due to things like knives, guns and beatings or even stress.
3. Open the zones! I am a resident of H.R.M. My taxi licence says H.R.M on it. I currently hold a Dartmouth zone rooflight. Why? Why am I a 2nd class citizen in my own municipality? Is Wal-Mart at Dartmouth crossing going to be forced to tell customers from Halifax to buy elsewhere as they only sell to Dartmouthians? Why am I perfectly capable of dropping off people in Halifax only to turn down fares in my own city because I am unworthy to pick them up. I must leave empty. There is no Dartmouth or county any longer. There is just H.R.M. There is already a blatant disregard for zones that has been allowed to continue for years by the city council and the taxi commission. I am a Dartmouth cabbie and yet I am allowed (Illegally, I believe and under the present rules unethically) to steal this business from what is obviously a destination which resides in the COUNTY! Halifax and Dartmouth cabs stealing fares from what should be a county taxi stand! I hear many arguments from city drivers over why this should be allowed including it is federal gov’t property, it is private property or that they were there first. None of these reasons hold water. Using this logic, all taxis should be allowed to work all federal government properties including the cruise ship terminal, Stadacona, CFB Halifax, maybe the Ralston Building. What a stink there would be then! To those cabbies who want to work the Airport when it is clearly not in their zone, I say this. Fair is fair. You cannot have all of the cake and get to eat all of it too. Allowing the zones to open will improve taxi response times during peak business hours as taxis which are idle will be allowed to help in any areas that are inundated with business. The taxi concentrations may shift for a short while but the spread will even out as taxis realise that too many cabs in one area dilutes business there and under-utilised cabs will drift back out of the high traffic areas to service other areas that need it. There will be some growing pains but like water sloshing around in a bowl, things will level out.

Two final little thoughts, 1. get rid of size restrictions on taxicars .All over the world they use hybrids and smartcars. Smart people. Save the environment and make the job more profitable.
2. One owner, one license means just that. For those of you you have 10, 20 and 60 licenses, tough ,eat it. I had to give up 2 licenses because of rules . The rules need to apply to all. Give those licenses to real cabdrivers. that will help solve our supposed taxi crisis. This is not a job for part-timers.

Thank you. Douglas Zwaan, HRM taxi with a Dartmouth rooflight.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-799 Rob Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:39:44 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-799 Do you know what makes no sense to me at all? As many of may know, they had a refinery fire in Texas and the price of oil goes sky high on the markets. Now I could understand the price of gas going higher in the USA if they can not refine oil into gasoline, and if they can not refine it, should there not be extra oil on the market and the price go of oil down, I not correct in my thinking? Why should the fire in Texas affect the price of unrefined oil if they can not refine it except to make the price go down? Canada, China, India and all other countries will continue to refine oil with no problems and there should be extra available, not less and the price should go down because of the extra. Oil companies have always blamed the high price of oil because of short supply due to hurricanes etc. Seems they will look for any excuse to gouge us. Some thing wrong some place! Do you know what makes no sense to me at all?
As many of may know, they had a refinery fire in Texas and the price of oil goes sky high on the markets.
Now I could understand the price of gas going higher in the USA if they can not refine oil into gasoline, and if they can not refine it, should there not be extra oil on the market and the price go of oil down, I not correct in my thinking?
Why should the fire in Texas affect the price of unrefined oil if they can not refine it except to make the price go down? Canada, China, India and all other countries will continue to refine oil with no problems and there should be extra available, not less and the price should go down because of the extra.
Oil companies have always blamed the high price of oil because of short supply due to hurricanes etc. Seems they will look for any excuse to gouge us.
Some thing wrong some place!

]]> By: Sylverie http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-796 Sylverie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:37:26 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-796 RE: Heather Mills Assume Ms Mills lives to be 100. Accepting that Paul McCartney's net worth is 1.7 Billion. Divide that 1.7 billion by 100 years = 16 Million a year She was married to him 4 years 4 X 16 Million - $64 Million DIVIDED by half = $32 Million for Heather Mills EH? lol RE: Heather Mills
Assume Ms Mills lives to be 100.
Accepting that Paul McCartney’s net worth is 1.7 Billion.
Divide that 1.7 billion by 100 years = 16 Million a year
She was married to him 4 years
4 X 16 Million - $64 Million DIVIDED by half = $32 Million for Heather Mills
EH? lol

]]> By: Paul http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-794 Paul Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:09:00 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-794 Every day for the last couple of years I've ben listening to your show. I work in construction so it is impossible for me to call. I have a portable radio clipped to my belt, headphones to my ears and of to work I go. Both you and tom make my day tha much better. Now, regarding the homeless owning a dog, I don't think you're listeners really got it . We all know that most of the homeless could probably take care of there pets, The thing is, that It's not bad enough that they think we have to pay for there cigarettes an tattoos, but now they expect us to pay for there dog food to... outrageous ... if they want to choose not to work (most of them do anyways) the government should find a way to tax there revenue... no pets for the homeless say I. Every day for the last couple of years I’ve ben listening to your show. I work in construction so it is impossible for me to call. I have a portable radio clipped to my belt, headphones to my ears and of to work I go. Both you and tom make my day tha much better. Now, regarding the homeless owning a dog, I don’t think you’re listeners really got it . We all know that most of the homeless could probably take care of there pets, The thing is, that It’s not bad enough that they think we have to pay for there cigarettes an tattoos, but now they expect us to pay for there dog food to… outrageous … if they want to choose not to work (most of them do anyways) the government should find a way to tax there revenue… no pets for the homeless say I.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-791 Chris Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:42:19 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-791 Feb 19th - Paul McCartney gets divorced, his wife takes 50% of what hes worth... is it fair ? no. Does this only happen to men? no... Kfed takes half of Britney and their kids! lol... The divorce rate is 50% and if your worth something you better get a prenup... and even then he would have to have a really good lawyer because there have been cases where prenups get thrown out. Iam sure he could afford it though... but now? maybe not. Years of his own brainwashed love songs got to Paul I think... maybe we'll see a darker paul come out of this... lol... I know I wouldnt be to happy about losing more than half a billion... Feb 19th - Paul McCartney gets divorced, his wife takes 50% of what hes worth… is it fair ? no.

Does this only happen to men? no… Kfed takes half of Britney and their kids! lol…

The divorce rate is 50% and if your worth something you better get a prenup… and even then he would have to have a really good lawyer because there have been cases where prenups get thrown out. Iam sure he could afford it though… but now? maybe not.

Years of his own brainwashed love songs got to Paul I think… maybe we’ll see a darker paul come out of this… lol… I know I wouldnt be to happy about losing more than half a billion…

]]> By: Jim http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-784 Jim Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:11:57 +0000 http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/andrewkrystal/2008/02/15/friday-free-for-all/#comment-784 Hey Andrew, me again. I just found out today that under current Canadian policy/law, consumer food products can be labeled "Product of Canada" as long as 51% of their production cost was incurred in Canada. For example, seafood broker "A" buys Chinese shrimp for $0.25/kg, then peels it, sorts it, puts it on a ring, boxes and shrink-wraps it for a cost of $0.26/kg. This is considered a product of Canada by our government, and none of us are any the wiser. Another step down the road to....you name it. Hey Andrew, me again. I just found out today that under current Canadian policy/law, consumer food products can be labeled “Product of Canada” as long as 51% of their production cost was incurred in Canada. For example, seafood broker “A” buys Chinese shrimp for $0.25/kg, then peels it, sorts it, puts it on a ring, boxes and shrink-wraps it for a cost of $0.26/kg. This is considered a product of Canada by our government, and none of us are any the wiser. Another step down the road to….you name it.

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