tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post2700619931201317160..comments2024-01-15T09:37:29.174-08:00Comments on Las Vegas Cabbie Chronicles: XXXI IIIMrFunkMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18037881254826751745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-22233160084902876572007-05-24T23:04:00.000-07:002007-05-24T23:04:00.000-07:00I respect your privacy, and yes the clues were the...I respect your privacy, and yes the clues were there to someone that been there and done that. You are not destined to be a career cabbie in my opinion. It is a good life experience, but it is a lousy job (IMHO), long hours, high risk, and really low pay, considering the hours, and the respossibility for your, and your passengers saftey. You have better things on your horizon, you have the gift of writing. Writing in a way that brings your reader into your experience. It may be more vivid to me as a reader because I've driven the same streets, picked up simular people, and had many of the same experiences you describe. But I am unable to put those experiences in to print the way you do. In the 5+ years I drove in Las Vegas, I met alot of Cabbies, some so intelligent I couldn't believe they would drive cab for a living. Some so base, I couldn't believe they could do anything else for a living. I did it to get to the next stage in my life. I don't regret it. But I'm glad it wasn't a career. It maybe is your career, but I don't think so. I think it is your launch point, to a much higher calling. But in the mean time, do what you do, in the best way you can, and keep us hanging on util your next post. P.S. to other readers of the blog, if your planning a trip to Vegas, make sure you get in touch with this driver, he is the real deal. And there aren't many of them left in Vegas!<BR/>Former LV cabbie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-9526112343678168602007-05-23T00:07:00.000-07:002007-05-23T00:07:00.000-07:00I have tried to conceal the identity of the compan...I have tried to conceal the identity of the company I work for. However, clues to that effect exist. Particularly things that a (former) driver such as yourself could pick up on. Not that it really concerns me for I know it's only a matter of time before someone at my yard outs me as the author of this thing. It's more about not wanting to give any of those pricks free publicity. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words.MrFunkMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037881254826751745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-85663268691525292652007-05-21T23:07:00.000-07:002007-05-21T23:07:00.000-07:00Got to tell you, you know how to put a story into ...Got to tell you, you know how to put a story into words. Read your blog tonight for the first time. Got to yours through link on Paradise Drivers blog. You are definately up there with Melissa (New York Hack). I'm sure there is a book in you also. I drove in Vegas from 2000, till mid '05. Will never forget the night I saw a pedestrian get hit at 40 mph on DI, just east of Valley View. I also did what I could to help until the police and medical arrived. You do what you can do, and you did well. From what I've read of your blog so far you sound like one of the good cabbies in Vegas, and we both know there a lot of not so good ones. I'll keep coming back, to remind myself of the good (and not so good) old days. Be careful out there! P.S. Please tell me your not a Desert Driver!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-65948423333970288712007-04-18T18:18:00.000-07:002007-04-18T18:18:00.000-07:00Came across you story trying to find accident pron...Came across you story trying to find accident prone areas in LV.. started reading and could not stop. I often wonder what I would do in a similar situation. All too often such good samaritan acts go thankless and as we all know... "no good deed goes unpunished" With my luck I would help out and then get sued, or ran over going back to my car... <BR/><BR/>Glad you survived and Thank You for caring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-50586876721584599552007-04-16T08:08:00.000-07:002007-04-16T08:08:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-18570494023707766592007-04-14T12:48:00.000-07:002007-04-14T12:48:00.000-07:00You most definately did the right thing and a good...You most definately did the right thing and a good job. A truly fucked up trauma pt can really be hurt if they get pulled out of the car wrong. Sounds like this guy got his head bonked pretty good. <BR/><BR/>As for the thank you.... accept it from us. Not enough people will get it out there on the street and we have to watch out for each other. Great job and thanks a lot!jeepgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04960446791268922659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-85066624813009317342007-04-11T19:58:00.000-07:002007-04-11T19:58:00.000-07:00Wow you are defenitley have a way with words. One...Wow you are defenitley have a way with words. One of the last paragraphs about the 'real heros' gave me goosebumps all the way up to the tip of my head. AWSOME! Thank you Mrs.N33Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-40528264519758083832007-04-09T15:02:00.000-07:002007-04-09T15:02:00.000-07:00I loved it, keep up the stories, you have a gift. ...I loved it, keep up the stories, you have a gift. LOC-A-NUCHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21486842.post-54951919350287005082007-04-09T14:35:00.000-07:002007-04-09T14:35:00.000-07:00Ok so let me get thid straight this Guy Jeremy doe...Ok so let me get thid straight this Guy Jeremy doesn't exist and you did even get a thanks...Did you get the guys name that was in the car??? Did you ever read anything in the paper about the wreck that brought clouser..... Wow you are awesome dude I just left Vegas last night every time I go out there I ask every driver (AMERICAN) if they have a blogg on the internet half say no I don't even have a computer someday I will get in your cab I just know it....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com