On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:57:32 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>Definitely worth the read.
It really was. <G>
Barry
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Slowhand wrote:
> You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2442354423
Check the "View Seller's Other Items". A good chuckle again.
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:38:04 GMT, Michael Baglio
<mbaglio<NOSPAM>@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:34:51 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:47:23 +0000, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
>>>"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
>>>feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
>>>would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
>
>
>>I don't live in london... it went completely over my head. Google
>>didn't help either. clue us in?
>
>Knowledge Boys are what we here on this side of the pond would call
>"cabbies." But whereas we here in America seem to think that the
>dexterity sufficient to wrap a turban is qualification enough for
>ferrying live humans through the mayhem of city streets, the English
>have a rather different view:
>
>http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/16/Travel/Knowledge_is_their_li.shtml
>
>Mighty impressive.
>
>Michael
...and Knowledge Boys are cabbies in training, they can be seen
buzzing around the streets of London on scooters with maps and
instructions mounted on the handlebars. This would, of course, require
a pretty solid scooter, which the one in the auction certainly wasn't,
which was one more reason why the seller was so dismayed.
Mike
LRod <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:34:51 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:47:23 +0000, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
> >>"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
> >>feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
> >>would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
> >>
> >>LRod
> >
> >I don't live in london... it went completely over my head. Google
> >didn't help either.
> >
> >clue us in?
>
> The link that Michael provided has a pretty good answer. The Cliff
> Notes version however is that in order to get a license for a cab in
> London you have to pass a test.
>
> The test basically consists of being asked how to get from point A to
> point B in London. It's asked a lot of times. Since London is an
> ancient city with lots of twists and turns, and some streets not even
> a block long, and streets that change their names 4, 5, maybe even 6
> times in their length, that rarely go in a straight line, and there
> are thousands of them, giving an answer to one of those questions can
> be tough. The test itself is called The Knowledge.
>
> It takes a couple of years or more of study, and as the seller of the
> motorbike suggests, a lot of riding around to acquire The Knowledge.
> Study groups are frequently formed of aspiring cabbies. I think I
> first heard about The Knowledge years ago seeing a British drama on TV
> about such a group.
>
> The article Michael posted says The Knowledge includes places, however
> that was never my understanding; I thought it was just the streets.
> For example, I once asked a London cabby to take us to the Royal
> Physic Garden, expecting him to be able to drive us right there (we're
> not from there), but he didn't know the place. When I told him it was
> in Chelsea near such and such an intersection, he was able to drive us
> right to it.
>
> The result of The Knowledge is that London cabbies are not what you
> would expect after cab riding experiences in large U.S. cities. They
> even have a cab concours competition where cabbies spiff up their
> vehicles for display and judging. Here in the U.S. they'd have to
> clean out the cigarette butts, condoms, and hang those pine tree
> deoderizers in the front seat for about a year before they could even
> enter such a contest.
>
> Very impressive institution.
>
> LRod
>
> Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
>
> Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
>
> http://www.woodbutcher.net
So tell me, What the hell does a cab ride cost in London anyway?
Between the cabbies having degrees, the cabs being clean and well
maintained and gas costing $5 a gallon, the rides can't be within the
price range of the normal joe I wouldn't think.
Dave Hall
And thats why "There will always be an England!" Good show.
"Larry C" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Good lunch-time reading this one.
>
> --
> Larry C in Auburn WA
> "Slowhand" <I'm@work> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2442354423
> >
> >
>
Good lunch-time reading this one.
--
Larry C in Auburn WA
"Slowhand" <I'm@work> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2442354423
>
>
In article <[email protected]>, I'm@work says...
> You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2442354423
>
Yep, hilarious read. Not exactly sure he is the kind of guy I'd like
doing business with though. :-)
Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 1:21am (EST+5) [email protected]
(Mark=A0&=A0Juanita) says:
Yep, hilarious read. Not exactly sure he is the kind of guy I'd like
doing business with though. :-)
Really? I thought he seemed like a perfectly reasonable person.
LMAO
JOAT
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might
as well dance.
- Unknown
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 16 Dec 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:34:51 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:47:23 +0000, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
>>"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
>>feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
>>would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
>>
>>LRod
>
>I don't live in london... it went completely over my head. Google
>didn't help either.
>
>clue us in?
The link that Michael provided has a pretty good answer. The Cliff
Notes version however is that in order to get a license for a cab in
London you have to pass a test.
The test basically consists of being asked how to get from point A to
point B in London. It's asked a lot of times. Since London is an
ancient city with lots of twists and turns, and some streets not even
a block long, and streets that change their names 4, 5, maybe even 6
times in their length, that rarely go in a straight line, and there
are thousands of them, giving an answer to one of those questions can
be tough. The test itself is called The Knowledge.
It takes a couple of years or more of study, and as the seller of the
motorbike suggests, a lot of riding around to acquire The Knowledge.
Study groups are frequently formed of aspiring cabbies. I think I
first heard about The Knowledge years ago seeing a British drama on TV
about such a group.
The article Michael posted says The Knowledge includes places, however
that was never my understanding; I thought it was just the streets.
For example, I once asked a London cabby to take us to the Royal
Physic Garden, expecting him to be able to drive us right there (we're
not from there), but he didn't know the place. When I told him it was
in Chelsea near such and such an intersection, he was able to drive us
right to it.
The result of The Knowledge is that London cabbies are not what you
would expect after cab riding experiences in large U.S. cities. They
even have a cab concours competition where cabbies spiff up their
vehicles for display and judging. Here in the U.S. they'd have to
clean out the cigarette butts, condoms, and hang those pine tree
deoderizers in the front seat for about a year before they could even
enter such a contest.
Very impressive institution.
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On 17 Dec 2003 12:43:12 -0800, [email protected] (David Hall)
wrote:
>So tell me, What the hell does a cab ride cost in London anyway?
>Between the cabbies having degrees, the cabs being clean and well
>maintained and gas costing $5 a gallon, the rides can't be within the
>price range of the normal joe I wouldn't think.
Haven't been to London in a couple of years, but then the rides were
about as expensive as those in New York City, or a bit more. With the
dollar weakening these days, they'll be somewhat pricier in dollar
terms.
John Wadsworth
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:47:23 +0000, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
>By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
>"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
>feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
>would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
>
>LRod
I don't live in london... it went completely over my head. Google
didn't help either.
clue us in?
Bridger
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:34:51 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:47:23 +0000, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
>>By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
>>"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
>>feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
>>would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
>I don't live in london... it went completely over my head. Google
>didn't help either. clue us in?
Knowledge Boys are what we here on this side of the pond would call
"cabbies." But whereas we here in America seem to think that the
dexterity sufficient to wrap a turban is qualification enough for
ferrying live humans through the mayhem of city streets, the English
have a rather different view:
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/16/Travel/Knowledge_is_their_li.shtml
Mighty impressive.
Michael
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:38:10 -0800, "Slowhand" <I'm@work> wrote:
>You gotta read the whole thing. Hilarious.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2442354423
>
By the way, did everyone catch the significance of the phrase
"Knowledge Boy" he used? If you don't know, it's an interesting
feature of life in London. Anyone living in a large city elsewhere
would be happy if it were a feature in that elsewhere.
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
On 17 Dec 2003 12:43:12 -0800, [email protected] (David Hall)
wrote:
>So tell me, What the hell does a cab ride cost in London anyway?
>Between the cabbies having degrees, the cabs being clean and well
>maintained and gas costing $5 a gallon, the rides can't be within the
>price range of the normal joe I wouldn't think.
I don't remember. It's been more than ten years since I was last
there. It struck me at the time as reasonable, however.
Of course, as we've seen from the "FS: DJ20" thread, reasonable can
have many flavors...
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net