ercles on 13/3/2007 at 01:47
Well hey it seems that if you manage to get a cab in Adelaide you'll get (
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21324806-2682,00.html) assaulted.
Although I obviously can't talk for the NY cabwhores, I have a lot of respect for cabbies down this way. They get a lot of crap, but I know a couple of honest guys who work as taxi drivers and say its not unusual to get spat on, assaulted, and generally degraded for no reason whatsoever.
Acolyte6 on 13/3/2007 at 02:59
Whore... That's a word in itself...
Anyways, Wasn't Thief created in Mass. USA? Going thru the pix, I feel like Europa... Ok, T3 was Austin Texas, & then Eidos decided 2 side swipe it... Anyone feel like side swiping Eidos? U guys/Gals know we can do it again!! How 'bout T4 or T5...?
It's just a thought, but We can do IT !! :ebil:
Moi Dix Mois on 13/3/2007 at 03:03
w... what?
Tocky on 13/3/2007 at 03:12
I think I broke my surrealist funnybone laughing at that.
Scots Taffer on 13/3/2007 at 03:14
Quote Posted by Moi Dix Mois
w... what?
I'm not sure, but I feel confident that We can do IT !!
Acolyte6 on 13/3/2007 at 03:31
Wow, that was a Quick response!!! Honestly!! I suck @ building missions.., but I do have the drive 4 it !! Been play'n this since the demo for Lord Bafford's mission, think it was 1999. I've had YEARS to make my own FM, but
I've been 2 buzy play'n everybody else's FMz! Now I want... sorry, Create my
own FM... & think of it as movie stars do on the silver screen... Immortality!! :cool:
Anyways, a T4 mission would B extremely Awesome, even if We (ttlg) can make it work Ourselves!!
So what if we're "everywhere", We're all still connected via the World Wide Wonder !! & honestly... It is a 7th wonder of todays' age !
Ya think? :sly:
Moi Dix Mois on 13/3/2007 at 03:35
The thought of more Acolyte6 posts in the future is making my penis cry stinky little tears of anticipation.
Acolyte6 on 13/3/2007 at 03:48
U know what is cool?! Shit, I don't remember which of the last 3 FM's I downloaded, anyways, when I saw a mission with the StarGate in it I was impressed!! Ya think :sly: we could implement(favorite word 2003), a StarGate wormhole into a Thief FM? Like 4 or 5? The technology is there, all we have to do is harness it... Right? :thumb:
Acolyte6 on 13/3/2007 at 04:20
See now that's Y u need 2 carry a gun in NYC !! Not 4 protection (well that 2), but as a taxi-halter, no comment. It's amazing what U can do with 1 of
those...hahaha :thumb:
Quote Posted by demagogue
Well, to give another reason to hold (some) cabbies in contempt, my most recent experience with them is when you actually DO signal for them, and they signal BACK that they are going to stop for you, nod their head, even turn on their turn-blinker that they are going to pull over for you, but someone else jumps into the cab. This happened to me not once, but TWICE, mind you, a few days ago; two cabbies signaled to me in this way, began to pull over to MY signal, and then another person jumped into MY cab, and he let them!
You see, I had some bags and was on the opposite side of the stop-lights. It's raining (can't miss that little detail), so I'm under a typical sidewalk-scaffolding roof to keep my bags and me as dry as I could. But traffic can still see me clearly from the other side, and clearly see that I have bags and cannot really lumber out into the street easily.
The first cabbie clearly saw me and began pulling over before stopping at the stop light ... and some lady just casually walked up on the cab-side, 15 seconds flat, and she enters oblivious (after I'm waiting like 10 minutes, lugging bags), as if the cab were pulling over just for her.
Feeling pissed as he passed by without so much as a see-you-round glance (he clearly averted his eyes), I took pains to make sure I would really get in the way of the next cab. I really wave him down this time, and this time, not only does he begin to pull-over, this trick actually physically nods to me and turns on his turn-blinkers as he is just caught by the stop light. The turn-signal continues to blink throughout the wait. Now get this: Bitch from across the street runs THROUGH FUCKING TRAFFIC and jumps into MY cab as the light turns green, and he stops MID-INTERSECTION, lets her in and drives off like a bat out of hell. I literally said aloud "motherfucker" in disbelief.
I wouldn't be caught a third time so I lugged my bags out into the rain, across the intersection, and midway into the first lane to make damn sure I wouldn't miss another one. So much for expecting to play the 'bags in rain' sympathy card. I saw some more people coming too, but I gave them a glare from hell to back off.
So not only do cabbies leer at you like a piece of meat, but they are ready to jump at the first piece of meat before you that they see, turn-signaling-semi-contractual-obligation-to-stop-for-you or not.
Rug Burn Junky on 13/3/2007 at 04:30
When did I stop getting the good drugs?
