Taxi

I've always particularly admired the taxi-driver who turned to Bertrand Russell in the back of his cab and asked the perfectly legitimate question, »Well Guv, what's it all abaht then...?« And answer came there none. Never ask a philosopher, especially one who hasn't paid his fare yet.....

Riding a taxi cab is far too expensive. Riding the bus is cheaper, but you are not allowed to talk to the driver.

My associations with »taxi«
1)Taking a taxi/cab ride in New York is an experience everyone should get. You're never sure if the griver got your destination right. But not because of your pityful english, but because of his unknowledge concerning this language.
2) I don't have a car; and the last buses in my town (in my direction) are going at 20 to midnight.Normally, I would take my bike; but, honestly, the winters are too cold. I don't like the winters because then I have to take a taxicab quite often and that's SO EXPENSIVE!
3) There are two films that I associate with »taxi«: One is » Taxi« (or was it »Taxidriver«) by Luc Besson, which I didn't like. The other one is »Night on Earth«. This one is very interesting. The episode in New York pleases me most...

I heard recently that the driving a taxi is one of the most dangerous jobs.

I drove a taxi cab for 2 years back in the '80s. I enjoyed it in some wierd way. A good way to study people in the big cities. A bad way to make a living. My boss was a jerk and my cab had no heat. Such is life.

In Morocco, Taxis are either Grand or Petit, depending on whether you need to travel a great or small distance. In Grands Taxis, you share the backseat of a battered Diesel Mercedes with four or five people who are going in the same general direction.