I can’t remember the last time I was in a black cab. Love to be able to afford it but it is a luxury spend, not really part of the mass transit getting from A to B system any more. The only Uber I have taken ever is one called up by somebody I am with. London public transport is cheaper and often quicker as can be walking. I have assumed black cabs are mainly for tourists rather than the genuine transport solution that they used to be, technology has probably done for the traditional London black cab sadly.
I can’t remember the last time I was in a black cab. Love to be able to afford it but it is a luxury spend, not really part of the mass transit getting from A to B system any more. The only Uber I have taken ever is one called up by somebody I am with. London public transport is cheaper and often quicker as can be walking. I have assumed black cabs are mainly for tourists rather than the genuine transport solution that they used to be, technology has probably done for the traditional London black cab sadly.
I think the point re walking and public transport is key, for central London journeys especially. I walk much more than I did in the 80s, while more recently I bailed out of a black cab stuck in traffic outside Knightsbridge station just watching the clock tick over.
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Weren't you a chartered accountant?
Account based and auditable vs cash - not that I'm saying either avoid tax, because I have no evidence.
Love to be able to afford it but it is a luxury spend, not really part of the mass transit getting from A to B system any more.
The only Uber I have taken ever is one called up by somebody I am with.
London public transport is cheaper and often quicker as can be walking.
I have assumed black cabs are mainly for tourists rather than the genuine transport solution that they used to be, technology has probably done for the traditional London black cab sadly.