Carl Remick wrote:
> >From: Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
> >
> > > Also, unlike passenger cars, they
> > > aren't require to have working seat belts.
> >
> >When is the last time you rode in a cab anyway, 1986?
> >
> >Rudy fixed all that: seat belts, air conditioning, celebrity reminders
> >to take your belongings.
>
> My God, how many retrograde notions can be packed into a single human
> cranium? The subway PA system, dismal as it is, is infinitely preferable to
> the knitting-needle-thrust-into-the-ear agony of having Dr. Ruth or some
> other hectoring celeb screech these "reminders" at you in a taxi -- an
> intrusive non-service that is indeed a quintessential Giuliani-ism.
>
> >And he didn't mess up the good parts: crown
> >air fresheners and beaded seat covers.
>
> Not to mention the characteristic touch of the driver positioning his seat
> all the way back so he's in total comfort while you have three microns of
> knee room.
>
> Carl
>
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