Bill, I used to be a cab driver, and there were a lot of stories passed around at the cab stands. By the time any particular driver got a story, it may have changed any number of times. There can only be one driver who has heard something first hand, and even he may embellish or change what he heard for any number of reasons, such as to make himself seem more important, or perhaps what was heard was out of context, misunderstood, or not even true. There's no guarantee that the passengers talking in the back seat have accurate information either.
A cabbie may be able to direct you to a good pizza place or the best whore house in town, but I'd certainly be skeptical of anything that one told me wrt to politics, government, power, and who's doing what with whom. I can't count the number of things I heard from my passengers that later turned out to be untrue. How does that axiom go: Believe 75% of what you see, 50% of what you read, and nothing of what you hear. I didn't make that up. I heard it from one of my passengers <LOL> Shel > [Original Message] > From: William Robb > Quite often, yes. > People say things in taxis that they > won't say elsewhere, and taxis are > often used by "important people" who > don't want the bother of renting a car. > From: "Shel Belinkoff" > > Ahh - the taxi driver - always a great source for > > truth and accurate reporting <LOL>
