Peanuts returns!

[SuzySnappz]

I paid a Mexican taxi driver $125 for a return journey only he never showed on the Sunday and when I called him (his name, incredibly, was Jesus) he said 'I give you good price' and when I told him I had paid for a return journey he said, again, 'I give you good price' -end of conversation.

Sorry, but that made me burst out in laughter.

[Stavros]

Sorry, but that made me burst out in laughter.

Thanks babe. Sometimes reality offers the best humour, only I wasn't laughing at the time. On my first visit to LA in 1983, I stayed at the Cecil Hotel without knowing its reputation then or since, and hailed a taxi somewhere off Sunset to get me back around 1am. When the driver asked me where I was going I said the Cecil Hotel, and he made me pay $15 before getting into the cab, and when we got there I was hustled by a bum between the cab and the hotel lobby! The driver -realising I was a tourist (must have been my accent)- asked me if I had been to Disneyland, and seemed genuinely shocked when I said no. On my last trips to LA my taxi drivers, when not Hispanic were an Israeli, and an Ethiopian. Maybe we should start a thread on taxi drivers, they are capable of creating entire movies, after all....grrrr...(loving that leopard print dress, or is it cling film?)...

[nevada64]

Wow Stavros, The Cecil Hotel in 1983. Downtown LA was quite a pit back then. What an impression than must have made on you.

I often take cabs when I'm drinking. Most drivers don't mind conversing, and I find that the majority of them are from Armenia. Just an observation. It seems like a tough way to make a buck. They work 12 hours shifts and have to pay the cab company they work for, for use of the vehicle, gas and insurance. What ever is left over they take home. I recall a guy telling me he only makes about $40- $50 a day after all the fees etc.

[Stavros]

I had never been to LA before and was travelling around the US and Canada on a Greyhound Bus -it was so hot when I arrived in LA (July) I saw this Hotel and wanted to get out of the heat, so I chose it, I also didn't know that part of downtown had a reputation...one lives and learns...

[nevada64]

Yes, summers in L.A. are quite hot. It is my least favorite time of year here. The heat can be very oppressive, especially if one works outside. I'm always relieved when late October arrives. The winters here are mild, the air is cleaner, and it is, overall, very comfortable.

[natina]

there need to be a tranny bar like the old black lite for hanging out for the afternoon and night time. there needs to be a tranny happy hour


with cheap hou'r devours and discounted drinks
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a good place for that is right across the street from standard brands paint store ,that little bar on Santa Monica blvd

[nevada64]

Santa Monica Blvd. and what? What is the cross street?

[natina]

the street and block
one block west of western near the south corner

[nevada64]

Prime Time Pub across the street from the now closed Sears. A bit of a dive bar, which is good. Not as gritty as the Backlite, but nothing is anymore. I haven't been there in a year or two, but you are right, it would make for a good TS bar. The cops would watch it like hawks however, because of all the apartment buildings and the residential neighborhood behind the place.

[natina]

not that place but the place east of there on the same side of the street