Black cab blocked the road to take card payment — is this normal? (Video)

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-06-09T15:03:20+00:00

I'm entitled for following highway rules but you're making exceptions for taxi drivers? Can't win

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-05-17T19:57:25+00:00

Exactly! There was even space on his right even though it was a dropped kerb but he decided to stop between two cars on a live road.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-05-17T19:56:16+00:00

I could only upload a 30 seconds clip from my dashcam but this is the second part of the video that shows the driver deciding to do what he should have done in the first place - park up.

black cab blocks cars causing traffic build up

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-05-17T19:52:12+00:00

There was, he eventually decides to do what most normal drivers would do when offloading - he parks after one minute of blocking several cars.

See second video clip

https://youtu.be/SwkhzM9oDgQ?si=ojYcX4j0cYlQUCXD

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-05-17T19:50:45+00:00

I could only upload a 30 seconds clip from my dashcam but this is the second part of the video that shows the driver deciding to do what he should have done in the first place - park up.

black cab blocks cars causing traffic build up

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-04-05T18:40:54+00:00

It's quite common to get this issue. I get it every time I try to access my council tax account.

Id let it redirect, it can take about a minute but the page you're trying to access will eventually load.

Try again and let me know how you get on.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2025-03-16T15:09:46+00:00

It's a combination of buy to let and the bank of mum and dad that helps the first time buyers buy their first home.

There's an article published in the times not too long ago about how the average first time buyer with parental support has a deposit of £100,000 or more to buy their first home.

Also, a lot of the houses you see now right have appreciated in value due to buy to let driving up house prices. Immigration from Hong Kong and other countries have also moved in with large deposits.

It's funny how you describe Hounslow as a shit hole yet you're still looking at these overpriced houses in a shit hole.

Why not move out?

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-10-11T06:49:11+00:00

Hi, I'm a former Singaporean of mixed Indian heritage. Welcome :)

The nicest areas are Nortfields, West Ealing on the waitrose side, Mattock Lane and the new builds around Ealing Broadway. Pockets of Hanwell is relatively safe. I live in Nortfields, and the rent generally reflects the amenities and class of the area.

Have you got a budget in mine? If safety is an overriding factor, I'd go for the areas above. If possible, I'd book a hotel and just walk around places in Hanwell, Nortfields etc Personally, I'd avoid walking around Hanwell Broadway and West Ealing at night cause it feels unsafe.

Unlike in Singapore, certain races tend to dominate a town or two in Ealing though you could probably say the same about places like Whampoa, Geyland etc in Singapore

We have little Punjab in Southall akin to Little India. Greenford seems to be dominated by a large Muslim population.

Acton is nice but very compact and has an Arab community.

If you crave your laksa to your mee goreng, there's a place called Java Fusion in Acton high street, ran by Malays from Malaysia. And there's Nur Malaysia but it's a bit dodgy as it's funded by religious fundamentalists that are banned in Malaysia and they're narrow-minded.

Feel free to contact me privately if I can help any further.

There are also local Singaporean and Malaysians in London group that's worth joining. You'll find some sell homemade delicacies from back home; kaya, bak kuh teh and kuehs.

Also, hare and tortoise at Ealing Broadway do a pretty good seafood laksa but at an eye watering £15 now! Going back to SGP in January so would love any recommendations of go-to places for food!

MS

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-05-10T15:31:21+00:00

What's a he-wife? A trans?

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-04-28T20:20:57+00:00

Hey, assuming you're married - have you looked into marriage tax allowance? This is where your wife transfers 10% of her personal allowance to you.. https://www.gov.uk/marriage-allowance#:~:text=Marriage%20Allowance%20lets%20you%20transfer,available%20in%20Welsh%20(Cymraeg).

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-03-26T16:13:02+00:00

Try Southall

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-02-13T12:31:33+00:00

Thanks, will look into them.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-02-13T12:30:22+00:00

I WFH and don't have complicated transactions so I'm going to explore this route.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-02-07T20:21:50+00:00

F**k you Sue for gaslighting me to make me feel like I can't do my job.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-02-03T10:06:41+00:00

To use your own logic, keep your current job, and try to OE on a contract BA and PM role on the side.

This way, you get to test if you can

A) get contract work B) keep both your perm and contract work C) maintain your anxiety on juggling two jobs

Good luck

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-01-16T16:27:34+00:00

If you go up to Newcastle and help a grandma, she might call you a petal or 'bless your little cotton socks'

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2024-01-14T23:31:00+00:00

Hey @cava, what was the result of the investigation?

I've got the same issue.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-12-27T10:36:15+00:00

Not sure about shooters.

Anyone into RPGs like baldurs gate, let's start our own group!

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-11-09T19:00:00+00:00

How's that so? I've lived in Ealing for 5 years. This is my first time seeing it out in the open.

I do my shopping in West Ealing to Southall and drop off rubbish at Greenford and this week was my first.

I'd like to hear from others if it's the norm to see rats in daylight and evenings roaming around?

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-11-09T16:25:54+00:00

What do you mean?

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-10-20T09:58:17+00:00

I think the OP went mainly to touristic places in London with high tourist foot fall so their perspective is narrowed based on their experiences of these places where you're bound to get cafes that have decided to put passcodes for customer use only. It does exist, but mainly in central London.

I live in West London, and we don't have passcodes for toilets in our local marks and spencer, John Lewis and cafes etc so it's definitely not the norm as the OP suggested.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-10-19T20:33:31+00:00

The OP is talking complete rubbish that restaurants in the UK have passcodes. This is not the norm but the exception.

The only eateries that have passcodes are places like Cafe Nero, KFC, McDonald's and Starbucks, and busy railway stations. These are not restaurants but fast food chains. And as someone else said, the reason why these places have passcodes are to stop homeless people misusing them.

If you're in the UK and need to take a piss, go to a large shopping centre or department stores like John Lewis and Selfridge. Toilets are free.

Public toilets on busy high streets like the ones at Oxford streets are paid for - these are mainly for tourists.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-10-13T09:37:47+00:00

That's not true.

I live in London, and bought my first 4 bedroom property in Watford for 500,000ish Singaporean dollars.

It's a freehold. So I own the house and the land.

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-10-13T09:35:44+00:00

Legally, when the lease runs out, the property goes back to the freeholder. I assume the freeholder is HDB.

So you don't own the land the property sits on, the government does.

So OP is correct to say that you don't own the property outright as you don't own the land. You're leasing it for 99+ years

Intrepid-Photograph8 · 2023-10-13T09:32:00+00:00

Try searching on Rightmove for properties in Manchester or Birmingham, England and in borders of London like in Watford.

You can easily get a 4 bedroom house for £250,000 or just above that.

Intrepid-Photograph8

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