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When was the last time YOU actualy did anything!

Spook_ie

Well, when DID you last do anything for charity and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought! or are you the type of begrudger that thinks " Feckin Taxi Drivers snarling up the streets again?"

Taxis drivers give special needs children a grand day out

Dublin's O'Connell street was momentarily brought to a standstill today as 700 taxis carrying more than 1,400 special needs kids paraded through the city's most famous thoroughfare.

Now in its 48th year, the Special Children's Taxi Day raises funds for the 40 participating special schools and centres.

The cavalcade began at Parnell Square before a cheque for 11,500 euro was presented to the drivers on behalf of sponsor Ambrosia in O'Connell St.

From there, as scores of curious passers-by looked on, the entourage was given a garda escort to Leopardstown's Club 92 to continue the celebrations.

Dermot Lacey, former Dublin Lord Mayor, said: "It gives me enormous pleasure to launch the Ambrosia special Children's Taxi Day.

"This wonderful event brings joy to so many people and the amazing achievements of the Dublin Taxi Drivers' should be applauded.

"I hope the many children who will attend have a magnificent day of fun and entertainment," he said.

TV presenter Lucy Kennedy and Irish Boxing supremo Bernard Dunne were on hand to meet the kids.

And another 50 taxis joined the celebrations at Club 92 in Leopardstown, where party treats and sweets were snapped up by the kids.

Tom Colgan, event organiser and member of Dublin Taxi Drivers said he was grateful to the many drivers who gave up their day for the charity event.

"It is great to see the smiles on the children's faces and each year we are amazed and very grateful to see so many taxi drivers give up their day's fare for such a worthy cause," he said.

The Dublin Taxi Drivers were given the Lord Mayor's Award in 2006 for their contribution to providing much needed equipment and entertainment to hundreds of children with special needs in the Greater Dublin area.

Ambrosia has sponsored the event - which has been running since 1960 - for the last seven years.

"Once again, Ambrosia is delighted to be the title sponsor of this one of a kind and extremely worthwhile Dublin event," Ambrosia's Cathy Kelly said.

"As always, the Dublin Taxi Drivers deserve great praise and thanks for their unrelenting hard work and we hope that all the children enjoy a memorable day full of fun and enjoyment."
Release Date 11/09/2007 Source Press Association CountryIreland

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Duiske

Back in '03 I took 10 days unpaid leave to do volunteer work at the Special Olympics World Games. I was not a member of boards back then, but I wonder how many of my 30,000 fellow volunteers thought to start a thread about how great they were ?

I say fair play to anyone who does anything for charity. And to those who do not, thats their business.

and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought!

and i still throw spare change into those box's, miserable, tight git that I am !!

Jesus Wept

Cheeky_gal wrote: »

I taught young Vietnamese orphans to speak english there a few months back...

God help them.

nah good job.

Fr Dougal

Spook_ie wrote: »

Well, when DID you last do anything for charity and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought! or are you the type of begrudger that thinks " Feckin Taxi Drivers snarling up the streets again?"

Okay Spook,
You've managed to take a very positive article and turn it into a completely negative discussion, well done. :rolleyes:

Re the event, fair play to the taxi drivers for this annual outing.

Maybe I missed it but did you actually say you were one of the 700?
If so, fair play to you.

Sleepy

Eh, personally I give 4 hours of my time every week to a children's charity. I haven't felt the need to start a thread about it looking for congratulations though. Fair play for doing something but the charity isn't there to be a PR stunt.

_blank_

You are all so great.

TPD

So the taxi drivers got paid? Am I wrong in assuming that the drivers each got a share of the €11500? Its not really volunteering or charity then, youd think one free day wouldn't hurt.

griffdaddy

Back in 6th year i did the sleep out outside the GPO before christmas, cant remember what the final figure we raised was but it was considerable enough. some experience though, you certainly do meet some characters when you sleep on O'Connell Street for 2 days!

arybvtcw0eolkf

TPD wrote: »

So the taxi drivers got paid? Am I wrong in assuming that the drivers each got a share of the €11500? Its not really volunteering or charity then, youd think one free day wouldn't hurt.

jor el

griffdaddy wrote: »

Back in 6th year i did the sleep out outside the GPO before christmas, cant remember what the final figure we raised was but it was considerable enough. some experience though, you certainly do meet some characters when you sleep on O'Connell Street for 2 days!

I saw people doing that one Christmas in Limerick. Looked like something I'd like to do but they looked freezing, it was a really cold Christmas that year. I threw them a couple of quid for their troubles so it wasn't all bad.

I have run some 3 mile races for the IHCPT and Debra Ireland. Not much you might say but I'm a fat lazy bastward, so 3 miles is a lot. I've also walked on fire for People in Need. That was worth it for the experience alone

griffdaddy

jor el wrote: »

I saw people doing that one Christmas in Limerick. Looked like something I'd like to do but they looked freezing, it was a really cold Christmas that year. I threw them a couple of quid for their troubles so it wasn't all bad.

It's pretty hard one of the nights, cause you have to fast for 24 of the 48 hours. It's very rewarding though, especially when some chap comes up at 3 in the morning to tell you how Fr. Peter McVerry and his shelter saved his life and was effectively his dad, and that he's now totally clean, working and enjoying a night out at christmas like everyone else. This guy went and bought a box of nutrigrain bars for the lads and said it was all he could think of to give back, and that at least he knew pretty much none of the money was going to administration or anything. When i get a bit of money, i.e. when i'm no longer a student, i intend to give regularly to this particular charity, it's probably the most hard-working organisation combating homelessness in Dublin.

eldeabroad

3 cheers and a big smiley:D for all you do-gooders, hip hip ho-fckin-ray, let me look and see if I have a big shiny medal to award ye, mother Teresas

griffdaddy

eldeabroad wrote: »

3 cheers and a big smiley:D for all you do-gooders, hip hip ho-fckin-ray, let me look and see if I have a big shiny medal to award ye, mother Teresas

How about ya smoke my pubes, ya sarcastic fúck.

jor el

eldeabroad wrote: »

3 cheers and a big smiley:D for all you do-gooders, hip hip ho-fckin-ray, let me look and see if I have a big shiny medal to award ye, mother Teresas

That's not very charitable.

Spook_ie

tallaght01 wrote: »

I don't see how the fact that some taxi drivers brought some kids through town collecting cash doesn't mean that fares aren't too high and aren't good value for money. There are still rip-off merchants out there, regardless of what happened today.

Unless Spook is making another point, which I've missed altogether.

The general used to give nice things to the poor in his locality, but I wouldn't trust him not to rip me off :P

Well considering that the majority of the thread is about charitable work etc. With the odd insult, pedant etc. I suppose it is to be expected that we have yet another begrudger alert!

AlmightyCushion

griffdaddy wrote: »

Back in 6th year i did the sleep out outside the GPO before christmas, cant remember what the final figure we raised was but it was considerable enough. some experience though, you certainly do meet some characters when you sleep on O'Connell Street for 2 days!

I did something similar last year except it was outside Connelly station and we weren't collecting for charity, we just got kicked out of my friends student accommodation where we were supposed to be staying.

AlmightyCushion

Spook_ie wrote: »

Well considering that the majority of the thread is about charitable work etc. With the odd insult, pedant etc. I suppose it is to be expected that we have yet another begrudger alert!

How does complaining about prices make him a begrudger?

tallaght01

I don't even know what a begrudger is in that context. What exactly is it that I'm begrudging you?

FlutterinBantam

Whilst visiting the Iveagh Hostel recently on a fact finding tour I unloaded a growler in the jacks of a fcukin porridgy consistency and planted a 10 Euro note deep into her.

Checked later and the growler was still intact but the note was gone!!!!

Now thats charity for you!!!

Spook_ie

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

How does complaining about prices make him a begrudger?

Because the thread isn't about taxi fares ( which are set by an approved body, not the drivers! ) So anyone who wants to 1st line bring in something negative ( also very off topic ) is a begrudger of some kind..

1. To envy the possession or enjoyment of: She begrudged him his youth. See Synonyms at envy.
2. To give or expend with reluctance: begrudged every penny spent. ( fits exactly!)

Slow Motion

Spook_ie wrote: »

Well considering that the majority of the thread is about charitable work etc. With the odd insult, pedant etc. I suppose it is to be expected that we have yet another begrudger alert!

Defensive would we !

You seem to be useing this act of charity to have a go at everybody who has ever had a gripe with taxi drivers, while indulging in a bit of self promotion. You did a good deed fair play, have I ever done any good deeds ? Yes I can think of several. What were they ? Never mind I know what I did and don't need the approbration of the internet, I also have no wish to ask anybody else what they have done. Help/don't help it's up to you but their is no need to make a song and dance about it or to provoke others.

humanji

Spook_ie wrote: »

Because the thread isn't about taxi fares

No, it's about you trying to belittle people because you did ONE good deed. So why should others take that kind of crap from you?

Spook_ie

Slow Motion wrote: »

Defensive would we !

You seem to be useing this act of charity to have a go at everybody who has ever had a gripe with taxi drivers, while indulging in a bit of self promotion. You did a good deed fair play, have I ever done any good deeds ? Yes I can think of several. What were they ? Never mind I know what I did and don't need the approbration of the internet, I also have no wish to ask anybody else what they have done. Help/don't help it's up to you but their is no need to make a song and dance about it or to provoke others.

And if someone were having a go at you, your job or whatever, would you not defend it/them. The thread is asking what have you done for charity not what gripes have you against taxis/taxi drivers! or is that too simple for people to understand..

whatawaster

there's a lot of smug in the air.

Rob_l

Spook_ie wrote: »

And if someone were having a go at you, your job or whatever, would you not defend it/them. The thread is asking what have you done for charity not what gripes have you against taxis/taxi drivers! or is that too simple for people to understand..

but no one had a go at you you begun the thread thusly.

Well, when DID you last do anything for charity and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought! or are you the type of begrudger that thinks " Feckin Taxi Drivers snarling up the streets again?

If that is not meant to incite a negative reaction what is it meant to do?

Unpossible

tallaght01 wrote:

I don't even know what a begrudger is in that context. What exactly is it that I'm begrudging you?

A living, what do you think he is, some kind of charity? :P

Teg Veece

Spook_ie wrote: »

Well, when DID you last do anything for charity and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought! or are you the type of begrudger that thinks " Feckin Taxi Drivers snarling up the streets again?"

I think once you start throwing the fact that you did a charitable act into other people's faces, then it's no longer a charitable act.

Spook_ie

Quote:
Originally Posted by Spook_ie
And if someone were having a go at you, your job or whatever, would you not defend it/them. The thread is asking what have you done for charity not what gripes have you against taxis/taxi drivers! or is that too simple for people to understand..

but no one had a go at you you begun the thread thusly.

Quote:
Well, when DID you last do anything for charity and I don't mean threw a few cents change into a box as an afterthought! or are you the type of begrudger that thinks " Feckin Taxi Drivers snarling up the streets again?

If that is not meant to incite a negative reaction what is it meant to do?

That would all be fine if the posts were about charity etc. However the posts are tending to the usual "taxi driver scum of the earth, how dare they have the nerve to even use a computer" view

for the record...

I don't see how the fact that some taxi drivers brought some kids through town collecting cash doesn't mean that fares aren't too high and aren't good value for money. There are still rip-off merchants out there, regardless of what happened today.

I hope the kids kept a good eye on the meter and the route taken. You can't trust those bast@rds.

I gave a taxi driver a tip one morning, "Have a shower and brush your teeth before you start work."

Now if people would like to get back on topic, I'll ask you all another question " what ( if anything at all ) are you planning to do for charity, with the Xmas season and all that coming up?"

sMILIE

last month volunteered selling badges for a day for juvenille arthritis
same for autism selling bears
not much nd dont rele care about those charities

but im starting to volunteer at an animal sanctuary this thursday =]=] cant wait--

TheThing!

Why should people help people, it only wastes time that could be spent enjoying their own life or improving it

knird evol

come on spook. stop ripping people off

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