Pls disregard my post #36. I got the joke.
We had one cabbie which actually liked his liquid nutrition. A couple of customer complaints and he was gone.
Years ago my friends and I used to “camp out” on weekends. Really just and excuse to drink and stay out all night. About 5 of us decided to walk to town one night. About 5 miles one way. ‘bout 2 in the morning we figured we didn't want to walk all the way back so we went by the cab stand. Ole one armed dude picked us up. As we were headed back he reached under his coat and pulled out a bottle. “You boys want a drink?” Um, no thanks. “OK” as he proceeds to drink about half a pint in one pull.
The times, they are a’changin’. The police chiefs sister used to own the cab co. And if you wanted a bottle you just went by the cab stand. Many times the police would be sitting around the corner and would stop you as you left. They would confiscate your liquor and take it back to the cabstand to resell. Pretty good racket