I knew it was just a matter of time, but the good hamburgers are available now on Kennedy, at the 3900 block. It is on the north side of the street. They are open at 11:00am to 10:00pm. I drove around south tampa today and didn't see any cabs on any of the stands. I guess that is good. About 6 or 7 years ago, on a Sunday, I got a call to go to the Howard Johnson's on North Dale Mabry across from the "Mons Venus". This older gentlelman came out of the lobby and got in to my cab. It looked like he has slept in his clothes. He asked me to take him somewhere to cash a check. I told him sure, I took him to a amscot, the one on Dale Mabry and Hillsborough, he was in there quite some time, when he came out he said we would have to go to another one. I should have known something was wrong then but he looked like a real nice old guy. On the way to the amcot on waters I found out that he was a retired railroad guy down from New York. Bells really should have went off than but they didn't. When that amscot wouldn't cash his check I finally asked him if I could look at the check. Shit, it was a cashiers check written on the Barnett Bank for $ 10,000. I told him there was no way to get that check cashed. It would have to be taken to a Barnett Bank on Monday. He said he had no money to get a place for the night or to pay me. I already had 55.00 invested in him, I took him back to the Howard Johnsons and went inside with him. I talk to the manager and told her of the situation, she yes she knew about the check. I told her I wish I had known. I talked her into letting him stay one more night and to hold the check and I would pick him and the check up at 9:00 the next morning and get it cashed and I would bring him and the money back so he could pay her. She said ok, now the old guy talked me out of 20.00 so he could get something to eat. I picked him and the check up at 9:00 the next morning and took him to the Barnett Plaza downtown, I parked where I could see the big doors, it took about 45 minutes but out he came with two brown paper sacks with the money in them, I took to pay the motel and he gave me 200, it wasn't that much but I think because I gave him the 20.00, I got the extra. Until later, be safe out there.
I knew it was just a matter of time, but the good hamburgers are available now on Kennedy, at the 3900 block. It is on the north side of the street. They are open at 11:00am to 10:00pm. I drove around south tampa today and didn't see any cabs on any of the stands. I guess that is good. About 6 or 7 years ago, on a Sunday, I got a call to go to the Howard Johnson's on North Dale Mabry across from the "Mons Venus". This older gentlelman came out of the lobby and got in to my cab. It looked like he has slept in his clothes. He asked me to take him somewhere to cash a check. I told him sure, I took him to a amscot, the one on Dale Mabry and Hillsborough, he was in there quite some time, when he came out he said we would have to go to another one. I should have known something was wrong then but he looked like a real nice old guy. On the way to the amcot on waters I found out that he was a retired railroad guy down from New York. Bells really should have went off than but they didn't. When that amscot wouldn't cash his check I finally asked him if I could look at the check. Shit, it was a cashiers check written on the Barnett Bank for $ 10,000. I told him there was no way to get that check cashed. It would have to be taken to a Barnett Bank on Monday. He said he had no money to get a place for the night or to pay me. I already had 55.00 invested in him, I took him back to the Howard Johnsons and went inside with him. I talk to the manager and told her of the situation, she yes she knew about the check. I told her I wish I had known. I talked her into letting him stay one more night and to hold the check and I would pick him and the check up at 9:00 the next morning and get it cashed and I would bring him and the money back so he could pay her. She said ok, now the old guy talked me out of 20.00 so he could get something to eat. I picked him and the check up at 9:00 the next morning and took him to the Barnett Plaza downtown, I parked where I could see the big doors, it took about 45 minutes but out he came with two brown paper sacks with the money in them, I took to pay the motel and he gave me 200, it wasn't that much but I think because I gave him the 20.00, I got the extra. Until later, be safe out there.
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Anybody know what happened to tim fansano's website....? all i get is a blank screen over there.
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