Winter break: A skein of pink-footed geese fly past the Moon as they prepare to stop off at the Vane Farm nature reserve in Fife, Scotland, as they migrate south for the winter from Iceland Picture: Reuters The Big Picture Reform taxi system Taxis: Room for improvement? Taxi men: Your protests are being heard but you wont get any sympathy until you clean up your profession. I am tired of jumping into dirty, old taxi cabs. On Saturday we got a taxi man who couldnt speak English. He brought us around the world on a 14 fare, when it was more like a 7 fare. Time to take responsibility. Taxi passenger To the taxi drivers who are moaning about struggling for a living. I deal with taxi accident claims and regularly see them putting in claims of 300 a day for loss of earnings. How about if the Government give insurance claims people the power to submit their loss of earnings claims to the Revenue? Then we will really see how bad they have it. Angry commuter To JC, your tale about a taxi driver counting his float in traffic probably sounded smart to text in but is far from believable! Taxi drivers, even if they did earn that, would not have that large a float let alone count it in front of passengers. BM John ODonoghues expense claims were simply wrong and the latest revelations show that he would have continued, unless something was done. 500,000 as a minister, 200,000 as Ceann Comhairle, the latter amount for just two years! His expenses were beyond extravagant and unjustified. He has paid with his position (paying back for some of those perks would have been nice). Reaping the benefits does not mean screw the system for all you can get. Jboy ODonoghue and Co are weak, felled by materialism, free rides Dublins best-read letters page Metro Mail E-mail letters to mail@metroireland.ie with a name. Or text us. Text MAIL followed by comment and name to 53131. *Texts cost 30cent per message + standard network charges. SP. Oxygen8 Communications, Hospitality House, Cumberland Street South, D2. Customer service number 0818286606 talk to us Come and get me: To commuter passenger Hi, meet me on the usual carriage tomorrow. Ill be wearing my grey pinstripe suit! :-) Ashtown commuter Is there more than one?: To the commuter passenger on the Maynooth train who commented on my grey suit today. I am your Ashtown man, shy but friendly, you start the conversation and who knows where it may lead... Handsome Grey Suit We need to know: To the Ashtown commuter passenger. If the guy with the dark hair and grey pinstripe suit does go and say hi to you please update us! Next instalment please! Ste Saint debate: I agree with you Boris, I would have thought that naomh would be more accurate than san, but I notice the street sign also uses San. So it must be a bone fide focal Ghaeilge. Mick Like San Miguel?: Boris, naomh refers to Irish saints, san is used for foreign saints. So the Luas announcement is correct. Chuck In Brief and a brash arrogance, far removed from the principles of a Christian way of living: You shall be known by your fruits. There is no good produce from ODonoghue and Co, none whatsoever; they are weak. Its not what you say, its what you do. Talk is cheap. The Real Deal Steve Whilst John ODonoghues lavish expenses cannot be excused, he is being used as a scapegoat. Of all people, Fine Gael cannot throw stones. For several years, some of their backbenchers and councillors have topped the poll when claiming exorbitant expenses. If peoples belts need tightening, begin with the Taoiseach and Tnaiste and work down. Establish a public forum made up of people outside the Oireachtas, who will examine value for money, transparency and accountability and set a cap on the expenses politicians of all levels may claim and all vouched for, save for perhaps a miscellaneous 5,000 per annum to cover emergencies. Long-suffering taxpayer Sendusyour txt To Silently Disgusted: Give the girl buffing her feet a break! The air we breathe is full of dead skin cells and the dust that you can find on most desks and computers is largely dead skin cells. I worked with a nose-picking colleague who used to cut his toenails on his desk and another who washed his socks in the mens room. Compared to that, well, she can work with me anytime, in fact Id buff her feet for her. Del, The Ginger Drummer To Paul from D5: Dont think Ireland should join the British Union but your comments were spot on. Ive always shared this view dont think well make many friends around here! EU taxpayer78 If the Sultan of Greed ODonoghue wins his seat at the next general election we may give up hope. This man disgraced high office. Dan In 1801, corrupt politicians sold our sovereignty to an emerging empire. See the mess that got us into. History repeats itself. 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