Call Sign September 2011
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Disagreements between husband and wife
Dial-a-Cab driver's wife tells the world...
normally play out between the two combat-
"He cares more about his
ants in the privacy of their home and not as
was the case between Dial-a-Cab driver Jon
Farmer (H69) and his wife Yvonne in
front of several million television viewers on
parking space than me!"
peak time Saturday evening viewing!
Jon has two problems he enjoys appear-
ing on TV and he loves his parking space!
Several years ago, Jon was in Call Sign after
appearing weekly in a program that tried to
create a chef from "ordinary" people! Jon
reached the final and almost won. Just like
that appearance, Jon applied for this latest TV
slot after reading a Tom Whitbread appeal
on DaC terminals asking for husband and wife
or partner volunteers to appear in a TV pro-
gram. This latest one was about household
disputes.
In The Marriage Ref (ITV), where a
celebrity panel vote on whose side they take
between a warring couple's dispute, Yvonne
started the ball rolling by telling several mil-
lion Saturday evening viewers that she was
becoming sick of Jon's
obsession with his parking
space! Jon responded that
he objected to anyone park-
ing either in or near his
parking space outside their
home because that's where
Jon with his pampered Vito
he kept his Vito taxi and
Inset: Yvonne lays into Jon on The Marriage Ref
added that he had to pay
that Jon would stand in
hanging everywhere."
the council £1500 for
the couple's porch just
Jon's response was that he was doing
them to adjust the kerb
waiting to see if anyone
Yvonne a favour by helping her to keep fit!
height.
would dare to try and
Jimmy Carr raised a laugh by suggesting that it
"It's my space, my castle" said Jon "and I'm
park over the line that Jon considered his pri-
was unusual to find a London taxi driver with
going to guard it. It makes me so wild when
vate parking area.
strong opinions, while Jack Dee chimed in to
people think they can just invade my space!"
"He goes mad even if someone goes 3
say that Jon's conversation about his parking
Just to warm things up, Jon - obviously
inches into his space and I sometimes have
space probably livened up a few conversa-
appealing for a panel `sympathy vote - added
to go out to measure whether someone is
tions in the cab - ending with passengers beg-
that he had been married to Yvonne for 32
overhanging Jon's space! And when he goes
ging to be let out!
years, which he said was the equivalent of
out in the cab, I have to go out in my dress-
The panel eventually sided with Yvonne.
"four life sentences!" Mind you, he did add
ing gown to place wheelie bins in his space.
After the cameras stopped rolling, Jon admit-
that he still fancied her, but whether that was
Then I can't use our car to go out even
ted to Call Sign that while he really did get
as a wife or parking attendant, Jon didn't say!
shopping because I have to use the car to
irritated if anyone tried to park in his space,
Yvonne then entered the fray telling the
park in Jon's space to guard it in case we
the argument was one they laughed at and
panel, consisting of comedians Jack Dee and
need the wheelie bins for rubbish! So I walk
that after all those years, they were still very
Jimmy Carr together with Coronation Street's
to the shops and struggle home with bags
much in love...
Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky McDonald,
15 year rule
and your cab...
Call Sign often gets queries about how
the new 15 year rule will affect drivers
with older taxis. We believe this guide
to be correct. Check before giving up
any taxi...
R reg (1997):
Last plate 2012
S reg (1998):
Last plate 2013
T & V reg (1999):
Last plate 2014
W & X reg (2000):
Last plate 2015
Y & 51 reg (2001):
Last plate 2016
02 & 52 reg (2002):
Last plate 2017
03 & 53 reg (2003):
Last plate 2018
04 & 54 reg (2004):
Last plate 2019
05 & 55 reg (2005):
Last plate 2020
06 & 56 reg (2006):
Last plate 2021
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