Thursday, March 22, 2007
How spoiled am I with my drive to work?
I live 9.7 miles from where I work. This morning, I pulled out of my driveway at 9:14 a.m. and killed the engine in the parking lot at work at 9:31 a.m. -- 17 minutes. During the morning rush, it would've taken about 25 minutes max.
Tell me, how far do you live from where you work, and how long does it take you to make the drive?
Looks like my easy-drivin' days are numbered. The Denver area has REAL traffic issues, unlike the Oklahoma City area, which does not.
So, how far is your drive? How long does it take? How do you cope?
--ER
Tell me, how far do you live from where you work, and how long does it take you to make the drive?
Looks like my easy-drivin' days are numbered. The Denver area has REAL traffic issues, unlike the Oklahoma City area, which does not.
So, how far is your drive? How long does it take? How do you cope?
--ER
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12 minutes, door to door, over a mountain in southern germany. Beautiful after a snow and in the spring when the leaves are thin and the morning sun makes the whole forest glow.
Today however, we had 3.5 inches of snow...a huge amount for here....and it took me 1.5 hours to get to work!
The German's tell me my all-season tires are inadequate and that I have to have winter tires. Well today, I sat, on a hill side behind a guy who spun his wheels for a solid 8 minutes. If the Germans are as a good of drivers as they claim, why do they need winter tires in an area where they get 9 inches of snow a year and why is insurance 4 times as expensive as america?
Today however, we had 3.5 inches of snow...a huge amount for here....and it took me 1.5 hours to get to work!
The German's tell me my all-season tires are inadequate and that I have to have winter tires. Well today, I sat, on a hill side behind a guy who spun his wheels for a solid 8 minutes. If the Germans are as a good of drivers as they claim, why do they need winter tires in an area where they get 9 inches of snow a year and why is insurance 4 times as expensive as america?
I live in a university town. Used to take me 5 minutes from my house to the research park where our division was located.
Then we relocated with the rest of our organization, and I had to put up with a 10 minute commute, and up to 15 minutes during rush hour! Hardship! What can I say, I live in a university town.
If I ride my bicycle, it takes half an hour on all the side streets and bicycle paths, dodging the students.
When I lived in a major Great Lakes metropolis, it took us 40 minutes, north to south, in rush hour traffic, and we considered that pretty sweet.
Then we relocated with the rest of our organization, and I had to put up with a 10 minute commute, and up to 15 minutes during rush hour! Hardship! What can I say, I live in a university town.
If I ride my bicycle, it takes half an hour on all the side streets and bicycle paths, dodging the students.
When I lived in a major Great Lakes metropolis, it took us 40 minutes, north to south, in rush hour traffic, and we considered that pretty sweet.
I commute 47 miles each way, but it only takes me about 40 minutes because it's 95% on the interstate and there's no traffic.
Let's see... I roll over on my left side, feet hit the floor. Walk around the bed and about 10 feet into the office. Takes about 20 seconds; maybe 30 seconds on a day when I've got stiff joints.
However, on those days when I have to dress and drive to meet someone, it can be up to about 42 miles one way. More if I am going out of town.
However, on those days when I have to dress and drive to meet someone, it can be up to about 42 miles one way. More if I am going out of town.
Trixie's got me beat, but not by nuch. It takes me 30 seconds to drive to work. I back out of the driveway into an alley and drive one and a half blocks north to the front door of my work.
And, yes, I still drive. Six times — six times — I've walked, only to have something come up that I have to vamoos in a hurry to take photos — wrecks, fires, college students drinking beer in bikinis. Happened all six times. So now I drive.
And, yes, I still drive. Six times — six times — I've walked, only to have something come up that I have to vamoos in a hurry to take photos — wrecks, fires, college students drinking beer in bikinis. Happened all six times. So now I drive.
I take the train - don't like to drive in the Chi town area during rush hour. It makes me say real bad things about people I don't even know.
It takes me about 40 minutes door to door with a 1/2 mile walk from station to work.
It takes me about 40 minutes door to door with a 1/2 mile walk from station to work.
A nine mile drive down a country road at night - it's Illinois so the road is straight as a ruler, due south. I work Third Shift, so lite traffic.
BTW, did you see the reports of your state's Senator, James Inhofe, getting put in his place, during the Senate hearing yesterday with Al Gore?
BTW, did you see the reports of your state's Senator, James Inhofe, getting put in his place, during the Senate hearing yesterday with Al Gore?
3 minutes door to door, and yet I still find time to curse loudly at someone on the way there almost every morning. I am so lucky...LOL!
Ronholio
Ronholio
Y'all are confirming my angst! I got it good now, and I am probably fixing to have a real pain-in-the-butt commute. Sigh.
And yep, the ERs LOL'd and reveled in the beeotch-slappin' administered to the poster child for "Dumb Okie" in the U.S. Senate. The man is an eejit.
And yep, the ERs LOL'd and reveled in the beeotch-slappin' administered to the poster child for "Dumb Okie" in the U.S. Senate. The man is an eejit.
Anywhere from five to ten minutes, depending on whether or not there are flowers to admire or folks to stop and chat with. Oh, and that's walking. Driving would actually take longer due to location of office in relation to nearest parking.
Favorite commute from the past:
Sherman... 10 to 15 min easy...
close enough to go home for lunch..
Mr. big big sister......
Sherman... 10 to 15 min easy...
close enough to go home for lunch..
Mr. big big sister......
# posted by 
: 6:31 PM
: 6:31 PM
And too bad it's such a pretty 3-minute commute ... you'll be too distracted to pray for the rest of us!!
I have two commute modes. My long commute is by the coffee pot and 100 feet into the back yard and the hammock. My short commute is 15 feet to the toilet and a 15 foot return to the bed.
Yes, I watched Inhoff try to take on Gore and forget that he wasn't still chairman of the committee. Instead of bitch slapping him she ought to have kick the dufass in the balls.
Yes, I watched Inhoff try to take on Gore and forget that he wasn't still chairman of the committee. Instead of bitch slapping him she ought to have kick the dufass in the balls.
# posted by : 9:30 PM
: 9:30 PM
I guess I could copy Trixie in that I just have to walk downstairs.
Hubby goes 45 miles one way. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour in the morning because he leaves so early when traffic is still light. However, it's 1-1/2 to 2 hours on the way home, and that's with using the toll lane.
The six months I spent in Denver in 1982 I lived down the street from the govenor's mansion in an old Victorian that had been converted to apartments. Denver had a nice bus system set up then with X, Y, Z stops and their own lanes once they got into downtown. You just had to catch the correct letter bus from your departure point that matched the letter of the stop where you wanted to get off. That way each bus only stopped at every third stop. Even if you got on the wrong bus you were only a couple of blocks away and could walk it easy. It worked well then. Maybe not so much now?
Hubby goes 45 miles one way. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour in the morning because he leaves so early when traffic is still light. However, it's 1-1/2 to 2 hours on the way home, and that's with using the toll lane.
The six months I spent in Denver in 1982 I lived down the street from the govenor's mansion in an old Victorian that had been converted to apartments. Denver had a nice bus system set up then with X, Y, Z stops and their own lanes once they got into downtown. You just had to catch the correct letter bus from your departure point that matched the letter of the stop where you wanted to get off. That way each bus only stopped at every third stop. Even if you got on the wrong bus you were only a couple of blocks away and could walk it easy. It worked well then. Maybe not so much now?
# posted by : 9:41 PM
: 9:41 PM
Drive? Are you crazy? I live in London!
My commute is 9.5 miles from Wimbledon to Blackfriars. In the warmer half of the year I cycle and in the colder/darker half I take the train. Journey is about forty minutes door-to-door either way.
My hours are relatively flexible so I can avoid the rush-hour crush on the trains (Which, believe me is a crush that would be prohibited for cattle-transport as inhumane!) Cycling is fairly mundane at whatever time of day.
My commute is 9.5 miles from Wimbledon to Blackfriars. In the warmer half of the year I cycle and in the colder/darker half I take the train. Journey is about forty minutes door-to-door either way.
My hours are relatively flexible so I can avoid the rush-hour crush on the trains (Which, believe me is a crush that would be prohibited for cattle-transport as inhumane!) Cycling is fairly mundane at whatever time of day.
2.5 miles, one way to work.
20 minutes by bike (most days).
30 minutes by bus.
30 minutes by car (by the time I find a parking spot and walk in from the parking spot).
Did you know that our cars cost us, on average $7000/year? That a two-car family that becomes a one-car family can save a few thousand a year on average?
Food for thought...
20 minutes by bike (most days).
30 minutes by bus.
30 minutes by car (by the time I find a parking spot and walk in from the parking spot).
Did you know that our cars cost us, on average $7000/year? That a two-car family that becomes a one-car family can save a few thousand a year on average?
Food for thought...
Yes. But they will take my pickup when they pry it from my cold, dead redneck self.
Or when gas prices hit $6 per gallon or so. ...
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Or when gas prices hit $6 per gallon or so. ...
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