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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:34 PM Original message |
How bad is your commute? Share your story here. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. At the end of my commute, all I can think is: thank God I don't have a gun |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So I'm not alone? LOL |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm actually trading a bad commute for a worse one |
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smtpgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. On Fridays you should add 60-90 minutes to your commute!! |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Some day I *AM* going to install those rocket launchers behind the beams. |
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Tripper11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mine is quite nice actually...... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. It consists of walking downstairs into my office. Sorry. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Lucky man... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. I don't have to go down stairs. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I get on my bicycle.... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Go to work on a bike? Are you some kind of commie? :) |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. My wife and I were Los Angeles commuters. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. When I lived in Los Angeles County I commuted to |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Over 2 hours, door to door. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. But don't you get to ride the ferry each way? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That half hour each way on the ferry is often the best part |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wake up, walk eight feet, and I'm there. n/t |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mine's not so bad |
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wain (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. I used to do 5 to 6 hours door to door |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. I have to *sniff* walk 7-15 mins amongst lovely scenery. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. My commute is about 800 miles |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Yikes - being a frequent flyer, I feel for you! |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The weather is sometimes.... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. I shouldn't complain |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. I fly Delta, and even if I'm on another airline, |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Mine is about 4 miles, about 8 minutes if I hit the three traffic lights |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. Right now, it's from upstairs to downstairs. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yet corporate America is pulling out of small, livable cities all |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Well, because the "other side" of town is where the rich people live |
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Arger68 (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. I have an AWFUL commute!!! |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. That sounds almost exactly like my commute |
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Arger68 (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Oh, I have that too |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. I take the bus |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Long, but I enjoy it |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Sounds like my commute that I had into NYC. |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'm a Metro North rider too |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Is that the line that goes up to Brewster? |
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dr.strangelove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. The Harlem line goes to Brewster |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. It rocks! |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's one of the few moments of my day I love |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Okay, people. Forget I started this thread. |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have a wonderful commute |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Good! |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. oh, I know, |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. Walk to train, 20 min train ride, 5 min walk to office |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. 40 miles each way but usually not to bad |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. 40 minutes |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
39. From my bedroom to my office across the hallway |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Almost 2 hours to go 7 miles |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 05:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I live in the Atlanta area and I don't think the bus |
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Ryan from Canada (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. Audiobooks save the day |
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Tess49 (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. About five miles and three or four lights depending on which |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. 25 miles in 30 minutes one stop sign got to watch out for the deer. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have to drive in the Atlanta area. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
48. It's not so bad. I'm going to a different area everyday and sometimes |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Not Much Of A Story |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. Now I have a one and a half hour to 1 hour 40 minute commute |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. I fly about every other day somewhere. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I have not had a real commute since 1984 |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. I walk to work. About 20 minutes each way. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. I commute from Rochester to Syarcuse every day |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. Bicycle 15 minutes each way, on a wide shoulder |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. Almost 50 miles each way - but I do carpool, sharing the driving with |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. It was 40 miles of hell in CA ... until I discovered Amtrak |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-20-06 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. I walk to work in approximately 8 minutes. |
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