julesberry Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Poor Bernie!! Kathy recently posted he has a 2 hour commute to work. I don't think I could handle it. I'm fortunate to have about a 6 mile, 8 minute drive to work, maybe 10 minutes if I have to wait for a train to pass. And all back roads to boot. Lucky for me.How about you? My guess is that Paulie has the longest commute. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 If you had Bernie's music collection, you wouldn't mind the long commute listening on his $10,000 auto-sound system.The filthy rich are different from us...Bernie, Kathy and Eric are like aliens from another planet to me... Oh, my commute is about 20 minutes...holding an old transister radio in one hand, that only gets some Spanish salsa music station... :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesberry Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 "holding an old transister radio in one hand, that only gets some Spanish salsa music station.." and snapping your fingers on the other hand...now that's an accident waiting to happen. Yes, I suppose if I was making booko bucks, I could handle a longer commute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Mine's about 20 miles...25 min. All freeway, but my hours are a bit weird, so I don't have much traffic...as long as I've got good music to sing along with (no finger snapping..I'm not that coordinated), the commute is fine. Wow, 8 minutes, Jules ? Hardly worth starting the car...are you in an area you could bike to work safely if you wanted to ? That would be a great commute !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julesberry Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 I've thought of it,Marlene. And then I've thought of the really big hill on the way in. I'd be a "dewy" mess by the time I got to work. Going home would be a breeze. Too bad it's not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlene Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Gotcha...Yes, you're right, too bad it's not up the hill on the way home....."dewy" and "glowing" are good, just not necessarily when arriving at work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim From Wisconsin Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Not too bad for me...It's exactly 13.3 miles, which takes me about 25 minutes with traffic. I gave up on the "expressway" a long time ago. I get to my office faster on the side streets.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 8.2 miles for me with 2 railroad crossings to deal with. But, 6 miles of it is by the lake so it's a beautiful country drive. The other 2 are in town--4,000 population, so only 1 traffic light to deal with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 WE have a 12 mile commute.... Kiwi does it quicker as she drives faster Actually her workplace is closer than mine. We have 1 train track to cross; lots of fields to drive past with yes... LOTS OF SHEEP.. and at the moment cute little lambs.. (Everybody AWWWWWWW).It takes me as long to get from the city limits to my office as it does to get from home to the city limits. I should explain that our town Feilding has 14,000 people and we work in a city called Palmerston North which has a population of 74,000.Of course when I go to work this Monday it will be a 3 hr drive to another City west of us. but I wont be home 'til Thursday. However sometimes I do this "commute" there and back in a dayMuzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hey! If I didn't commute I wouldn't have all that extra cash to stuff into Swiss Bank accounts for a rainy day :-) Besides, it's actually more like 90 minutes at the most.Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannoman Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I won't be back to work for some time and certainly don't miss the drive - 57 miles one way and $15 per day for fuel.Working from home is pretty darned nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMMY TUNES Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 6 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 5 seconds.(Explanation: home office.... The only time the commute gets tough is when my daughters leave too many toys on the hallway floor....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Kathy don't worry, that filty rich comment Tony made... he was referring to Eric as rich and... well, need I say more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmichel Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 My commute is about a minute and 45 seconds in my 2006 Chevy HHR...I live nine tenths of a mile away from the radio station I work at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 My commute (20 miles North, straight up I-95) has varied from its usual 25-30 minutes, to 6 and a half hours......admittedly, that occurred on 9/11/01....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Mississippi Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I would never admit I had a mini-van. Of course we all know it looks good on you... I currently commute 2500 miles, but only drive it every few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellie Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 My spaceship is a '99 minivan... and I had you pegged as a BMW M3 girl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I had actually put her in the Harley Davidson bracket with the wind blowing through her hair screaming - "R A N G E R !" Muzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 My office is exactly 1 mile from my driveway.A 5 minute commute at worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 My commute is about 10 minutes and about 2.5 miles depending on the stop lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich From PA Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I've got a 15 minute commute to the office. I drive a PT Cruiser detailed to look like an old Woody wagon.The commute is a breeze especially since I got Sirius radio; all music, no commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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