I should have stayed home today

[decemberfall]

Well it took me an hour to get to work this morning cause of our lovely snow storm we had last night (it normally takes 30 minutes or less), but seriously I should have stayed home, I think it's everyone's goal today to ignore me, mess with my job, tell me not to fix things that are broken and to just generally annoy the living hell out of me... I'm about ready to go home and it's not even lunch yet!!!

[samureye]

An hour? That's tough. I get up at 4:45 to get ready to go where I need to go. Life's tough.

[rhett803]

Awww...an hour. So sad.

I got a 50 mile commute through traffic to go to work. If I get there in an hour I'm happy.

[samureye]

Awww...an hour. So sad.

I got a 50 mile commute through traffic to go to work. If I get there in an hour I'm happy.

Preach on, brother.

[masherscf]

Awww...an hour. So sad.

I got a 50 mile commute through traffic to go to work. If I get there in an hour I'm happy.

My commute is 88 miles into the most congested downtown on the planet. Taking an hour would mean that I rode to work in Doc Brown's Delorian. It takes me an hour and a half with no traffic at all. When in snows, the weather wimps come out... It takes me three hours...

[samureye]

Do we sense a trend here?

[jjallday]

Since we're lamenting our commutes here, I live in the city and commute out of it about 40 minutes to work. And it's Pittsburgh, so there's always snow.

Anyone go uphill both ways?

[tokenuser]

Yeah .... I hear ya ...

Get up, throw on some track pants and a tshirt, head down to the fridge, grab a drink, then walk back upstairs to my office. When its snowing outside (yeah right twice this year ... which is double what we have had in the last two years) ... the weather wimps can go screw themselves ... my commute still consists of get up, throw on some track pants and a tshirt, head down to the fridge, grab a drink, then walk back upstairs to my office.

There are things I hate about my job at times - but the commute and office location isn't one of them.

I will say that my office mate is a lazy ***** that sleeps all day ... and she snores, scratches at my leg when when she needs attention, and interrupts conferences calls to let me know she needs to go out and crap in the yard :)

Not much different to a regular office I guess.

[decemberfall]

my commute is normally around 25 minutes, and I was yelled at this morning because it took me an hour to get here, i live easily 10 miles further than anyone else in the office, and in the country...

[ariastar]

When I took transit from Concord to work, at BEST it was three and a half hours each way. Taxi to the train, then four trains. It was also about $900 per month. Insane. Now I live closer and have my car, so it's about 15 minutes, 25 in heavy traffic.

Hey, I envy you the snow. They're talking drought on the news again due to the lack of rain. And droughts SUCK. I think most of the Bay Area would gladly take a bunch of snow right now, especially since the alternative is not getting to use much water during the summer and water costs going up for the little bit that is alloted.

[ryudo]

I uh have to walk to work every day and back....I don't own a car or drive and yes i am 24 years old...it's not bad really unless it's winter because the Utah smog makes it hard to breathe and the cold really hurts my joints and sometimes get strong winds below freezing blowing in my face and I actually can't move any muscle in my face and it hurts like hell other times it's fog and snow..I hate winter and I always have but hate it more walking to work in it....but when it starts warming up it's pretty easy walk..maybye 3 or 3.5 city blocks at most..not to sure.

[ArmpitOfDeath]

My commute is usually about a 30 second stagger. I do have an office / lab, but I have a bed there too... :eek:

[masherscf]

my commute is normally around 25 minutes, and I was yelled at this morning because it took me an hour to get here, i live easily 10 miles further than anyone else in the office, and in the country...

Sadly, my commute isn't the longest. I have a friend who commutes in from Pennsylvania.

Before my father-in-law retired, he has a vice-president of a scientific instrumentation company. He would to have to fly to California three or four times month to visit the home office. He had the largest commute.

[ariastar]

Sadly, my commute isn't the longest.

Am I supposed to pity you for not having the longest commute? :)

[yashar]

It's raining today WTF! I just washed my car! ugh...

[ariastar]

It's raining today WTF! I just washed my car! ugh...

You aren't quite old enough to remember the drought we had back in the late 80's. Believe me, much, MUCH better to wash your car and have it rained on now than to not be allowed to wash it at all this summer. There's mention of another drought if we don't get more rain. There's a good reason we old people (well, I'm not old, per se, but older than you by a degree that puts me in the bracket of old enough to remember) worry about droughts. When you can't water grass, which creates a fire hazard (old, god, the Oakland Hills fires...), can't use water to wash cars, can't take showers as often when you're all hot and sweaty...what water you can use being jacked up in price....

[tokenuser]

There's mention of another drought if we don't get more rain.Wait for it ...

OMG LOL!!!!!!!1!!!1!11!111 WTF!

That has to be the stupid thing I have heard someone say here in a while :)

There's a good reason we old people (well, I'm not old, per se, but older than you by a degree that puts me in the bracket of old enough to remember) worry about droughts. When you can't water grass, which creates a fire hazard (old, god, the Oakland Hills fires...), can't use water to wash cars, can't take showers as often when you're all hot and sweaty...what water you can use being jacked up in price....

Much of my home country has been in a drought for over 15-20 years now (and part of it for closer to 30 years) ... they are debating the building of desalination plants and recycling effluent into drinking water through filtration to supplement the water shortage in the major cities. Capital cities are now on stage 3 and 4 water restrictions ... which basically means hand watering of lawns on odd/even days, no washing cars, no swimming pools being filled, public parks not being watered (including sports grounds), etc. That is just the tip of the restrictions. New houses now need to be built with a water tank to catch rain water. When was the last time you saw a water tank in the city? If you are caught using excess water, then you get a fine. Caught again, and your water pressure is restricted so that you can fill a kettle of water, but wont have enough pressure to take a shower - extreme measures.

Because of the extended drought, land is baked so hard that when there IS rain, it runs off rather than soaks in, so the water tables are not being replenished.

You can complain about droughts when your local newspaper measures EVAPORATION rather than rainfall.

[klitzy]

Takes me 6 minutes to get to school.....

[ariastar]

Wait for it ...

OMG LOL!!!!!!!1!!!1!11!111 WTF!

That has to be the stupid thing I have heard someone say here in a while :)



Much of my home country has been in a drought for over 15-20 years now (and part of it for closer to 30 years) ... they are debating the building of desalination plants and recycling effluent into drinking water through filtration to supplement the water shortage in the major cities. Capital cities are now on stage 3 and 4 water restrictions ... which basically means hand watering of lawns on odd/even days, no washing cars, no swimming pools being filled, public parks not being watered (including sports grounds), etc. That is just the tip of the restrictions. New houses now need to be built with a water tank to catch rain water. When was the last time you saw a water tank in the city? If you are caught using excess water, then you get a fine. Caught again, and your water pressure is restricted so that you can fill a kettle of water, but wont have enough pressure to take a shower - extreme measures.

Because of the extended drought, land is baked so hard that when there IS rain, it runs off rather than soaks in, so the water tables are not being replenished.

You can complain about droughts when your local newspaper measures EVAPORATION rather than rainfall.

Not enough rain leads to a drought. :)

When I was younger, I remember the ground cracking from lack of moisture. Watering of lawns on odd/even days was allowed only sometimes, most often not at all. Yards turning yellow and crispy, then to dirt, was common. Heh, I remember us going outside with hoes after the rain would fall in winter to chop the dirt to help it absorb water. No, we didn't have water tanks, but much of the rest that you mention? Yes. And it sucked. My parents put in an above-ground pool behind a big fence so we could get wet when it got too hot. All the kids in the neighborhood loved us. We didn't want the junipers in the front becoming a fire hazard and catching on fire again, so we watered those with either me or my brother down the road watching for cops. f we saw one on the road perpendicular to ours, we signaled back to whichever of us was in front of the house, who told our dad, and off went the water until the cop passed the street. We weren't going to lose another house to fire. The first time my dad was in flames with it and somehow lived.

They're not fun times. Not at all.

[masherscf]

Am I supposed to pity you for not having the longest commute? :)

No, pity the poor sap who has a longer commute. Self-pity isn't my bag baby.

[ariastar]

No, pity the poor sap who has a longer commute. Self-pity isn't my bag baby.

You pitying yourself is self-pity. Me pitying you? Ain't gonna happen! :D

[masherscf]

You pitying yourself is self-pity. Me pitying you? Ain't gonna happen! :D

So none of us get invited to that party...

[ariastar]

So none of us get invited to that party...

I'll go if there's free alcohol!

[heaven]

Takes me about 4 minutes 30 seconds to get to work on a good day, if i pull out and get behind a person driving slow takes me 6 minutes, thats when i get pissed =(

[ariastar]

Bragger. Before I moved, that was my commute. Five minutes in bad traffic. Now it's a little longer, but still not bad.

[psbp516]

to original poster-
*cough* no one gives a shit! *cough*

[decemberfall]

to original poster-
*cough* no one gives a shit! *cough*
yeah, that's real mature...

and obviously 3 pages of people cared, or otherwise there wouldn't have been a discussion...

[yashar]

1 hour of traffic to get to school. Unless im riding my motorcycle, then its like 15 minutes.

[decemberfall]

1 hour of traffic to get to school. Unless im riding my motorcycle, then its like 15 minutes.
what kind of bike do you have?

[masherscf]

what kind of bike do you have?

He's a Vespa kinda guy...

http://www.vespacharlotte.com/images/vespa_red.gif

[tokenuser]

He's a Vespa kinda guy...OI! there is *NOTHING* wrong with a Vespa. Especially the 150cc ET4. The funny thing is, you grabbed the image from the place we bought our Vespa from :) .... perfect commuter bike in a college community, but even though it will do 80mph, and is freeway legal, there is no way I'll be dodging the big rigs on the 40 :D

[decemberfall]

OI! there is *NOTHING* wrong with a Vespa. Especially the 150cc ET4. The funny thing is, you grabbed the image from the place we bought our Vespa from :) .... perfect commuter bike in a college community, but even though it will do 80mph, and is freeway legal, there is no way I'll be dodging the big rigs on the 40 :D
Vespa's will do 80???? Now I want one!!!

[tokenuser]

Vespa's will do 80???? Now I want one!!!Yes, it does. The ET4 is a 4 stroke, 150cc, and requires a motorcycle license to ride. Its a LOT of fun to ride.

[xibalba]

How much is that vespa?

[decemberfall]

Yes, it does. The ET4 is a 4 stroke, 150cc, and requires a motorcycle license to ride. Its a LOT of fun to ride.
yeah, anything over 49cc's requires a license in IN :) I've been thinking about getting a license, but just haven't gotten around to it...

[tokenuser]

How much is that vespa?$4000 new.

[jdhore]

back on the commute subject, i live in Brooklyn and i have a 50 minute commute each way to lower Manhattan for work...it's relaxing though, i just basically sit there and listen to my iPod

[yashar]

what kind of bike do you have?

06 Honda Rebel in White

http://www.planethondaracing.com/phr3/vehicles/images/2006rebel.jpg

[decemberfall]

06 Honda Rebel in White

http://www.planethondaracing.com/phr3/vehicles/images/2006rebel.jpg
can I come visit???

[magunwarrior]

http://www.activetransportation.org/images/bike_girly.jpg>http://www.planethondaracing.com/phr3/vehicles/images/2006rebel.jpg

[masherscf]

back on the commute subject, i live in Brooklyn and i have a 50 minute commute each way to lower Manhattan for work...it's relaxing though, i just basically sit there and listen to my iPod

See, I live in Ulster County and Work in lower Manhattan. My commute is only twice as long.

[klitzy]

See, I live in Ulster County and Work in lower Manhattan. My commute is only twice as long.

Now whos fault is that?