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Title: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 25, 2012, 05:52:29 PM
How far do you drive to get to work? I've driven 85 each way, but that was when gas was damn near free. Right now I'm 6 miles from work, and I planned it that way. I hate spending anymore time than I have to not getting paid and not being home. I ask because I got a lead on a new job, but it's 35 miles thru the city during morning hours. I would have to get a smaller vehicle. 7 to 3 Friday Saturday off, fuck yea.


Can someone move this to general?
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: zachoff on August 25, 2012, 06:21:20 PM
9 mile drive or a 7.5 mile bike ride.  Pretty chill.  Used to drive from N of Denver to S of Denver and it was awful.  1 1/2 hours one way.  Figured it out one day and that's one month out of the year in the car.  I'll never do that again.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: ryansummit on August 25, 2012, 06:37:07 PM
right now all the jobs i got are in town, blocks away
mid june through mid august i was 25m away
im drivin  875m to SC again next month to do some work
chasin the money(actually chasin work,hopin to get paid)
when i lived in nyc i was about 4miles from the office
it took 2 1/2hrs to get there by subway,1 1/2hr+$5toll by car
unless you get a recumbent bike traffic and ga$ will be a part of your life
get sirius and listen to stern in the gridlock
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 25, 2012, 06:41:53 PM
I'm more worried about gas $. My truck is not very good on gas but it's paid for. A guy I work with now does the opposite, driving for that other airport to my side of town and it takes over 45 minutes when the weather is good. Sounds like an awesome job, I may have to suck it up and do the drive.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Jake on August 25, 2012, 07:53:46 PM
I'm happy to say that my commute consists of going from the first floor bedroom down into the basement office. I haven't had to buy gas since the first week of June and probably still have more than half a tank. It helps that I'm in walking distance to all the necessities: bars, restaurants, adult diaper wholesalers, abortion clinics, etc.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: OR50 on August 25, 2012, 08:57:42 PM
A few years ago I drove 145 one way to work. Now I work 5 miles from my house!
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Demon Lung on August 25, 2012, 09:11:15 PM
3 miles each way. 20 min
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: ryansummit on August 25, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
the add for my apartment clearly stated
"minutes from abortion clinic"
lying scumbags
she always has to take the bus
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: eyeprod on August 25, 2012, 09:47:22 PM
about 12 miles each way. pretty chill, but gas adds up.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: VOLVO))) on August 25, 2012, 10:02:41 PM
I drive for a living. Yesterday? 460 miles, both ways.  :'( :'( :'(

I can't move threads anywhere else on the board.

[spoiler]Papa Dave or ShiftyJ are gonna haveta do it.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Metal and Beer on August 25, 2012, 10:48:51 PM
Hey Bass Sick, I'd be happy to move this for ya but there's already a grip of posts from cats that don't go to the General Diss forum...you can start the same thread in GD if you want, too, ain't no big thang...

Sunn0))))))))))), lemme have a look at the settings, I might could enable that fucktion for ya

I drive 25 miles each way, I recently started at the same facility I worked at from 1998 until 2007 (when the Internetflix killed the VHS/DVD bidness) so I'm incredibly familiar w/ the route. I'd never choose to listen to the radio during "free" time but kinda dig it on my drives...
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 25, 2012, 11:00:22 PM
Nah MB, pretty much anybody who matters is in this place. I just didn't want to clutter it up with trivial, non music shit. I'm thinking pass on the other job, I keep thinking winter snow and 30 something mile drive thru/ around downtown would suck ass. Although nights, weekends and holidays off is tempting.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: VOLVO))) on August 25, 2012, 11:00:47 PM
Yeah, I don't mind non-gear related long as it's civil and not-shitstormy. So, don't talk about how far your generator drives, or anything.

:D
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: clockwork green on August 25, 2012, 11:53:23 PM
I went from 30 to now 20 miles each way....takes about 45 minutes in the morning and an hour in the afternoon.  Sometimes I'll ride my bike and take BART which doesn't save any time or money but it's a lot more relaxing and pleasant. 
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: I,Galactus on August 26, 2012, 01:23:13 PM
14 miles one way on county roads and two-lane highways; takes about 25 minutes as long as I don't get stuck behind a gravel truck / school bus / farming implement.

I could take the freeway and save five minutes (traffic permitting), but I'd also have already uttered umpteen profanities before even making it into the office.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Baltar on August 26, 2012, 01:28:50 PM
12.4 km one-way
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: khoomeizhi on August 26, 2012, 04:08:41 PM
about 35 minutes one way. 18 or 19 miles.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: giantchris on August 27, 2012, 01:07:23 AM
I'd say it depends WHAT city you have to drive through in the morning.  I live in Chicago driving through morning rush hour can be an exercise in patience.  I drive about 25 minutes to and from work.  Longest time I've done was I worked an internship years ago that was a 50 minutes drive there an hour and twenty back and anything over 45 minutes in a commute is bordering on the not worth it.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Dunedin on August 27, 2012, 03:39:25 AM
Around 12 miles each way, which can take between 15-30 mins depending on traffic. I'm working a bank holiday today, got up at 6.15am and was in work for 7am. Luckily I dont go near the city centre and I work on the quieter side of the city. Traffic on the west side of Edinburgh can be bad.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: VOLVO))) on August 27, 2012, 09:24:30 AM
I've dealt with every shit-city-traffic clusterfuck in the Southeast US. Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, NOLA, Pensacola, Macon, Jacksonville, Etc. I spent almost an hour trying to get OFF the interstate in Atlanta, to get to a gas station. Off-ramp backed up for two miles. I hate traffic.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: FullCustom on August 27, 2012, 10:19:55 AM
My shop is 6 Mi from my house. I used to live on the same block.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: rayinreverse on August 27, 2012, 10:40:01 AM
I have a company vehicle. When I have to go to the office, its a 15 min drive. Other than that, it could be anywhere in the state, or our region, which includes western wyoming, and eastern Idaho and Nevada. Last year I worked on a hospital in Pocatello ID. I got up Monday morning and drive 200+ miles. Then stayed until Thursday night.

Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: tossom on August 27, 2012, 12:20:42 PM
Used to drive 35 miles a day, 17 and a bit miles each way.

For the last year it has been 6 miles a day, saving a fortune on fuel.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: johnny problem on August 27, 2012, 12:52:07 PM
21 Km each way, 40 minutes in total.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: ryansummit on August 27, 2012, 04:37:21 PM
its so funny picturing what i think each of you looks like and what your driving to what kind of job
some of you are long haired bandana types in a  dirty pickup  workin in a meat factory
others in a prius going to an office building
and still others driving their moms gold taurus going to babysit your sisters kids
none of you like traffic
but you all are listening to badass tunes which is a plus

(just so i dont get smote for insulting anyone, i have nothing against bandanas)
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 27, 2012, 06:48:07 PM
So which ones of us do you picture workin in a meat plant sporting bandanas?
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Demon Lung on August 27, 2012, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: bass sic on August 27, 2012, 06:48:07 PM
So which ones of us do you picture workin in a meat plant sporting bandanas?
MJS
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Pissy on August 27, 2012, 07:30:30 PM
I bike 4 miles or drive 6.

The bike ride goes through the park on the greenway. 12 minutes to drive (live in town work on the outskirts) and 15 minutes to bike it.

Next year we might move as the lease on the building is up and the company doesn't need all the space. Not looking forward to that.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: dogfood on August 27, 2012, 08:40:13 PM
Being a commercial electrican I get sent to different jobsites every so often.  I too have a company vehicle, a white Toyota Tacoma (small not giant version) with a ladder rack, covered in tool boxes, and a red company logo.  I have two bandanas in the truck.  To work; 10 miles 30 minutes not including stop for ice.  From work; 10 miles 45 minutes.  This project is about as close as they get.  I've road dogged it in Lubbock Texas 6 hours away, I've worked everywhere in the DFW metromess up to an hour drive in the am, and one time when my lease was up I got an apt 5 miles from the a jobsite.  That was the closest I've lived to a project.  I listen to NPR, the local great jazz station, classical, or even the classic rock station sometimes when I'm commuting.  If someone hits me in the company vehicle I get drug tested.  Fucking adulthood.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: grimniggzy on August 28, 2012, 12:00:24 PM
about a 10 mile drive
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: zachoff on August 30, 2012, 10:59:20 PM
Quote from: johnny problem on August 27, 2012, 12:52:07 PM
21 Km each way, 40 minutes in total.

WTF is a Km?
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Jake on August 30, 2012, 11:27:33 PM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8zGh0s-4fXI/TOrE5qgiUnI/AAAAAAAAAYU/JYXGuSJQaws/s1600/KM%2BEmergency.jpg)
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 31, 2012, 08:58:34 AM
I think a kilometer is roughly 3000 of our miles. Silly nonmercans.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: ryansummit on August 31, 2012, 09:54:19 AM
its 1000, km=kilomile,duh
you should of paid attention in foreign measurements class
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: bass sic on August 31, 2012, 12:13:24 PM
Was totally joking. Anyway we never had those foreign measurement classes. They just taught us how to look down on all other countries.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: MichaelZodiac on August 31, 2012, 12:19:01 PM
1 mile = 1.6 km.

1 km = 1000 meters.
Title: Re: How far do you drive
Post by: Baxandall on September 01, 2012, 07:30:36 PM
.8 mile ride

Basically 4.5 blocks from work.  I am truly blessed.