Can you try not using your car for a month and see how it is, before you give up your car for good? That's what I would recommend. Or, can you keep your car, use the bus for work, and only use the car for shopping trips and stuff?
This is sort of my thought. Frankly, I am about to need a new car and I cannot afford it. I mean, I see no way without taking up the selling of my organs or something. I am thinking about trying to eke out the most I can from the car before it dies.
Waiting for a bus outside at 7:30am in the winter was nasty.
It is, but as a car commuter in Rochester for years, shoveling your car out of the driveway/parking lot and scraping it off at 7:30 am was also nasty, as is the 15 minute walk from where I park. I am lucky in that the bus actually picks me up right outside my house and drops me off right in front of work. I would probably be the luckiest commuter in Rochester.
THanks Tom and Nora and Jesse!
ETA: Also, I hate driving in the winter. Like hate, hate, hate.
The astronomers have gone and upset the geologists, because the word "pluton" is already a commonly used term in geology:
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The astronomers have gone and upset the geologists, because the word "pluton" is already a commonly used term in geology:
That's why we can't have nice things planets....
See? The */grandfathering solution is the way to go. Never piss off a geologist. They throw rocks.
How long would your commute be, Sophia? A little extra time for Target trips and stuff isn't that big a deal if the work situation is ok. Also, how often do you work late? Depending on the routes, neighborhoods, etc., that could be a consideration.
Question for the group -- a co-worker is leaving to take a job with the same company in another city. I am getting the cake for the good-bye party. If the cake says "Good-Bye" it sounds retirement-like and she's not retiring. "Good Luck" sounds like we're not sure she's going to be successful in the new position. Should it say "Congratulations" ? Is there some other appropriate saying?
Should it say "Congratulations" ? Is there some other appropriate saying?
"In celebration of your life-change"?
Of course, that sounds like it's for a Wookie....
or a tranny.
Or for someone going through menopause. Or a menopausal transexual Wookie.
How long would your commute be, Sophia? A little extra time for Target trips and stuff isn't that big a deal if the work situation is ok. Also, how often do you work late?
The work commute is an hour versus 35/45 minutes. They seem to run the buses so I could leave at 4:30 (my real time) 5:00 or 6:00, which is pretty much when I work. The nights I teach at the theatre, a bus leaves at 8:30 and gets me home by 9:15. The nights we stay really late, I can probably snag a ride home with someone.
