You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Jun 20, 2011 3:26:57 pm PDT #13463 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

How long is everybody's commute? How long is a normal commute?

Mine is about 40 minutes, if you count walking from the house to the bus stop and from the bus stop to the office.

The average US commute is, I understand, about 20 minutes, but it's driving. I would rather have a 40 minute commute on public transit than a 20 minute drive, if I had to drive in traffic and pay for parking. I mean, that's a gimme, right? My peace of mind is worth 40 minutes a day, during which I can zone out to podcasts or plot stories.


Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2011 3:27:27 pm PDT #13464 of 30001
brillig

20 minute commute, but that's traffic. On Sunday morning when I come in at 6 AM, 10 minutes.

I used to teach VBS back in the day. I was always amazed how much the 10-12 year olds loved me.


dcp - Jun 20, 2011 3:28:25 pm PDT #13465 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

How long is everybody's commute?

I've had a pretty wide variety. Door-to-desk, the shortest was 7 minutes for about 3 miles. The longest was 45 minutes for 31 miles. Currently my commute is 12 miles, and it takes me 25 minute inbound in the early morning, 35 minutes outbound during the beginning of the evening rush.


Jesse - Jun 20, 2011 3:28:32 pm PDT #13466 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My commute is an awesome 35-40 minutes, with 20 minutes walking and about 15 in a van, with a few sitting in between (I don't like to cut it close).

In NYC, it was 50 minutes mostly crammed on the subway and the shoving my way down Wall Street, and it sucked.


Scrappy - Jun 20, 2011 3:30:33 pm PDT #13467 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

About 15 minutes.


Nora Deirdre - Jun 20, 2011 3:31:57 pm PDT #13468 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Mine is about 20 minutes, which is awesomesauce. This also includes carpooling with Tom and dropping him off first.


Tom Scola - Jun 20, 2011 3:32:35 pm PDT #13469 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS

Mine is a 40-minute walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, or a ten minute subway ride.


shrift - Jun 20, 2011 3:32:50 pm PDT #13470 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Man, somebody tell me to eat dinner, pack my suitcase, call for a cab, and go to bed. 4am is gonna be ugly.


amych - Jun 20, 2011 3:35:30 pm PDT #13471 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I won't taunt with my commute.


Liese S. - Jun 20, 2011 3:36:34 pm PDT #13472 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Ha, you're totally taunting in your head! Fess up!

Hey, shrift, do stuff!