Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.

Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'


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.


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!


tommyrot - Jun 20, 2011 3:37:37 pm PDT #13473 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Since work moved to Highland Park, my commute is 60 to 70 minutes, depending on which train I take. That includes 20 minutes walking to and from train stations. But the train is a big, comfy diesel commuter train, so that's nice. (I can read on the train without getting motion-sick, unlike the CTA trains.) My commute is the opposite direction of rush hour, which means fewer trains, but less crowded as well.

Not counting a few short temp jobs, I haven't had to drive to a job since high school, which makes me happy.


zuisa - Jun 20, 2011 3:38:13 pm PDT #13474 of 30001
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)

Shrift, get your stuff done!!!

However, when I need to be at 4:00 AM, I just don't go to bed.