bendtdj Posted July 10, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2013 Good Morning all, My house is just one mile on the odometer from work. This morning it took me 45 minutes to get here. I swear that my front wheel has a mind of it's own. The darn thing led me half way around the county today. Do I need to change things around so I can leave earlier to get all the way around the county or is half way enough? Stay safe, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted July 10, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2013 I am about a mile away, with shortcuts I learned I can make it there in about an hour, I can make it in 10 minutes if it's raining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted July 10, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 10, 2013 My old job was 3 miles from my house and had to be there at 5:30 AM. If I left the house at 3:00 AM I could get there on time. Getting home was a problem. Upgraded my lighting so I didn't mind getting home after dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlean1 Posted July 10, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2013 27 miles each way. most of it highway about 30 minutes each way. The two best parts of my day:mustache: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted July 10, 2013 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2013 What is this "WORK" you speak of??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted July 10, 2013 Share #6 Posted July 10, 2013 I'm retired. I just take off in any direction that strikes me at the moment I finally decide to get up and get going. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendtdj Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted July 10, 2013 RandyA I am envious of you. I can not wait to retire and be able to just go if the mood strikes me. Although, it seems that I am always in a Glen Mille frame of mind, "In the Mood" but unable to act on it. Someday................ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin-vic-b.c. Posted July 10, 2013 Share #8 Posted July 10, 2013 to work I can be there in 10 to 12 minutes at rush hour. the way home always seems to take so much longer..... usually a water front circle home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G in SC Posted July 10, 2013 Share #9 Posted July 10, 2013 About 10 miles or maybe 12-15 minutes. SO, I go home for lunch. I get 40 miles out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted July 10, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 10, 2013 Not long enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted July 10, 2013 Share #11 Posted July 10, 2013 17 miles each way, It takes me 1-1/2 hours to get there and 5 hours to get home when it is not raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted July 10, 2013 Share #12 Posted July 10, 2013 What is this "WORK" you speak of??? I'm retired. I just take off in any direction that strikes me at the moment I finally decide to get up and get going. RandyA That is just hurtful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwrmcusn Posted July 10, 2013 Share #13 Posted July 10, 2013 I'm retired, my job is to get up and turn on the coffee pot. Distance: 32 feet Time to get to the Keurig: 9.5 minutes (gotta go pee, brush my teeth, scratch, admire my buckle shiner in the mirror, pee some more and walk back to the kitchen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted July 10, 2013 Share #14 Posted July 10, 2013 I just make my coffee, and walk up to the front Bedroom. I'm at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamue Posted July 10, 2013 Share #15 Posted July 10, 2013 I have a problem, just the opposite. I live 30 miles from work and it take me 35 minutes ti=o be there by 7am. But after work at 630pm it will sometimes take a couple of hours. Work traffic has died out so I'll ride 100+ miles to get home in the evening. I'll ride to Santa Fe and take north hwy 14 to Tijeras or I'll ride south to Belen and take hwy 60 east to S hwy 14 to Tijeras where I live. Either way its through the mountains with nice scenery and very relaxing. I feel your pain not being able just take a short ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted July 11, 2013 Share #16 Posted July 11, 2013 Retired, get up take Killer (the dog not the wife) out for morning constitution, go to kitchen start up Kuerig for my coffee, turn on kettle for the Bosses tea, take coffee to living room and catch morning news, then go to my garage and start working on the VR. Total time two hours to get to work total distance traveled 100 ft. Its a tough life but someone's got to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardracing Posted July 11, 2013 Share #17 Posted July 11, 2013 Right now, 55 miles each way. In another week, it will be 32 miles each way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike13 Posted July 11, 2013 Share #18 Posted July 11, 2013 50miles each way. trip home on friday's can be 200 miles or more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 11, 2013 Share #19 Posted July 11, 2013 I don't get to ride to work, ever. I'[m just not leaving the VR in the parking lot at work for 2 nights and 3 days whilst I'm gone. Not a nice neighborhood. The wind whistles around the door of my car. Thanks to a break and enter. Window frame is sprung a bit. I now leave it empty and unlocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldseadog Posted July 11, 2013 Share #20 Posted July 11, 2013 I usually take 45 minutes to 1 hour getting to work. Getting home is longer, 1 hour + due to traffic. Construction on the highway really slows the commute. With only 1 highway, or road for that mater, to get up island I'm going home at walking speed some days. Last Friday left work at 4 pm, stopped for dinner in Victoria, and still fought traffic to get home by 10 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arejay Posted July 11, 2013 Share #21 Posted July 11, 2013 64 kilometres (39 miles) about 45 minuets one way from my driveway to my parking stall. Pretty much all through the country side on the back roads. Never really have to go through the city..... just fine by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power Trippin Posted July 11, 2013 Share #22 Posted July 11, 2013 40 miles each way, in rush hour traffic, can take anywhere from 40 mins to 2 hours. I usually don't get to venture off on an adventure too often, during the week. Kids to get home for and other responsibilities always get in the way. Ocassionally, my son and I take off for a couple hours during the week or weekend. Looking forward to retirement, however, that is a long ways away and I really don't want to wish my life away. Just trying to enjoy each and every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friesman Posted July 11, 2013 Share #23 Posted July 11, 2013 Its an amazing thing,...on days that I have to take the Escape its about 20 minutes in to work, on the nice bike days it seems to take over an hour. The bike just HAS to go through Wascana Park, past the water front, check out the girls jogging through there, and then around downtown, admiring itself in all the store windowfronts, and finally over to work or it pouts in the parking stall all day while I am in working. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted July 11, 2013 Share #24 Posted July 11, 2013 That is just hurtful From the coffee pot to the computer desk?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmelah Posted July 11, 2013 Share #25 Posted July 11, 2013 i got all of yall beat 299 miles one way to work :rotf:5 hours from the coast to tupelo now if they would just call me with my start date i could really use the gas money :rotf::rotf: oh thats one way :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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