It's surprising how often this happens. Or maybe not, considering my usual luck. Upon leaving work: It had rained, but the rain had stopped. The duration of the commute: Freakin' downpour, slow traffic, traffic jams, late getting home. Upon arriving home: clear skies again. I am Joe Btsftlk (however the fuck it's spelled).
That happened here this summer. We went to town and its a good thing that we took the truck because it rained SO much in the space of 4 hours it washed out the highways and we had to take the backroads back home. The highways haven't washed out here in over 15 years.
I should post a similar pictoral of my "commute". Maybe I'll take the pictures when I leave work in a few minutes.
Please do! I'd love to see comparisons. Disabuse me of the notion that I live in the suckiest commuting area in the US (outside of L.A.). (I know: MOVE!)
These are some the pictures I could find of the roads around here http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=...hdWYTsdN6uXRAc_89NQE&ved=0CCQQ9QEwAg&dur=1617 This is our local store that day. Anytime you happen to feel bad, that is our actual town. Right there lol Their giant garbage bins floated 2 miles down the road. And in December on his way to work my husband hit one of our 12 foot snowbanks with his truck and did over $6,000 of damage. But he didn't die. So we are counting it a lucky day.
I think that google picture is actually a picture of the highway that I have to take into Dawson or at least there was a hole very similar in it. But the kicker was they only fixed HALF of it...so you sort of had to navigate your way around the other half and traffic. They just fixed it last week lol. Which is good because I was FULLY intending on billing them if fell into it in the winter. See now Oldfella in the one picture alone there are more people than I see in an entire month
Almost forgot: on my morning commute I saw an accident between a bicycle rider and an SUV. Spoiler alert for the bicyclist - those scratches will NOT buff out.
Pictures taken in the space of about three minutes, from walking out the door from work to approaching my apartment building.
Damn UA! According to the sat. photo f it weren't for that big dead-space of a field north of your work, you'd be a golfball-hit away from your work.
I'm assuming you walk But you live in an apartment so am sooooooooooooooooo not jealous. Remember apartment life well.
My kids love apartments. All their friends are seconds away versus many minutes of dangerous traffic. I like apartments IF I'm in a city with everything within walking distance. I like the country, where I can't see my nearest neighbor. But the subdivisions (where I live now) suck. You live right on top of each other but you're still in the middle of nowhere.
Heh yah we have to drive an hour just to get anywhere. Our gas bill is almost a grand a month. So there are downsides to everything
Frobin's pics look like typical Florida. Hell here it can be raining on one half of your property and bone dry on the other half. As for my commute, its get up, walk to the toilet, take care of business, hit the shower, dry off, walk 10' to the office and start my day. Sounds cool don't it. It can be. However a little human interaction wouldn't be that bad. That's why I try to go out to lunch simply so I can see other human beings.
Too bad I'm not still in my old job. Otherwise the next time I was in Lincoln, I could drop in on UA.
I used to be able to walk to work when I was on a church staff in Maryland. Now I have a 15-mile one way commute daily.
It took over an hour (my googlefu is week) but I have Uncle Alberts complete address if anyone would like to prank order some pizzas or any other shenanigans. Prices via PM.
My friend Richard used to have that "commute" when he self-published a movie magazine (Scarlet Street). His desk was right next to his bed. And he had the added benefit that he hated interacting with people.
