Three and a half hours

12/13/07

Permalink 07:36:57 pm, by Abba Zabba Email , 141 words, 74 views   English (US)
Categories: It's the Most Horrible Time of the Year

Three and a half hours

One time, I drove from Boston to New Jersey in 2 hours and 56 minutes. Usually it takes a little more than 3 hours; I plan for 3.5.

I was in the car for 3.5 hours today, but I didn't drive to New Jersey. I drove home. A lot of people have long commutes. I work with people who live more than 50 miles away. On a bad day, I guess it could take one of them over 3 hours to get home. You know how far away I live?

6 miles. 210 minutes for 6 miles. Admittedly, I didn't take a direct route. In an utterly ineffective attempt to avoid bad traffic and steep hills, my route was closer to 8 miles. But if you do the math, you'll find that 8 miles in 3.5 hours is absolutely fucking awful. That was literally the worst thing that has ever happened to anyone ever.

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Comment from: Dunsinane [Visitor] Email
8 miles. Three and a half hours.

As someone who used to drive a transit bus in Minnesota, I state this with all due sympathy...

You aren't even CLOSE to my league for PITA driving stories. And that's without including blizzard conditions.
PermalinkPermalink 12/14/07 @ 09:51
Comment from: u235 [Member] Email
32 miles. 3 hours 20 minutes. Over an hour on a side street stopped completely.

At a certain point I just turned on the interior light and started reading a technical book I happened to have handy.

Damn good thing I wasn't low on gas...
PermalinkPermalink 12/14/07 @ 21:37
Comment from: Anne [Visitor] Email
That's way worse than a 2 hour trip I once had going home 15 miles in a NH blizzard.
PermalinkPermalink 12/19/07 @ 18:08

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