I can't complain; 12 minutes door to door. If it's really bad - snow/sleet/what have you, and I have to take the main roads, it's half an hour to forty minutes. Course, on the days the roads are bad, I work from home.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Once a month I drive to our upstate NY office, which is 160 miles from my > house. > > Otherwise, I take mass transit into NYC from NJ at about 60-80 min door to > door (depending on what time I leave my house). In the evening, the range > is far more "entertaining" -- like 90-120, depending on when I leave the > office, and what the weather is like, and if the moon is full... > > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker> > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > * * > > > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:48 AM, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com>wrote: > >> I'm thinking of getting rid of the big V6 and getting a 1.2 Golf TSI. I >> had one as a courtesy car a while back and it was absolutely great fun to >> drive, rapid acceleration coupled with fuel economy. On my current motor you >> can see the petrol gauge dropping when you put your foot down too hard. I'd >> have to drive something that can fleece all the local chavs and boy racers >> clean out of sight, though, that's a prerequisite. >> >> >> On 5 November 2010 13:43, Alan Davies <adav...@cls-services.com> wrote: >> >>> Glad I don't do that in my car. Ran up to Newcastle at the weekend >>> from London (300 miles) and got there on fumes from £60 of petrol. That was >>> taking it relatively easy (about 28mph I think .. I've never got it above >>> 30mpg!). Only made it half way home by having a bit more fun on the A roads >>> around Nottingham on a slight detour! 3l V6 petrol though .. >>> >>> >>> >>> a >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Ames Matthew B [mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com] >>> *Sent:* 05 November 2010 13:03 >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* RE: hi >>> *Importance:* Low >>> >>> Ouch that is about double what I do - 125 miles round trip, all >>> country A-roads, with ovetaking opportunities, so it can make for a long >>> drag back home. I leave my house at 5.50am to avoid the traffic in the >>> mornings though. The only benefit is that I can easily do 60+mpg on my >>> trips if I don't go caning it around the corners, and given that diesel is >>> now £1.23/litre that is a good thing.... I would hate it if I had to rely >>> on petrol and only see half that figure for my mpgs. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >>> *Sent:* 05 November 2010 07:15 >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: hi >>> >>> I do 128 miles to work and 128 back - four and a half hours in the car >>> per day. And that's before the M62 starts to become impassable in the depths >>> of winter. >>> >>> On 4 November 2010 18:42, Cameron <cameron.orl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Damn.......and I do 90 mins each way (assuming no snow or rain or school >>>> buses or construction)....what the hell am I doing?? >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's sunny and 80 here today. >>>>> >>>>> >>> Jonathan Link <jonathan.l...@gmail.com> 11/4/2010 6:51 AM >>> >>>>> Yes, I love how rain brings out the crazy in people. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Don Guyer <don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > After the drive into work I had this morning, anything would have >>>>> done >>>>> > the trick. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Don Guyer >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin