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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:52 PM Original message |
I have to start taking the Bus to work |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. well, this may not be entirely bad -- how long is the trip? (And think of the reading... |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's about an hour |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I've been able to take a dedicated bus line to/from youngest son's school |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. good luck to you. glad you at least have the bus option. wish you had a train too. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm taking the bus now and saving about $100 per week and lots of rush hour stress. |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like you made |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why do you refer to taking the bus as "a sacrifice" twice? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. for me, the amount of extra time that taking mass transit requires is mind numbing. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. When I lived in New Rochelle, the train was ALWAYS quicker into Manhattan than driving..... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Oy- I live all the way out east. The few trains that run are almost all locals. |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. It's a much longer day now |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just think of all the knitting |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I save up my crossword puzzles. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yes, yes yes! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Taking the bus is kind of nice |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. SAVING $400 a month isn't a sacrifice, it's common sense. Consider it |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. $120 per week in gas. |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Not the mileage of the car that's bad |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Wow, that's a long commute. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Or stick to public transit.....It's better for Mother Earth. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. I loved mass transit back in Boston |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. One other thing |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I like this idea |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. With that amt of savings and more time, you could buy a 'tablet' |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I like it |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. I love the chance to read when I'm on BART |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Great time to catch up on reading. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wife and I started carpooling to work 3 times a week. It save us about $48 a month |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. Hubby took the bus to and from work every day for 9 years when he worked downtown at City Hall. |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. THANK YOU |
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