Commuting - My nice commute has gone (sob)

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stewartp
12-12-01, 09:56 AM
My current contract ends this week. My new contract (3 months) is in the opposite direction.

I used to have a 10 mile journey and about 6 miles of that was through deserted parkland. Lovely.

My new journey is 14 miles on busy "A" roads. About 5 miles is unlit. I went in for a day yesterday and it was nasty, nasty. I already have 3 red rear lights and a front headlight & a white LED. I think I'm going to double all that.

And the road surfaces are atrocious too. What a drag. I hope in 3 months time I can get a new contract back here again.

Oh - and the new place has no net access and no external mail (WHAT???) so my postings here will be seriously curtailed, and out of office hours :crash: :mad: :( :mad: :crash:

Stew

Richard D
12-12-01, 10:06 AM
postings here will be seriously curtailed, and out of office hours

:cry: - are you sure al this is allowed under international law? A worse commute and no internet access? :(

Richard
RonH
12-12-01, 10:18 AM
Stew, sorry to hear the bad news. :(

Sounds like your new commute will be a lot like my present commute. That's why I've had to give it up until the sun sets a little later. :(

We'll miss reading your posts. Hope you can get online at home as much as possible.

AlphaGeek
12-12-01, 01:10 PM
Geez, they ought to give you internet access as combat pay! :crash:
Chris L
12-12-01, 11:06 PM
My advice, get out a really detailed map and look for all the backroads you can possibly find. It might make the commute a little longer, but it will make it a hell of a lot more pleasant. Oh yeah, I'll also have no business hours internet access as of 25 February, 2002. As a consequence, I'm getting in as many posts as I can now :p .
LittleBigMan
12-15-01, 04:57 PM
Originally posted by stewartp
My current contract ends this week. My new contract (3 months) is in the opposite direction.

I used to have a 10 mile journey and about 6 miles of that was through deserted parkland. Lovely.

My new journey is 14 miles on busy "A" roads...the road surfaces are atrocious...What a drag.

Stew

I hope you will get a better route, too. :)

In the meantime, make the best of a bad deal, friend.

Imagine how much more you'll appreciate "the better things" after this experience! :D

(Keep us posted!)

(By the way, I read a story about a WWII pilot who was in a German prison camp. Officers were not allowed to work, so his life was incredibly dull. Eventually, he discovered wood carving, and through ingenuity, he made a violin out of used chair glue and wooden matress support slats. After the war, he played that violin publicly and audiences loved it, even praising the quality of the sound it made.) ;)