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Besides, public transportation is usually cheaper and faster; $2 gets you from the Bronx to JFK in less time (and more comfort) than a car.<BR/><BR/>:-), StSMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712880940637331771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150256994070236292006-06-13T20:49:00.000-07:002006-06-13T20:49:00.000-07:00Nobody walks in LA.Missing Persons, Terry Bozzio a...Nobody walks in LA.<BR/><BR/>Missing Persons, Terry Bozzio and singer Dale Bozzio embodied the truth about LA.<BR/><BR/>I was there but two weeks ago. And there will never be a substitute for cars.<BR/><BR/>And for any number of rational reasons, I will NEVER walk in Los Angeles. I would not EVER relinquish my body to the gangs or the crazies or the disaffected or the genetic mutants.<BR/><BR/>And only genetic mutants take public transit in LA.<BR/><BR/>Get the hell over it.<BR/><BR/>BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150220184453965342006-06-13T10:36:00.000-07:002006-06-13T10:36:00.000-07:00That's the joy of living in the country - space, p...That's the joy of living in the country - space, peace and clean air.<BR/><BR/>Here along the coast, 10,000 feet is a mansion - and just barely. but they don't sell land by the square inch as in CaliforniaCapt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150215008948518302006-06-13T09:10:00.000-07:002006-06-13T09:10:00.000-07:00If we relly wnat improve are society, all we need ...If we relly wnat improve are society, all we need do is elect a lady hillary clinton for president.<BR/><BR/>that is all.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hillary-for-president.blogspotcom" REL="nofollow">Hillary-for-President.blogspot.com</A>Hillary for Presidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14869042674911833609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150152755602412762006-06-12T15:52:00.000-07:002006-06-12T15:52:00.000-07:00No BART. We live near Auburn, she works in Woodla...No BART. We live near Auburn, she works in Woodland. I've tried to get her to change jobs, but she really likes the people she works with. There really is no workable public transportation solution for her. She puts about 35000 miles a year on her car, probably a bit more than that. I tell her she has to make the car last 5 years, that's a LOT of miles to put on a car before we bury it. I'm trying to talk her into getting a VW Diesel Jetta or a hybrid for her next car. We need something that gets better than 35 miles a gallon. The Jetta Diesel gets 45+, plus a lot less engine maintenance. She has a mini SUV now that gets maybe 22 miles a gallon, but she loves it. I chose not to fight it last time, but gas prices will force the issue this time.mrsleephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031658553494101083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150147404132650072006-06-12T14:23:00.000-07:002006-06-12T14:23:00.000-07:00Your wife commutes 110 miles. Ouch. There aren't...Your wife commutes 110 miles. Ouch. There aren't any trains or jobs closer to home? BART isn't in your parts? That has to be brutal for so many reasons.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150146122074199882006-06-12T14:02:00.000-07:002006-06-12T14:02:00.000-07:00II, my sister is an aspiring triathelete at the ag...II, my sister is an aspiring triathelete at the age of 45.<BR/><BR/>My commute today is 28.8 miles and takes 30 minutes. I could telecommute but miss the social aspect of work. My wife commutes 55 miles each way, and spend 150 minutes on the road daily. Gas prices are taking a big bite out of our cash flow. We live in a bucolic area, on 3 acres, vineyard, etc. We have discussed moving, but don't want to pay double the property taxes we are paying today. Plus our home has great local views, and has many, many natural trees. It so happens our house IS 3000 square feet. The wine cellar I'm building will add another 200 square feet.mrsleephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031658553494101083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150144261048340662006-06-12T13:31:00.000-07:002006-06-12T13:31:00.000-07:00Chad - Nice to have you back and congrats on gradu...Chad - Nice to have you back and congrats on graduating. I hope this means you are back in the blogosphere to share your wisdom. Never heard of the book until your brother mentioned that you have been really taken by it. On your recommendation, I will definitely pick it up and please write a review for everyone.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Sleep - <BR/><BR/>I like your sister already. A little fire is a good thing. Your sister sounds like my sister. Her friend got mugged in Spain and my sister chased the guy and beat his ass to get the purse back. My dad didn't have boys, so he raised my sister and I as if he did. No such thing as backing down from a fight. <BR/><BR/>Captain - 3,000 square feet isn't a big house? Is your part of Florida peppered with mansions?<BR/><BR/>BOB - <BR/><BR/>You better come to the next event! Although I completely understand about the horrific traffic. We have to find you a new route. :-)Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150124263873099292006-06-12T07:57:00.000-07:002006-06-12T07:57:00.000-07:00There is no public transportation where I live but...There is no public transportation where I live but people in the country are a bit offended if you <I>don't</I> say hello to strangers and avoid eye contact. The lack of anonymity makes for better behavior and even while driving, I usually have the top down so other drivers are looking at a person , not a box with blacked out windows.<BR/><BR/>Living urban - where your life is circumscribed by the hostility and insanity of others seems alien to me these days - as does the notion that 3000 square ft is a large dwelling or that 2 acres is a lot of land. <BR/><BR/>It's probably a flimsy argument, but living in cities sometimes seems the root of many of our problems. Long commutes, traffic congestion, criminals, crazies status seeking and bad air - I don't miss these things a bit.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150123264081147882006-06-12T07:41:00.000-07:002006-06-12T07:41:00.000-07:00Slightly off topic. "Eye contact with crazies". ...Slightly off topic. "Eye contact with crazies". A story for you, from about 20 years ago.<BR/><BR/>My Mom and youngest sister (who was about 20 at the time) were in San Francisco doing some Christmas shopping. They were getting ready to cross the street. On the opposite side of the street was a Crazy! The Crazy was 6 feet plus, 200 pounds plus, and shouting gibberish. As my Sister and Mother crossed the street, my Mom briefly made eye contact with the crazy (big mistake). As my Mom reached the other side of the street she sensed a presence behind her, and turned just in time to see the Crazy release a punch leveled at her temple, and she fell to the cement from the blow, slipping her scalp open. For just a second, time appeared frozen. Spectators were in shock, the Crazy was screaming, and my sister, who is tall, strong, and athletic, jumps the wacko, and starts pummeling him. She is now screaming at the screamer as she pounds him. The sidewalk is packed with people, yet they all remain frozen, as my Mom bleeds on the sidewalk. The crazy decides to flee the scene, and my sister goes after him. She chases him a couple of blocks then realizes her Mother is "cold cocked" on the sidewalk. She runs back to my Mom, and finds some US Navy guys tending to her. She ends up with stiches, a black eye, and a slight concussion.<BR/><BR/>The next day, my Sister, Brother, and Dad spent hours driving around San Francisco looking for this guy. I don't know what would have happened if they had found him, but I think they would have extracted some revenge.<BR/><BR/>As an FYI, don't mess with my Sister. She's a bad ass.<BR/><BR/>Ten years later she was living in the Land Park area of Sacramento, having a cup of coffee early in the morning and spied two teenage youths peeking in the car window of a neighbors parked car. She sees them break the window and reach in and steal a purse. She immediately begins screaming at them and races out of the house in a t-shirt, and pajama bottoms and bare feet. The youths take off, and my brother-in-law runs out of the house thinking "what the hell", as he sees his wife racing down the street screaming at the robbers. The kids are scared shitless, and as she's gaining on them they drop the purse and keep running.<BR/><BR/>Moral of the story, "don't make eye contact with crazies, and don't phuck with my sister".mrsleephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031658553494101083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11470309.post-1150120237137385742006-06-12T06:50:00.000-07:002006-06-12T06:50:00.000-07:00Hey II,Kudos to for shaking off the disgrace of pu...Hey II,<BR/>Kudos to for shaking off the disgrace of public transportation. I have been reading an interesting book lately entitled <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576751996/103-8424808-8448601?v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Affluenza </A> which you have probably already heard of. In case you have not, the authors describe how the epidemic of consumerism and pseudo-affluence took over the United States in the last century. (The book was written after the authors produced a <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/" REL="nofollow">PBS special</A> of the same name.) <BR/>The long and short of it is: we have been condition by society, and society was conditioned by clever marketing for years to value things that are actually bad for us, but good for business. We value driving big gas-guzzling cars, living on 2 acre plots in 3000 sq ft homes, and we value endless trinkets (clothes, the a bigger flatter TV, etc). However, when you sit down and think about how much these things <I>enhance</I> your life you become aware that, you have been duped. As you have discovered, if more middle class Los Angelinos commuted on the trains, it would not only improve the air quality and the cost of fuel, but might improve the community, as people leave their lonely castles and armored attack vehicles. America sold out the village to seel more widgets and now were are reaping the rewards with a generation of cold self-absorbed disconnected citizens. Anyway, if you have not read the book, it's a must. I'll post on it before too long, and send you a link. <BR/>(I know I have been MIA, but I graduated from Dartmouth this weekend, so hopefully things improve from there.)<BR/><BR/>Embracing the bus,<BR/>chadchadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11532217111540358449noreply@blogger.com