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GrahamKennedy wrote:
I've never heard of anything like that in the UK; I can certainly imagine car ownership in the US is higher than here, but there are 33 million road vehicles in the UK, for around 40 million people. Car ownership is far from unusual.

Naturally. However the UK has the option of good transit (or better than North America anyways) but in Canada and the US, transit is either non-existant or horrible. Especially in the outlying areas.

For example, I lived 45 minutes outside Vancouver but it took me three hours and three bus changes plus a train ride to get to a construction site. Where if I drove it would take 30 minutes. I had to start at 0500 and not get there till 0800 but work starts at 0730. But your screwed because transit doesn't run till 0500.

Anyays whats new for me:

off my meds
close brush with opiates again thanks to a wrong perscription
reached my goal weight, lost 75 pounds

Cpl Kendall wrote: reached my goal weight, lost 75 pounds

Congrats, buddy.

Bryan wrote:Well perhaps I was wrong about England, but most of my friends in Europe tend not to own cars, or if they do, share them in the flat they're living between 3 or 4 people.

Never heard of anything like that over here. Hell, I think I'm the only one in my area that doesn't own a car.

Kendall wrote:off my meds
close brush with opiates again thanks to a wrong perscription
reached my goal weight, lost 75 pounds

Congrats on that.

Congrats, Cpl. Kendall.

Here's an example of mass transit stateside:
I'm going to Boston, Mass. from the NY metro area in March. A train ride on Amtrak, plus the connecting train from Boston/Back Bay to the suburb in which I'm staying, will be approx. an 8-hr. trip; I'm going to drive instead, for a 4 and a half-hour trip.

Thanks guys.

I'm going to Boston, Mass. from the NY metro area in March. A train ride on Amtrak, plus the connecting train from Boston/Back Bay to the suburb in which I'm staying, will be approx. an 8-hr. trip; I'm going to drive instead, for a 4 and a half-hour trip.

That is all sorts of ridiculous. Over here, trains are one of (if not the) fastest ways to travel, excluding planes, of course. Though that's probably because it takes you up to an hour to move 1KM during rush hour.
Thank Christ I don't drive.

Rochey wrote:

I'm going to Boston, Mass. from the NY metro area in March. A train ride on Amtrak, plus the connecting train from Boston/Back Bay to the suburb in which I'm staying, will be approx. an 8-hr. trip; I'm going to drive instead, for a 4 and a half-hour trip.

That is all sorts of ridiculous. Over here, trains are one of (if not the) fastest ways to travel, excluding planes, of course. Though that's probably because it takes you up to an hour to move 1KM during rush hour.
Thank Christ I don't drive.

Around here it's hard enough to maintain the roads much less a rail system. In winter, trains are even less reliable. Just last month Kohler's train derailed, which was worse then it's usual breakdowns. I wish we had a better train system because although I've only flown twice, I hate it. I'd much rather take a train. If it was reliable, fast, and on time of coarse, which is unheard of in my experiance.

I'd much rather take a train. If it was reliable, fast, and on time of coarse, which is unheard of in my experiance.

Well, we have reliable and fast checked off, at any rate. As for on time, I don't think trains over here actualy have a schedule to stick to. Basicaly, you just wander up to the station, and a little display tells you how long until the next three trains arrive, and where they're going. The most I've ever had to wait is about ten minutes or so, which is when the train pulled out just as I ran towards it.

I also wish we had a system like that, but I think the typical American "fend for yourself" attitude somewhat precludes it. To rub a little salt in the wound, the example I gave was for a trip along the Northeastern metropolitan corridor (Washington D.C. - NY - Boston) which is one of the most heavily travelled - and built-up - mass transit routes in the U.S.

Haha my life is boring....Well...yeah its boring...

Just revision for SAT's. And i've taken up trying to console (if thats the right word) those going with depression.

Since Reliant brought up tests, I'd just like to mention that supervising mock exams is incredibly boring. Honestly, it's two+ hours of walking around a room, making sure no one is cheating. I feel like falling asleep after the first five minutes.

Rochey wrote:Since Reliant brought up tests, I'd just like to mention that supervising mock exams is incredibly boring. Honestly, it's two+ hours of walking around a room, making sure no one is cheating. I feel like falling asleep after the first five minutes.

Most of my teachers are like that...except for when screaming at us for something we didn't do and having and Asthma attack...but thats only special occasions.

Rochey wrote:Since Reliant brought up tests, I'd just like to mention that supervising mock exams is incredibly boring. Honestly, it's two+ hours of walking around a room, making sure no one is cheating. I feel like falling asleep after the first five minutes.

Years ago I got the job of sitting outside an exam hall (it was a leaving cert I believe) to make sure that no one was cheating (reading books etc) when they went to the toilets, prob not as boring as being in the hall as I could read etc but still pretty lame.

Friend coming in from London (from US originally, there for lawschool) in a week. Should be wonderful.

May get promoted at work. My bosses love my attitude and how I do things.