Built like a Mercedes (?)

Bzzzt. Not if you have brains. ****, doesn't anyone understand the
use of firewalls.

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Dave

 

May I recommend Opera as a browser ? It's now entirely free and doesn't have
any advert banners ( that previously existed on the 'free' version ) that may
have put ppl off.

Includes a pop-up blocker as standard too.

I believe Opera is also currently the best 'web standards compliant' browser
around. It does dislike some ( presumably IE specific ) code occasionally
though.

I made the change about a month back ( because of that new MS vulnerability )
and haven't regretted it.

Graham

 

Well.....I'll comment ..... my sister's place is 90 mi away and I find that a
longer drive than I'd like.

I have commuted to Cambridge though ( for about a year ) . That was ~ 46 mi ea
way. Out of peak hours travelling I hasten to add ! That would have been
impossible ( unacceptable ) in the 'rush hour'.

Graham

 

Sure I do, but when I have to spend more time protecting the OS
than using the OS I switch. Mac/OSX or Freebsd from now on. Bye
bye Winblows.

 

Well.....I'll comment ..... my sister's place is 90 mi away and I find that a

How quaint. We think nothing of driving 125 miles each way for lunch over 'ere.

(there's no good sushi locally)

 

Not at all out of the ordinary to commute 75 miles each way during
rush hour to and from work on a daily basis over here. A friend left
for work at 5 am every workday for almost 10 years, and returned hone
after 6PM, just to put in an 8 hour day. Kitchener to downtown
Toronto. Neighbor does the Kitchener to Mississauga trip daily -
that's just over 95km each way. Not for me!!!

 

Like I said - Britts don't know what a "long drive" is. Many Canadians
and Americans routinely drive 300 miles each way weekends to their
"vacation homes". A "holiday drive" of 1500 miles is not at all out of
the ordinary, one summer we did a small circuit of Ontario - never
left the province, and never retraced our steps - and put on 1500
miles in 10 days- while spending 2 days at each of 2 parks, and 3 days
at the third, as well as visiting several tourist spots as "day
users". All towing a camping trailer.
Just this past weekend we drove about 180 miles to a friend's cottage
- and got snowed in (about 2 feet of snow where we were, basically
overnight - 2 1/2 feet a few miles south) and we just managed to get
home this afternoon. One stretch of road was about 40 miles without a
bend, and most of the way you could not see the road or anything less
than 6 feet above the ground. Spent 40 minutes digging out when we
misjudged the location of the road and ended up, while still on the
road, stuck in snow higher than the "bonnet". No 4 wheel drive, no
truck. Just a little Camry.

 

Not at all out of the ordinary to commute 75 miles each way during

I've done that but the other way. Commute to NCR in Waterloo from
the East end of Toronto. I file this under "commutes from hell"
right up there with Palos Verdes to Baldwin (spit) Park. Hour
and a half each way.

I work from home now. Commuting time is just lost and wasted
and you can never get it back.

 

shoot we have guys that work in our factory on the south side of macon that
commute from the north side of atlanta. SHEESH! through atlanta then another
hour or so to the plant after your through that hell. work 12 hours and
drive back....these guys are tough!

 

If you can do Scarboonie to Waterloo in an hour and a half, you are
doing VERY well. I live about a mile from NCR and used to have to
drive to Toyota on Bellamy Rd about once a month.

 

Pape and Danforth actually, nor Scarborough. Golly, I must
have been speeding. How bout that.

That was 16 years ago though. We moved out to the country 10 years
ago.

 

You must have very relaxed work practices to allow 4 hours driving to go to lunch
!

Graham

 

They may be tough but I'll bet you're not getting the best out of them.

There's more to life than machismo.

Graham

 

What, you don't worship Firefox?

DAS

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Ok, what's the official average annual mileage for any region in NA? E.g.
Canada or Ontario, since we are in Canada in this part of the thread.

I bet it varies across the region, depending on where one lives. I wonder
if people living in the NYC/Philadelphia areas, e.g., drive less than those
in the more 'remote' areas.

In UK it is 12 000 miles, I think.

DAS

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for Canada, and probably most places in the world, 20k km is considered
average. I note that that's just a tad over the 12k miles you suggest for GB

cheers, guenter

 

I meant dinner actually.

 

It's 15K here, but most people live in cities. I'm 40 miles from the closest one.

If I look out my windoew I see 300 acres of forest, a river and two waterfalls.
This place has a barn big enough for 6 cars and when we moved here there was
a garage pretty much across the road. Clsoed now. Pity.

 

A long distance for me is anything over 300 miles in a day. What is it for
you?

Huw

 

Ah! Back to the perrenial "mine is bigger than yours" arguement. Very
original.


Many Canadians

Done that myself. Actually 1800 miles in seven days with a 24ft caravan
behind. No problem.

I don't know what in Hell you think is so unique about your conditions. I
have over a 200 mile round trip to music concerts and I do them after six pm
and get back before 2am. Nothing unusual.
I travel in excess of 20,000 miles per annum in my business vehicle alone
and my wife and I also put in another 18000 miles in our private Range
Rover. Nothing unusual. I have a friend who does in excess of 50,000
business miles per year, all in the UK. That would be considered high
mileage.

Huw