Originally posted by Doggy Styles
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Ah, sorry.Originally posted by norrahe View PostNot you, the OP
Mind you, I must concede that commuting is a bit of a waste of one's life.
I remember a chap in the news a few years ago who commuted by car every day from Pontefract to Reading. And he sounded cheerful on the radio.Comment
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I did 3 to 4 hours commute for a permie job and thought it was a waste of my time.Originally posted by norrahe View PostI did a 4 hour daily commute for 6 years.
Deal with it.
I jumped to one of their customers and got a 90% pay rise in a better part of the world.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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He had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Exactly what I thought.Originally posted by quackhandle View PostFooking 'ell.
qh
He was interviewed on the radio. I think he said it was about 4 hours each way. He got home, had half an hour to have some dinner, then went to bed for the next day's early start.Comment
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I was looking at this book on Amazon this weekend - the guy wrote it to win an argument. His argument was that people sleeping on the train were wasting their time, and to prove it, he wrote a book just during his daily commute.Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostMind you, I must concede that commuting is a bit of a waste of one's life.
The general advice seemed to be that he would have been better off sleeping instead. I didn't waste my 77p to buy it to find out, though.Comment
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