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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
    Here, the nearest off licence is a 5 minute drive away, but I should not drive at all because I am not sober. Even if I was, it's not worth going anyway because the off licence shut 2 and half hours ago.
    You getting a bit homesick hun?

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  • EternalOptimist
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    I walk into work, but it's seventy miles away. I usually arrive by wednesday mid morning, do half an hour, break for lunch, do another half hour then it's time to leave for home.

    Sometimes, if there is a meeting, or if the server is down, it all seems a bit of a waste of time.



    Thats nothing mate. Once I got a gig in Singapore, it took me two and a half years to walk there. By the time I got there, the spec for the job had changed so much that I had to renegotiate. When it came to signing, I realised I had forgotten my pen, so I had to go all the way back to fetch it.


    Forest Gump




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  • Gonzo
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    Hang on - you're sober, on a Friday night?!!!

    Mine better not end this way!!

    x x x
    I am not that sober, Mrs Gonzo and I have just started bottle of wine number 3.

    Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
    I live 3 ipod songs away from the office - but as I don't own a car, I walk pretty much everywhere!
    I never had a car all the time I lived in London, it was never worth it.

    So now at the grand old age of 37 I have just purchased my first car They are essential here, nothing is very close to anything else. This is a large adjustment that I need to make.

    In London, if at 11:40 on a Friday night I decide I need some more wine, I can just walk 5 minutes to the nearest off licence and buy some.

    Here, the nearest off licence is a 5 minute drive away, but I should not drive at all because I am not sober. Even if I was, it's not worth going anyway because the off licence shut 2 and half hours ago.

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  • Grinder
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    It's the future!

    I've changed my routine over the last couple of weeks so that I have to walk into work and back (takes nearly an hour each way).

    It's so lovely - like being given the gift of time.

    Does anyone else use their feet to get to work?
    Well done you! 10 years ago I lost 20kg (over 2 years) walking my daily 2 mile commute.

    I would definitely walk now if I had somewhere to go

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  • Drewster
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    if there is a meeting...........it all seems a bit of a waste of time.
    I sometimes get that - but its nothing to do with the walk!

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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by Chugnut View Post
    Pull the udder one.

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  • EternalOptimist
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    I walk into work, but it's seventy miles away. I usually arrive by wednesday mid morning, do half an hour, break for lunch, do another half hour then it's time to leave for home.

    Sometimes, if there is a meeting, or if the server is down, it all seems a bit of a waste of time.



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  • SallyAnne
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    Originally posted by Gonzo View Post
    Nearly time for me to go to bed.

    I have already lived through Friday 20th February 2009. But I won't tell you what happens.
    Hang on - you're sober, on a Friday night?!!!

    Mine better not end this way!!

    x x x

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  • Chugnut
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    My end client is based out in the stix so walking to work isn’t an option though I have just started doing a 30 minute walk at lunch time, I keep coming back to the office with cow poo on my shoes.
    Pull the udder one.

    Why don't you just get your milk from a carton like everyone else?

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  • chicane
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    It's the future!

    I've changed my routine over the last couple of weeks so that I have to walk into work and back (takes nearly an hour each way).

    It's so lovely - like being given the gift of time.

    Does anyone else use their feet to get to work?
    I've been walking to the office and back (an hour/4 miles each way) for almost 2 years now. Aside from the fitness and weight loss benefits, I find that it gives me thinking time to solve any problems and clear my mind before getting to the office.

    Keep it up if you can - it's well worth it.

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  • FSM with Cheddar
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    I quite often don't park in clientCo's carpark, but park a mile or so away.
    Avoids the jams, and get 20mins walk each way.

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  • FarmerPalmer
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    Originally posted by SallyAnne View Post
    It's the future!

    I've changed my routine over the last couple of weeks so that I have to walk into work and back (takes nearly an hour each way).

    It's so lovely - like being given the gift of time.

    Does anyone else use their feet to get to work?
    Yep - Local gig at the moment - not high tech & not a great rate - but to be around the corner is worth it.

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  • Bagpuss
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    My end client is based out in the stix so walking to work isn’t an option though I have just started doing a 30 minute walk at lunch time, I keep coming back to the office with cow poo on my shoes.
    We won't tell your missus

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  • cailin maith
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    My end client is based out in the stix so walking to work isn’t an option though I have just started doing a 30 minute walk at lunch time, I keep coming back to the office with cow poo on my shoes.
    I live 3 ipod songs away from the office - but as I don't own a car, I walk pretty much everywhere!

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  • gingerjedi
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    My end client is based out in the stix so walking to work isn’t an option though I have just started doing a 30 minute walk at lunch time, I keep coming back to the office with cow poo on my shoes.

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