i-Ron
11:52 Thu Jul 9
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riosleftsock 11:42 Thu Jul 9
It was quicker to walk to mansion house. Around that time you'd be lucky to get a circle line train every half hour. I think it's much better now though.
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joe royal
11:47 Thu Jul 9
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30 min car drive atm
When I used to work for fly by nite it was a 2 hour drive to Redditch
Trans Am was a similar time driving to Bungay
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riosleftsock
11:42 Thu Jul 9
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"10-15 mins walk from Liverpool street to Mansion House
Tube to St James' Park and 5 min walk to work"
Doesn't the circle run from liv st to sjp?
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Northern Sold
11:41 Thu Jul 9
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10 mins from my door to desk... in one way it's nice... in another it ain't as from the bottom of my road I can see my fucking office... every single fucking day
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Bouncing Ludo
11:39 Thu Jul 9
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Ricky wrote...
Re: long commutes
Bouncing Ludo 10:19 Thu Jul 9
Re: long commutes
What route were you taking which meant it was 45min from Kings Cross to Aldgate? It's a 10 min tube ride!
I agree it should be. but by the time you've negotiated the walk to the tube - assuming they haven't stopped people getting in due to overcrowding, waiting for the tube, getting on the tube, waiting while the dickwad that's stuck in the doors because he's so important he can't wait for the next one....etc etc you know what I mean.
Yes it's 10 minutes when it's empty and working, but that's not often.
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Ricky
11:29 Thu Jul 9
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Bouncing Ludo 10:19 Thu Jul 9
Re: long commutes
What route were you taking which meant it was 45min from Kings Cross to Aldgate? It's a 10 min tube ride!
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i-Ron
11:25 Thu Jul 9
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I used to do
Bus in South Woodham Ferrers to the station
South Woodham to Wickford
Wickford to Liverpool Street
10-15 mins walk from Liverpool street to Mansion House
Tube to St James' Park and 5 min walk to work
I couldn't fucking stand it, most depressing time of my life. 5 years of that.
Last 9 years i've worked 10-15 minutes away from home. Absolutely love it.
Will probably have to do the commute thing again when I leave though, but times have changed, and I guess I can watch stuff on a phone or tablet which makes it a little more easier.
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Lily Hammer
11:19 Thu Jul 9
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No thanks. That's why I still live in Oslo Sentrum. Sometimes I work late and do not what a long slog at the end of it.
I see the plus side where you can get a lot of reading done, if you're not driving, but I've nearly always had a half hour journey at most; be that walking, bus/train ride or drive.
These days, cycling is the quickest way to work. 10 minutes door to door. I can make the 4/5 minute tube journey, but then you have to add on the 3 minute walk to the station, and then the 2 minutes walk from the other station to the job. Only in the winter or if it's pissing with rain.
Occasionally take the 25 minute stroll, if the sun has his hat on.
After reading some of you lot's regimes, I set a bigger price than ever on my short hop. skip and jump.
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Eddie B
11:17 Thu Jul 9
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Blimey, my 1hr 15 mins is nothing.
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diehardhammer
11:13 Thu Jul 9
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I currently think my 1 hour 10 minutes to london is bad enough but reading some of your posts is quite worrying. How the fuck can you commute for more than 3 hours per day?
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Scraper
11:09 Thu Jul 9
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I genuinely do not understand folks who do long commutes.
My advice: always live within walking distance to work.
You're spending a 25% of your waking hours trapped with coughing cunts on a train. Considering you've chosen this way of life, I assume that's preferable to being home. Which means your home or missus must be shit. No offence m8.
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Slow_Joe
11:05 Thu Jul 9
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Bus from Southend to Wickford.
Bastard of a journey.
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BRANDED
11:03 Thu Jul 9
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Spandex.
Did it feel nice when you got back in the evening?
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Monk~koknee
11:01 Thu Jul 9
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Guess some people don't have much option but a long commute really is a waste of your life. For a few years I commuted from Poole to Canary Wharf 3 or 4 days a week. Left home around 5:15 and back around 8:30 completely knackered. Weekdays were a right off and weekends were just catching up. Living somewhere decent was no compensation.
Thankfully, I didn't have to do it every day or for too long but there were some who did and usually got pissed on the way home. What a waste.
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Spandex Sidney
10:54 Thu Jul 9
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Spent a year communiting from Sandown (Isle of Wight) to Moorgate 4 days a week!
Leave at 6.10am, walk to Sandown Station
6.24am Sandown to Ryde Pier Head
6.45am Fast Cat from Ryde to Portsmouth Harbour Station
7.15am Portsmouth Harbour Station to Waterloo
8.55am Waterloo and City Line to Bank
9.05am Walk from Bank to Moorgate
And then back again in the evening. I read SO many books in that year!
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Stubbo
10:44 Thu Jul 9
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Used to do a commute from Southend to Hangar Lane...not cool. But fortunately was only 2 days a week in general, working from home the other 3.
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TC
10:39 Thu Jul 9
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Used to commute from St Neots to Liverpool Street could take between 1hr30-2hr
Now I live in Glasgow and i walk for twenty minutes to the office - every cloud
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greenie1
10:38 Thu Jul 9
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When I worked near Liverpool St, it would take me 2 hours to get there.
I loved the job, great people and good money.
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Glenn Rodent
10:35 Thu Jul 9
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Eerie Descent 10:28 Thu Jul 9
Ag ag ag
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Eerie Descent
10:28 Thu Jul 9
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Glenn Rodent 10:16 Thu Jul 9
BANTZ
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Troy McClure
10:25 Thu Jul 9
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15 minute bike ride
Thanks for reading.
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