On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:45:51 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Grady Brandt wrote: >> A guy I once worked with drove something like 89 miles to and from work each >> day. He's a rather extreme example, and I don't know how long he kept it up >> (I left the company a few months later). > >At the moment I'm doing slightly under 500 miles per week. My work is >around 47 miles away, one way, and they currently want me in the office >daily. I've been getting roughly 30mpg (damned good for a twelve-year-old >240SX) and I'm still going through about 1.5 tanks per week. > >I really want to work from home a couple of days a week; it'll save wear and >tear on me, not to mention lots of gas and about six hours of commuting. >But since I started only five weeks ago, I understand that they want to see >my face daily. > >Believe me, if there were decent public transportation here in Lala Land, >I would use it. Unfortunately, taking the bus would make my roughly three- >hour round trip a six-hour one, or more, and there is just nothing else. >So a car it is. Siiigh. ITA. I'm currently pulling jury duty in downtown San Diego. Public transport to get home, 21.3 miles according to Yahoo Maps, takes me approximately 2 hours, with at least 2 transfers. So I hitch a ride with my wife, who works nearby, and wait at the courthouse for an hour or more. Coming home, if our times don't match up, I simply take the trolley to the nearest trolley station. Having her drive the 5 miles to pick me up at that point is quicker than taking the bus, by about 45 minutes - 1 hour.