hohonukai 0 #1 July 19, 2002 Thinking about moving an hour away from work to live on the North Shore beach of Oahu (we're talking, right on the beach). Traffic sucks here, but there are "windows" of time that can keep it to an hour and fifteen minute commute. It's 62 miles round trip. So, I'm curious, how far does everyone else commute to work? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #2 July 19, 2002 Antioch to Martinez, 22 miles, AM, 1 hour five minutes. Martinez to Antioch, PM, 55 minutes. Antioch to Byron DZ, 20 minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #3 July 19, 2002 15 minutes from home to work. 10 minutes from home to dz. 5 minutes from work to dz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divadiver 0 #4 July 19, 2002 I only have about a 30 min. drive to work. Now having said that, the first 5 years . . . oh, isn't the view beautiful, look at the untouched snow, etc... Then it was . . . god, what am I doing wasting all this time driving back and forth. There were days when it was good to unwind, and then there were the days from hell having a little one in school and the dentist, doctor office and everything else another 30 min. away. There was days when I spent most of the day just running back and forth. I think it's all a matter of what else is going on in your life because the small child is big now and the drive is once again, down time, and oh, isn't the view beautiful!! I'm actually thinking about a move that would extend that driving time as well . . . I'm just not so sure that I want to swap more sleep time for driving time. (Although, it would be closer to the DZ!) Diva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #5 July 19, 2002 10 minutes or less. It actually takes me longer to walk from my parking spot, go through security, and make my way to my "office" than it does to drive to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #6 July 19, 2002 35 minutes each way. Can be treacherous in bad winter weather, but normally very scenic. Sometimes it is tedious and I am in no mood for it. Other times it's a great time to crank a really good cd and go into a different zone. Good luck making your decision. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #7 July 19, 2002 I manage a hotel and I have a suite I live in. I simply ride the elevator down to my office and back up to go home at night. Plus I get free breakfast and meals. It is free rent too. That is a bonus. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hohonukai 0 #8 July 19, 2002 Quote. . I'm just not so sure that I want to swap more sleep time for driving time. (Although, it would be closer to the DZ!) hehe. If this move was made, the dz would be literally across the street! woohoo! Funny thing is, my boss is actually interested too after bringing it up in conversation. He keeps asking me what people do for a living that live there because he'd like to live there too. Ha. If I play my cards right, maybe I can start a new business with the boss! How weird is that. (edited because my grammar sucks when I'm posting and working at the same time...) geez, maybe I should go work for a hotel. That is awesome. so, are the hookers free too? j/k! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Deuce 1 #9 July 19, 2002 You're killing me. The word "nooner" comes to mind, but since it's just an elevator ride there must be some term like "breaker" that must apply as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Muenkel 0 #10 July 19, 2002 Quotegeez, maybe I should go work for a hotel. That is awesome. It really is not as awesome as it sounds. Depending on the exact circumstances, you are basically living at your job. It's tough to get that down time you need, unless you leave the premises. I had this option and chose to live off property. Work needs to be seperated from personal life for me. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnJug 0 #11 July 19, 2002 I live about 25 miles from work, half of it surface streets and half freeway. If I leave at 5:30 am, which I try to do all the time it only takes me about 30 mins, if I wait till 6:00 am then I hit the start of rush hour and it can easily take me an hour to make the drive. So I go in at 5:30, get to work at 6:00 and get out of work at 2:30 pm. Which means that when I finally get some money and can start jumping again, I could probably make it down to Otay (about 45 mins away) for afternoon jumps in the summer. You come from nothing. You go back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SatchFan 0 #12 July 19, 2002 Commute to work is 40 minutes. Commute to DZ 15 minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nws01 0 #13 July 19, 2002 QuoteWork needs to be seperated from personal life for me. I am pretty fortunate to have good employees that take care of things. They never call me when I leave the office for the day unless it is a dire emergency. Same goes for the weekends. I do work long hours though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites f1freak 0 #14 July 19, 2002 My drive time to work in the morning is @ 25 min if i get an the road before 7:00am. the drive home is @ 1 hour (freakin people... Learn how to drive...) oops sorry i blew up. HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lummy 4 #15 July 19, 2002 Quote. I simply ride the elevator down to my office and back up to go home at night. Must suck when you want to call in *SICK* tho..... Commute is 30 minutes if I take BART, an 35 minutes in the morning , over an hour to get home if I drive (and it's 17 miles) about an hour to SkyDance or 45 minutes to Byron,I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Iflyme 0 #16 July 19, 2002 My drive to work is 12 to 15 minutes on average. When I take public transit (the bus), it's about 20 minutes. The distance is less than 10 kilometres. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TALONSKY 0 #17 July 19, 2002 I live 35 miles one way from work. It takes me 45 minutes to 1 hour each way. The total plus of this is I live 1 mile from my home DZ Blue skies Kirk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #18 July 19, 2002 Home to work: 25 minutes (Leave home 6:40 am) Work to home: 35 minutes (Leave work 4:50 pm) Both ways are very reasonable for the Washington DC area. The actual distance is under 10 miles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sebazz1 2 #19 July 19, 2002 I have about a 5-10 minute bicycle ride to and from work everyday. I live about 1.5 miles from my work. To the DZ's from my home: Byron 55 min Hollister 1 hr 15 min Monterey 1 hr 30 min Lodi 2 hrs 30 min Santa Rosa 2 hrs Davis ? i forget it is like 3 hr 30 min? So commuting is not part of my vocabulary. Though my car does feel neglected during the week. Just itching for me to start her up and vroom vroom vroom. She likes driving to the DZ's really fast with loud music. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 37 #20 July 19, 2002 3 miles to work, about 25 minutes to the dz.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Viking 0 #21 July 19, 2002 About a 11 mile drive on the 78 to work and about an hour drive to the dz.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #22 July 19, 2002 34 miles......Can take anywhere from under 30 minutes like today when I left for work at 250PM and averaged about 80 MPH the whole way. It can also take up to 2 hrs some days but I have been keeping it pretty steady at around 45-50 minutes most mornings when I work 9 AM to 6 PM. DZ's....I'm about 1 hour 15 minutes from Skydive Atlanta and 50-60 minutes or so from Atlanta Airsportz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #23 July 19, 2002 seeing how I live on the Air Base, In Korea..I might be excluded from this thread. I ride my bike to work,(b/c we arent allowed to have POV's here) but its still less then a mile. the dz is a different story. its about 3000 miles away! so I can get to it!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Sebazz1 2 #24 July 19, 2002 Dude I totally appreciate you being out there in Korea for our country or whatever reason you are there. A beer and a jump on me when you get back stateside..........Peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #25 July 19, 2002 hey thanks sebazz, sometimes (more oftwen then not) i wonder WTF AM I doing here. they answewr usually pionts to 2 words... "growing roots" but only 30 days left of my tour. so my heart is starting to pump again!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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hohonukai 0 #8 July 19, 2002 Quote. . I'm just not so sure that I want to swap more sleep time for driving time. (Although, it would be closer to the DZ!) hehe. If this move was made, the dz would be literally across the street! woohoo! Funny thing is, my boss is actually interested too after bringing it up in conversation. He keeps asking me what people do for a living that live there because he'd like to live there too. Ha. If I play my cards right, maybe I can start a new business with the boss! How weird is that. (edited because my grammar sucks when I'm posting and working at the same time...) geez, maybe I should go work for a hotel. That is awesome. so, are the hookers free too? j/k! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #9 July 19, 2002 You're killing me. The word "nooner" comes to mind, but since it's just an elevator ride there must be some term like "breaker" that must apply as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #10 July 19, 2002 Quotegeez, maybe I should go work for a hotel. That is awesome. It really is not as awesome as it sounds. Depending on the exact circumstances, you are basically living at your job. It's tough to get that down time you need, unless you leave the premises. I had this option and chose to live off property. Work needs to be seperated from personal life for me. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnJug 0 #11 July 19, 2002 I live about 25 miles from work, half of it surface streets and half freeway. If I leave at 5:30 am, which I try to do all the time it only takes me about 30 mins, if I wait till 6:00 am then I hit the start of rush hour and it can easily take me an hour to make the drive. So I go in at 5:30, get to work at 6:00 and get out of work at 2:30 pm. Which means that when I finally get some money and can start jumping again, I could probably make it down to Otay (about 45 mins away) for afternoon jumps in the summer. You come from nothing. You go back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SatchFan 0 #12 July 19, 2002 Commute to work is 40 minutes. Commute to DZ 15 minutes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nws01 0 #13 July 19, 2002 QuoteWork needs to be seperated from personal life for me. I am pretty fortunate to have good employees that take care of things. They never call me when I leave the office for the day unless it is a dire emergency. Same goes for the weekends. I do work long hours though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #14 July 19, 2002 My drive time to work in the morning is @ 25 min if i get an the road before 7:00am. the drive home is @ 1 hour (freakin people... Learn how to drive...) oops sorry i blew up. HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #15 July 19, 2002 Quote. I simply ride the elevator down to my office and back up to go home at night. Must suck when you want to call in *SICK* tho..... Commute is 30 minutes if I take BART, an 35 minutes in the morning , over an hour to get home if I drive (and it's 17 miles) about an hour to SkyDance or 45 minutes to Byron,I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. I promise not to TP Davis under canopy.. eat sushi, get smoochieTTK#1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #16 July 19, 2002 My drive to work is 12 to 15 minutes on average. When I take public transit (the bus), it's about 20 minutes. The distance is less than 10 kilometres. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TALONSKY 0 #17 July 19, 2002 I live 35 miles one way from work. It takes me 45 minutes to 1 hour each way. The total plus of this is I live 1 mile from my home DZ Blue skies Kirk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #18 July 19, 2002 Home to work: 25 minutes (Leave home 6:40 am) Work to home: 35 minutes (Leave work 4:50 pm) Both ways are very reasonable for the Washington DC area. The actual distance is under 10 miles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #19 July 19, 2002 I have about a 5-10 minute bicycle ride to and from work everyday. I live about 1.5 miles from my work. To the DZ's from my home: Byron 55 min Hollister 1 hr 15 min Monterey 1 hr 30 min Lodi 2 hrs 30 min Santa Rosa 2 hrs Davis ? i forget it is like 3 hr 30 min? So commuting is not part of my vocabulary. Though my car does feel neglected during the week. Just itching for me to start her up and vroom vroom vroom. She likes driving to the DZ's really fast with loud music. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #20 July 19, 2002 3 miles to work, about 25 minutes to the dz.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #21 July 19, 2002 About a 11 mile drive on the 78 to work and about an hour drive to the dz.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #22 July 19, 2002 34 miles......Can take anywhere from under 30 minutes like today when I left for work at 250PM and averaged about 80 MPH the whole way. It can also take up to 2 hrs some days but I have been keeping it pretty steady at around 45-50 minutes most mornings when I work 9 AM to 6 PM. DZ's....I'm about 1 hour 15 minutes from Skydive Atlanta and 50-60 minutes or so from Atlanta Airsportz. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #23 July 19, 2002 seeing how I live on the Air Base, In Korea..I might be excluded from this thread. I ride my bike to work,(b/c we arent allowed to have POV's here) but its still less then a mile. the dz is a different story. its about 3000 miles away! so I can get to it!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #24 July 19, 2002 Dude I totally appreciate you being out there in Korea for our country or whatever reason you are there. A beer and a jump on me when you get back stateside..........Peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jtval 0 #25 July 19, 2002 hey thanks sebazz, sometimes (more oftwen then not) i wonder WTF AM I doing here. they answewr usually pionts to 2 words... "growing roots" but only 30 days left of my tour. so my heart is starting to pump again!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
jtval 0 #25 July 19, 2002 hey thanks sebazz, sometimes (more oftwen then not) i wonder WTF AM I doing here. they answewr usually pionts to 2 words... "growing roots" but only 30 days left of my tour. so my heart is starting to pump again!My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
