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Gorillaman · 05-18-2008, 06:47 PM

What Ride a Bicycle or a horse, 40 miles a day ??

Let's see, 15 mph on a good day when both surgically repaired knees work well enough to get there and back, divided by 40 miles round trip =
2.67 hours and that would be P/U Daughter @ school ....

No wont happen.

Fish609 · 05-19-2008, 05:50 AM

I'm screwed. About 15 miles to work and about 10 miles to the girlfriend. I will have to pay whatever they ask. There is nothing I can do.

ForTehNguyen · 05-19-2008, 08:10 AM

houston is too spread out to take a bike or walk to work. Taking a bus isnt as time efficient as a car. Good thing I only live 15 minutes from work.

texas_rebel_1980 · 05-19-2008, 08:19 AM

i am wishing i had a car

. my truck is killing me at the pump. i only drive 28 miles round trip to work and a little around town, but sheesh. and we are getting ready to move to another town. plus side is my wife won't be commuting 90 round trip AND should the interview go well tomorrow will get a 10K dollar raise. that will help but not make it better. the negative to that is my trip to school everyday will be 60 miles round trip

, but her commute will be less than five miles. if it gets much more expensive, i may get that motorcycle i have been bugging her for........

**TMP** · 05-19-2008, 01:43 PM

I'm planning on moving much closer than the current 36 miles to work. Almost 75 mils round trip 5 days a week...... car pooling as much as possible.
Depending on how close I get I may go back to the ol' bicycle days or bus it. For now I am at the mercy of the pump!!!!!!!!!!

ScottyT · 05-19-2008, 01:50 PM

Fortunately I only do about 25 miles per day on my car, my wife drives significantly less in her car, so it is not killing us yet. I really need to start riding to work (12 miles each way), but I am a lazy a$$ these days. I used to do 30+ miles 6 days a week with 60+ on saturdays, but that was when I was in college and in shape...

**TMP** · 05-19-2008, 02:48 PM

I used to bike a lot too..... had some nice bikes over the years.... now i have a motorcycle and don't need to pedal.... still uses gas but at 50+ miles a gallon it's still pretty cheap.

jerryl · 05-19-2008, 05:26 PM

i'm lucky enough to have a company vehicle and they pay for fuel. so i try to do some running around with they're gas.

**HPD SRT** · 05-19-2008, 05:32 PM

Hmmmm 37 miles too work one way.............ugh I better start now

standerson · 05-20-2008, 02:03 AM

Work recently raised mileage reimbursement to 50.5 cents a mile. Makes it about tolerable.

View Poll Results: what is your "walk away" gas price
$4.00	9	8.65%
$6.00	29	27.88%
$7.00	4	3.85%
$8.00	0	0%
Ive already walked away from the pump.	6	5.77%
I will just have to pay what ever they ask, there are no other options available to me.	56	53.85%
Voters: 104. You may not vote on this poll

05-19-2008, 08:10 AM	#13
ForTehNguyen XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,943	houston is too spread out to take a bike or walk to work. Taking a bus isnt as time efficient as a car. Good thing I only live 15 minutes from work. __________________ XD9 Service Black XD9 Subcompact x 2 Kimber Tactical Custom II AR15 16" Midlength AR15 16" Carbine Tacticooled Lancaster AK47 Remington 870 12ga Express

05-19-2008, 08:19 AM	#14
texas_rebel_1980 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi Texas Posts: 1,436	i am wishing i had a car . my truck is killing me at the pump. i only drive 28 miles round trip to work and a little around town, but sheesh. and we are getting ready to move to another town. plus side is my wife won't be commuting 90 round trip AND should the interview go well tomorrow will get a 10K dollar raise. that will help but not make it better. the negative to that is my trip to school everyday will be 60 miles round trip , but her commute will be less than five miles. if it gets much more expensive, i may get that motorcycle i have been bugging her for........ __________________ It may be 5'clock somewhere, but its Beer Thirty here!!! Don't Look At Me, I Voted for the Old Guy with the Pit Bull!

05-19-2008, 01:43 PM	#15
TMP XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,369	I'm planning on moving much closer than the current 36 miles to work. Almost 75 mils round trip 5 days a week...... car pooling as much as possible. Depending on how close I get I may go back to the ol' bicycle days or bus it. For now I am at the mercy of the pump!!!!!!!!!! __________________ ______________________ RRA Elite Comp Stag Model 2 (home build) XD45 Tactical XD9 Subcompact (Yel/Grn TFO's) Wilson Border Patrol 870 Green (Surefire 618FA forend with light) Beretta U22 Neos INOX Ruger 10/22 #8. If this is your first night at 'Fight Club', you have to fight.

05-19-2008, 01:50 PM	#16
ScottyT XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 798	Fortunately I only do about 25 miles per day on my car, my wife drives significantly less in her car, so it is not killing us yet. I really need to start riding to work (12 miles each way), but I am a lazy a$$ these days. I used to do 30+ miles 6 days a week with 60+ on saturdays, but that was when I was in college and in shape... __________________ ------------------ XD 45 compact Mosin Nagant M91/30 Remington 870 Express Ruger 10/22 ------------------ "I seek not for power, but to pull it down. I seek not for honor of the world, but for the glory of my God, and the freedom and welfare of my country." - Moroni

05-18-2008, 06:47 PM	#11
Gorillaman XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 392	What Ride a Bicycle or a horse, 40 miles a day ?? Let's see, 15 mph on a good day when both surgically repaired knees work well enough to get there and back, divided by 40 miles round trip = 2.67 hours and that would be P/U Daughter @ school .... No wont happen.

05-19-2008, 05:50 AM	#12
Fish609 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 1,266	I'm screwed. About 15 miles to work and about 10 miles to the girlfriend. I will have to pay whatever they ask. There is nothing I can do.

05-19-2008, 02:48 PM	#17
TMP XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,369	I used to bike a lot too..... had some nice bikes over the years.... now i have a motorcycle and don't need to pedal.... still uses gas but at 50+ miles a gallon it's still pretty cheap. __________________ ______________________ RRA Elite Comp Stag Model 2 (home build) XD45 Tactical XD9 Subcompact (Yel/Grn TFO's) Wilson Border Patrol 870 Green (Surefire 618FA forend with light) Beretta U22 Neos INOX Ruger 10/22 #8. If this is your first night at 'Fight Club', you have to fight.

05-19-2008, 05:26 PM	#18
jerryl XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: buffalo,new york Posts: 297	i'm lucky enough to have a company vehicle and they pay for fuel. so i try to do some running around with they're gas.

05-19-2008, 05:32 PM	#19
HPD SRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeastern WA Posts: 1,379	Hmmmm 37 miles too work one way.............ugh I better start now __________________ My Album SA XD-45 Tactical---Springerized! SA XD-45 Compact Model 1 EM-4 CAR Winchester Model 70 .308 Remington 870 Express Magnum USPSA: A-57358 PISTOLGEAR SpringerPrecision

05-20-2008, 02:03 AM	#20
standerson XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 659	Work recently raised mileage reimbursement to 50.5 cents a mile. Makes it about tolerable. __________________ USN Retired, Life Member NRA, Eagle Scout

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