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Rep Retirement Lodge #166; And Now On To....

Rep Retirement Lodge #166; And Now On To....

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Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #166; And Now On To....

bigblue_dl said:
I usually have to take 4-5 trips from the truck into the house when I get groceries, usually it is a completely full cart. I just don't see how I could get that on the bus, since I don't see them pulling up in front of Cub Foods and letting me walk on and off the bus 5 times to haul all of my stuff on the bus.

It is a stupid conversation. I have no need to ever ride a bus, and I have no intentions of riding one. (except for possibly the nice motorcoach kind, I could handle that)
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People that I know who use mass transit in the city tend to hit the store more often than those like you or me. I go once every week or two, and have six or seven bags. They'll go every two or three days and only have two or three bags.

As for my commuter bus, it usually is a nice Coach Industries bus, sans toilet. It's a comfortable ride. The city buses are not comfy at all, with their hard, plastic seats and odors of failure. I've rode a city bus twice now. They make me very happy that I have a car.
 
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Mass transit? You guys are going to have to explain to this dude that grew up in the middle of nowhere what that is.
 
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No buses for me. In car-heavy Michigan "mass transit" is fightin' woids. Plus I grew up in kind of a no-man's land between rural and suburban, so a bus wasn't exactly an option.

Ultimately I want a nice ranch house in a quiet neighborhood with a big basement or den so I can do my arcade/man cave.
 
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When I worked in San Francisco and lived in Oakland, the bus was great for me. I had a car too for shopping but rode the bus to and from work. It was more like the one St. Clown rides. I got on three stops before it hit the freeway and got off at the terminal right after it got off the bridge. I walked 2 to 3 blocks to work. It was great for reading on the way in and the stop was only a block and half from my apartment. I also got rides in to the city 1-3 times a week. Since it was the stop right before the freeway entrance people driving in to the city from the ritzy neighborhood up the hill from me would stop and ask "anyone need a ride to the city?" They would pick up two riders and could then speed through the car pool lane past the bridge toll booths.

Only downside was Friday nights going out to the bars after work. Got dicey trying to get back across the bridge if you went too late. Ended up taking a cab at least once.

I've taken the bus to work before when I worked in downtown Mpls. It's good to remind me of how good a life I have when I see the folks who have to ride the bus.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Mass transit? You guys are going to have to explain to this dude that grew up in the middle of nowhere what that is.
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Hence my complete confusion about the whole topic. I just don't get it. The only bus to ever go by my house as a kid was orange with black stripes, and unfortunately, I had to ride that **** thing...for an hour and half morning and night. It was really **** nice when I turned 15 and could start driving to school. I even snowmobiled to school once, when I was 12 or 13, with a few friends. *******s at school didn't comprehend that it was completely legal. Dip****s.
 
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I really didn't mind using mass transit (buses, subway, train) while at school in NYC. Mainly used it for going into Manhattan, although I took it to some Yankee games and whatnot as well. I would drive into the city sometimes, depending on where I was going and what time of the day it was, but that was a bigger headache as well. It all depended on the situation.

I will say that buses are quite confusing, especially if you aren't entirely familiar with the area, because you don't know the stops leading up to yours, but I felt NYC has a pretty good mass transit system.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Hence my complete confusion about the whole topic. I just don't get it. The only bus to ever go by my house as a kid was orange with black stripes, and unfortunately, I had to ride that **** thing...for an hour and half morning and night. It was really **** nice when I turned 15 and could start driving to school. I even snowmobiled to school once, when I was 12 or 13, with a few friends. *******s at school didn't comprehend that it was completely legal. Dip****s.
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We had a kid drive his tractor to school as a joke for the last day. No one cared.

Nowadays the school would be evacuated and he'd be cuffed in the parking lot and suspended for the next year.

/I'll say it again: 1989 Twitch could not have made it through the 2013 school system
 
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hockeyplayer1015 said:
I really didn't mind using mass transit (buses, subway, train) while at school in NYC. Mainly used it for going into Manhattan, although I took it to some Yankee games and whatnot as well. I would drive into the city sometimes, depending on where I was going and what time of the day it was, but that was a bigger headache as well. It all depended on the situation.

I will say that buses are quite confusing, especially if you aren't entirely familiar with the area, because you don't know the stops leading up to yours, but I felt NYC has a pretty good mass transit system.
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Using mass transit to commute is great, saves you on auto insurance, gas, and wear-and-tare, avoids any parking issues/costs, and often the cost of the transit pass will be paid/subsidized by your employer. Using mass transit for any errands is a GIANT PITA.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
We had a kid drive his tractor to school as a joke for the last day. No one cared.

Nowadays the school would be evacuated and he'd be cuffed in the parking lot and suspended for the next year.

/I'll say it again: 1989 Twitch could not have made it through the 2013 school system
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At our school, one of the guys took his date to the prom on a four-wheeler.
 
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Almington said:
Using mass transit to commute is great, saves you on auto insurance, gas, and wear-and-tare, avoids any parking issues/costs, and often the cost of the transit pass will be paid/subsidized by your employer. Using mass transit for any errands is a GIANT PITA.
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Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. By not using mass transit, you have scheduling freedom, more room for baggage (you may determine the sort), and are not bound to the confines of the metropolitan limits.
 
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I wonder what the bbdl of a hundred years ago would've been like . . .

bigblue_dl said:
Well, I'll never need to use these automobiles, for myself. I'll never ride one unless I'm forced to.

I don't see how you can get anything done while driving a car, you have to go where the road goes. I need to stop and get a ****en' hot buttered rum? Noooooo, road doesn't go to the inn across the field. Or get on 2 other roads and an overpass. Drive next to 8 gangsters shooting from the runningboard, 2 Sunday drivers, and go wherever the **** the road decides to go. Luckily, I live in a car-free zone.
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Yeeee-ha! :D
 
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Twitch Boy said:
We had a kid drive his tractor to school as a joke for the last day. No one cared.

Nowadays the school would be evacuated and he'd be cuffed in the parking lot and suspended for the next year.
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This happened, and still happens regularly. I don't see why it would be a problem, and it never has been a problem where I'm from. We usually had several tractors in the parking lot on the day of the homecoming parade. My cousin drove his tractor to school the day he bought it, but then, it is a pretty big deal even where I'm from when a high school kid buys a $100,000 John Deere. :p

My old high school has gone stupid in many things, but I don't think the tractor thing would bother them, we're still rural enough, thank god.

With that said, my old school district (where I grew up) has gone full retard on some things. Enough so that my mom, who used to work there, walked out one day and retired on the spot. (well gave two weeks notice, and said she's using her 2 remaining weeks of vacation at the same time)
 
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DaveStPaul said:
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I wonder what the bbdl of a hundred years ago would've been like . . .



Yeeee-ha! :D
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Not the same thing. Automobiles give you freedom, and aren't restrained by roads, where I come from. Public transportation is restrictive and limited in scope.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Not the same thing. Automobiles give you freedom, and aren't restrained by roads, where I come from. Public transportation is restrictive and limited in scope.
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Wacky city slickers and their reluctance to offroading... heck, I just did some of that this past weekend... :p
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Not the same thing. Automobiles give you freedom, and aren't restrained by roads, where I come from. Public transportation is restrictive and limited in scope.
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Confounded modernity! I don't like it! //hockers into spittoon// No siree! My mule does jest fine!
 
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