driving walkable distances

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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    i walk across town before, it was a pleasant experience.

    plus, you can observe life in its full nature, it feels so good...
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    LongRd. wrote:
    i walk across town before, it was a pleasant experience.

    plus, you can observe life in its full nature, it feels so good...
    what, you mean you'd prefer to observe nature over sucking in exhaust fumes? :rolleyes:



    :) nature is pleasant!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • mert
    mert Posts: 167
    I walk to work every day I can, and it's about a 20 minute walk. I drive in when I work the night shift, just because I don't like walking into work at 23:30... Potentially too dangerous, and when you work Security and tell people not be that stupid, you shouldn't either. ;) A lot of people are shocked that I walk in, and I frequently turn down rides home... But I love walking! I also walk downtown all the time, which is about a 30-40 minute walk from my house. I have too much Scottish in me to justify driving a distance I can walk and paying to park.... :) There are times when my car sits in the driveway and only gets used once a week, to drive to my brother's house.
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    what, you mean you'd prefer to observe nature over sucking in exhaust fumes? :rolleyes:



    :) nature is pleasant!
    yup. :)

    i also carried portable CD player, a walkmen-type.

    now with all the iPods and mp3 players, the walks can be everlasting...
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    LongRd. wrote:
    yup. :)

    i also carried portable CD player, a walkmen-type.

    now with all the iPods and mp3 players, the walks can be everlasting...
    ooh yah shuffle and continuous repeat!
    not to mention walking playlists... running playlists etc!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    mert wrote:
    I walk to work every day I can, and it's about a 20 minute walk. I drive in when I work the night shift, just because I don't like walking into work at 23:30... Potentially too dangerous, and when you work Security and tell people not be that stupid, you shouldn't either. ;) A lot of people are shocked that I walk in, and I frequently turn down rides home... But I love walking! I also walk downtown all the time, which is about a 30-40 minute walk from my house. I have too much Scottish in me to justify driving a distance I can walk and paying to park.... :) There are times when my car sits in the driveway and only gets used once a week, to drive to my brother's house.

    haha, that's awesome. :)

    school is a bit far away so i take public transit. but when i go out to get groceries, errands in the area etc done i walk. i also have a 80 lb dog who will make me feel guilty... i work and go to school and spend most of my spare time doing homework, she doesn't get walked as much as she should so i try to walk wherever i can so she can come along

    oh yah, and i prefer not to pollute whenever i can - imagine that! what a concept... ;)
    -i guess i'm not like the cool kids and let my car idle.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    ooh yah shuffle and continuous repeat!
    not to mention walking playlists... running playlists etc!
    there's a harsh winter season here in new england so i do most of my walks about 3 months a year. fall is way too chilly and spring rains too much...the variety is nice that way...
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    LongRd. wrote:
    there's a harsh winter season here in new england so i do most of my walks about 3 months a year. fall is way too chilly and spring rains too much...the variety is nice that way...
    haha, everything you described happens in about 36 hours in vancouver...
    i've seen snow sun rain hail overcast wind and sun again all in the same day! but then again it is a place wehre you can ski and swim in the same day as well... this place is confused!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    keep on fighting the good fight steph...
    we need more hard arse eco warriors like you!
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    you just see so much more walking.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    samick wrote:
    Actually it wasn't "lighthearted" at all........it was more of a mind your own business..........and let me live my own life to my standards and not yours.......I'll let my car sit and idle all afternoon if i choose to.......


    yeah but your "own standards" or so you call them affect the rest of us negatively,all of us, like the entire world. so technically they're not you're own standards and if you can't see that then not only are you ignorant, you're a fucking idiot.
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  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    oh god, i don't have to post the stereotypical 'its me and my family and friends and world that is going to get cancer from the pollution so it is my business' comment do i - that's usually a given.

    let me guess, Escalade and a one-size-too-small affliction t-shirt? yah, you're a waste of oxygen if you're going to give me the "mind your own business" rebuttle.

    and of course you can choose to do that, just as much as you can choose to be ignorant, choose to be lazy, choose to be irresponsible. so you don't have to tell other people to fuck off when they get irritated by ass holes, if you choose to be one then well, i guess that is the standard you're setting for yourself.



    I'd be more concerned about who is dumping what into your drinking water and what mill or other industrial plant is pumping god knows what into the air.........than i would about.......car exhaust.........ever see a semi take off from a dead stop........I'd worry about those before cars........even trains.......now if you don't mind i'm going to stand outside for a half an hour.....spray some aerosol into the atmosphere.......fuck the ozone layer.......
  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbFD4NC60EA
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    samick wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbFD4NC60EA


    i think you're too dumb to realize that bit is very tongue in cheek.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    samick wrote:
    I'd be more concerned about who is dumping what into your drinking water and what mill or other industrial plant is pumping god knows what into the air.........than i would about.......car exhaust.........ever see a semi take off from a dead stop........I'd worry about those before cars........even trains.......now if you don't mind i'm going to stand outside for a half an hour.....spray some aerosol into the atmosphere.......fuck the ozone layer.......
    hahaha, thats the worst argument i've ever heard.
    like saying, i've lost both my legs i might as well just cut off my fingers as well.

    and i am concerned about who is dumping what in my drinking water - but why make it worse? and ps, its not just an environmental thing... if you are an able bodied person that cannot walk one block without taking your car then the only thing you and your standards represent is a sad fucking state that our society is coming to.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    hahaha, thats the worst argument i've ever heard.
    like saying, i've lost both my legs i might as well just cut off my fingers as well.

    and i am concerned about who is dumping what in my drinking water - but why make it worse? and ps, its not just an environmental thing... if you are an able bodied person that cannot walk one block without taking your car then the only thing you and your standards represent is a sad fucking state that our society is coming to.


    Has anyone here seen Wall-E ? That is exactly where this guy is headed.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Has anyone here seen Wall-E ? That is exactly where this guy is headed.
    'Out there is our home... Home, AUTO! ...and it's in trouble. I can't just sit here and do nothing. That's all I've ever done!!!'


    ;)
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Has anyone here seen Wall-E ? That is exactly where this guy is headed.

    best movie this year imo ... :)
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    i used to work at a job that was under a mile from my home. i drove every day. why? b/c i had too much shit to bring back and forth - i was an art teacher - and b/c i far preferred sleeping later and only having a 5 minute commute as opposed to a 15-20 minute walk.


    however, i have ALWAYS preferred walking when time allows. i LOVE living in a community with many things that are 'walkable'...and in my current job, i LOVe that i never use my car. i walk to/from the train station and to/from my office. it's fantastic.
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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    decides2dream wrote:
    i used to work at a job that was under a mile from my home. i drove every day. why? b/c i had too much shit to bring back and forth - i was an art teacher - and b/c i far preferred sleeping later and only having a 5 minute commute as opposed to a 15-20 minute walk.


    however, i have ALWAYS preferred walking when time allows. i LOVE living in a community with many things that are 'walkable'...and in my current job, i LOVe that i never use my car. i walk to/from the train station and to/from my office. it's fantastic.


    see when you have a reason its fine, too much stuff to carry you need a car, youre not driving for the sake of driving or because youre too lazy.
    polaris wrote:
    best movie this year imo ... :)


    easily the best movie of the year so far. dark knight what ?
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