For the commuters: how long?

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SS: Fort McMurray is around 350km for me. Those 700km trips have me so far out in the sticks with limited to useless communication abilities that a check of the emergency kit in the truck is a very wise thing to do. I don't really fancy a 200-300km walk out to where I could get help. Have to be prepared for it, just not looking forward to doing it.
 
Yep SS, no matter which direction I drive I am looking at oil fields. You are all welcome. Likely about 200 or so years more left in oil by then all the renewables should own the major energy markets. Then 2000 years to clean the joint up.
 
2 Blocks ,i usually walk unless i need to haul something. Plus i have wood stove and a beer fridge at work.:p
 
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250 miles each way, from Cape Cod to Long Island. Sometimes I stay on L.I. for the weekend, sometimes I stay on Cape cod for the week. Been doing this on and off since 2010.

My wife left me so at least that part isn't so bad, but I miss my two (adult) sons a lot.
 
Swedishchef said:
Sorry to hear that Dune. Can't be easy buddy. Why don't you just move to your job location?
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I'm guessing he's pretty attached to Cape Cod. I wouldn't want to leave if I had a place out there.
 
6.4 miles 10 mins at 5;30 in the morning, 6.4 miles at 2:00pm 13 mins, before that 100-150 miles a day (mobile maintenance). then 3 miles and 5 mins and the first job was walk right to out the door to my dads shop
 
Actually Flatbedford I am likely wrong on the 2000 years.

What will likely happen is what has happened in the past. We humans move into an area, discover resources, use them till their gone & then just move on to whatever is next. We humans like to leave the cleanup to mother nature. Unless forced to do otherwise that is.
 
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Dune said:
250 miles each way, from Cape Cod to Long Island. Sometimes I stay on L.I. for the weekend, sometimes I stay on Cape cod for the week. Been doing this on and off since 2010.

My wife left me so at least that part isn't so bad, but I miss my two (adult) sons a lot.
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going to take a little longer, cape cod seceded and took the bridges down last night?
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Frozen Canuck said:
Actually Flatbedford I am likely wrong on the 2000 years.

What will likely happen is what has happened in the past. We humans move into an area, discover resources, use them till their gone & then just move on to whatever is next. We humans like to leave the cleanup to mother nature. Unless forced to do otherwise that is.
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Hi F.C.

You probably see some of my Nfld. buddies up where you are. They're typically 3-weeks on and then 3-weeks off. Money is great but they also report on the devastation to the environment. Doesn't sound pretty.

ChipTam
 
Your right chip, plenty of folks from down east. The oil sands in Fort McMurray are essentially strip mining on a massive scale. It's just the way the formation is, very close to the surface there. Balance of the formation is being drilled.
 
Frozen Canuck said:
Actually Flatbedford I am likely wrong on the 2000 years.
What will likely happen is what has happened in the past. We humans move into an area, discover resources, use them till their gone & then just move on to whatever is next. We humans like to leave the cleanup to mother nature. Unless forced to do otherwise that is.
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Countries like mexico and india ,china ect have far worse record of fouling their nest and their air then the US or canada. Really bad there.
 
Warm_in_NH said:
I don't take any jobs more than 30 minutes from home.
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Wish we could all say that was possible.....

25 miles (30 - 35 minutes depending on traffic, almost all highway) each way. Job before this was 41 miles each way. Was offered a promotion to go back (after we moved another 18 miles north) that would have put me at 59 miles one way.........needless to say, I didn't take it. ::-)
 
Dune said:
250 miles each way, from Cape Cod to Long Island. Sometimes I stay on L.I. for the weekend, sometimes I stay on Cape cod for the week. Been doing this on and off since 2010.

My wife left me so at least that part isn't so bad, but I miss my two (adult) sons a lot.
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Hey Dune, What part of LI? East end, North or South Fork?
 
jatoxico said:
Hey Dune, What part of LI? East end, North or South Fork?
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I am in the middle, lake Ronkonkoma.(Part of Islip) I work in Bayport.
 
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