F...commuting

ArtMonkDrillz · 06-23-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mredskins

The DC Metro is the worst and not cheap.

If you have never riden on it here are some tips:

Talk a lot in the morning on the train
Stand on the left side of the escalutor
When getting on a busy train just stop and stand; immediately when you walk in

You will be the most popular person on the metro! =)

I don't know what I hated more the people that talked a lot in the mornings or the left side-standers.

Another tip, if you decide that you want to bring your entire family to DC to see either the national x-mas tree or the cherry blossoms, try to get on the Metro between 7-9am so that you'll be the first person to these wonderful sites.
There's nothing better than seeing a mother with 12 large bags, a father trying to get a stroller on an escalator, grandma with a cane, grandpa with a O2 tank, and 4 or 5 little kids with giant backpacks running 20 feet in front of their overwhelmed parents trying to make it through Metro Center during the morning rush. Especially when you are already running late as it is. It really warms the heart.

mredskins · 06-23-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I don't know what I hated more the people that talked a lot in the mornings or the left side-standers.

Another tip, if you decide that you want to bring your entire family to DC to see either the national x-mas tree or the cherry blossoms, try to get on the Metro between 7-9am so that you'll be the first person to these wonderful sites.
There's nothing better than seeing a mother with 12 large bags, a father trying to get a stroller on an escalator, grandma with a cane, grandpa with a O2 tank, and 4 or 5 little kids with giant backpacks running 20 feet in front of their overwhelmed parents trying to make it through Metro Center during the morning rush. Especially when you are already running late as it is. It really warms the heart.

Funny but they really are annoying. I use to take Vienna to Woodly Park every day. My favorite after that commute in the morning is when the escaltor was broken at the WP station. What a great hike that is.

DynamiteRave · 06-23-2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mredskins

The DC Metro is the worst and not cheap.

If you have never riden on it here are some tips:

Talk a lot in the morning on the train
Stand on the left side of the escalutor
When getting on a busy train just stop and stand; immediately when you walk in

You will be the most popular person on the metro! =)

You forgot that if you get on at the Friendship Heights station and ride all the way down to Metro Center or Gallery Place at between 3pm and 5pm, to be a loud, unruly asshole. (I'm looking at you, Wilson High School students)

ArtMonkDrillz · 06-23-2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

You forgot that if you get on at the Friendship Heights station and ride all the way down to Metro Center or Gallery Place at between 3pm and 5pm, to be a loud, unruly asshole. (I'm looking at you, Wilson High School students)

This is a little off topic, but if you want to hear really annoying kids go to the food court at the Reagan building between 11am and 2pm during the spring. You'll have the pleasure of fighting through about 5,000 middle school students from all over middle America while trying to get your slice of Sbarro's. “Where are the teachers and chaperones,” you may ask: they're stuck trying to get through the metal detectors at the entrance to the building, so they just let their students run amuck in the hope that it will burn off a little extra energy.

BDBohnzie · 06-23-2008, 10:29 AM

Used to commute from Frederick to Bailey's Crossroads every day (55 miles or about 90 minutes each way). Did that for about a year (before it was Gaithersburg to Bailey's X-Roads, 35 miles or 60 minutes each way) when we moved from our condo to our townhouse. The nice thing was I telecommuted 1-2 days a week, so I didn't make the drive every day (never on Friday, as that was my defined work from home day), so it could have been a lot worse. Plus, I found multiple way to get to and from, so I could always keep moving even if there was a ton of traffic.

The company I work for was able to find me a position at their Frederick office, so now my commute is about 5 miles and takes about 10 minutes (and that's because I drop my daughter off at daycare along the way, without that trip, it's 3 miles and about 5 minutes). I still have to go to Bailey's X-Roads, but it's once every other week or so.

You don't realize how much of a toll a long commute takes on you until after you stop making it...

Monkeydad · 06-23-2008, 10:52 AM

I had a job out of college in Hagerstown, MD...lived in PA. It was 110 miles round trip (1 hour & 10 minutes each way if no problems), PLUS I did a lot of driving to other buildings and job sites once I arrived at the office. Got up at 5 a.m., got home about 7:30-8:00 IF I LEFT ON TIME, which always didn't happen. Once, I was sent from Hagerstown to Philly to turn in a government proposal last minute.

I worked there 9 months and got some GREAT experience to get a job closer to home. I put 75,000 miles on my car in that 9 months...90K total that year.

Also, it was not a highway commute most of the way. If I took the highway route, it would be an hour and 45 minutes. My shortcut way took me over and through the Catoctin Mountains. On the way to work once, a blizzard started AFTER I left my house. Going onto an exit ramp at 25 MPH, the car shot into the guardrail off some ice.

Poor car. Luckily, I was able to trade it in the next year with a new job.

Monkeydad · 06-23-2008, 10:59 AM

That time I nailed the guardrail, I called them and said I'm turning around and going home. A couple of other times, it would snow a lot when I was at work and would take a few hours to get home. Luckily, some of my commute was in MD, because once you crossed the Mason-Dixon line, it was like the roads were untouched in PA. In MD, it looked like it hadn't snowed on the roads. There's also a speed-bump at the state line, courtesy of PennDOT.

Now I have a 15-20 minute commute. It's about 9-10 miles but there's a ton of traffic lights.

redskinjim · 06-23-2008, 01:15 PM

fresno california 12 miles takes 20 min on a good day.If it rains i can go the back way instead of the freeway.cause if there is a accident you can be stuck for hours. people here are the worst drivers anywhere on the face of the earth.

redskinjim · 06-23-2008, 01:24 PM

the traffic lights in fresno are not syncronized they rig it so you stop at EVERY light. what a great place to live worst air in the nation.you can taste the air here it is so thick and nasty. not to mention its a 110 degrees outside at this very moment!!!

mredskins · 06-23-2008, 02:03 PM

CA. I don't understand why people want to live there.

mredskins · 06-23-2008, 04:04 PM

This is one of the interesting things I have seen on the metro.

A buddy of mine and I use to ride the metro together, he was African American. We use to get off at Metro Center together everyday and proceed to the orange line. He went to Greenbelt I went to Vienna. One day he said to me "check it out all the black people stand on the Greenbelt side and all the white people stand on the Vienna side". Obivisually it was a mix group but the majoritys played out that way.

Even in today's culture whites and blacks are fairly seperated as to what communities they live in.

mredskins · 06-25-2008, 11:40 AM

I read that too. I remeber the days of sleeping in like that but now if I am in bed at 8:30 am I feel I have wasted the day.

Lady Brave · 06-25-2008, 02:36 PM

Since you guys are talking about the Metro, I have a question about "commuting" to the MNF game.

I looked at the metro schedule and it says the last train leaves Largo at 12:30 on weeknights. I'm concerned whether or not we can get out of the stadium and walk to the Morgan station in time if that's the case. Does the train run later on that night or do I need to plan on hauling ass out of the stadium?

mredskins · 06-25-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Brave

Since you guys are talking about the Metro, I have a question about "commuting" to the MNF game.

I looked at the metro schedule and it says the last train leaves Largo at 12:30 on weeknights. I'm concerned whether or not we can get out of the stadium and walk to the Morgan station in time if that's the case. Does the train run later on that night or do I need to plan on hauling ass out of the stadium?

Morgan Sation???? where is that?

mooby · 06-25-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mredskins

Morgan Sation???? where is that?

The Morgan Boulevard station, it's about a half a mile's walk from Fedex Field. That's the station that most riders go to, and then they make the walk up the hill to Fedex.

The last game I went to, the '06 season opener, I rode the Metro with my dad n we got off at the Morgan Boulevard station. I believe it's the last station on the blue line.

06-23-2008, 10:29 AM	#5
BDBohnzie Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederick, MD Age: 46 Posts: 4,628	Re: F...commuting Used to commute from Frederick to Bailey's Crossroads every day (55 miles or about 90 minutes each way). Did that for about a year (before it was Gaithersburg to Bailey's X-Roads, 35 miles or 60 minutes each way) when we moved from our condo to our townhouse. The nice thing was I telecommuted 1-2 days a week, so I didn't make the drive every day (never on Friday, as that was my defined work from home day), so it could have been a lot worse. Plus, I found multiple way to get to and from, so I could always keep moving even if there was a ton of traffic. The company I work for was able to find me a position at their Frederick office, so now my commute is about 5 miles and takes about 10 minutes (and that's because I drop my daughter off at daycare along the way, without that trip, it's 3 miles and about 5 minutes). I still have to go to Bailey's X-Roads, but it's once every other week or so. You don't realize how much of a toll a long commute takes on you until after you stop making it... __________________ Bad Things man, I mean bad things... “WE TOOK HIM IN THE SIXTH ROUND SO WE'RE NOT SMART EITHER.” - Shanny on what the Skins saw in Alfred Morris

06-23-2008, 10:52 AM	#6
Monkeydad Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 46 Posts: 17,460	Re: F...commuting I had a job out of college in Hagerstown, MD...lived in PA. It was 110 miles round trip (1 hour & 10 minutes each way if no problems), PLUS I did a lot of driving to other buildings and job sites once I arrived at the office. Got up at 5 a.m., got home about 7:30-8:00 IF I LEFT ON TIME, which always didn't happen. Once, I was sent from Hagerstown to Philly to turn in a government proposal last minute. I worked there 9 months and got some GREAT experience to get a job closer to home. I put 75,000 miles on my car in that 9 months...90K total that year. Also, it was not a highway commute most of the way. If I took the highway route, it would be an hour and 45 minutes. My shortcut way took me over and through the Catoctin Mountains. On the way to work once, a blizzard started AFTER I left my house. Going onto an exit ramp at 25 MPH, the car shot into the guardrail off some ice. Poor car. Luckily, I was able to trade it in the next year with a new job. __________________ Not sent from a Droid, iPhone, Blackberry or toaster

06-23-2008, 10:59 AM	#7
Monkeydad Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: PA Age: 46 Posts: 17,460	Re: F...commuting That time I nailed the guardrail, I called them and said I'm turning around and going home. A couple of other times, it would snow a lot when I was at work and would take a few hours to get home. Luckily, some of my commute was in MD, because once you crossed the Mason-Dixon line, it was like the roads were untouched in PA. In MD, it looked like it hadn't snowed on the roads. There's also a speed-bump at the state line, courtesy of PennDOT. Now I have a 15-20 minute commute. It's about 9-10 miles but there's a ton of traffic lights. __________________ Not sent from a Droid, iPhone, Blackberry or toaster

06-23-2008, 01:15 PM	#8
redskinjim Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: fresno ca Posts: 377	Re: F...commuting fresno california 12 miles takes 20 min on a good day.If it rains i can go the back way instead of the freeway.cause if there is a accident you can be stuck for hours. people here are the worst drivers anywhere on the face of the earth.

06-23-2008, 01:24 PM	#9
redskinjim Special Teams Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: fresno ca Posts: 377	Re: F...commuting the traffic lights in fresno are not syncronized they rig it so you stop at EVERY light. what a great place to live worst air in the nation.you can taste the air here it is so thick and nasty. not to mention its a 110 degrees outside at this very moment!!!

06-23-2008, 02:03 PM	#10
mredskins Gamebreaker Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,007	Re: F...commuting CA. I don't understand why people want to live there.

06-23-2008, 04:04 PM	#11
mredskins Gamebreaker Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,007	Re: F...commuting This is one of the interesting things I have seen on the metro. A buddy of mine and I use to ride the metro together, he was African American. We use to get off at Metro Center together everyday and proceed to the orange line. He went to Greenbelt I went to Vienna. One day he said to me "check it out all the black people stand on the Greenbelt side and all the white people stand on the Vienna side". Obivisually it was a mix group but the majoritys played out that way. Even in today's culture whites and blacks are fairly seperated as to what communities they live in.

06-25-2008, 11:40 AM	#12
mredskins Gamebreaker Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,007	Re: F...commuting I read that too. I remeber the days of sleeping in like that but now if I am in bed at 8:30 am I feel I have wasted the day.

06-25-2008, 02:36 PM	#13
Lady Brave The Starter Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Trinity, NC Age: 53 Posts: 1,444	Re: F...commuting Since you guys are talking about the Metro, I have a question about "commuting" to the MNF game. I looked at the metro schedule and it says the last train leaves Largo at 12:30 on weeknights. I'm concerned whether or not we can get out of the stadium and walk to the Morgan station in time if that's the case. Does the train run later on that night or do I need to plan on hauling ass out of the stadium?

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