@Cinisajoy, I used to commute for 40 miles each way to work. That might sound not much but in England the motorways are very crowded and jammed especially in rush hours. It often took me an hour and a half each way.
What did you cook/eat today (March 2017)?
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Same here on the motorways. About 4 years ago, my husband worked .6 miles or .96km from work. According to Google maps that is a 2 minute drive. During rush hour, it would take between 15 and 20 minutes. Not rush hour 10-15 minutes. And note only one light between the two spots. Before someone asks why he didn't walk 2 reasons, one it would take longer to cross the main streets and every day, he had to run errands.@Cinisajoy, I used to commute for 40 miles each way to work. That might sound not much but in England the motorways are very crowded and jammed especially in rush hours. It often took me an hour and a half each way.
You live in an area with millions, I live in the quarter million region.
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My commute takes 4 mins by car, or 5 mins by bike, a deliberate choice to work local. Fortunately those kinds of choices are available round here.
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I used to work with someone who lived in a village near Cardiff and used to commute to Barking (east London) every day - about 260 miles round trip. He used to start work really early so he missed all the rush hour traffic, have a long break in the middle of the day, and return after the rush hour in the evening. He only did it because the value of his house wouldn't have even covered the deposit on a house in Barking, and he even then he did not earn enough to pay the new mortgage. My ex used to work with someone who used to commute from northern France to London via Eurostar for the same reason. He only used to pay £10 a day in fares through staff privileges, so it actually cost him less than for us to travel about 10 miles a trip by car and he missed all the rush hour traffic because he travelled all the way by train.
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There are a quarter of a million people living in the small area of east London where I live. A Facebook friend of mine from Virginia had a fit when she saw where I live on Google maps
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My commute used to take a minimum of half an hour, often 3/4 - 1 hour by bus direct from the end of my road to right outside the door at work - a distance of 3 1/2 miles - and that was only if the buses were running on time. Bike was out of the question in those days because of the major roads and amount of traffic. There is even more traffic now but there are cycle lanes as well.
Our area went to almost half a million when the oilfield boomed a few years ago. The area was not equipped to handle the influx. And now that the horse has left the barn, they are fixing the barn door. Or in other words, we are now getting better infrastructure after most of the influx has left.There are a quarter of a million people living in the small area of east London where I live. A Facebook friend of mine from Virginia had a fit when she saw where I live on Google maps
Though if rumors are true, the oilfield should be starting back up soon.
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Tonight's dinner - 4 slices of roast turkey, roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, carrots and peas with 2 yorkie puds and lashings of proper gravy, followed by sponge cake with blackberry jam, fresh apple pieces and home made custard 
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They are building a lot more houses where I live and a lot of the green spaces have disappeared, yet we were supposed to have more green spaces than any other part of London
We got houses and a crap ton of RV parks. The RV parks are basically scrape off the grass, throw down some caliche, add electric, water and sewer (though some got closed down for inefficient drain fields). Nothing fancy.They are building a lot more houses where I live and a lot of the green spaces have disappeared, yet we were supposed to have more green spaces than any other part of London
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The invasion of the aircon installers knocked me out of my stride today so I ended up without any meat defrosted. However, I had two jacket potatoes from Saturday and mushroom cream sauce does not take long to knock up. So I went vegetarian:
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