When Kid was in an alt-school, we found that if we left at 7:50, we got him to school at 8:00, thirty minutes before the start. But if we started at 7:51, we barely made it by 8:30… and even missed it occasionally.
Because “all those other people/cars at rush hour”.
I loved working from home: a 2 minute commute. That’s how long it took to log into the computer on my desk in “the office.”
Yes, I did have a cube at the plant. It had a broken chair and was used to store junk for which nobody else had an immediate need. I also had to put up a big sign. “This is NOT a spare laptop. Do NOT turn it off or disconnect it from the network.”
On the other hand, when I retired from that job, cleaning out the office was easy. I had a spare pair of glasses in one of the drawers for the rare visits I did make.
Back when I was a traveling fool for work, I’d have to work in the LA area from time to time. I learned to completely avoid the expressways most of the time and take the surface roads by telling my Garmin to “avoid highways”. Sometimes the road I took was parallel to whichever expressway I might’ve taken.. traffic on the expressway sitting still, me whizzing past the yahoos. Harbor Blvd is the best-kept secret in that area if you’re traveling north-south. Many times I could have shot a cannon down the road and not hit anyone (thanks for that phrase, Dad).
In the 1950’s the Marxist republican Eisenhower taxed rich people at 90% and built socialist freeways for the masses all across this country.
Today’s republicans want to give all tax dollars to rich republicans and take away SSA, Medicare and welfare to pay for them, then they want to declare themselves to be dictators so they can take your rights away.
Actually, the American “freeway” system had its “roots” in the autobahns built by Hitler in Germany, prior to W.W. II Adolph’s idea was a national highway system that could allow rapid deployment of his military to ALL corners of his country…
When former general and now president Eisenhower proposed the same system for America in the 1950s the argument for the rapid deployment of troops to all corners of the country was used – our interstate system was NEVER designed to move people rapidly, it was designed to move “Troops” rapidly…
That’s how Ike pitched it to get the funding from congress…
One of our more amusing columnists wrote recently about going on holiday around Christmas. His Dad always insisted on hitting the road early – around 4.00 am – “To miss the traffic”. It never apparently dawned on him that half the street full of Dads had exactly the same idea. "No matter how early I start out .. " yes, exactly!
Bilan 6 months ago
And just like modern traffic, the guy in front of you is an a$$.
sirbadger 6 months ago
I invested in a thoroughbred donkey and I’m stuck behind these Bozos.
daDoctah1 6 months ago
His prospects don’t look good.
cmxx 6 months ago
Reminds me of the tollgate in Blazing Saddles. “Somebody’s gotta go back and get a shi#load a’ dimes.”
Enter.Name.Here 6 months ago
“I knew I should’ve taken that left turn at Albuquerque.”
Concretionist 6 months ago
When Kid was in an alt-school, we found that if we left at 7:50, we got him to school at 8:00, thirty minutes before the start. But if we started at 7:51, we barely made it by 8:30… and even missed it occasionally.
Because “all those other people/cars at rush hour”.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 6 months ago
As the saying goes, you’re not in traffic, you are traffic.
dot-the-I 6 months ago
GPS showing red at Saguaro and Hardrock merge.
oldchas 6 months ago
Must be at the Slauson cutoff.
sandpiper 6 months ago
Good place for a BBQ joint or bar.
dflak 6 months ago
I loved working from home: a 2 minute commute. That’s how long it took to log into the computer on my desk in “the office.”
Yes, I did have a cube at the plant. It had a broken chair and was used to store junk for which nobody else had an immediate need. I also had to put up a big sign. “This is NOT a spare laptop. Do NOT turn it off or disconnect it from the network.”
On the other hand, when I retired from that job, cleaning out the office was easy. I had a spare pair of glasses in one of the drawers for the rare visits I did make.
monya_43 6 months ago
He needs to start out earlier in January.
Paul D Premium Member 6 months ago
Why is it called Rush Hour when no one is moving?
P51Strega 6 months ago
Rump-er to rump-er traffic.
GoBlue 6 months ago
Back when I was a traveling fool for work, I’d have to work in the LA area from time to time. I learned to completely avoid the expressways most of the time and take the surface roads by telling my Garmin to “avoid highways”. Sometimes the road I took was parallel to whichever expressway I might’ve taken.. traffic on the expressway sitting still, me whizzing past the yahoos. Harbor Blvd is the best-kept secret in that area if you’re traveling north-south. Many times I could have shot a cannon down the road and not hit anyone (thanks for that phrase, Dad).
magicwalnut Premium Member 6 months ago
“Chuckles”….
Will E. Makeit Premium Member 6 months ago
boy ain’t that the truth…
ChukLitl Premium Member 6 months ago
We can head ‘em off at the pass because they’ll be stuck in traffic.
Ermine Notyours 6 months ago
Time to cuss the Cactus Junction.
Doug K 6 months ago
I’ve been through the desert with a mule with no road …
Radish the wordsmith 6 months ago
In the 1950’s the Marxist republican Eisenhower taxed rich people at 90% and built socialist freeways for the masses all across this country.
Today’s republicans want to give all tax dollars to rich republicans and take away SSA, Medicare and welfare to pay for them, then they want to declare themselves to be dictators so they can take your rights away.
PoodleGroomer 6 months ago
What traffic engineer thought that we would benefit from a traffic circle here?
wildlandwaters 6 months ago
…and life in LA begins!
wellis1947 Premium Member 6 months ago
Actually, the American “freeway” system had its “roots” in the autobahns built by Hitler in Germany, prior to W.W. II Adolph’s idea was a national highway system that could allow rapid deployment of his military to ALL corners of his country…
When former general and now president Eisenhower proposed the same system for America in the 1950s the argument for the rapid deployment of troops to all corners of the country was used – our interstate system was NEVER designed to move people rapidly, it was designed to move “Troops” rapidly…
That’s how Ike pitched it to get the funding from congress…
mistercatworks 6 months ago
Only around oases
rasputin's horoscope 6 months ago
This is Barstow on the I-15 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles every Sunday night.
mindjob 6 months ago
Maybe they should put in a roundabout
KEA 6 months ago
at least in “Dripalong Daffy” they had traffic lights
Buckeye67 6 months ago
When you come to the fork in the road, pick it up.
keenanthelibrarian 6 months ago
One of our more amusing columnists wrote recently about going on holiday around Christmas. His Dad always insisted on hitting the road early – around 4.00 am – “To miss the traffic”. It never apparently dawned on him that half the street full of Dads had exactly the same idea. "No matter how early I start out .. " yes, exactly!
JudyAz 6 months ago
I used to hate it when my dad wanted to leave baseball games at the top of the last inning “to beat the traffic”
rugeirn 6 months ago
In what way is this a bottleneck? No one is in anybody’s way.