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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)
bicostp:
45 minutes of driving is where I generally draw the line for things that take less than a couple hours. That might not sound like much, but distances are scaled down around here so in that time frame you can count on passing two dozen supermarkets, five Wal-Marts, a few Targets, a couple Lowes, and about 7,000 Dunkin' Donuts.
--- Quote from: knucklesandgyros on 28 Mar 2011, 23:13 ---I said exactly the same thing. As a Rhode Islander myself, you cannot believe how true this is. Even I'm guilty of it.
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It probably has something to do with the small town mentality that everyone outside Providence exhibits. Apparently everyone knows everyone else, and has memorized the lay of the land for the entire state. You get some interesting driving directions out of it, though. "You want to get to the mall? Okay bang a right up there where the Almacs used to be, then take the second left past where the old mill burned down, then follow 7 past the weird tree and it's on the left. If you go past my cousin Vinny's house, you've gone too far. :mrgreen:"
pwhodges:
<Bemused> I used to cycle to work (5 minutes), but now I walk (15 minutes) because it gives me more exercise. I have had commutes of up to 1 1/2 hours, though; but when you are spending three hours a day in a car like that, you have so much less time to have a life.
Jeph seems out of practice with Dora's face ( especially in the last panel). He has said in the past (more than once, I think) that he's always found her the hardest to get right for some reason.
Mr. Doctor:
After living in Santiago, Chile's capital more than half my lifetime... I completely agree with Faye. Seriously, 20 minutes is nothing. I really hope Dora was saying 20 minutes driving. Because if it was walk distance... I don't know what else to say. :psyduck:
lunakitten:
Oof. Guys, I'm a native Los Angelino- everything is 20 minutes away, and that's just in the city. If you're coming from the suburbs where I am now- :roll: well, my hub went to a gig in Orange county this morning, and allotted about an hour and half to go 40 miles. Since he was planning on taking the 91 (our local parking lot)- I-91 for all of you folks from East of here- that was a pretty reasonable amount of time, since it was a bit after rush hour.
And we can just forget about public transportation. I need to leave the house 2 hours early if I'm going to take the 3 buses to get to work- a 15 minute drive (a 4 mile distance).
Edited to make myself a bit clearer
Odal:
My first thought seeing this one was that Jeph is trying to remove Dora from the comic. Though she's already been kind of... away from the center stage for a while. Now it looks like it could be more official.
I'm kind of suprised there's not more talk about this.
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