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- From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Newsgroups: ba.transportation
- Subject: Re: Sources (was Re: Cars as "something better")
- Message-ID: <D2150035.mbn4sz@outpost.SF-Bay.org>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 18:44:44 GMT
- Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
- Organization: Peirce Software
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- In article <770026@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> (ba.transportation), dsherman@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Daniel P. Sherman) writes:
- > adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt) writes:
- >
- > I am aquainted with quite a few people who would not want to lose
- > that time in that particular way. It doesn't matter to them that
- > there are things you can do with that time. They can't do those other
- > things as easily as you on a moving vehicle. Many of them have other
- > things they consider higher priority do be done than the things they
- > could do as they ride to work. They would rather spend some
- > money to buy back that time.
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- Aren't there any people with families in this news group?
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- I'm always amazed at people who keep saying how cool it is to spend
- all that time on a train or bus so you can get your reading done.
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- I'd say saving 20 minutes on a daily commute so someone can spend that
- time with their kids is a darn good trade off.
-
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