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killer-curry April 18th, 2016 3:49 PM

Somehow, cycling with both hands up is possible. You won't fall down, if you really good at balancing your body.

Sothis April 18th, 2016 5:11 PM

I used to be able to do that, but since I haven't biked in a while I can't now lol

PjNavia14 April 18th, 2016 5:33 PM

Hey i have an extra mountain bike you can have it!

Sylphiel April 18th, 2016 6:28 PM

I still have a bicycle somewhere. I think. I vaguely remember bringing it with me when I moved, but it's been rotting away in a garage somewhere.

I wonder if it still works. Assuming no one's gotten rid of it already somehow, that is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Achromatic (Post 9208697)
I'm coming over to your desk to mess up all the papers RIGHT NOW.

tbh this is all I can think of with that comment:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw20yxMABl1qhbtb0.gif

EC April 18th, 2016 6:36 PM

I was a scooter person when I was a kid. Loved that thing.

Livewire April 18th, 2016 7:34 PM

I had the Razr scooter when that was the big thing back in the late 90's-early 2000's. I also remember trying to do all the stupid tricks you could do with it with my brothers and falling miserably, haha.

Sothis April 18th, 2016 7:35 PM

I used a scooter once and injured myself, so I never went back lol

PjNavia14 April 18th, 2016 8:54 PM

Same thing here.

Her April 18th, 2016 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livewire (Post 9208905)
I had the Razr scooter when that was the big thing back in the late 90's-early 2000's. I also remember trying to do all the stupid tricks you could do with it with my brothers and falling miserably, haha.

razr scooters were definitely an aphrodisiac

Sirfetch’d April 19th, 2016 5:28 PM

I dug up my old scooter the other day when I was helping my parents clean out the attic. I injured myself on that thing more times than I can count.

...i totally still tried to ride it.

Esper April 19th, 2016 5:55 PM

I found roller blades at my parents' house a while back and tried to use them.

Looked like an idiot.

Sothis April 19th, 2016 7:38 PM

I used to love rollerblading but lol if I tried that now.

PjNavia14 April 19th, 2016 9:51 PM

Last time i tried rollerblading, i broke my left leg. I fell downstairs lol.

pkmin3033 April 20th, 2016 9:16 AM

Last time I went rollerskating I accidentally shut my middle finger in the front door when I tripped and nearly took it off...but I did get out of sports day that year. xD

Dusk April 20th, 2016 9:26 AM

I think I liked ice-skating more... but I haven't been any kind of skating in many years now...

Gabri April 20th, 2016 11:05 AM

Today is 4:20 day.
And the clock says 20:04 at the time I type this post. (meanwhile changed to 20:05 ugh)

#BLAZEIT

Livewire April 20th, 2016 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ausaudriel (Post 9210527)
Razr scooter, you say?

http://i.imgur.com/jhdhzQ6.jpg

Mine was black. ;D

Morkula April 20th, 2016 12:55 PM

I always wanted a Razr but I wound up getting boring phones since we had a family plan and my parents just always ordered the same phone for all three of us. :(

At least I actually had a phone though, so I can't complain.

EC April 20th, 2016 1:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9210725)
The DCC should be renamed accordingly:

"Daily Chit Chat #420"

Is this really the 417th DCC thread?

dad April 20th, 2016 2:09 PM

i got my first phone in fourth grade, i felt like the coolest fourth grader alive.

Gabri April 20th, 2016 2:39 PM

Can't remember when I got it (probably fourth or fifth grade), but I do know that my first phone was the legendary Nokia 3310.

Sothis April 20th, 2016 2:52 PM

I haven't gotten one because I just don't need it. I borrow my step father's if I'm going out.

Keiran April 20th, 2016 2:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ausaudriel (Post 9210527)
Razr scooter, you say?

http://i.imgur.com/jhdhzQ6.jpg

OMG I loved my Razr. I had the red one. I miss flip phones because of how quick you could hang up on someone. CLAT!

But then I made the mistake of getting an iPhone when they first came out which I almost immediately jailbroke.

Sirfetch’d April 20th, 2016 5:37 PM

I got my first phone when I was 12 I think? It was a fat prepaid phone that never got service but I thought it was cool at the time so 8D I've probably gone though a dozen or so phones now and my current one is probably my favorite.

killer-curry April 20th, 2016 5:51 PM

Nokia is my poopie's phone.
Used for 14 years, then me use it.
Now, I give to the needed family.
" Use it in case of emergency", I said.

Bay April 20th, 2016 6:44 PM

I got my first phone when I was in high school, a clunky Sprint one. I then got the Razr in college, one I lost woops. It wasn't until after I graduated college I got myself an Android and then iPhone a few years later.

pkmin3033 April 20th, 2016 9:23 PM

I think my first phone was a Nokia. It was the same size as our current house phones - almost too big to fit into my pocket. I miss the bricks...almost.

EC April 21st, 2016 7:06 AM

Planned my whole morning around using my $5 Amazon gift card from Bing Rewards... only to see it be temp unavailable.

Electricbluewolf April 21st, 2016 8:06 AM

My first phone was that legendary Nokia, chunk of a phone and I never put it on charge.

All I cared that it had snake, and still care about that today

EC April 21st, 2016 9:00 AM

RIP Prince. :(

Esper April 21st, 2016 9:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilChameleon (Post 9211481)
RIP Prince. :(

WHAT NO

Too soon.

Sylphiel April 21st, 2016 9:49 AM

Wait what.

D:

Well that's another downer to wake up to.

Gabri April 21st, 2016 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electricbluewolf (Post 9211449)
My first phone was that legendary Nokia, chunk of a phone and I never put it on charge.

All I cared that it had snake, and still care about that today

Space Impact was awesome as well :D I pretty much used Nokias all the way until smartphones came out. I had a N70 and a N78 which I loved.

Just read about Prince. Sad, and I will recognize that he had his influence in music, but I'm not going to pretend I was a fan.

Hikamaru April 21st, 2016 10:45 AM

This year has not been kind to us with all these music legends leaving us. We had David Bowie, Phife Dawg, Merle Haggard... and now Prince.

pkmin3033 April 21st, 2016 11:06 AM

Well, Alan Rickman did die earlier this year too, you saying that...

It's the passing of an age.

Esper April 21st, 2016 11:35 AM

If the queen dies it really will be, but she'll probably outlive us all.

Gabri April 21st, 2016 11:48 AM

The Queen seems as if she has an endless supply of Duracell attached to and powering her.

Gabri April 21st, 2016 11:58 AM

True story.

Esper April 21st, 2016 12:19 PM

They should really be using Energizer.

pkmin3033 April 21st, 2016 12:46 PM

Like the bunnies in the advert?

Honestly I half-expected the Queen to die yesterday or the day before, just to throw a spanner in the works for her 90th celebration...although I bet the BBC have a program ready to go already for that eventuality.

Sirfetch’d April 21st, 2016 3:13 PM

the queen is 90? :O

Sothis April 21st, 2016 3:30 PM

I didn't know either I thought she was like 88?
She certainly has longevity.

Hikamaru April 21st, 2016 3:42 PM

Yes, that queen surely has the power of longevity.

noa April 21st, 2016 5:12 PM

Considering how badly 2016 is going I'm worried for the Queen this year too. :[

Sothis April 21st, 2016 5:16 PM

WELP my mother might divorce my step father ...

Hikamaru April 21st, 2016 5:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noa (Post 9211961)
Considering how badly 2016 is going I'm worried for the Queen this year too. :[

Imagine if the Queen were to die... *freaks*

Sothis April 21st, 2016 5:48 PM

It'd be weird because we can't really imagine another monarch besides her.

Hikamaru April 21st, 2016 5:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hades (Post 9211989)
It'd be weird because we can't really imagine another monarch besides her.

I was born in 1992, so she was in rule during my whole life.

Sothis April 21st, 2016 6:42 PM

Same here, she started in like the 50's so....

pkmin3033 April 21st, 2016 9:22 PM

I think her husband will go before she does...I'm surprised he hasn't gone already, since he's been in and out of hospital quite a bit since the Diamond Jubilee.

Her April 21st, 2016 9:34 PM

her mum lived to 101 and lizzie would have the best doctors on the planet at beck and call
she ain't going nowhere anytime soon

Esper April 22nd, 2016 8:43 AM

The queen's husband is still alive? I always assumed he died like 40 years or something.

Fannie April 22nd, 2016 9:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esper (Post 9212517)
The queen's husband is still alive? I always assumed he died like 40 years or something.

You might have thought that because he is not a King. If a female monarch is crowned her husband takes the title of Prince so he isn't seen as above her.

Gabri April 22nd, 2016 10:45 AM

Not sure how are the Republican sentiments in the UK, or the monarchy's popularity in the latest times.

pkmin3033 April 22nd, 2016 11:38 AM

The monarchy will definitely survive past Elizabeth. I hope to god that Charles won't be our next King, though.

Fannie April 22nd, 2016 12:28 PM

It makes no real difference who the monarch is. They bring in tourism. That's pretty much all they're for anymore.

Ivysaur April 22nd, 2016 12:34 PM

President Corbyn.

Apparently the Royal Family has a "worst case scenario" and it involves Brexit wining, the Tories blowing up in internal fights and Comrade Corbyn (who still hasn't talked to the Queen) leading a Republican revolution in snap elections.

Whatever the case, a King Charles will be fun to see. Expecting Australia to respectfully declare itself a republic as soon as it happens.

pkmin3033 April 22nd, 2016 12:43 PM

At the rate the Queen is going, Charles will be dead before he gets the throne. He's 67 as is, so he'll be the oldest heir if he does. It'd be better if he was just skipped over and his son ascended to the throne instead.

Gabri April 22nd, 2016 12:45 PM

I must admit that I know next to nothing on UK political personalities or their political leanings.
Except for a few of David Cameron's Thug Life moments in the House of Commons.

pkmin3033 April 22nd, 2016 1:03 PM

This is pretty much all you need to know about David Cameron. I'm not even kidding.

I have to wonder which way we'll go with the EU referendum this year. I would say we'll probably go the same way as Scotland - after all that fuss they stayed in the UK anyway - but...eh, who knows. I'm not making my mind up about my vote until I get some information that isn't blatant scare-mongering or baseless predictions about the economy.

Gabri April 22nd, 2016 1:09 PM

So basically I would hate it if he was the guy in charge of my country.

Ivysaur April 22nd, 2016 2:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katalyst (Post 9212745)
So basically I would hate it if he was the guy in charge of my country.

Bonus: His parents made an off-shore company in Panama so he could avoid inheritance tax on a few hundred thousand pounds.

And a former party leader started rumours that he once put his genitals on a dead pig's face as some sort of university initiation game.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meloetta (Post 9212741)
I'm not making my mind up about my vote until I get some information that isn't blatant scare-mongering or baseless predictions about the economy.

Well, good luck, because that's all your ever get.

As an European federalist myself, I'd ask everybody to vote "remain", not least because the Commons study group made for that purpose some years ago ruled that the balance of powers between the EU and the UK parliament was fine enough. But also because anything that is supported by UKIP, The Sun, The Daily Mail, the Daily Express and Boris Johnson must, by necessity, be bad or wrong.

Gabri April 22nd, 2016 2:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivysaur (Post 9212792)
Bonus: His parents made an off-shore company in Panama so he could avoid inheritance tax on a few hundred thousand pounds.

And a former party leader started rumours that he once put his genitals on a dead pig's face as some sort of university initiation game.

There's also that. Funny how the Panama stuff is not on the spotlight in this country anymore.

And ugh. What the everliving hellfuck.

Her April 22nd, 2016 4:13 PM

i imagine the monarchy as we know it will survive to at least william/kate
they're basically the ultimate pr campaign

pkmin3033 April 22nd, 2016 9:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivysaur (Post 9212792)
Well, good luck, because that's all your ever get.

As an European federalist myself, I'd ask everybody to vote "remain", not least because the Commons study group made for that purpose some years ago ruled that the balance of powers between the EU and the UK parliament was fine enough. But also because anything that is supported by UKIP, The Sun, The Daily Mail, the Daily Express and Boris Johnson must, by necessity, be bad or wrong.

True enough...and they've still got two months to frighten us even further with wild claims, too. I'm convinced by this point that knowledge about politics and the economy are mutually exclusive things in public officials ._.

All I really care about is that we stay out of the euro, and since that isn't being called into question...well, I don't see any huge need to leave. But then, I don't have all the information I'd like on it yet.


On that cheery note, Happy St. George's Day, people!

Gigadweeb April 23rd, 2016 4:33 AM

I'm not sure who has the worst political state at the moment anymore: the US, the UK or us Aussies

I mean the US Republicians are deliciously terrible but at least their main man's plans probably won't ever be put into action because I'm pretty sure even Congress right now wouldn't waste billions of dollars on some terrible wall

meanwhile Ted Cruz the Zodiac Killer has some horrific ideas and beliefs that actually aren't that far-fetched right now (pro-life unless it's life-threatening if the pregnancy continues, planning to go back to the foreign affairs policy that led to the rise of ISIS and a terribly pointless war, a flat tax, anti-gay marriage, doesn't believe in climate change, plans to increase the retirement age, using oil and gas instead of nuclear power, and so forth)

Esper April 23rd, 2016 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gigadweeb (Post 9213267)
I'm not sure who has the worst political state at the moment anymore: the US, the UK or us Aussies

https://41.media.tumblr.com/b5704bf3f239c33a09e95c0b142c45b3/tumblr_o4445nhJyS1tkh341o1_500.jpg

Her April 23rd, 2016 1:11 PM

given that Abbott the Goblin King got kicked out a while ago I would say Australia isn't as bad as it was

Gabri April 23rd, 2016 1:20 PM

Yo mates, it's not April 20 anymore, change the damn title before the cops arrive

Hikamaru April 23rd, 2016 2:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harley Quinn (Post 9213640)
given that Abbott the Goblin King got kicked out a while ago I would say Australia isn't as bad as it was

I was happy he got kicked out, because he reminded me of a supreme alien ruler. And you know, Australia seems likely to have an election this year at a much earlier month than usual.

Gigadweeb April 23rd, 2016 10:27 PM

The problem is Turnballsack isn't much better

god, I wish we had the labor party back in right now, I'll take Julia Gillard over these idiots any day

Hikamaru April 23rd, 2016 10:59 PM

I feel like whatever outcome we get at the next election we'll have a dull government either way. Plus my brother recently turned 18 so I'm worried about him getting a hefty fine for not voting.

Dusk April 23rd, 2016 11:12 PM

You get a fine if you don't vote in Australia?
Over here in the United States, I still have yet to vote since turning 18. I don't feel informed enough... or perhaps I'm simply complacent and more concerned with other things. As long as Trump and Cruz don't win it should be okay, I think...

Hikamaru April 23rd, 2016 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisia (Post 9214088)
You get a fine if you don't vote in Australia?

Yes, voting in my country is compulsory so if you're a person who's eligible to vote here and you don't vote, you get fined.

Her April 23rd, 2016 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisia (Post 9214088)
You get a fine if you don't vote in Australia?
Over here in the United States, I still have yet to vote since turning 18. I don't feel informed enough... or perhaps I'm simply complacent and more concerned with other things. As long as Trump and Cruz don't win it should be okay, I think...

any non-vote is a vote for the republican candidate so get your ass in the booth!

killer-curry April 24th, 2016 2:12 AM

I wondering what happened to PokeCommunity for the next 10 years.

Futuristic stuff? Or still the good old forum fashioned style.

Her April 24th, 2016 2:44 AM

Spey returns with a vengeance

Nihilego April 24th, 2016 5:38 AM

woah back the fuck up.

in Australia it's illegal to not vote?? that's insane and so demeaning to the people who actually go out of their way to care about and contribute to their country's politics. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good to be at least somewhat in the know about how your country's run and to have your say but if you truly know nothing or don't care, you should not vote. I know people who voted Conservative in the uk's last general election because "I don't really get politics but I guess I should vote and blue is a nice colour" and, if every vote really counts, it's now their ignorance that we're all paying for. plus, it's important to know who didn't vote so politicians know which areas need to be engaged more in the next election. forcing people to vote just results in loads of people who don't care contributing to something they don't understand for fear of prosecution if they don't. That's such a forced and artificial way of deciding a country's leadership and the actual outcome is not going to be representative of what people who care about politics want.

Hikamaru April 24th, 2016 5:47 AM

Part of the Australian government's message is that everyone deserves to have a say on who runs the country, so they literally enforce anyone who's a resident over 18 that they all must leave their say.

EC April 24th, 2016 6:33 AM

I would fill in the ballot "I'm Only Voting So I Don't Get Fined".

moon April 24th, 2016 8:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 9214303)
woah back the fuck up.

in Australia it's illegal to not vote?? that's insane and so demeaning to the people who actually go out of their way to care about and contribute to their country's politics. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good to be at least somewhat in the know about how your country's run and to have your say but if you truly know nothing or don't care, you should not vote. I know people who voted Conservative in the uk's last general election because "I don't really get politics but I guess I should vote and blue is a nice colour" and, if every vote really counts, it's now their ignorance that we're all paying for. plus, it's important to know who didn't vote so politicians know which areas need to be engaged more in the next election. forcing people to vote just results in loads of people who don't care contributing to something they don't understand for fear of prosecution if they don't. That's such a forced and artificial way of deciding a country's leadership and the actual outcome is not going to be representative of what people who care about politics want.

Whoa. Yeah, I agree with you 100%.

Also I caught a shiny AT LAST.

http://i.imgur.com/QP2lUD1.png

Ivysaur April 24th, 2016 2:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor Leaf (Post 9214303)
woah back the **** up.

in Australia it's illegal to not vote?? that's insane and so demeaning to the people who actually go out of their way to care about and contribute to their country's politics. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good to be at least somewhat in the know about how your country's run and to have your say but if you truly know nothing or don't care, you should not vote. I know people who voted Conservative in the uk's last general election because "I don't really get politics but I guess I should vote and blue is a nice colour" and, if every vote really counts, it's now their ignorance that we're all paying for. plus, it's important to know who didn't vote so politicians know which areas need to be engaged more in the next election. forcing people to vote just results in loads of people who don't care contributing to something they don't understand for fear of prosecution if they don't. That's such a forced and artificial way of deciding a country's leadership and the actual outcome is not going to be representative of what people who care about politics want.

When I was in Argentina, I once told one of the people I was living with that in Spain, you could freely choose not to vote and she looked at me like "o_o wat. How do you get people to even care about politics if you don't force them to vote??". It was a pretty interesting discussion. And honestly, I remember random groups of people just talking about politics at a restaurant I used to go to dine at. All the time. News TVs on in every pub. At least they felt they had the responsibility to know what was going on before voting.

I guess the worst combination is someone who votes with no information in a country that doesn't force you to be engaged to begin with. That's when you get idiotic decisions.

Interestingly, chances are we'll get a new election in June after no candidate managed to pass a motion of confidence in a deeply divided Parliament coming from December. I wonder how that will turn out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisia (Post 9214088)
You get a fine if you don't vote in Australia?
Over here in the United States, I still have yet to vote since turning 18. I don't feel informed enough... or perhaps I'm simply complacent and more concerned with other things. As long as Trump and Cruz don't win it should be okay, I think...

Hint: sitting at home and wishing everybody else votes for the right guy while you do nothing does not always work. Also, having a president from X party is pretty pointless if your Representative and your Senator is from another party and can block everything and/or legislate against the president. I'd say that the affilliation of your local congressman/senator matters more than that of your president.

Sothis April 24th, 2016 6:35 PM

I voted Liberal in the last Canadian election and the Liberal guy won, it felt good for me.

moon April 25th, 2016 1:19 AM

I'm just glad I can live my life without being a politician myself tbh.

Ivysaur April 25th, 2016 4:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabinov (Post 9215353)
That means we have a lot of dead votes (voters that don't do so in the UK have their votes contribute towards the party in 'power' at the time)

Wait, what? Well, yeah, I have to agree, political education in the UK is so bad that you have been led to believe that... nonsense. If you don't vote, you don't exist as far as the election officials care. Your vote isn't "added" to anybody's tally, it's just that... well, philosophically, if you don't vote, it's because either you are fine with anybody, so whoever your co-constituents choose is fine by you, or because you hate them all so you couldn't care less about who wins.

But if you don't vote, you don't vote... at all, full stop. There is no "dead vote" rule. If the people who do vote decide to kick your MP out and vote someone else in, then your vote isn't contributing to "the party in power", you simply are refusing to have a say, one way or another.

Electricbluewolf April 25th, 2016 5:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabinov (Post 9215353)
The issue with politics here? It's not introduced enough into the education system (unless you take it at A-Level in which case you've been investing time into that subject prior anyway).

As a result, there's either no interest or no knowledge about what parties and policies are about during election time. Therefore, no-one votes. That means we have a lot of dead votes (voters that don't do so in the UK have their votes contribute towards the party in 'power' at the time) and most of the time a party people don't necessarily want in the seat are there.

It's recently started getting more involvement within our education system along with a few more points around our culture in the UK which I think is fantastic.

I have to agree with the lack of education. I think growing up you're expected to know what the parties are and what they stand for. Everything I know I picked up from the news. I think most teenagers are inspired by what their parents support

It can have a bit of a wobbly result though, as my friend wanted to vote for Britian First 2 years ago, I asked her why and it was because of their immigration policies, and nothing else-she quickly regretted it when I pointed out that one of education policies was to cut all funding to special needs schools (and her brother went to one)

Those the people who don't vote don't get counted at all. They do an estimate on how many people haven't voted but they don't add it to anything

Livewire April 25th, 2016 7:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hades (Post 9215070)
I voted Liberal in the last Canadian election and the Liberal guy won, it felt good for me.

Trudeau is a pretty cool guy, I wish we had more younger liberals of his kind down here in the states.

Kanzler April 25th, 2016 8:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livewire (Post 9215552)
Trudeau is a pretty cool guy, I wish we had more younger liberals of his kind down here in the states.

I think he's a pretty typical politician. He was never going to fulfil the promise of welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of last year so I don't fault him for that, but he did promise a deficit of no more than $10 billion and it turns out that the deficit will actually be $30 billion. He also isn't doing enough on getting rid of fossil fuel subsidies, which apparently has been pushed off for later. He also cancelled the Canadian bombing mission against ISIS, although which he promised, might not be the best idea (my understanding is that the Canadian Forces are quite professional when it comes to bombing people).

On the other hand, the promised tax changes are in, government scientists can now speak freely about their work, the mandatory long-form census is back, and there is now a non-partisan, merit-based (so we are told) process for Senate appointments. Also, he's gotten a move on transferring federal infrastructure money to municipalities so I hope Toronto's public transit will finally gets updated.

I don't think he's been particularly liberal, but then again Canadian politics doesn't seem so partisan to begin with. Also, Canada is in general just more liberal as a country, so Trudeau doesn't seem all that outstanding in that light. He also has a majority parliament, so that helps him pushing stuff through.

I'm surprised we're talking about politics in the DCC :P

Hikamaru April 25th, 2016 8:25 AM

Transport talk now? In my home city of Sydney, we have had a fair share of complaints but at the moment I guess our public transport services are getting more reliable, even if we now seem to rely on special cards more than tickets these days.

Ivysaur April 25th, 2016 12:30 PM

I'm so glad to have needed a car. I can go anywhere I need by just tube or bus. Same when I was in Buenos Aires. But then again, we have trains or buses every 4/7 minutes on average, and my monthly pass costs 20€, so...

I have a licence, but damn I'd struggle so bad to live in a place without a decent public transport system.

Esper April 25th, 2016 12:36 PM

I have to drive everywhere and honestly sometimes I just want to drive into a river because driving in traffic is a fate worse then death.

Fannie April 25th, 2016 2:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9215766)
Where I used to live, it took me three buses just to go from home to work. It then took me two or three buses to get back home depending on what route I took.

How much did that cost you every week? O.O

Fannie April 25th, 2016 2:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 9215904)
I have a pass so I pay a flat rate every month, but under normal circumstances, we have transfer slips valid for 90 minutes from the time torn, so I'd be able to make it to work for just $1.50 because I'm a college student.

Wow. I'm not sure how much cheaper students can get it but the same thing in my town would be close to £4 (about $5.50) provided you don't need to travel out of town. Starting to see why many tourists hire cars here.

Sirfetch’d April 25th, 2016 6:12 PM

Transportation is obsolete here really. I drive pretty much everywhere that I need to go. I cannot remember the last time that I used public transportation to get anywhere :x

EC April 25th, 2016 6:21 PM

Did some super cleaning today. And also got a space ready for a possible Nintendo NX.

Sothis April 25th, 2016 8:44 PM

We only have buses here and it's $2.75 a ride and monthly passes are like $70 :x Not the most expensive though, in Toronto I think it's more expensive.

pkmin3033 April 26th, 2016 5:32 AM

For me, the bus is 30p cheaper than the train, so I inevitably wind up catching one home if I'm in town...plus it's further to walk to the train station from the library I volunteer in from time-to-time. Although if I go into town by myself without hitching a lift, I'll catch the train because the train station is closer to my house than the bus stop. In the face of a 30p difference in prices, laziness governs all.

Logan April 26th, 2016 6:38 AM

I hate public transport, trains are alright though I guess.

pkmin3033 April 26th, 2016 8:10 AM

Trains in this country may as well not have a timetable for all that they stick to it...it seems every time I try and catch one home I'm kept waiting for anywhere from five minutes to forty minutes because of some mundane excuse. They do get you to where you want to go quicker than buses though if you can actually get on one of the bloody things at the time you're supposed to.

Dusk April 26th, 2016 8:17 AM

I took the bus to and from college. It was fairly convenient, even if the commute was a tad long from about 45 minutes to an hour. Being a passenger is nice because I could study, read, play a 3DS game or just take a nap. (My body always knew when it was time to get up!) Traveling by train long distances can be fun, and subways in metropolitan cities are usually fast and on the dot.


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