54 replies to this topic

[Ray Barnsbury]

I can't wait to find out!

My answer is 15 minutes! Heehee!

[Williamsfan301]

under 3 seconds. I have one of those matter transporter dealies from Star Trek.

[Mark Olivarez]

The madness never ends.


I think I may have mentioned in other various threads the amount of time I spend on the road going to and from work.

[Joey]

usually around 10 to 15 min., getting home is usually quicker, it can take much longer going if I get stuck by a train.

[Wojo]

Usually between 25 to 35 minutes, but I voted the 21-30 category because I do believe it's under a half hour. It takes longer in the winter because I have to drive two back roads to get to one that actually gets salted and plowed worth a darn, but once I hit the four lane, it's a breeze.

[Jason LeBlanc]

30 minutes, which was my upper limit commute time when I moved last year.

It's not bad, between the ride here and back home I can usually listen to an entire podcast, or an entire film score CD, etc.

[Koray Savas]

I don't work, I am looking for a job though. Takes me about 15 minutes to get to school.

[Pieter_Boelen]

It was 1,5 hours back and forth (3 hours total) to my school.
The next half year it will be 2,5 hours back and forth (5 hours total) to the company where I'll be finishing my school.
When I'm working on a cruiseship, it is like 10 minutes maximum.
So what should I answer?

[Wojo]

How long can you tread water?

[Marian Schedenig]

30-35 mins usually, by bike or by tram/subway. Might push it slightly below 30 on a good day on the bike, but it's usually slightly above 30. With a car, it'd probably take significantly longer at rush hour.

[Richard Penna]

20 mins on a great day. usually more like 25-30 if traffic isn't great. Given that an alternative could easily have been a daily commute to London, I'm not complaining

Stupid thing is, I live only 10 miles in a straight line from work, but it involves going a single junction on the infamous M25, so if that stuffs up, I can arrive anywhere up to 10am (I leave a little after 9 though - I hate getting up).

[MrScratch]

In the morning, usually 24 minutes. In the evening going home, it varies.

[Lurker]

My workstation is in my apartment.

Neil

[Ray Barnsbury]

How long can you tread water?

Wonderful idea for the next relevant poll!

[Nick Parker]

Two to ten seconds, depending on what story my little sister is at the time.

[Trent Hoyt]

I could get to work faster if I walked. But I drive and I always get stuck at the light. I live .1 miles away from my work. I wake up 10 minutes before I have to be there and I'm still early.

[Luke Skywalker]

+30 to 60 minutes depending the route....

[Charlie Brigden]

21 - 30. And that includes going from one country to another.

[Joey]

what countries do you travel in between?

[aj_vader]

I walk to work and it takes me about 75 minutes

[Charlie Brigden]

Wales and England.

[Williamsfan301]

Wales and England.

Those are considered countries over there? I thought they were considered more like states here in the U.S....going from Illinois to Wisconsin.

[Koray Savas]

The UK is a unitary state, consisting of Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Those 4 are countries.

[Mark Olivarez]

Wales and England.

Those are considered countries over there? I thought they were considered more like states here in the U.S....going from Illinois to Wisconsin.

Didn't you say you were a teacher???????

[John Crichton]

What zip code do you live in?

[Williamsfan301]

Wales and England.

Those are considered countries over there? I thought they were considered more like states here in the U.S....going from Illinois to Wisconsin.

Didn't you say you were a teacher???????

yeah, of music!

Seriously, though, obviously my understanding of the structure of the kingdom over there is flawed. So, how does it operate?

[pixie_twinkle]

It's a 40-minute highway drive to work in the morning, but once I get finished I take the more leisurely country road home which takes closer to 50 minutes and is well worth the extra time.

[Luke Skywalker]

The UK is a unitary state, consisting of Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Those 4 are countries.

You mean Noth Ireland.

The republic of Ireland is not part of the UK, i think.


Is really the UK sepparated in countries, or is the better word kingdoms?

[Blumenkohl]

At any time other than the time I go it'd be about 13 minutes.

At the time I go it's about 30 minutes.

[Williamsfan301]

The UK is a unitary state, consisting of Ireland, England, Wales, and Scotland. Those 4 are countries.

You mean Noth Ireland.

The republic of Ireland is not part of the UK, i think.


Is really the UK sepparated in countries, or is the better word kingdoms?

The Republic of Ireland is most certainly NOT part of the UK, although they maybe part of the commonwealth.

[Charlie Brigden]

They're countries. They might be comparable in sizing terms to going from state to state, but they're officially countries.

[Joey]

I asked because I was unsure of the actual national status of Wales. I figured Wales and Scotland actually because I don't know the geographical layout of the land.

Charlie is there a boarder you must check through?

[Charlie Brigden]

Charlie is there a boarder you must check through?

Not really, just a couple of big bridges. Which you have to pay to get across, which is a bit annoying.

[Luke Skywalker]

So, the UK is a country made of 4 small countries than are a representation of old kingdoms?

[Williamsfan301]

Ok, I just looked this up. Now, granted it was Wikipedia that I got this from, but, if I understand it right, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are countries, but only called countries because at one time in their history, they were sovereign nations. Unlike in America where none of our states have ever been independent countries, other than Texas. But, now, they combined to form the UK in a similar way to the 50 states combine to form the USA. The differences being that Parliament runs England on a "state" level and the UK on a national level. It would be like Congress running Washington D.C. AND the US.

But, for all intents and purposes Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are now "states" in the UK like Illinois, Wisconsin, are "states" in the U.S.

So my impression was right.

[Stefancos]

No, not at all.

Both Scottland and Wales have there own governments and there own first ministers.

[Luke Skywalker]

No, not at all.

Both Scottland and Wales have there own governments and there own first ministers.

As each US state has its ruling governor. Or my comunity-region having a president.

But there is still a central govenrment and chief of state who rules all.

UK is like other country in the world, its just that its regions are called countries. A matter of just semantics and tradition.

[Elmo Lewis]

45 minutes by subway. It's turned out to be a blessing to have almost an hour of doing nothing but listening to music and reading a book.

Except that I'm usually starving cause I never have time for breakfast at home and have to buy a snack from the vending machine at work.

[Omen II]

Now, granted it was Wikipedia that I got this from, but, if I understand it right, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are countries, but only called countries because at one time in their history, they were sovereign nations.

That's neither entirely correct, nor entirely wrong either, Williamsfan! Northern Ireland in particular was never a separate sovereign nation by itself but came into being in 1921 when the counties of Ulster (mainly Protestant and, historically, with greater ties to the British crown) withdrew from the recently created Irish Free State, i.e. what we now know as the Republic of Ireland, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Prior to that the whole of Ireland had been effectively under the control of the British crown since the Act of Union in 1801.

However, you are broadly correct about the other countries. As for Wales, the English had tried to impose their rule on the various Celtic tribes in residence there over a number of centuries and by the mid-sixteenth century (when Henry VIII - he of six wives fame - was on the English throne) Wales adopted English law and - officially, at least - its language. Still with me? The English and Scottish parliaments were then united under Queen Anne in 1707, by which time Wales was considered one with England and so the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (from 1801) Ireland came into being.

All that said, the separate constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom have always maintained their unique identities and, in the right circumstances, can still be fiercely partisan. There are also more cultural differences between the countries than you might think, certainly if compared to, say, the US states; for example, Scotland has its own distinct legal system and a different (many would say better!) education system than those found in England and Wales. Each of the constituent countries also has its own football association, which is why England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each has its own national football team. Most Scots will root for whichever country plays against England, even if it's Germany or Argentina! For the same reason 'we' never enter a Great Britain football team in the Olympics.

The Welsh are still very proud of their heritage and language, so although less than 20% of the population speak or understand Welsh, most road signs, official literature, etc. in Wales is printed in both English and Welsh. Indeed, whenever I ring up my work colleagues in our Cardiff or Swansea offices, they answer the phone in Welsh first then in English (either that or they're throwing up ). The well-known English town of Hereford is just a few miles from the Welsh border but is one of the most fervently English places you can find. Believe it or not, there is a law that permits the people of Hereford to shoot a Welshman, as long as they do it with a longbow, on a Sunday and in the road immediately outside Hereford Cathedral!

If I have to fill in a form that asks for my nationality, I tend to write 'English' rather than 'British', so go figure. By the way, it takes me 45 minutes to get to work.

[Williamsfan301]

Now, granted it was Wikipedia that I got this from, but, if I understand it right, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are countries, but only called countries because at one time in their history, they were sovereign nations.

That's neither entirely correct, nor entirely wrong either, Williamsfan! Northern Ireland in particular was never a separate sovereign nation by itself but came into being in 1921 when the counties of Ulster (mainly Protestant and, historically, with greater ties to the British crown) withdrew from the recently created Irish Free State, i.e. what we now know as the Republic of Ireland, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Prior to that the whole of Ireland had been effectively under the control of the British crown since the Act of Union in 1801.

However, you are broadly correct about the other countries. As for Wales, the English had tried to impose their rule on the various Celtic tribes in residence there over a number of centuries and by the mid-sixteenth century (when Henry VIII - he of six wives fame - was on the English throne) Wales adopted English law and - officially, at least - its language. Still with me? The English and Scottish parliaments were then united under Queen Anne in 1707, by which time Wales was considered one with England and so the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (from 1801) Ireland came into being.

All that said, the separate constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom have always maintained their unique identities and, in the right circumstances, can still be fiercely partisan. There are also more cultural differences between the countries than you might think, certainly if compared to, say, the US states; for example, Scotland has its own distinct legal system and a different (many would say better!) education system than those found in England and Wales. Each of the constituent countries also has its own football association, which is why England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each has its own national football team. Most Scots will root for whichever country plays against England, even if it's Germany or Argentina! For the same reason 'we' never enter a Great Britain football team in the Olympics.

The Welsh are still very proud of their heritage and language, so although less than 20% of the population speak or understand Welsh, most road signs, official literature, etc. in Wales is printed in both English and Welsh. Indeed, whenever I ring up my work colleagues in our Cardiff or Swansea offices, they answer the phone in Welsh first then in English (either that or they're throwing up ). The well-known English town of Hereford is just a few miles from the Welsh border but is one of the most fervently English places you can find. Believe it or not, there is a law that permits the people of Hereford to shoot a Welshman, as long as they do it with a longbow, on a Sunday and in the road immediately outside Hereford Cathedral!

If I have to fill in a form that asks for my nationality, I tend to write 'English' rather than 'British', so go figure. By the way, it takes me 45 minutes to get to work.

Yeah, that's how I thought it worked.