tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post6938262082377126128..comments2023-09-26T02:09:38.971-06:00Comments on Recovering Technophile: Starting a New DayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354910302047518783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post-14936165580483572532006-11-15T12:35:00.000-07:002006-11-15T12:35:00.000-07:00peonicus,
Agreed on all points. You can see why t...peonicus,<br /><br />Agreed on all points. You can see why the bike was such an easy choice over a scooter for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354910302047518783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post-55494256713191265672006-11-15T12:11:00.000-07:002006-11-15T12:11:00.000-07:00Excellent choice of transportation. The only reas...Excellent choice of transportation. The only reason I don't bike is that the commute is over twice as long and I really need the minutes. Also, I arrive all sweaty and in need of a change. However, I'm biking 6 miles and that's just a bit too much. <br /><br />One mile on a bike is only slightly longer timewise than a mile on a scooter. On top of which, you feel great arriving at work without having gotten all sweaty and gross and in need of a change. On top of all of it, 20 minutes of biking every day will help you keep in shape over the winter for your marathon. It may not sound like much, but it adds up.Carl Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342969134165254654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post-77949679399883777442006-11-13T12:36:00.000-07:002006-11-13T12:36:00.000-07:00I'll be biking to work, which will be almost as fa...I'll be biking to work, which will be almost as fast a commute as a scooter and the bike is much cheaper. I believe that biking is the equivalent of scooter-ing on environmentalist steroids. (Or am I mistaken?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354910302047518783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post-50736552844122191062006-11-13T12:09:00.000-07:002006-11-13T12:09:00.000-07:00Now I don't want to sound like a one note band, bu...Now I don't want to sound like a one note band, but have you given any more thought to getting a scooter? A mile is a perfect drive time. Of course, you could walk it in 15 minutes, but a scooter would have you there in about 3. That means that lunches would be very easy time to see the fam.Carl Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342969134165254654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253240453436334661.post-16526857561326420112006-11-13T05:20:00.000-07:002006-11-13T05:20:00.000-07:00You're right that your family will notice the chan...You're right that your family will notice the change in a big way. Recently, as my work schedule filled up to overflowing, I had very little time to spend with my family - usually just long enough to eat dinner each evening, then back to work. One of my boys later commented to his brother that I didn't like being at home - that I preferred to be at work.<br /><br />Of course it isn't true, and fortunately, my busy schedule was only a temporary change - now I'm back to spending evenings with my family, and they know I love them more than work.<br /><br />I also wanted to comment, however, on the healthiness of working outside of the home. I don't by any means pretend to infer that working away from home is qualitatively better than working in the home. But I do find it to be healthy for all involved - my kids as well as myself, and even my wife - for me to go in the morning and return in the evening. My wife knows she has complete autonomy in the home during the day. My boys learn, even just a little, that it's important for a father to earn a living for his family. My situation is, of course, the most satisfying, as I get to come home each day to a house full of people happy to see me. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say. In the case of daily, full-time employment, I'd say that's definitely the case.<br /><br />Even so, a day off now and then just to hang around with the family is a great idea.Jason and Denise Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265492542081898616noreply@blogger.com