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offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 21:03 [#00352932]
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gets a bit freaky after 10 hours or so, i used to be a bus
driver and delivery driver and can do a good bit of driving,
but just driving across mad roads in desert heat for hours
on end gets a bit nutty, caught a mad fever and was just
wacked out when i got back after doing 6000km with another
driver in just a few short bursts, 1500km at least in a
session.

anyone else expereinced long distance driving? couldnt even
imagine crossing america or somewhere like that by driving,
you've got to really split it up i reckon.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-08-16 21:12 [#00352941]
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I drove alone across the USA (not coast to coast, but close)
in 3 days.

It was about 4500km, and I was starting to go a bit crazy by
the end of the Albuquerque -> San Francisco bit. The desert
roads *can* make you go a bit mad.


 

offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 21:16 [#00352946]
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i'd think doing it alone could be a bit more scary, cos
other people with you need to stop at different times giving
you a chance to rest more, doing it on your own it's all
down to you when you stop.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-16 21:55 [#00353004]
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I've never driven further than the confines of my own city.
But if I get my class 4 license, I'll be able to drive
Ambulances across the fucking province and be on the road
for the whole 8 hour work day... listening to BOC in a big
shiny truck with sirens, GPS and lots of drugs.


 

offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 22:06 [#00353018]
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haha, Ophecks, i'm thinkin of going back to delivery
driving, its great, you know exactly where you're goin at
the start of the day then you're in yor own world getting
there and back, no bother.

just dont get a job driving and dealing with the public, bus
driving in Liverpool was just the most the depressing job
i've had.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE CUNTS!!!!


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-16 22:12 [#00353025]
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I hear ya... people annoy me. I'd be in solitude brining
ambulance A to station B and driving ambulance B back to
station A, nobody cept for me and my music. That would be
nice, I don't mind driving at all.

Your own little world, nice way of putting it... the bosses
don't know what you're up to when you're out there. ;-)


 

offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 22:19 [#00353029]
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deffinately, you might be contactable when you're on the
road but they dont know that youre there with hours to spare
sittin in a van on the top of a mountain havin a quick
spliff, great stuff.

you only get that chance with long distance delivery though,
well, not multiple deliveries in one day anyway, just 2 to 4
points to get to in a day and it's an easy job, without too
much greif apart from the driving which can be easy or hard,
just depends what bad drivers are out there to ruoi it for
you.

i dunno, driving can be good, but if you kn,ow you can
drive, you also know there are litterally millions of
terrible drivers out there.


 

offline grinningcat from london (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 23:11 [#00353056]
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oh wow ophecks are u really nova scotia?

only last week in the UK was this news story about some dumb
UK couple who booked a holiday to ur town instead of sydney
Australia! they blamed the internet, but it was thier fault.


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 23:32 [#00353081]
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well, I thought he was in Oz...but then everyone lies about
where they are anyway so its understandable..


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-08-16 23:34 [#00353082]
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grinningcat: i've met girls who look like your avatar


 

offline phiz from Liverpool (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-16 23:35 [#00353084]
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i thought it was OZ but there must be somewhere in canada
called Sydney, you automatically associate sydney with Oz
cos u dont know it exists in canada.

my geography is fuckin awful, its improved 100 fold since
movin to mainland europe, now i know where most places are
cos i'm more aware of being in another place


 

offline tunemx from Budapest (Hungary) on 2002-08-17 03:51 [#00353519]
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huh this July I drove from Toronto to Denver and back, with
1200 kms per session. It was really hard, though if i needed
I could drive 1500 a day, but thats very very exhausting.
Sometimes you are so tired you can't even sleep.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2002-08-17 03:56 [#00353539]
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i'd absolutely LOVE to drive from coast to coast in the US

anyone wanna come?


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-17 04:26 [#00353589]
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Haha, yeah... that was brilliant. Wrong frickin' Sydney,
they must have been disapointed. This place SUCKS. ;-)

But the city gave them all kinds of freebies and benefits,
tours and free hotels and all that stuff. So they get a free
vacation, and the area OUTSIDE of this city is actually
pretty nice and they got to see it, so maybe they had the
last laugh.

I'm gonna pretend I'm going to London, Ontario but hitch a
plane to London England someday.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-17 04:27 [#00353591]
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I would love to do that, too... I think I'll do that
sometime. The US, Canada, the UK... anywhere.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-08-17 04:44 [#00353622]
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longest ive driven is 2 1\2 hours. i dont like driving
long.


 

offline USACID from Death Valley (Zambia) on 2002-08-17 04:53 [#00353633]
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i have to drive everyday. I'm sure if i did the math over
time i've probably traveled to the outter rim of our solor
system and back to earth...well maybe a lightyear or two.


 


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