One4All4Ever said:

We moved daylight savings time for stuff like this.

That cost companies millions in reprogramming their software tied to the old daylight savings time dates.

Hawaii.... $3.84 a gallon.

REDFEATHERS said:

I would happily. You can get just about anywhere you want by public transportation.

CarrieMpls said:

so true

Imago said:

If I didn't have to have a car, I wouldn't. I positively hate them, I really do.

If I get the new job I've applied for I'm planning to ride the bus to work in the monrings and walk home 3-4 days a week. It's about 7 miles, I'm guessing.

CarrieMpls said:

7 Miles is nothing on a bike. You could look into that option.
walking--it can be a bit much.

Imago said:

I kinda followed the patch craze last october/november from a distance ... MS came with 3 or 4 versions of their DST patch and then all questions started to pop up about applications ... what about Oracle ? Apache ? SAP ? Siebel ?


don't forget ... nowadays it's all software ... even more with server/desktop virtualization ... it's all software !!!

I can guess a lot of companies made millions over this shit too !

Imago said:

I'm just not a bicycle kinda girl. Plus I can't get hot and sweaty on my way to work. Yuck. (Remember, it gets hot and humid here in the summer and I have a fairly strict dress code at work, I'm supposed to wear suits every day.) I can bring clothes (or at least shoes) to change into to walk home in. 7 miles isn't too bad. I do 4.5 when I walk around the lake by my house. And it would be a lovely walk home, all around the chain of lakes in Mpls.

One4All4Ever said:

I hated it. I support software distributions for my company (approx 200,000 employees) and EVERY one of my projects not tied to the DST shit was delayed due to the DST ones taking precedence.

It cost us millions.

So yeah--I can see congress requiring companies to allow work-from-home for workers who can do it--it makes sense to me. I work from home 2 days a week. If everybody , who could do it, worked from home for 2 days a week, the environmental and economical impact would probably help a great deal.
Of course, I wouldn't REALLY know.

CarrieMpls said:

Rollerblades!!! 7 miles isn't bad on those either!

Imago said:

Can you see me on rollerblades?

CarrieMpls said:

yes !

pink ones. with wheels that have flashing lights in them !

One4All4Ever said:

Graycap23 said:

omg...

Almost $9 per gallon today !!!

el2763 said:

what the!! where you livin at?

Imago said:

I've been telecommuting for almost five years. It makes a HUGE difference for work and personal well-being. I'm in between assignments right now and when I get calls from companies that want me on site EVERY day I don't understand it. My friends think I'm spoiled but if I've been doing this work from home for almost 6 years WHY do I need to travel to your office EVERY day??? It's a business culture thang. Too many companies think they have to be big brother for people to be productive, which isn't true.

morningsong said:

That's what Willie Nelson runs his tour bus on. I think it's called bio-fuel.

emilia1 said:

The Netherlands

SCNDLS said:

bio-diesel.

from what i understand, any diesel engine can run on it. they say that technically, you should be able to go to the grocery store and buy vegetable and peanut oil or something like that and run a diesel engine with it.


in fact, i think that's the fuel that the original diesel engine was designed to run on.

but it's been a long time since i heard/read about this stuff, so i may be wrong