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SShink · 3K+ Club

Wasted 2 hours of my Friday night in the commute!

Tony Hoffer · Moderator

Spent the last three Fridays driving to New Richmond WI.. snowed all three.

Lost in the 60s · President

SShink wrote:

Man I'm sick of driving on 494 with these piddly snowfalls and doubling my drive time home!!!!!! Took me 2 hours tonight. Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I see a full moon is coming up next Wed. and people are DEFINITELY driving like it! I've gotten behind every left lane slow poke in the metro area this week.

O.k., I feel better for venting. Thanks for listening.

Where do you work that you drive an hour ?? I thought you worked for TORO in Rosemount ?

Chris R · 2K+ Club

He works in Minnetonka now. You really have to like your job with a commute like that.

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

Are you in the old Tonka Building there?

John D · 2K+ Club

You should just work out a deal with the General, and either:
Go over to the ScoreBoard, enjoy a beer & some wings, and wait 1-1/2 hours. Then zip home in normal time after the knuckleheads are off the road.
OR
Plan ahead, bring some parts that need cleaning, head north a few miles, and stop at my place. Use the blast cabinet or parts washer, then head home. biggrin

SShink · 3K+ Club

All good ideas. I work in the Opus complex for Datacard as the mechanical parts Commodity Mgr. aka Purchasing Mgr. (They mfg. credit card and passport production equipment). I left Toro in Bloomington in Sept. Two reasons I left Toro; 1.) Substantial pay increase and 2.) managing direct reports again (that was taken away from all the commodity managers in a re-org 2+ years ago). That's why I put up with this horrible commute...

Usually it's 35 min. in the a.m., and 45 min. in the p.m. for the commute. I'm told this is the worst commute winter ever from other people that work there. It's too close to the Bermuda triangle of 494 between 100 and France and there just isn't any other way to go....

-- Edited by SShink on Saturday 15th of January 2011 07:54:15 AM

Dave Seitz · Mega Poster

I used to work in Plymouth and lived in Maple Grove 10 miles on the freeway. Starting at 6:00 was a 20 minute drive 7:00 was a 30-35 minute drive. Getting off at 2:00 was a 20-25 minute drive home, 2:30 was a 30-40 minute 3:30 was 45 minutes easy. I drive 38 each way now and it takes 40-45 in the AM starting at 5:00 or earlier and 45-55 getting off at 2:00.
When the wife and I car pool in the summer starting at 7:00 takes 45 minutes from Becker after we drop the kids off and that is only 26 miles. Coming home is at least an hour getting off at 3:30 and holiday weekends and such goodluck with the boats and trailers. The worst winter drive still comes nowhere near close to the summer cabin traffic.

bowtie · Secretary

Stan-sounded like me last winter. I left my job in Anoka in October to work in Wayzata. I went from @ 3 miles each way to 25 and I started work at 8:30. When I was recruited back to where I am now, I got more pay, and about 5 miles, plus I don't start until 9 so I get to see my kids in the am and get home about the same time as I did before.

67ss · 1K+ Club

I was home sick yesterday so luckly I missed out on that mess. But I hate being SICK!!

bowtie · Secretary

You would have gotten home about

today

-- Edited by bowtie on Saturday 15th of January 2011 03:48:57 PM

Lost in the 60s · President

So.... 394 to 35W or 62/Crosstown to 35W aren't any better in bad weather ?

For a 2 hour commute, I would find side streets to use.

SShink · 3K+ Club

Lost in the 60s wrote:

So.... 394 to 35W or 62/Crosstown to 35W aren't any better in bad weather ?

For a 2 hour commute, I would find side streets to use.

Crosstown is worse than 494 even with the 'unweave the weave' that was just completed. Once you get to side streets, they end up leading to 77 (Cedar Ave.) and it's just as bottled up as 494. 394 is too far north for me. There just isn't any good way. Love the metro driving life...

Chris R · 2K+ Club

Yup. I commuted to Burnsville every day a few years back and the side streets are a nightmare as well. Stop sign after stop sign and light after light doesnt get you very far either.

You might try 169 to 13. How far does 13 go in your direction?

bowtie · Secretary

13 starts to curve more northeast at Cliff Rd. 169 to 13 to maybe 35w to 42 or whatever you need to cut east more straight would be OK, but still a pain I'm sure.

Clutch · Member

SShink wrote:
Crosstown is worse than 494 even with the 'unweave the weave' that was just completed. Once you get to side streets, they end up leading to 77 (Cedar Ave.) and it's just as bottled up as 494.

That project was really done half assed in my eyes.... it helped 35w, but did zero to fix 62 which has been over maxed for years. I sit in that 62 mess every night... same story every night coming from St. Paul towards SW Mpls... 1/2 to 1 mile before Cedar it turns into a parking lot pretty much regardless of if I leave at 4:30 or at 6pm. Maybe I need to get a job downtown... that commute was really quick when I was on jury duty last month... 10-15 minutes in and 15-20 home.

dashboard · 2K+ Club

I forgot. What is commute?

Jon H · 1K+ Club

Kevin,
I think commute is when you go south for he winter!

-- Edited by Jon H on Monday 17th of January 2011 08:55:28 AM

dashboard · 2K+ Club

Jon H wrote:

Kevin,
I think commute is when you go south for he winter!

-- Edited by Jon H on Monday 17th of January 2011 08:55:28 AM

Well then Jon, have you commuted or are you commuting.

Jon H · 1K+ Club

dashboard wrote:

Jon H wrote:

Well then Jon, have you commuted or are you commuting.

It was a 1400 mile commute that took about as long as it takes Stan to get home from work. The only thing white down here is sand. Let me know when the snow goes away so I can come back and get the Chevelle finished.

dashboard · 2K+ Club

Jon, feel free to give us weather updates on your location. Somehow it makes me feel better to know that not all of us are stuck in traffic, shoveling snow or freezing our butts off.

Derek69SS · Founding Member

I got a text from Rick on Saturday with a weather report from AZ... funny guy. evileye

Jon H · 1K+ Club

dashboard wrote:

Jon, feel free to give us weather updates on your location. Somehow it makes me feel better to know that not all of us are stuck in traffic, shoveling snow or freezing our butts off.

Got here last Tuesday and it was about 43*. Cool all over the country. Rained for a few days and now it is in the 60s. Hate to say it but boy does it feel good to defrost and feel warm. Cleaned the truck inside and out today without having to go into a heated garage. Trading some MN salt for some TX salt. Derek, I get a call every couple days from Rick bragging about how warm he is...glad he is enjoying himself. Stay warm!