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Same reaction from US friends to whom I said I'd walk to the beach, which was 1000 feet (300 metres) away...

You guys obviously don't hang out with the same folks I do. New Yorkers walk. New York is not a car culture. The only people I know who own cars are those in the suburbs.

Come to the Big Apple. We'll walk our tootsies off.

Mame, I hope the power is back. You're a trooper.

I walked a lot in NYC.

For instance, all way down Coney Island Ave. till here:

Musta walked into a buncha things with that black square in front of your eyes.

And I missed the N in N Americans. I was sick, okay?

It was just a joke, Jes, as you know. Well, maybe it was a sick joke...

Get well soon then, Jespah.

I had another "walking" story at Long Beach. Similar....on the way to see the Queen Mary in dry dock there...when I got off the bus, I think it was, I could see the vessel's funnels and superstructure looming above the rooftops, about two streets away, and I asked someone how I could get to the ship, meaning which was the best street to take from where we were.

"Well, there's a bus stop there, or you could take a cab......." They were most surprised when I said I wanted to walk there, less than five minutes away.

Eh, I used to walk at least 20 miles a week back in Los Angeles. We're not all the same pod creatures, y'know. Part of the problem - though of course not all - is lame planning by the powers that be re what I call "pedestrian culture"; some cities are way behind the curve on that (can I come up with any more walking words?).

Oh I'm much better, thank you. Just read it quickly and skipped over the N entirely.

Anyway, you know the song "Nobody Walks in LA"?

I don't. But I've noticed that in many US towns they don't even provide sidewalks (footpaths or pavements to me) where the arcane practice could be safely and conveniently carried out.

(with all due respect to Roberta) don't believe that lie that New Yorkers walk everywhere. That's what we were told when we were getting ready to move here, so we practiced walking everywhere, to the store, to the bank, to work, then we discovered New Yorkers only walk when they have to (or if some tourist is in town.)

In daily life, New Yorkers plan their schleps and steps ahead and walk no further than is absolutely necessary. Their limit on a good day is three long blocks, East and West, (that would be, for example from Eighth Ave to Fifth) or six to ten short blocks, North and South, (23rd Street down to
Fourteenth). In either case, it's about a third of a mile, tops. Anything longer than that and New Yorkers (these are natives, I'm talking about, in their middle age) say Fugetdahboutit.

Tell a New Yorker @23rd and Lex that he has to take his vacuum cleaner to 14th Street between Sixth and Seventh to get it fixed...... he will buy another vacuum cleaner.

Joe(what? walk to the moon? .....Take a cab?!!? Cabs are for funerals.)Nation

Fatal or worse certainly sound like it might get serious, even worth risking waking up the cook by running a big diesel close to her ear.

Hey, let's get real here, joe. I wouldn't schlep a vacuum cleaner half a block.

Are we talking about walking miles (you marathoner you) or walking to get around? I won't walk miles. In fact I can't walk miles, although when I was able, I did. But I'm now able to walk about ten blocks (I've been working up to it, and there are days when I can't do it), and that's what I do to get around my neighborhood.

When I was younger, my family, my friends, and I walked and walked. Walked to the zoo (about 3-4 miles) and then walked all around the zoo. Walked to Manhattan, walked all over Manhattan.

But I've seen friends in the suburbs drive a quarter of a mile to something. NYC is not a car city.

(The original post was about driving a very short distance.)

Ro (sighing and rolling eyes) berta

Well, hello again. We've had no phone or internet for 2 days - can't figure out why, it was clear skies the whole time. Now this morning it's snowing and we have service. shakes head.

FM - vodka Neat trick. Will pass it on.

McTag - the drill site (where the boys were experiencing their problems) is 10 km from here. It's icy and hard and crusty - no way they're walking in pitch black in the dead of a cold night I know, you have no idea of the set up here.

Speaking of walking distances, this is a driving one. When my husband and I were staying in Bristol for 3 months, we decided to drive to Wales for a 4 day weekend (climbing Snowdonia). All his colleagues thought we were nuts to drive 'that far' in such a short time. It was only a four hour trip, for Pete's sake

Hey, in Canada, you can't get anywhere without a long drive or flight... we're used to it.

The new Geo is arriving today around lunch. We're having ribs'n'chicken for dinner.

Just heard from the people I'm working for next - delays, delays, delays... I may not be working until end of May or end of June - waaah. Well, if that's the case, I'm going to look for a cheap ticket to somewhere and visit somebody. Any ideas? Who's available for a visit?

(Waving hands over head)

Hey, I can show you a great bronz of Opie and Andy...

I would love to visit with you, squinney. Gotta check out tix to NC. From Vancouver I'm sure I'd have to go through Tranna, so I'd get to meet ehBeth and Set, if he's around.

Surely there's a better use for good vodka.

Isn't that what they make Heet for?

I can get from Calgary to Raleigh and back for about $500, with a small layover in Toronto. Not bad Still exploring options.

What? You won't be walking?

You are welcome any time. Could probably arrange visits to other A2Kers in the general area, too. My schedule is flexible.

Tico-using meth alcohol in a low grade diesel (like ag diesel) can drag out some residual glycerin which will lay in the bottom of the fuel lines like soap and gel up even worse than plain diesel. We use either an ether or ethyl alcohol. Since Vodka is mostly crap, We get this really cheap **** called "Kamchatka" and use it if a truck doesnt crank and it hasnt been plugged in , or if a glow plug is bad. Besides, its dirt cheap (probably cheaper than gas treatment)

ANyway that Isoheet is for gas not diesel(I believe) Ive never used it but its mostly Meth alcohol (according to their MSDS).

Fortunately for you, from the pictures, it's obvious that you don't have heaps and heaps of snow, as we do in t.o.