At 10:23 AM 11/8/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
>Is there some place between your office and your home that you'd pass
>very close to on public transportation on your way home from work, that
>you could *just* buy some fruit at? Can you carry a week's worth of
>fruit on public transportation? That might cut down on the car trips to
>the grocery store.
Well, the only thing is a 7-11 right next to my Metro Station, where I can
pick up bread, milk, and bananas if I have a little bit of time before my
bus arrives.
>On the other hand, if you don't start the car often enough, it may be
>more difficult to start, so if you have to start it anyway to keep it
>running happily, might as well go buy groceries, yes?
Well, I always have to use it to go to Church - since the nearest bus stop
is a good quarter mile from my Church.
Of course, the grocery store is only .5 miles from my house, so I can in a
pinch get off the bus there on my way home from work, and then walk home,
thus avoiding use of the car. What I usually do, however, is drive to
Church, go directly to the game after Church, and then stop at the grocery
store on my way home from watching the game - thus, one car trip per week.
Excluding of course, my not-infrequent road trips, or my current habit of
driving in to work on the weekends to accomplish things.
JDG
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