Uncategorized RoadWhinge on 17 Nov 2006 09:41 am
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Hi all,
Just what the world needs - another blog!
Well, there’s sort of a point to this one, so hopefully it’ll turn out to be a worthwhile exercise - or if not worthwhile, at least entertaining.
Have you ever thought about how much of their life the average lucky, materialistic westerner spends inside his/her car? There are probably statistics, but I couldn’t find them. I considered making them up, but someone would no doubt catch me out, so I abandoned that idea.
Not a good start for a fledgling blog - to be unable to come up with the figures that are supposed to justify its existence… OK, I’ll improvise.
Five days a week I drive to the office - the journey takes about 45 minutes. As I make a point of driving home again at the end of the day, that makes an hour and a half a day just getting to and from work. Saturdays I probably spend a similar amount of time driving into and around town. Sundays usually involve visiting, so the time spent in the car is probably about two or three hours. Let’s bear in mind that I am not someone who particularly enjoys driving, but nevertheless I spend at least 12 hours a week in the car.
Now, I calculate that, for me, there are approximately 115.5 waking hours in a week. If 12 of those are spent in the car, then it means that 10.39% of my conscious life is spent in a metal box.
In case you missed it: I spend 10.39% of my waking life in the damned car! And that’s without day trips to visit family spread around the country. Nor does it take account of holidays spent driving around Ireland. I simply don’t have the fortitude to face that much arithmetic.
So, back to justifying the existence of this blog. If I spend that much of my time on four wheels, then surely I must be able to find plenty to write about. Eh? Don’t you think?
I suppose we’ll soon see.
