Cages

[Lou Girardin]

I had to take the cage to work today, as I will for the next two or three weeks.
Because my wife can't drive yet after her op, so I'm Jeeves.
But how do people commute by cage day after day, week after week?
After one day in traffic I could feel my life slipping away.

[skidMark]

they all hate them thats why they don't concentrate on wtf they are doing and pull out without looking etc....because they want to get out of the bloodey thing

[Fishy]

Mate tell me about it!. I do 110k's/day in the cage and all in peak hour traffic along the southern motorway. It sucks!

[DemonWolf]

Thats why most of them are now zombies!

[Whynot]

I belive the trick is to keep distracting yourself from the mundane task of driving ...
make sure you keep busy doing you hair, playing with your stereo, having a shave, txting people etc.

that should do the trick
:rockon:

[Deano]

I had to take the cage to work today, as I will for the next two or three weeks.
Because my wife can't drive yet after her op, so I'm Jeeves.
But how do people commute by cage day after day, week after week?
After one day in traffic I could feel my life slipping away.

I gave commuting away years ago. Moved closer to work instead.

Rather than a 10 hour day (8 working and 2 travelling), it now only takes me 5minutes to get to work.

Less tired at the end of each week, less travelling costs - I would never go back if I could help it.

Worst thing about car pooling was waking up wondering if you have been snoring, spittle hanging from the chin etc, and three chicks in the car !!

[Fishy]

[QUOTE=Deano]Worst thing about car pooling was having to service the three chicks in the car on the way to work!! man talk about being exhausted at work!.

Dude, you are the man!. :blip:

[Smorg]

I have nothing to say

[Blackbird]

I had to take the cage to work today, as I will for the next two or three weeks.
Because my wife can't drive yet after her op, so I'm Jeeves.
But how do people commute by cage day after day, week after week?
After one day in traffic I could feel my life slipping away.


Sigh....
Typical Aucklander, assuming that your driving conditions apply everywhere else:nya: I use the car most days as I only live 10 minutes from work and I can't be arsed to kit up a lot of the time. Mind you, when I'm working in Auckland, I have exactly the same feelings as you!

[Lou Girardin]

Sigh....
Typical Aucklander, assuming that your driving conditions apply everywhere else:nya: I use the car most days as I only live 10 minutes from work and I can't be arsed to kit up a lot of the time. Mind you, when I'm working in Auckland, I have exactly the same feelings as you!

No, as a typical Aucklander I know there is no where else.

[GR81]

i drive the car when its wet.
ride the bike when its dry.
:nya:

[Devil]

I sold the car, so I cant take it even if I want to now. But when I had to take it previously it would drive me absolutely batty. It wasn't as bad before I got the bike because I didnt know what I was "missing".

[Motu]

I worked in the inner city 10 yrs ago - never again.My 85km semi rural commute into the city takes me an hour doing over 100kph most of the way,a relaxing drive....but I wouldn't do it on a bike.My travelling companions are B trains,the Pajero is smaller than them,but a bike is a mere irritation on the road surface.I've lived close enough to walk to work several times,definatly the way to go,and I hope my next job is just a walk away....

[Fatjim]

I've been caging the last few days for various reasons. Still got pulled out in front of by Mum and the kids this morning. Stopped in time. Do you think she could read my lips :)

I've noticed the Welly traffic from the Hutt has dropped off this year if you go after 8am. Takes me about 10min longer in the car, and parking is free at the moment till they label some of the new car parks at work, at it's cold, and it's been wet, and the car is cheaper to run.

[Indiana_Jones]

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Yeah, Wayfarer :rockon:

-Indy

Wear a pair of those, have 'little green bag' or 'stuck in the middle with you' playing on ur stero, You'll be too fucking cool mate. :blip:

-Indy

[BuFfY]

I love sitting in traffic!!
I do my make up... sing.... I have even painted my nails!
It is ok if you are not in a rush... If you know you have to be somewhere and you can see the time ticking away veeeeeeeery slowly and your not moving... at all! Then yeh it can be anoying!! I guess we just condition ourselves for such experiences

[Jantar]

I ride most days. Right now my bike is parked outside work right next to K14's cage. :nya:

[Jantar]

But I should have added that he does have his bucket inside his cage. :blip:

[Storm]

Partial points then. No beatings required

[Waylander]

You peaple own cages?

[beyond]

I'm like Fishslayer.
Clock around 85km a day sitting in my cage on the Southern Carpark.
10-12 hours a week down the gurgler like a good chuck. :( :angry:

The reason? I have a company car and the gas and servicing is paid for. The bike is for fun and open roads, though the odd time I have taken it to work, it's been great. Less than half the travel time.

So, what I do when I get in the car? I stick the tranny in drive, put the brain in neutral; once on the carpark, I get in the right lane and spend the next hour or two, in zombie land, listening to the radio and moving over for the lucky buggers on their bikes. :)

[DirtMad]

I belive the trick is to keep distracting yourself from the mundane task of driving ...
make sure you keep busy doing you hair, playing with your stereo, having a shave, txting people etc.

that should do the trick
:rockon:

hahaha, you hit the nail on the head there buddy! :innocent:

[BarBender]

But how do people commute by cage day after day, week after week? After one day in traffic I could feel my life slipping away.

I was thinking the same thing this morning as I was driving into work and wondering why the hell did I stuff around with my bike to the point that it will be out of action and in the workshop til Friday?

Even the scooters looked inviting....

[Swoop]

Wear a pair of those, have 'little green bag' or 'stuck in the middle with you' playing on ur stero, You'll be too fucking cool mate. :blip:

-Indy
You're a worry Indy....

Everyone knows Ray Ban Aviators are way cooler!

[Swoop]

I belive the trick is to keep distracting yourself from the mundane task of driving ...
make sure you keep busy doing you hair, playing with your stereo, having a shave, txting people etc.

that should do the trick
:rockon:
Hell, why stop there...
Get in the car naked with a pack of wet-wipes and have the whole shower thing going on as well!

[Edbear]

I belive the trick is to keep distracting yourself from the mundane task of driving ...
make sure you keep busy doing you hair, playing with your stereo, having a shave, txting people etc.

that should do the trick
:rockon:




Bling for that! Very quick! Got it in one!

[Swoop]

...I get in the right lane and spend the next hour or two, in zombie land, listening to the radio...
Why do people have to do that? Have people not heard of the "Keep left" rule?
Perhaps you were going to continue by saying "and holding up others on the road wanting to pass me"?

/rant.

[beyond]

Why do people have to do that? Have people not heard of the "Keep left" rule?
Perhaps you were going to continue by saying "and holding up others on the road wanting to pass me"?

/rant.

Errmm, cos the right lane actually moves. The left lanes are full of trucks and people doing 5kmh or 0kmh. I like going fast, so never hold anyone up.
I get on at Drury and off at Grafton, so being in the right lane doesn't affect anyone else.

I can move right over to the right to let bikers past.

I can think of many more reasons but I think you get my drift. :)

Oh, this morning took and hour and three quarters cos of all the prangs. :(

[marty]

to think i was commuting cambridge to auckland airport in 1hr 25....

and normally i can't be fucked taking the bike - the ride to work is with sun right in my eyes, ride home in the fog/rain/frost/dark, or if i'm lucky and get to work late, it's 0700am and the sun's in my eyes again.

[Fishy]

Oh, this morning took and hour and three quarters cos of all the prangs. :(

Yep took me about the same, bloody incompetent muppets. I reckon people who are found in the wrong for accidents on the motorway during peak hour should be fined about $10k for inconveniencing everyone else.

And I reckon they should allocate the 3 lanes on the motorway to suit your driving ability.

Slow lane should be renamed "Muppet Lane"
Middle Lane should be renamed "I'm Possibly A Muppet Lane"
Fast Lane should be renamed "Look At Me You Muppets I'm Actually Moving Lane"

[Fishy]

Ha and to add to the traffic problem on the motorways this morning, Sarah just called me to say a taxi just smashed into the back of her on the motorway.

Bloody hell what the hell is wrong with all these Muppet car drivers?!. Throw in a bit of water and half of Auckland forget how to drive!.

[Jantar]

Throw in a bit of water and half of Auckland forget how to drive!.

How do they forget something they never learned in the first place? :motu:

[Fishy]

How do they forget something they never learned in the first place? :motu:

Haha true very true. :niceone:

[Swoop]

Yep took me about the same, bloody incompetent muppets. I reckon people who are found in the wrong for accidents on the motorway during peak hour should be fined about $10k for inconveniencing everyone else.

The bloody SCU should be fined for closing main arterial roads for the time they spend on their investigations. 2-3 hours to take some footage and do a few measurements???


And I reckon they should allocate the 3 lanes on the motorway to suit your driving ability.

Slow lane should be renamed "Muppet Lane"
Middle Lane should be renamed "I'm Possibly A Muppet Lane"
Fast Lane should be renamed "Look At Me You Muppets I'm Actually Moving Lane"
From what I've seen, the left lane moves significantly faster than the right. It might have something to do with the amount of people using the differing lanes though.....:whistle:

[Lou Girardin]

The bloody SCU should be fined for closing main arterial roads for the time they spend on their investigations. 2-3 hours to take some footage and do a few measurements???




They have to be thorough. Otherwise someone might criticise them if they measure it wrong. After all, it might turn out to be a homicide.:whocares:

[Swoop]

They have to be thorough. Otherwise someone might criticise them if they measure it wrong. After all, it might turn out to be a homicide.:whocares:
They can just put it down to the usual "speed kills". Take the photos and drag the wrecks off the motorway to get traffic flowing.
If they are actually smart, they will then put sightscreens around the vehicles to keep the bloody rubberneckers out of the equasion!

[idb]

I drive to work and I know your pain.
I live 13kms away and some mornings it can take me 10 minutes to get to work, especially since they've extended a 70km zone.
Once I had to wait at an intersection for 7 other vehicles!!!!! Bloody bloody bloody!!!

[beyond]

I drive to work and I know your pain.
I live 13kms away and some mornings it can take me 10 minutes to get to work, especially since they've extended a 70km zone.
Once I had to wait at an intersection for 7 other vehicles!!!!! Bloody bloody bloody!!!

Cheeky bugger. :)

Tell you what, lets swap.

[beyond]

Ha and to add to the traffic problem on the motorways this morning, Sarah just called me to say a taxi just smashed into the back of her on the motorway.

Bloody hell what the hell is wrong with all these Muppet car drivers?!. Throw in a bit of water and half of Auckland forget how to drive!.

Flaming idiots alright.

Sarah okay?

You guys are going through the vehicles lately aye?
I keep saying, there's better ways to upgrade. :)

[idb]

Cheeky bugger. :)

Tell you what, lets swap.
Hmmmm............no, no, I am thinking about it..............tell you what, I'll consider it as I drive home................hang on while I get into the car..............right, now, what was I thinking about.........bugger, too late, I'm there already.
Tell you what, I'll try again tomorrow.

[Fishy]

Flaming idiots alright.

Sarah okay?

You guys are going through the vehicles lately aye?
I keep saying, there's better ways to upgrade. :)

Yeah she is fine, she was in a work vehicle so thats ok. Bloody taxi drivers :mad: :weird:

[Jantar]

I drive to work and I know your pain.
I live 13kms away and some mornings it can take me 10 minutes to get to work, especially since they've extended a 70km zone.
Once I had to wait at an intersection for 7 other vehicles!!!!! Bloody bloody bloody!!!

That wouldn't be the Shotover St intersection by any chance would it? Bloody disgraceful that they let it get so busy there.

[idb]

That wouldn't be the Shotover St intersection by any chance would it? Bloody disgraceful that they let it get so busy there.
No, I'm out at Frankton Industrial.
It's the Lake Hayes intersection - 100km zone there.
Shotover St has got a roundabout - just like Paris!

[Jantar]

A one meter circle of road marking paint is not a round-about. :blah:

[scumdog]

I drive to work and I know your pain.
I live 13kms away and some mornings it can take me 10 minutes to get to work, especially since they've extended a 70km zone.
Once I had to wait at an intersection for 7 other vehicles!!!!! Bloody bloody bloody!!!

And hells-bells, it takes me 15 whole minutes to get to work!:wait:
But that's walking to work, on the bike it's 3 minutes!! - that is as long as I don't hit rush hour and have to wait for up to 5 or 6 vehicles to go past the end of the street before I can pull out onto the main road - SH1!!!

Commuting down here sucks big-time!! :gob:

[Edbear]

Does anyone here think the South Islanders are having a dig at us up here, by any chance...? Worst I've had is a normal 35 min trip in to Mt Wgtn taking over two hours!:zzzz:

[Indiana_Jones]

Why arn't we talking about Ban's?

-Indy

[Swoop]

Why arn't we talking about Ban's?

-Indy
Nothing to say. They are the coolest. End of discussion. Next topic please.:cool:

[Gremlin]

I'll tell you what, those accidents are terrible... I have to split down the more narrow options, weave between the cars... its shocking!!! :gob:

EVEN WORSE!! If I time it wrong, I'll have to split past all the police too, who are leaving the incidents... and I can't figure it out. It always takes me 20-30 min to get from the middle of the city to the eastern suburbs (or vv)... doesn't matter if its raining, or lots of traffic or not.... dang. I need to cut that time down a bit :doobey:

No, I have no idea how the muppets survive... then again, they probably don't know either, as their brain is in neutral. Bugger ever commuting by car :blah:

[scumdog]

Had a bad run today - got stuck at the Southie corner for at least one and a half minutes - argh!! FOUR minutes to get home!!:gob: :angry:

[Edbear]

Had a bad run today - got stuck at the Southie corner for at least one and a half minutes - argh!! FOUR minutes to get home!!:gob: :angry:




See! They are laughing at us! Heavy with sarcasm they are!:nono:

[Jantar]

I had a slower than normal ride home from work this morning. It took 10 minutes instead of the normal 9. I saw one car on SH8 in the distance when I crossed, but the main reason for the slower ride wasn't traffic, it was the first black ice of the season. Now that does does slow you down. :shit:

[scumdog]

I had a slower than normal ride home from work this morning. It took 10 minutes instead of the normal 9. I saw one car on SH8 in the distance when I crossed, but the main reason for the slower ride wasn't traffic, it was the first black ice of the season. Now that does does slow you down. :shit:

I feel for you Jantar, I feel selfish moaning about the 30 seconds it took me this morning to defrost the work car screen before I could start work....

[Edbear]

Black ice? Defrosting windscreens? Foreign languages!:nya:

[scumdog]

Black ice? Defrosting windscreens? Foreign languages!:nya:

Heavy traffic? heavy rain? what kind of language is THAT? Blasphemy is say!

[Swoop]

got stuck at the Southie corner for at least one and a half minutes - argh!! :gob: :angry:
Enough time to hop out, buy a donut, and be back in the car...
This IS assuming you BUY the donut and it isn't "supplied" free of charge...:blip:

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[idb]

Had a bad run today - got stuck at the Southie corner for at least one and a half minutes - argh!! FOUR minutes to get home!!:gob: :angry:
I know, those rush hours are getting worse and worse.
Not all progress is positive.

I wonder if we could convince the gummint to add a Balclutha roading development tax to petrol?

[Lou Girardin]

I wonder if we could convince the gummint to add a Balclutha roading development tax to petrol?

They already have one - Scummy's quota.

[Edbear]

They already have one - Scummy's quota.





LOL!!!!!!!:nya: :killingme

[Brett]

You have missed the whole point here...cages were made for having a mindless sleep while moving from a-b. hence most of us are nearly, or are, taken out a few times in our riding career.
Nothing like some Tool, and turbo noise to keep you awake tho...and when the roads are empty...some drift...wooohooo

[Brett]

Edit: By road I mean a closed road and/or race truck in a supervised environment...

[scumdog]

They already have one - Scummy's quota.


In which case we should have a 6 lane autobahn going through this district...

[Badcat]

Why do people have to do that? Have people not heard of the "Keep left" rule?
Perhaps you were going to continue by saying "and holding up others on the road wanting to pass me"?

/rant.

fuck.
don't get me started.
Kiwis seem to have not learned that one - and the police never seem to remind anyone of it.

KEEP LEFT.

[myvice]

By bike, get on at Takanini at 7am, get to work in Auckland by 7:30...
By car, get on at Takanini at 6:30am, get off at Manukau by 8 go home through the back roads, get home 8:45. Try again at 9, find out that it rained in Papatoe for 5 minuets and the result was a 15 car pile-up that take the emergency services 3 hours to get to caus of the traffic...
Get to Mt Wellington at 12pm where it merges from three lanes down to two and causes such confusion even tho it has been that way for over twenty years that it adds another hour to move 500 meters.
Finally make it to the Greenlane/Market Rd area where it slows to a crawl as someone has a flat tyre and is changing it on the breakdown lane, this is just such an interesting spectacle that everyone wants to have a good look.
Wouldn’t you? It’s so very exciting! All the air came out, and now they have to put another one on! What a thrill!
2pm I hit spaghetti junction where the entire population of the Southern Hemisphere is entering, exiting or both.
Make it off at Symonds St by 3pm, get every red light and trapped behind two busses playing leap frog so I make it to work by 3:45.
Park the car, get changed and start work by 4...
Knock off at 4:30

[Indiana_Jones]

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"It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sun glasses."

"Hit it"

-Indy

[Magua]

It's 800km to Wellington, I don't own a cage anymore, I've got no cigarettes, it's dark and I'm on my restricted. Hit it. :D