How Far Would You Walk before getting lift?
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6th Jan '12, 6:08pm
Kind of leads on from my last post about how much is too much for a week. Now I'm one for walking everywhere, and if its that bit further or I need to get there quicker, I'll cycle. But as more and more people are getting cars today, and knowing some people who would drive around the corner to the shop instead of walking, or simply driving somewhere that is easily walking distance kinda of annoys me, because its just laziness. So how far would somewhere have to be before you wouldn't walk or cycle, and just get a lift?
not very far;
9th Jan '12, 9:15am
It's strange isn't it - I remember reading a book about someone who watched people at the gym park in disabled spaces to save walking an extra 50 metres then they worked out for an hour.
I 'walk the dog' but wouldn't walk very far at all to get anywhere.
I think somehow I compartmentalise what I do rather than cross over the activity to other areas of life (like getting from a to b).
Wasn't it Bill Bryson who
9th Jan '12, 11:18am
Wasn't it Bill Bryson who said something about an acquaintance who was bewailing the factv that she had to walk *gasp* ONE WHOLE MILE to get to her gym because her car had broken down, and she couldn't possibly walk that far - even though when she got to the gym, she would run for several miles on a treadmill. When he asked her why she didn't just run in the park instead of on the treadmill, she looked at him blankly and said, "but I have a programme for the treadmill..."
Some people have really peculiar priorities.
That is kind of funny. I
9th Jan '12, 11:56am
That is kind of funny.
I wouldn't walk far at all... which is disgraceful really.