... What else would I hope for? Of course "happy" sums it up nicely! When I am happy then all other things are in place, work, family, and health. Well, sadly enough, health is at least for my part not an option, so let's define happy as the achievement of successful containment.
But that will not stop me from wishing all people who want to listen to me:
A Happy TwothousandAndTwelve!!!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
On Commuting - Part One!
Before I came to this country, or maybe I should say came to the New York area, about 17 years ago, I could not imagine a daily commute of more than an hour total. Currently, I commute on average three hours each day!
And I am for sure not alone with that kind of extra curricular effort, I would even go so far as to say that most people here in the Tri-State area commute at least two hours daily. So, let's do some math:
Let's say that only one million people in the Tri-State area (I think it's way more) commute two hours each day. These people earn on average - hm - let's say fifteen Dollars an hour (again I think it's more).
That makes daily 2,000,000 hours in transit, and a possible $ 30,000,000 lost in income (if they could have worked instead)! And two million hours are more than 228 years! Daily! In commute! Just wasted!
Ingo
And I am for sure not alone with that kind of extra curricular effort, I would even go so far as to say that most people here in the Tri-State area commute at least two hours daily. So, let's do some math:
Let's say that only one million people in the Tri-State area (I think it's way more) commute two hours each day. These people earn on average - hm - let's say fifteen Dollars an hour (again I think it's more).
That makes daily 2,000,000 hours in transit, and a possible $ 30,000,000 lost in income (if they could have worked instead)! And two million hours are more than 228 years! Daily! In commute! Just wasted!
Ingo
Friday, December 16, 2011
A Warm Welcome
Hello there,
Glad you found your way to my blog, although I currently don't have much to say. I assume it will take me a while to familiarize myself with the interface and how to post etc., but maybe you could be so kind and bear with me while I will try to make things happen.
For now, just a warm welcome, thanks for being here,
Ingo
Glad you found your way to my blog, although I currently don't have much to say. I assume it will take me a while to familiarize myself with the interface and how to post etc., but maybe you could be so kind and bear with me while I will try to make things happen.
For now, just a warm welcome, thanks for being here,
Ingo
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