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    Quote Originally Posted by Coastal Woodie View Post
    Do you drive that 97 z71 that far? I know mine only averages 14 to 15 mpg.
    No, I have a company truck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Duck cutter View Post
    No, I have a company truck.
    Ten four. I was just curious, best of luck with the new job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coastal Woodie View Post
    Ten four. I was just curious, best of luck with the new job.
    Thanks, its going great.
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    I drive 70 min one way. I do it because I enjoy the work and it's mentally challenging. I get to help and work with the best customers there are in this state. It pays great and benefits can't be touched.

    I bought a 2000 Civic and have put 150k on it with less than $1,000 in maintenance. Has 218k on it and going strong. I get paid mileage at work so it's paid for itself many times over.
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    45min?

    I'm in Mclellanville one day and Spartanburg the next.

    NPR for the early morning and Grateful Dead station the rest of the ride.
    Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Remy View Post
    Question to the people who have 1 hour plus commutes: Why do you continue to drive so far? I’m genuinely curious.
    1. I make great money.
    2. I basically set my own day.
    3. I enjoy not showing up to the same old place day in and day out.
    4. I can catch up with friends all over the state. (Meet for lunch, pre work fishing)
    5. I can listen to whole concerts and zone out then I'm home (or there)
    6. I can stop by places I normally wouldn't get to, Bass Pro, Cabelas, Academy...
    7. Mountains on Monday morning, salt marsh on Tuesday.


    ......or I could sit in the same building from 8am - 5pm everyday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BOGSTER View Post
    1. I make great money.
    2. I basically set my own day.
    3. I enjoy not showing up to the same old place day in and day out.
    4. I can catch up with friends all over the state. (Meet for lunch, pre work fishing)
    5. I can listen to whole concerts and zone out then I'm home (or there)
    6. I can stop by places I normally wouldn't get to, Bass Pro, Cabelas, Academy...
    7. Mountains on Monday morning, salt marsh on Tuesday.


    ......or I could sit in the same building from 8am - 5pm everyday.
    Many of these same reason apply to me as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BOGSTER View Post
    1. I make great money.
    2. I basically set my own day.
    3. I enjoy not showing up to the same old place day in and day out.
    4. I can catch up with friends all over the state. (Meet for lunch, pre work fishing)
    5. I can listen to whole concerts and zone out then I'm home (or there)
    6. I can stop by places I normally wouldn't get to, Bass Pro, Cabelas, Academy...
    7. Mountains on Monday morning, salt marsh on Tuesday.


    ......or I could sit in the same building from 8am - 5pm everyday.
    That's just it. I could not sit in the same damn office day in and day out.
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    The Food!

    Sometimes I'll have a grouper sandwiches on Hilton Head and then brown trout in the mountains.


    I'm lucky enough to be able to schedule my own meetings or material drop offs.

    I time it ahead of time and call a buddy and try to line up a fishing trip.

    Meeting at 1pm in Mt Pleasant: I go down really early and fish flood tide spottails til 11:30.
    Meeting in Irmo at 8:30 - go striper fishing afterwards.


    Life ain't too bad on the road.
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    Driving FOR your job is considerably different than driving TO your job....I put 50k a year on my trucks between work and recreating. I was more asking about the folks that drive an hour plus to work at ABC Supply or XYZ Manufacturing. The difference, in my mind, is my time starts when I leave the driveway...not after I drive an hour to work, put in the 8 or 10 hours our whatever is required, and then drive another hour back home...that turns a 9-10 hour day into a 12 hour day every single day.

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    Yeah, eff that.
    Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FishSticker View Post
    Driving FOR your job is considerably different than driving TO your job....I put 50k a year on my trucks between work and recreating. I was more asking about the folks that drive an hour plus to work at ABC Supply or XYZ Manufacturing. The difference, in my mind, is my time starts when I leave the driveway...not after I drive an hour to work, put in the 8 or 10 hours our whatever is required, and then drive another hour back home...that turns a 9-10 hour day into a 12 hour day every single day.
    I did it for years. St Matt’s to Sumter and then st Matt’s to farrow rd in ne cola. Where I wanted to live was a lot more important than where my job was. Like bad habit said, just about anywhere you go in the greater Charleston area takes an hour between 700-830 and 430-600. Is it any different that you are only driving 10 miles vs 50?

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    Yes it is very different, at least for me.

    Gridlock traffic makes me crazy. Give me an hour long 60 mile trip over an hour long 10 mile trip any day of the week.
    Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BOGSTER View Post
    Yes it is very different, at least for me.

    Gridlock traffic makes me crazy. Give me an hour long 60 mile trip over an hour long 10 mile trip any day of the week.
    Oh I’m with you. I’ve got to be moving or I’ll go insane. I’m all over the eastern seaboard these days. I see all kinds of traffic.

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    Bought a 1998 Honda Accord a few years back and it was the best thing I could have done. Even though my drive is only 15 miles one way, I use it a lot carrying my kids to the rec center and other places around town.. My 04 z71 only gets 15 tops and this car gets 29. Also adding it to my insurance saved me 10 bucks a months(truck is through the farm).

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    I'm in the same group that has a commute at some point through the day that is more than an hour. Driving a company vehicle obviously helps.

    I second the podcast idea with Joe Rogan. A trip from Charleston and back to Charlotte turns into two episodes instead of 6 hours.

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    Drive 50 miles each way. Got a 16 civic gets 40mpg. My stress level is down I think the ride helps each day

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