On Oct 16, 9:56*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 15, 11:06*pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.

Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.

Eisboch

I've made it in 12.

Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.- Hide quoted text -

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Harry doesn't live in DC.

On Oct 16, 10:53*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 9:56*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 15, 11:06*pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.

Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.

Eisboch

I've made it in 12.

Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.- Hide quoted text -

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Harry doesn't live in DC.

So? He doesn't live in jacksonville, either. From his driveway to the
Florida boarder may be LESS than the distance I allowed.

Meanwhile your tale of driving non-stop from JAX to western upstate NY
in 24 hours is positively hilarious.- Hide quoted text -

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What's hilarious about it? My cousin, a truck driver, has done it in
21 hours several times with his '67 Impala SS.
If you take a look here, total driving time is 16 hours.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Jack...nghamton&2s=NY

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I've went from Jax, FL to western NY in 24, but I'm telling you, you
have to have the hammer down and you can't stop. And furthermore,
there's almost always something on I-95 to slow you down.

Something about 24 hours nonstop trips the BS detector. How big is the
fuel tank and what is your mileage? I presume you wear diapers.

Casady

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"Boater" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland
to Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days
on the interstate.


Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.

Eisboch


I've made it in 12. But I don't like doing it that way, and neither does
my wife. There are a few places way off the highway we stop for meals,
and a few motels we've come to rely on over the years.

We drive down to Florida about once every other year and fly the rest of
the time. We stop about halfway and then get an early start the next
morning.

Spending 12-16 hours driving a car...that was fun when I was in my early
20's...not now.

Once again, I can drive to BWI Airport in under an hour, waste an hour at
the airport, and then get down to Florida in two hours. That's four hours
versus 12-16 hours. There's nothing about driving the distance that
competes with that.

To me, my time is valuable. Wasting it driving south on the ugly,
dangerous Interstate is a waste of my time.

To each his own.



You obviously also have faith and trust in the airlines. I don't.

Eisboch


Funniest story about airline delays. When youngest graduated university, we
all stayed at a hotel next to LAX. We left daughter and went to airport.
She slept in. It is a 1 hr 15 minute flight to San Jose Airport. We turn
in rental car, go checkin and then find out the flight is delayed. We
finally leave to SJO, get my car at work, 10 minutes from the airport via
taxi, and drive home 35 minutes. Daughter is pulling up the street as to
the house as we turn corner above house. is a 5.5 hour drive from LAX to my
house. So the 3 hours of airplane trip took longer than sleeping in and
driving 5.5 hours. And this was before 9/11.

On Oct 16, 2:27*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:17:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 12:27*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:16:46 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:53*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:06:00 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 10:53*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:39 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 9:56*am, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 15, 11:06*pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...

I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.

Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.

Eisboch

I've made it in 12.

Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.- Hide quoted text -

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Harry doesn't live in DC.

So? He doesn't live in jacksonville, either. From his driveway to the
Florida boarder may be LESS than the distance I allowed.

Meanwhile your tale of driving non-stop from JAX to western upstate NY
in 24 hours is positively hilarious.- Hide quoted text -

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What's hilarious about it? My cousin, a truck driver, has done it in
21 hours several times with his '67 Impala SS.
If you take a look here, total driving time is 16 hours.

Yeah, but ONLY if there are no other cars on the road the whole way
down and all construction has been completed and cleaned up!- Hide quoted text -

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Mapquest is usually pretty close. Just completed a trip to St. Louis
and back and we pretty close.

I-95 down the east coast is not remotely comparable to driving to St.
Louis

Mapquest estimates don't necessarily take a lot of things into account
that matter quite a bit.

What year was it when your brother allegedly made it in 21 hours?- Hide quoted text -

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Never said my brother made it anywhere in 21 hours.

Excuse, me. Your COUSIN. With all the inbreeding I didn't think it
made much difference.

And I also never

said that driving down I-95 was like driving to St. Louis.

It was the example you used to try and illustrate your point.

But, seeing
how you apparently are clueless, both are mostly interstate driving,
both are mostly rural open road with some cities sprinkled in, both
have comparable speed limits on comparable roads.

Yep, NYC is barely more than a cow town. The speed limit in that area
is irrelevant, as you may spend an hour moving 100 yards at times.

It's pretty obvious you have never made the trip yourself.- Hide quoted text -

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psssst, you don't go through NYC to get to either Maryland OR western
NY. BUT, alas, I've driving through, around, and in NYC many times.
There's worse places.

On Oct 16, 1:19*pm, (Richard Casady)
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:15:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 11:25*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I've went from Jax, FL to western NY in 24, but I'm telling you, you
have to have the hammer down and you can't stop. And furthermore,
there's almost always something on I-95 to slow you down.

Something about 24 hours nonstop trips the BS detector. How big is the
fuel tank and what is your mileage? I presume you wear diapers.

Casady

Who said non-stop? If you parsed can't stop as non-stop, that was not
my intent. I meant for any amount of time, such as lunch. Gas and go.

Get real. If you can't stop, it has to be nonstop. Can't stop doesn't
allow any stops for any reason. I parsed it to be either bad writing
or an outright lie. I will settle for bad writing. Been known to do
that myself.

Casady

Hhhhhewwwwboy...........

On Oct 16, 1:12*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:55:24 -0400, Boater
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wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 15, 11:06 pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.
Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.
Eisboch
I've made it in 12.
Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.

From where I live in Maryland to the Florida line is about 12 hours if
we are not nailed by heavy traffic or construction on I-95. We don't do
that anymore, though. We usually stop in the Carolinas somewhere. It's a
dismal drive no matter how you do it, though.

One of the major bottlenecks is south of NYC. It can take hours to go
a few miles there at times.- Hide quoted text -

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If you were in Maryland, you'd go to NYC to get to the Florida
line?????

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 16, 1:12*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:55:24 -0400, Boater
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wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 15, 11:06 pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...
I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.
Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.
Eisboch
I've made it in 12.
Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.

From where I live in Maryland to the Florida line is about 12 hours if
we are not nailed by heavy traffic or construction on I-95. We don't do
that anymore, though. We usually stop in the Carolinas somewhere. It's a
dismal drive no matter how you do it, though.

One of the major bottlenecks is south of NYC. It can take hours to go
a few miles there at times.- Hide quoted text -

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If you were in Maryland, you'd go to NYC to get to the Florida
line?????

Try and keep up. I realize you have a big defict, but at least give it
a try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIA4gcrk-50

On Oct 16, 5:25*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:43:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Oct 16, 1:12*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:55:24 -0400, Boater
wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:46:21 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Oct 15, 11:06 pm, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...
I rarely drive long distances in a car...as, for example, from Maryland to
Florida. I have better things to do with my time than waste two days on
the interstate.
Ah, but with a BMW you could make that trip in about 16 hours.
Eisboch
I've made it in 12.
Bull****.

DC to Jacksonville is about 700 miles. You could probably do that in
12 hours without breaking the speed limit.

From where I live in Maryland to the Florida line is about 12 hours if
we are not nailed by heavy traffic or construction on I-95. We don't do
that anymore, though. We usually stop in the Carolinas somewhere. It's a
dismal drive no matter how you do it, though.

One of the major bottlenecks is south of NYC. It can take hours to go
a few miles there at times.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you were in Maryland, you'd go to NYC to get to the Florida
line?????

Try and keep up. I realize you have a big defict, but at least give it
a try.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Let me see. Harry was talking about going from Maryland to the Florida
border. I was talking about going from Jax to western NY. YOU were
talking about going from Washington D.C. to Florida. Then Harry talks
again about going from Maryland to Florida, then YOU insert something
about NYC.........
Oh, and thanks for acknowledging my big "defict".......I take it
that's a local term up there.