Well, that no show train slowed my commute home by roughly 90 minutes.

And *this was* the fastest route, unlike the test yesterday that a comparative between my regular commute's anchor points.

I'm so furious that I can't even understand the podcast I'm listening.

#Montréal #exo

@EdwinG
You have my sympathy.

So I was telling my husband about the challenges you experienced when there was a strike, and then your most recent posts about public transportation- the screens and so on, and his suggestion is maybe find a different place to catch the train.
I replied, " that might be a solution but the stops aren't exactly as close together as the city bus stop you are accustomed to, it would be a very long walk."

He hasn't visited your city .

@TrueNorthSpice Thank you!!

Train stations are roughly 5km apart in my city.

The LRT really was a game changer in my life. On a piece of paper, it wouldn’t make any sense, but it saves me hours per day.

I think in time, it would go like this for my commute (assuming no disruptions) for the three fastest :
- LRT + car
- Car ($$$$$ parking)
- Train + car

@EdwinG
It saves you 4 hours a day?

@TrueNorthSpice Boy... my maths is off.

Since the LRT's opening, I have saved in the best days (on a weekday):
* 25 minutes in the morning
* 65 minutes in the evening

And those include a car to get to the station.

Weekends are a different beast altogether.

@EdwinG

Ok, that seems reasonable. ..but that is still a lot of time saved.

(long day today?)

@TrueNorthSpice I can barely stand up at this point.
I wanted to do an activity today that I couldn’t yesterday - they were full for the day.

So… just getting to the activity took 3 hours, getting back 2 hours 30. If everything worked out according to the calculated itinerary, it would have been much less.

My original original plan for today was to go buy bookshelves that I desperately need.

@EdwinG
oh that is indeed a too much traveling lengthy day.
Bookcases are very importan! Perhaps next weekend you might find time for shopping ?
I hope you are able to get a good rest tonight because it sounds like you're exhausted.

@TrueNorthSpice Unlikely 😅

I want to go to IKEA to see what they have. The two stores we have are roughly 1h30 and 2h15 away on paper. I don’t see myself travelling with bookcases on public transportation 😂

Those books have been in storage for 5 years. They can wait a little bit longer.

@EdwinG @TrueNorthSpice

Edwin, have the bookshelves delivered! I haven’t been to an actual IKEA store since 2020. Closest one to me is 1h 15m DRIVE away…on a good day, with light traffic. Luckily, they have a great website and app, and delivery is reasonable. (Our house is 90% IKEA, 10% dust bunnies…😂)

@KimberlyN @TrueNorthSpice 10% dust bunnies sounds awesome! 😂

It’s more that I want to see what they have with my eyes, sizing and all :-) Even with my car, I would probably order online and have them delivered.

Maybe also pick up some shelves for the other side of my office (Zoom/Teams backdrop) while at it - those I could bring on public transport.