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It has taken me most of my adult life to grasp the idea of measuring travel by time instead of miles.Many moons ago a buddy and I flew out the CA to help move my sister and her husband back to Nebraska to start his Oral Surgery career here. I called my sister to let her know the flight was booked and asked her how far she was from LAX and her response was, "What time does your flight arrive?"
"Hey, sis - that's not what I asked you. How FAR from LAX are you?"
"Well, if you land at this time, I'm 20 minutes away. If you land at this time, I'm and hour and a half, perhaps as long as two hours away due to traffic. Now, what time does your flight arrive, dumbass?"
That's when I knew ... Toto and I weren't in Kansas anymore.
Orange County friend: “It takes 90 minutes to get there”.
Me: “Yeah, but how far is it?? How many miles??”
Friend: “Doesn’t matter. It’s 90 minutes. Unless it’s a Friday afternoon. Then it’s two hours. Unless it’s EARLY Friday afternoon. Then it’s an hour fifty”.
Me: “So, yore not gonna tell me how far it is”.
Friend: “I have no clue. Now will you stfu......”
Me: “sigh.....”
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