Would You ?

[Lewis]

Man walks 21 miles a day to work, since 2005.

Strangers raise $60,000 to buy Detroit man who walks to work 21 miles a day a car
And you thought your commute was tough
http://news.yahoo.com/james-robertson-detroit-man-walks-21-miles-a-day-campaign-car-201859874.html

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Are these same strangers going to raise money for his medical bills after he gains 60 pounds and his physical exercise drops to nothing?

 

[Deborah13]

For a $10.36 an hour job. That is a very determined and responsible person.

 

[Lewis]

What does that cat do when the weather is bad and it is freezing

 

[Jethro Bodine]

What does that cat do when the weather is bad and it is freezing

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[Gary]

I can't believe no one from work would give him a ride.

 

[jasonc]

I can't believe no one from work would give him a ride.

he might have been a tightwad with paying for gas or a jerk.

a bike might do as well. I know a man who used to ride his bike that distance to work.

 

[Fish Catcher Jim]

What does that cat do when the weather is bad and it is freezing

Its up over 100,000.00 now, I think the news said tonight it was like 116,000.00 When it gets cold and bad ?
We just got 15 inches of fresh snow with drifts in the range of 2 to 4 ft. I believe they got it too. It's the west side , east side thing. lol

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Its up over 100,000.00 now, I think the news said tonight it was like 116,000.00 When it gets cold and bad ?
We just got 15 inches of fresh snow with drifts in the range of 2 to 4 ft. I believe they got it too. It's the west side , east side thing. lol

Honestly, I think the whole thing seems a little misguided, IMO.

 

[Gary]

Honestly, I think the whole thing seems a little misguided, IMO.

I agree.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I think that's nice of them.

 

[WIP]

Man walks 21 miles a day to work, since 2005.

Strangers raise $60,000 to buy Detroit man who walks to work 21 miles a day a car
And you thought your commute was tough
http://news.yahoo.com/james-robertson-detroit-man-walks-21-miles-a-day-campaign-car-201859874.html

My first reaction is this would not be possible. The average person will walk roughly 3mph and that would be a moderately fast pace. At that rate, he'd spend 14 hours a day, just commuting to work. Assuming he works an 8-hour day, that would be a total of 22 hours a day leaving only 2 hours for sleeping and preparing each morning.

Then I read the article and as usual the media blew it way out of proportion with their exaggerated lie. He actually walks 7 miles per day each way, which means he probably spends about 4-5 hours each day on foot and about 1 hour on the bus for a total of about 6 hours each day commuting. Still an amazing thing to do by any stretch.

 

[WIP]

On a side note. If you live in town and get your mail delivered by a postal carrier on foot, give them a high five when you see them. My neighbor did this until he retired two years ago after 30 years service. He wore a pedometer and learned that he walked over 10 miles every day, six days a week, carrying his mail bag on his shoulder, delivering the mail and it didn't matter if it was raining, snowing, 90 F. and humid, or -25 F. with -60 F. windchill. No wonder he had back issues.

 

[jasonc]

I wonder how much walking I do for my job weekly.

 

[Gary]

Just walk to the end of the driveway and back. If you are puffing by the time you get back you know your not walking enough. 2

So I did that and decided it was time to start exercising. So last year i decided to do a routene morning jog around the block everyday at 5:00am.

I might start next week.

Yeah, I'm still waiting for the right time too.

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[Jethro Bodine]

I think that's nice of them.

I agree. Just a little misguided.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

My first reaction is this would not be possible. The average person will walk roughly 3mph and that would be a moderately fast pace. At that rate, he'd spend 14 hours a day, just commuting to work. Assuming he works an 8-hour day, that would be a total of 22 hours a day leaving only 2 hours for sleeping and preparing each morning.

Then I read the article and as usual the media blew it way out of proportion with their exaggerated lie. He actually walks 7 miles per day each way, which means he probably spends about 4-5 hours each day on foot and about 1 hour on the bus for a total of about 6 hours each day commuting. Still an amazing thing to do by any stretch.

This is actually the very first thing that entered my mind when I read the story.

When I was 18 I walked about a 1/2 mile down the road to my girl friends house a couple of times and it took a long time. I didn't run any numbers in my head reading the article but I did conclude that would take a long time to walk 21 miles twice a day. It just seemed unreasonable. Then the amount of money they raised for him sounded unreasonable for what they were trying to do for him.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

No wonder he had back issues.

Back issues of what? Undeliverable MAD magazines?
That would be cool.
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[WIP]

I can ask him but somehow I doubt it.

 

[jasonc]

Just walk to the end of the driveway and back. If you are puffing by the time you get back you know your not walking enough. 2

So I did that and decided it was time to start exercising. So last year i decided to do a routene morning jog around the block everyday at 5:00am.

I might start next week.

oh I walk a lot. I have out walked young men new to the job whom to this day I say I nearly jog with my pace of power walking. my 2 mile run time is 16 minutes. I know I can easily walk 6 miles.