so the news in the morning seems to be coming on earlier and earlier. most morning news starts at 4:30 now. how much shit can you talk about for almost 4 hours. well it seems like a lot if it just keeps rerunning.
one question have to ask is have any of the people they interview about the bridge tolls ever lived or traveled outside the louisville area. i'm going with a solid no. any where you travel north or east of here has some type of toll road. the toll is how the road is kept up. i don't get it.
OH NO THERE IS A PLANE CRASH ON THE WATTERSON. yeah a plane crashed. it can't hear about it any more.
i feel better. i hate tv.
c'mon dude...then why the hell is my check taxed? 3 bucks a day? shit man...so here how this breaks down.
ReplyDeleteto and from work: $6 x 5 = $30
ride a bike on the weekend (e.p. , duff, wave) $6, so lets say 3 trips in a month, $18 + $30= $48
so in the summer $48 bucks x apr, may, june, july, august, sept, nov. $48 x 7= $336
$336 x (winter months with less use on the weekend at say $36 bucks a month) Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec) $144
$144 + $336 = $480!!! a year! that's just for me man...Kris works in louisville too...so even at an est. $400 for her, that would put us at $880 a year just to drive to work!!!
so man...that's a bunch of bike parts, nationals and oh yeah...bills that money could be used for...now, i just get to drive to work to pay to build a bridge..yippie!
i've never paid more than a dollar unless i'm on the pa. turnpike. i feel your pain. they also have the easy pass that is like a debt card and i think it's a little cheaper than paying as you go. i know what your saying though. they are trying to break it off in us before we even bend over. $6 is way too high. i've always thought about a ferry.
ReplyDeletei'm just glad someone else is paying attention.
ReplyDeletealmost every bridge and tunnel are tolled on the east coast. some as much as $12... one way! i usually drop $80-110 a month on tolls for work when i travel. we are/have been pretty lucky down here in kentucky. we take toll-free driving for granite.
ReplyDeletehell, back home in michigan, we pay $4 to enter metro parks, and $5 to enter state parks. this was per car... not per person. the metro parks are equivalent to cherokee, waverly, bh and duffield. so it'd be like $4 every time you wanted to drive out to waverly and ride. there are no "free" places to ride in the bigger cities. oh yeah, the peninsulas are connected by one bridge that's 5 miles long... $7 round trip. no ferry's or other alternatives.
i know tolls suck... that's what our taxes are supposed to go to, but sometimes there are financial reasons beyond the city/states control that we don't understand. and some times it's just that a private group owns the bridge/tunnel/road and the tolls are not set by the city or state.
one last thought... if the folks who are in charge of setting a toll actually do put one in place, it'd be smart of them to offer "commuter passes" with a discount like michigan did for the mackinac bridge. it takes a little edge off the bite.
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i'm sure there will be a commuter pass for 'em...yeah, i'm going ahead and just excepting the fact that it'll pass no matter what or who is in office. Kris had one when she was working up in chicago.
ReplyDeletei guess i'm just getting old and even more pissy than before. tolls, the city telling the people on hillcrest they're going to need to pay at least $25 for a "permit" to decorate their own home, obama being a serious disappointment (yep, i voted for him), etc.
i don't know...anywho...just rrrrrrrrrnt.
man... $25 for a permit to decorate for halloween?! i try to be understanding about most stuff and even play devils advocate, but that's pretty bad. even i'd be pissed off at that shit.
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Your check is taxed to pay for all the retards pumping out kids who aren't qualified ,fit , or smart enough to raise them. It's taxed to pay for war and stadiums. Where you from?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous... you're still a douche. Why is it so hard for you to contribute something worth while? Guess your responses are fitting for a pussy that hides his real name, lol. Be careful riding out there on the trails... you don't want to hit your clit on the top tube :)
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lol...
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