Here are some of the reasons that I think people get irritated by waiting at a stop light for 10 minutes:
they have appointments they have children they have competing demands on their time On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, MJ Mueller wrote: > Emilie asks: Just out of curiosity, if you could save that 10 minutes you're > timing > waiting for a stop light on Hiawatha, where would you spend them? > > Not burning fossil fuel. A mattter of 10 minutes in my day to day life is > pretty inconsequential as far as what I may be doing instead of sitting in > traffic. 10 more minutes to relax in a day maybe, 10 more minutes to shop or > cook or eat or walk or ride a bike or surf the net or clean my house or..... > However 10 minutes times 365 days a year is almost 61 hours of time and that > could add up. (I realize that 365 days is unrealistic - please don't blast > me.) > > MJ Mueller > Seward > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get ready for school! Find articles, homework help and more in the Back to > School Guide! http://special.msn.com/network/04backtoschool.armx > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
