Country living... (1 Viewer)

[Jill Hives]

I think it depends on your job and type of transportation commute.

I don't have a stressful or demanding job. Sure I get frustrated a lot because I care. Lately I've just don't care because why should I? No one else does.
Every time I am on the train (not Dart or Luas) I write a letter. It's good thinking time and I like nice trains.
Basket or even wire plastic crate would do. Mostly for heavy items shopping, ie milk & canned goods when shopping.
I walk 2 km to work in the rain already and 2 to 3km back depending on errands.
I don't need to wear a suit and am never in a rush.
What is the difference from using my phone to post on thumped for an hour on the train rather than sitting at home and doing it?
Commuting 4 days to have 3 in the country (with a dog) is approaching 'worth it' in my book.

ETA:
Car, or crammed luas & dart = soul sucking. I agree there.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Not a fan of the countryside. It's alright for holidays and that. Give me a big, overcrowded, noisy, seething city any day.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

As long as you've thought it through.

I personally would miss the cinema.

 

[GO]

Im thinking of making a similar move. Does anyone have experience transfering dole payments etc? Is it the same routine as moving your local office?

Zact same.

 

[therealjohnny]

Two pieces of ID? Two proof of address documents?

 

[GO]

Yeah..all that good stuff.

 

[shower another shower]

People who live in Dublin, generally speaking, think anything outside the pale is a different planet and find thought of travelling arduous. Country folk will travel anywhere, any time. A bus or train to the big smoke is a piece of piss. Having a car in the country, for me being 5 miles outside my nearest village, is a necessity, but when travelling to Dublin, I prefer to take the bus and not have to worry about price of petrol, parking or having a few shcoops while I'm there. I like Dublin a lot, but it certainly isn't the centre of the universe. The rest of the country is peachy.

 

[Jill Hives]

As long as you've thought it through.

I personally would miss the cinema.

I haven't been to the cinema since August.
If there was something I wanted to see I could see it after work and take the a later train home.
I would have to choose very carefully and seriously look into it but I think it's possible.

Dublin is sucking my soul.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I haven't been to the cinema since August.

What a horrible thing to say.

 

[Jill Hives]

What a horrible thing to say.

Not as fun when you have no one to make jokes or discuss it afterward with a few drinks.
I can wait for DVD to watch it on my own without cell phones going off and people making noise with crisp bags.

 

[shower another shower]

and, oh...
There's a fuck load of Dubs out this direction who whole heartedly agree, that moving to the country was the best decision they'd ever made.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

The cinema’s often better on your own. That way you can rush back home to post about it on thumped.

 

[Jill Hives]

The cinema’s often better on your own. That way you can rush back home to post about it on thumped.

I have no problem going on my own and often do but it wouldn't be loss as I tend to let the cinema slide a bit without company.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Commuting by train means standing up for an hour, trying to balance. It does at regular commuting time on the mullingar line anyway, very annoying.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Commuting by train means standing up for an hour, trying to balance. It does at regular commuting time on the mullingar line anyway, very annoying.

It's a shitshow by all accounts.

 

[Jill Hives]

Commuting by train means standing up for an hour, trying to balance. It does at regular commuting time on the mullingar line anyway, very annoying.

Wait, so traveling by Irish Rail means more or less the Dart? People standing?
That changes things.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Well, maybe not always, you might get a seat but if a pensioner with a travel pass comes along you'll have to give it up. Somebody have me a good tip about this once - sit just inside the door or right in the middle of the carriage so that when the oap does show up they'll walk past the first seat to show they're at least trying to find a seat but they won't go a far as the middle of the carriage looking for one, they'll stop and wait for someone to get up for them do you don't want to be in that danger zone.

 

[Jill Hives]

There goes my mood blown.
Back to drawing board ----->

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I'm telling you, move to North County Dublin, somewhere like Killsallaghan and cycle to work.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

As someone said, try it out fir a few days and check it out, mightn't be so bad, might be nice enough