On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:51:30 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Why it's the more highly educated sector of society acts in such an
utterly boneheaded manner, i have no idea!

It's not necessarily utterly boneheaded. I gave up a short commute
from New Malden to Green Park (probably around 50 minutes including a
walk from Victoria) for a longer one from Fleet (1h20m "up" and
probably 5-10 minutes longer "down", and both including a walk between
Waterloo and Green Park). All for good lifestyle reasons - I could
afford to buy somewhere in the Royal Borough, but not where I wanted
to be, and living in the city was beginning to get me down, so a move
out of town did me good.

However, I did make sure it was an easy commute and on a good line, so
it doesn't inconvenience me too much. The worst thing is I can't
easily get to work before 8.00 if I'm busy, as I much prefer starting
early to working late.

And I get time to read, which I didn't before.

However, how those people with spectacularly long and/or messy
commutes manage it is beyond me. I know moving house is expensive and
changing job not necessarily easy, but surely quality of life is worth
something.