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Old 11-18-2006, 09:28 PM
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If all you had to do was drive somewhere & not even stay 10mins how far would you drive for $50 15 miles 30 miles 45 miles 60 mile 75 mile or more???
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I'd drive about 30 minutes each way. That is my ballpark including time and gas!
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Old 11-19-2006, 10:11 AM
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188 miles total (94 miles each way) tops. And that's provided that I didn't have to shuffle any other plans to do it, drove in daylight and good weather, was driving open highways that I like, and if I had to drive someone it was only someone who's company I enjoyed.

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Old 11-19-2006, 10:26 AM
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No further than 15-20 miles. Its already less than $50 because you have to burn gas to go get it. Factor in my time to go get it. Any further than that I would tell whoever it was to drop it in the mail!
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I would probably drive about 50 miles to get it.
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Old 11-19-2006, 10:59 AM
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Hey, Snoopy, I'll send you a self-addressed stamped envelope and you can drop it in the mail to me. Or would you prefer to just make a PayPal payment?

I don't know, I can't quite get my head around this question, unconnected to a _reason_ to go pick up $50. Even if it were only 15 miles away, I'd hope to have another reason to drive out that way. I rarely drive that far away unless I am leaving town. Most of my needs and desires are closer than 15 miles away.
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With the motorbike, I'd ride 75 miles, 150 round trip.
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I do that every two weeks. I drive to Chinatown, Houston to save on Chinese groceries.

It is about 120 miles there and 120 miles back. Granted, it is a very inefficient way to save money. However my family lives in Chinatown so I can visit them on the way.
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Old 11-19-2006, 12:25 PM
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20 miles, and I'm so cheap I'd try to combine the trip with other errands
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