XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 23/01/2014 4:30 am, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > In ye olde days, "commuting to work" for most people meant walking a   
   > relatively short distance. These days some people can travel for two   
   > hours or more on a fast train just to get to work, working and living   
   > in what are actually two different cities ... which is rather crazy.   
      
   Our penny-pinching government is currently discussing withdrawing social   
   benefits from people who refuse to take jobs that are up to 90 minutes   
   travel away from their homes. I can't help thinking that, whether they   
   use a car or public transport, 3 hours travel a day is going to eat up   
   their wage.   
   --   
   Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England   
                       1972-now W Australia   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)