Drabble by Kevin Fagan for January 09, 2019

Am I the only one who did not know the Drabbles are a California family?

Somehow, Portland manages to be almost as snarled, but only 3-4 hours a day, not 7/24.

This will be Seattle’s traffic starting next week. “Don’t even bother.”

They’re doing pretty well on a security guard’s income in Southern California!

Washington DC area is no fun either. Just 4 3/4 more years of commuting and then I am MOVING AWAY.

KFI AM640

They left out the 405/105 by the airport.

Radio: “For more information on how you can find a job you can do at home, contact Adam Newman at 1-800-555-ADAM or online at www.adam@home.com. Thank you”.

I enjoy watching the traffic report now, from my bar stool.

Having driven that area, this is a pretty normal day!

Back in the 70s I would drive from Huntington Beach down to El Toro to see a friend. It would take me about 20 minutes.

I worked in Santa Ana in the late 80s. I took surface streets because my drive time was shorter than the freeway. Still took me an hour.

We were down there last year, Crazy scary all the way, what with the “fly-overs” etc.

When I lived in NY, just outside of the city limits, it took 2-3 times longer during rush hour(s). When I moved to New Orleans, it was just a little longer & the residents complained about the long commute! Everything is relative. When I was first there I was working for a temp agency & 1 job had a woman who had just moved from a very small town in the midwest – I forget exactly where as it was over 20 years ago. She asked me what I thought of New Orleans & I commented how small it was. Her eyes grew soooo wide as she said small? To her it was huge. We now live in Central Florida near Orlando & Disney. it’s be growing in the 20 years we’re here & the commute is getting really bad. Luckily we’re both retired & most of our travels are within 3 miles & we try to avoid the bad times.

As a local radio commercial once said — speaking of things you don’t want to do — “Being on the 405 at 4:05.” LOL

Should have thrown a SigAlert in there.

Happy!! For 33 of my working years I lived within 2 blocks of my work. Then 12 years of it I had to drive 10 mile to work. Didn’t need any traffic reports thank God!

Been working from home for about 14 years and don’t regret a thing!

The Drabbles live in SoCal!!

Maybe Claremont?

Sounds more like the traffic retorts…

Just what i was thinking! Never knew!

Inland Empire? Who’s the Emperor?