What's the most unusual way you could get to work?

[hash tag]

I could walk, run or get the Thames river bus to work but it's horrendously expensive. Sadly, I have to have my car for work

 

[wiskey]

How fast do they go? Potentially?

I've got in my head 15mph, you probably wouldn't want it to be much faster!

 

[blairsh]

Got some pogo stilts, but probably not fit enough to do 5miles to work on them these days

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Got some pogo stilts, but probably not fit enough to do 5miles to work on them these days

Yeah...I got that wake up call yesterday.
Have you ever thought you were fitter than you are and done something which should be easy only to suddenly realise you're in trouble with it?
I was "demonstrating" (Lol) walking on a bench and jumping off the end on to a mat. Nothing complicated in that. Short bench. And only 10 inches off the ground.
So I jumped and landed on both feet as you do only to find that my legs completely gave way and I was suddenly on my knees and hurtling forward. Cue giggles and me saying "now that's how not to do it "
But at the same time it has freaked me out a bit.

 

[hash tag]

I would like to try a unicycle but we have agreed no spending this year

 

[19sixtysix]

One place I worked the secretary sometimes came by pony and trap.

And if she had to go to post office claimed the mileage for a horse and cart which the then stone age expenses policy allowed.

 

[wiskey]

I would like to try a unicycle but we have agreed no spending this year

Ask the universe, they tend to be things that people buy to try and then don't want

 

[twentythreedom]

I could anchor just off the beach by my house and sail from there to where i work in the summer

 

[hash tag]

Ask the universe, they tend to be things that people buy to try and then don't want

Exactly. A colleague has one I'm sure he can't get on with. I have tried, in my less old days...

 

[existentialist]

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A massive 120 tonne plane has landed on a Welsh beach

If they can pick me up, they can drop me off.

That's almost next door to my new flat

 

[19sixtysix]

I could anchor just off the beach by my house and sail from there to where i work in the summer

Braving the seagulls

 

[twentythreedom]

Braving the seagulls

I need to mount a fuck off massive gun on the foredeck, maybe a surface to air missile system too

 

[BoatieBird]

In theory I could travel to work by canal boat with a 5 minute walk at one end and a 10 minute walk at the other.
In practice it would take me all day to get there!

 

[19sixtysix]

I need to mount a fuck off massive gun on the foredeck, maybe a surface to air missile system too

 

[twentythreedom]

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I like your thinking

 

[plurker]

I run to work a couple of times a week. Takes a hour door to door; I usually cycle and that takes 35 mins or so.

Not that unusual a method overall I guess, but as a city commute I'm definitely a minority. I did follow one other guy from Blackfriars all the way to Clapham this week though.

 

[8ball]

It's powered. I'm not confident sharing space with them because I don't know how they brake.

They brake by leaning back a bit - the energy goes back into the battery. Very efficient energy-wise but they have dangers and aren’t strictly legal.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I could paddle board to work if I wanted, but I drop BB2 off at school so it doesn't work. Plus I don't want to do it even if I wasn't swinging past the school, cos I suspect it would be a pain.

 

[marty21]

One place I worked the secretary sometimes came by pony and trap.

And if she had to go to post office claimed the mileage for a horse and cart which the then stone age expenses policy allowed.

How much per mile ?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

for 'most unusual' i suppose i could construct some sort of steam powered submarine and go via the loddon, thames and wandle, but not sure it would be entirely practical...

 

[MrSki]

I dunno, hopping? I could swim but it would be an indirect route and mostly rat piss.

I hopped to work a couple of times when living & working in King's Cross. It was when I was still pissed & only took half a fag to get there. God them were the days. I could get from my local to my bed in less than 100 steps (& a good third were) & Bed to work in about 200 without having to cross a road.

 

[MrSki]

for 'most unusual' i suppose i could construct some sort of steam powered submarine and go via the loddon, thames and wandle, but not sure it would be entirely practical...

Most of the Loddon is unusable by canoe so might be a problem by submarine too.

 

[Dogsauce]

I once cycled home from the Warrington office, 60 miles over the Pennines. Just about managed it in daylight because it was June.

 

[krtek a houby]

Used to see this hipster dude cycling to work in the morning. Nothing unusual about that but he was cycling on a unicycle...

 

[OzT]

Back home if I was early enough would get the ferry to work, though it was easier and quicker going by bus down Military Road then over the bridge, but going home not so rushed so get the ferry back then walk.

But on a bad day the ferry ride could get exciting!!!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

But on a bad day the ferry ride could get exciting!!!

 

[OzT]

That's when I get the bus!! lol!!!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I generally do a skateboard / longboard, train and skateboard again. I didnt think it was unusual, but judging by this thread and the reaction of my peers maybe it is. I just can't be arsed getting the tube so I am usually going to the nearest station . .(London bridge, Victoria, Clapham junction, kings cross, blackfriars, Waterloo etc) and skate from there. It can be a 40 minute walk in some cases if you exclude the tube. If I'm working somewhere with a shower I will probably run instead. There are loads of fairly nice routes and you get to see and experience a bit more of London. God I hate the tube.

 

[dessiato]

I generally do a skateboard / longboard, train and skateboard again. I didnt think it was unusual, but judging by this thread and the reaction of my peers maybe it is. I just can't be arsed getting the tube so I am usually going to the nearest station . .(London bridge, Victoria, Clapham junction, kings cross, blackfriars, Waterloo etc) and skate from there. It can be a 40 minute walk in some cases if you exclude the tube. If I'm working somewhere with a shower I will probably run instead. There are loads of fairly nice routes and you get to see and experience a bit more of London. God I hate the tube.

Is this you?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Is this you?
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Nah, I have cruiser wheels, only a nutter would used skate park wheels for a commute across london.
I also wear socks.