[DavieJ89]

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Originally Posted by lyra33

I love living in CH. It almost has a rural feel as you are surrounded by horse property and open desert. I agree about the easy commute. I'm amazed how quickly you can get downtown. The only traffic seems to hit when you are merging onto I-15 off of the 95. When I come home during rush hour from the Strip area I take sidestreets Bonneville/Alta west and then hop on the 95 or take Buffalo up.

I love driving up 95 to Ch. Its always pleasant...once you get off the constant traffic jam that is 15...once I get on 95, I set my cruise to 70 and relax the rest of the way: )

Its funny to me lyra how people make centennial seem so far as if it's on another planet when 80% of the valley is 25 mins away or less this city is not as big in area as people are led to believe. The only places that are truly "far" from ch would be areas of Henderson like anthem, east Henderson anc McDonald ranch, and boulder city

[unf0rgiven6262]

Originally Posted by DavieJ89

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I love driving up 95 to Ch. Its always pleasant...once you get off the constant traffic jam that is 15...once I get on 95, I set my cruise to 70 and relax the rest of the way: )

Its funny to me lyra how people make centennial seem so far as if it's on another planet when 80% of the valley is 25 mins away or less this city is not as big in area as people are led to believe. The only places that are truly "far" from ch would be areas of Henderson like anthem, east Henderson anc McDonald ranch, and boulder city

I can get from around 89121 area to nellis in under 30 minutes. The highways are great and only overly crowded at very predictable times unless there are massive accidents. I could spend 30 minutes on most of the surface streets and barely get anywhere sometimes. I would almost rather drive through the open desert than drive anywhere near the strip.

[DavieJ89]

Agreed, I use the freeways every chance I have. Like I said it takes me 40 minutes to get to work and its 6 or 7 miles away it only takes so long because of the traffic on twain/sands/spring mtn

I still think Maryland ans the fabulous flamingo is the worst. I often use DI and eastern as alternate routes to md and flamingo

The freeways in las vegas are awesome except 15 between 95 and Russell

[las vegas drunk]

Originally Posted by DavieJ89

Agreed, I use the freeways every chance I have. Like I said it takes me 40 minutes to get to work and its 6 or 7 miles away it only takes so long because of the traffic on twain/sands/spring mtn

Ok, I am starting to see your point. Once in a blue moon my work calls me and asks me if I can start at 5:30 PM instead of 10:30 PM when my co worker calls off work. I have done it a few times and it was hell, especially in the summer with no AC. I would go rent a room in Silverado Ranch (the neighborhood where I work) if I had to work day shift. I could not handle the extreme traffic commuting from here either.

[carbon-fiber-hoods]

Originally Posted by delgadobb

LOL, those fuzzy monsters (aka ferrets) are always a laugh a minute.

One of my ferrets from Chicago (who has unfortunately since passed) was a rescue named Toto. I remember leaving a case of beer (in cans) in the front sun room since I was having friends over the next day. Mischievous, silly Toto was a persistent, curious ferret who decided he HAD to see what was in that box. When I was in the kitchen, all of a sudden it got TOO quiet & my ferret radar went crazy. Sure enough, when I walked forward to the sun room I see what had happened ... Toto clawed incessantly at the edge of the carboard box until he pulled the flap open, then pulled out a beer, then punctured it with his fangs (I'd seen him try a few times but didn't think he could do it.)

What do I walk into? A punctured beer on the hardwood floor, a puddle of bliss for six ferrets in a circle lapping it up. I'd swear it was a scene out of Animal House ... "Grab a brew ... don't cost nuthin' ..." I wanted to be angry but I couldn't, it was too funny ... too hard to stay angry at nature's clowns. So, I put them away for a few minutes & cleaned up; I'm sure I was persona non grata for a while. "Daaad, we never get to have any fun!"

Here's a pic I found of Toto, who liked to hang upside down while sleeping ... you can see about half his body hanging out of the hammock while snoozing ... weird:


Another drink story: My spoiled little JLo is very bonded to me & ALWAYS wants to know what I'm doing. You know those plastic mugs with water in the outer perimeter that you can freeze for a long-lasting frosty mug? I like to use them sometimes for a beverage & JLo thinks they're the coolest thing ever; she HAS to know what I'm drinking & wants to share. She'll keep getting up on the couch on my lap, puts her paws on the edge of the mug & pulls down HARD, much harder than you'd expect. Occasionally she gets lucky & gets a sip; if I have soda in there it's funny as she'll recoil from the carbonation - of course it still doesn't stop her from going back for more ...

tijlover, let us know if your fuzzbutt manages to catch a mouse when you're down on the strip. Ours haven't done that yet, but I'm sure they would if we had any around. Our Leela loves to play ping pong with her paws & crickets when they happen to get into the house. I'll find her batting her paws around thinking she has a new toy ... which she does, in a sense! Poor crickets don't know what they're getting into when they wander into this house ...

Ferrets are pretty cool pets, I knew someone who had 2 ferrets, they would fit underneath the door. It was pretty weird, there was enough room between the hardwood floor and the living room to kitchen doors that these little guys would slide through the bottom

[DavieJ89]

Originally Posted by las vegas drunk

Ok, I am starting to see your point. Once in a blue moon my work calls me and asks me if I can start at 5:30 PM instead of 10:30 PM when my co worker calls off work. I have done it a few times and it was hell, especially in the summer with no AC. I would go rent a room in Silverado Ranch (the neighborhood where I work) if I had to work day shift. I could not handle the extreme traffic commuting from here either.

It sometimes takes me 1 hour to get to kmart on Buffalo and Washington when I go in at 5pm, even 95 won't get above 35mph during rush hour and 40 mins od that 1 hr trip is just the 1.5 miles from my place to sahara and 15

[Daddys///M3]

Originally Posted by DavieJ89

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I love driving up 95 to Ch. Its always pleasant...once you get off the constant traffic jam that is 15...once I get on 95, I set my cruise to 70 and relax the rest of the way: )

Its funny to me lyra how people make centennial seem so far as if it's on another planet when 80% of the valley is 25 mins away or less this city is not as big in area as people are led to believe. The only places that are truly "far" from ch would be areas of Henderson like anthem, east Henderson anc McDonald ranch, and boulder city

If you think that's a nice drive, try the drive from CH to Mt Charleston or Indian Springs and back, particularly when the weather is near perfect like it is lately. The commute is one of the best things about my job believe it or not.

[dynimagelv]

from the saddle between hooterville and Boulder to my house is 30 miles and its a piece of cake drive....your right this town aint that big.....

[kimba01]

Originally Posted by DavieJ89

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I love driving up 95 to Ch. Its always pleasant...once you get off the constant traffic jam that is 15...once I get on 95, I set my cruise to 70 and relax the rest of the way: )

Its funny to me lyra how people make centennial seem so far as if it's on another planet when 80% of the valley is 25 mins away or less this city is not as big in area as people are led to believe. The only places that are truly "far" from ch would be areas of Henderson like anthem, east Henderson anc McDonald ranch, and boulder city

I totally agree with you on this, Davie! But maybe the people who do complain about it have never lived in a large metro area. It is nothing here in Detroit area to travel 40 minutes to get somewhere. And that is with no traffic.

[DavieJ89]

Originally Posted by kimba01

I totally agree with you on this, Davie! But maybe the people who do complain about it have never lived in a large metro area. It is nothing here in Detroit area to travel 40 minutes to get somewhere. And that is with no traffic.

kimba, your right. 20 miles is not that big a deal
in Orlando it was 20 miles from my house to downtown Orlando and that was maybe 1/2 way across town. this is what I've been talking about, I'm having trouble with understanding how people see Ch and the Nw as being "clear across town"