# What did you learn from lockdown?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-from-lockdown/952263>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-from-lockdown/952263 "2021-10-10T16:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-from-lockdown/952263/41 "2021-10-12T16:29:19Z")

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I save 1.5 - 2 hours a day not having to ‘commute’. Depends on the weather. I drive over the continental divide. This is huge for me.

I do still have to go into town a few times a week for supplies and stuff, but work is cool with me taking a long lunch. I can see the top of the sail of retirement just at the horizon. TPTB understand that I think, and want to keep me around as long as they can.

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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-from-lockdown/952263/42 "2021-10-12T16:46:52Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> I can see the top of the sail of retirement just at the horizon.

Speaking of retirement, I’ve learned that, come retirement, I need to move to a more walkable neighborhood. Bus service here, outside morning and evening rush hours, is pretty bad, and I don’t want to have to drive to do everything during the middle of the day. So I need a place with some stores and restaurants within a few blocks, otherwise I’ll just turn into (even more of…) a couch potato.

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