Rich, I thought you were retired and raising turtles. What are you doing driving 12K miles a year?
Well, Michael, first of all, I live a mile from the Middle of Nowhere. Look:
My credit union and the nearest decent supermarket are 27 miles away. Once my credit union finally gets the remote check deposit functionality working, that should shave a lot of miles off. Right now it's a 54-mile trip every time I have to deposit checks. Pretty much everything else is at least 50 miles away. So routine errands become cross-country journeys.
Secondly, some of my family are scattered throughout Long Island, Philadelphia, and Connecticut, so those trips add some miles. I also go down to The City once in a while to see shows, visit old friends, and remember why I moved. The last time I was down there my ex flew over me on her broom. She
still hasn't fixed the turn signals.
Finally, I occasionally drive to visit clients and do local occasional local jobs, usually POS system installations and the like. I'm only
semi-retired. I still work about four hours a day when I feel like it for clients who pay their bills on time and don't annoy me.
Other than that, I raise turtles and frogs, tend to my own sites, fish, fly ultralights, and spend the rest of my time talking to my local friends and the resident wildlife. Except for the red squirrels. I shoot them. I hate those little commie bastards.
Rich