Wednesday, February 11, 2015

God bless James Robertson, But...the Media is confusing me.

http://news.yahoo.com/detroit-man-james-robertson-walks-to-work-moved-police-safety-180757947.html


The Headlines state that James Robertson WALKS 21 miles TO work.
A College kid starts a web site for him that raises $350,000!
James has not seen a penny of it yet.
But James did get a new Taurus.


I know some Amateurs that have run Marathons (a brother, a son & others) and their goal was always 3 hours. They would not be unhappy with an under 3:30.

OK, James supposedly WALKS 21 miles TO work. That means James has to WALK 21 miles home FROM work. If the Marathon runners I know average 3:15 while RUNNING over 26 miles that would mean that James is spending at least 12 hours a day WALKING to & from work. Add 9 hours to James' work day (30 min for lunch & two 15 min breaks) having a meal, taking out the trash, doing the dishes, reading the paper, watching just a little TV, taking a dump...that adds up to a lot of hours in a day.

When does James sleep?

I am confused & sorry that he has to move out of his neighborhood.

Maybe he can move closer to work.

4 comments:

Moh said...

The round trip is 21 miles.

Gerald Pea said...

Maureen. That's my Point. I read at least 5 stories about this guy & all of them said he walked 21 miles TO work. If someone asked you how long is your commute to work when you worked in Nebraska I am betting that you would have said something like, "It's an hour each way".

Moh said...

You have to understand....it's Detroit. Not real bright out there.

blaze said...

I wondered the same. Thanks for clearing that up.