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Laddey

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On Monday I'm going to Sheffield to do my crane courses and stuff.


It's 95 miles and it will cost me around 30-35 quid in fuel.

Do I stop in a hotel which is 35 quid including and evening meal.
Do I drive back and forth every day? I have a hire car so it's no problem clocking miles up.
Do I get the train? The train is £30 return but leaves at 4am arrives in meadow hall at 7:00. But the return train doesn't leave until 6:55.

6 of 1 n half a dozen of the other lol.
 

old.Tohtori

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Well hotel saves you time and time = money. Always count in the time to cost.
 

Laddey

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I'm not getting paid for it.

Whatever route I choose the loss will be the same.
 

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Sorry dude.


It's Monday-Friday. Home Saturday Sunday. Then back Monday-Friday.

I agree toht. Not sure. I have a lot of revision to do, so it's either revise in the comforts of my own home or revise in a hotel
 

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ye but would you rather be lying in a hotel bed watching t.v or reading or w/e. Or on a train next to a sweaty crack head for 3 hours?
 

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How can a train take twice as long as a car? Zzz.

I want to come home really but I'm looking at the most sensible option.
 

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I think your options come down to car or hotel, which seem to cost the same amount.

So, your options realistically are;

- I get to go home every day, but lose a bit of free time due to driving(3 hours daily?).
- I stay at a hotel, but have to find sh*t to do.

If your "sh*t to do" involves spending evenings on a laptop with little social life, then the hotel is easier for your internet free time ;)
 

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So 2 working weeks? That's a fair while. I personally wouldn't want to stay in hotel for more than one or two nights on the trot, would miss that home link. Maybe mix it up a little. It's a tough one really, depends on how well you can exist in a hotel on your lonesome.
 

old.Tohtori

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Oh yeah, you can bring strange women to your hotelroom without anyone finding out.
 

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If yuo are comfortable on your own, go for the hotel option. Less travel means you can revise and are less likely to get side tracked while home on an evening.

At the end of the day its 10 days away from home. If you can't do that, your gonna struggle working on the rigs or abroad.
 

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Wazzerphuk said:
So 2 working weeks? That's a fair while. I personally wouldn't want to stay in hotel for more than one or two nights on the trot, would miss that home link. Maybe mix it up a little. It's a tough one really, depends on how well you can exist in a hotel on your lonesome.

Yeah maybe I could handle Monday through to Wednesday then home til the following Wednesday? Wednesday Thursday night in the hotel and back home.

I was advised (warned) the hotels are basic. I'll miss home etc but just dunno!
 

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The only reason I'll miss home at the moment is because my mum will struggle without my help around the house. But this is only for a short while then things are changing, this is why I'm doing these courses and researching my other options in the future

And stopping on an offshore rig would be 10x more pleasant than stopping in a basic hotel on my own. But I see your point and take it into consideration. Nevertheless Working away won't bother me once my family is secure without me
 

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Well there is your answer, the decision to stay away isn't motivated by cash at all, but your mothers well being. So you really want to be going home more often than not, you're better of driving than getting a stinky train :p
 

old.Tohtori

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Depends on if you're planning to stay with your mother for a long time, or are you planning on leaving anyway in the forseeable future. This might be a good time to test the waters for both and since you can still, at any given time, drive back home, it might do good.
 

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I'd drive some days, and get a hotel on other days.
 

Gwadien

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Take your laptop! - Go in the hotel, make some money at night, or wank!
 

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Get rich scheme:

1) Get laptop
2) ???
3) Profit

It's clear Gwadien is just an underpants gnome.
 

Gwadien

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Get rich scheme:

1) Get laptop
2) ???
3) Profit

It's clear Gwadien is just an underpants gnome.
Haha, plenty of ways to make money on the internet, just how you do it.

Those annoying pop up 'shoot the iPad' ones for example, can get you some money.
 

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Hotel.

Phone a hooker. Old skool filth. Can't beat it.
 

Laddey

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Where would 1 find a hookers phone number though?
 

Gwadien

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Congrats Lamp, you found him a solution /thread
 

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