When we first moved to Shepherdstown, we had a little trouble adjusting to the pace. For a long time we were always early when we went anywhere. We just automatically figured in the traffic delays that we were use to any place we went. But in Shepherdstown, there wasn\u2019t a traffic problem and it took us some time to adjust to it \u2014 living in a place with no \u201crush hour\u201d was completely new to us. I was thinking about that the other day and I wonder how the term rush hour came to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To me, \u201crush hour\u201d makes no sense. Take the \u201crush\u201d part \u2014 no one can rush because there are too many cars on the road. I suppose that \u201crush\u201d must really refer, not to speed, but to the rush of people that flood the roads, and public transportation systems trying to get home \u2014 or somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if you think about it, the \u201chour\u201d part is even more misleading than the \u201crush\u201d part. Where we used to live in Norther Virginia, I guarantee you that \u201chour\u201d lasts a lot longer than 60 minutes. So the \u201chour\u201d of \u201crush hour\u201d\u00a0 is not<\/em> your traditional chronological hour. It\u2019s some vague, unmeasured block of time. I guess you could say the same thing about the \u201chour\u201d in \u201chappy hour.\u201d And now that I think about it, maybe that\u2019s not such a bad thing. In fact, since we\u2019ve moved to Shepherdstown, I\u2019ve kind of traded rush hour for happy hour\u2026\u2026 When we first moved to Shepherdstown, we had a little trouble adjusting to the pace. For a long time we were always early when we went anywhere. We just automatically figured in the traffic delays that we were use to … Continue reading
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