Project No Drive: Tip drops milage count

Today’s Project No Drive update is a bit of a puzzler since my miles-driven count dropped by two miles. Yes, I said dropped. Now that I your attention, let’s unpack this mystery.

All the credit goes to Gazette reader and Patriot-News beat reporter T.W. Burger. He read yesterday’s update about me giving a friend a lift, a trip that put 47 miles on my trusty 1998 Saturn SW1. Burger wrote:

But wouldn’t it sort of average out some way? Yes, YOU drove 47 miles, but your friend DIDN'T.

I mulled over the suggestion a bit and concluded that Burger was onto something. Here’s what I finally came up with based on his idea:

I planned to drive 25 miles to play tennis with my friend in Grantville. We bagged tennis due to cool, windy weather conditions, and instead I drove him to get a job application at a state office building on Cameron Street. So, I'll only count 25 of the 47 miles – 22 miles will be credited to my friend.

OK, I now have 22 miles to burn. And today I piloted my car 20 miles during two trips – one to attend an ARRP meeting and the other to run a series of errands, including buying a pair of deep-discounted jeans at Boscov’s at Colonial Park Mall.

Summary: Miles driven dropped from 62.5 to 60.5.
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I mentioned buying jeans because I despise shopping for jeans in a big way. Check out this B² tidbit from my personal archives to find out why.