4 Years of Service
Is that a country thing, or a rural/urban thing? If I'm in an urban area, I'm not giving distance in time, because (other than being relative) traffic dictates the time it takes. It's always "about half a mile/kilometer that way (depending upon where I am), or a few hundred yards/meters, or three stops on the subway. If I'm out in the countryside, then it's often in hours or minutes. "It's about 15 minutes to the closest pub." "I'm about an hour from your house." "It's about three hours to the big city." But that's just me, guessing the type of answer the person wants and what fits into the conversation.I think a lot of places do that. Here we usually say "Go straight all life" just to say you're on the right path, but it will be long until you get there.