On 7/11/2011 5:44 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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> "Metspitzer" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 12:20:20 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
>> > wrote:
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>>> On Jul 9, 11:44 am, Metspitzer > wrote:
>>>> My phone is an inexpensive one. I really don't have the need for a
>>>> fancy one, but they have some pretty cool features.
>>>>
>>>> It would be nice if I could store the prices of the foods I frequently
>>>> buy and compile a list of how much each store I shop charges for them.
>>>> I would think a phone with a bar code reader would make this easy.
>>>
>>> Just get a little notepad and a pencil.
>>
>> Yeah. A hand held computer that is more powerful than the ones used
>> in the first space missions and use pencil and paper.
>>
>> Good idea. Maybe I will buy a map too....and an abacus........and a
>> dictionary.....and a tape recorder.........
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>
> There's nothing wrong with a map or a dictionary. Sorry, I gave my
> abacus away. I drove 700 miles using an map and a cat What, you don't
> know how to read a map?
>
> Jill

I view GPS as a terrific *aid*. I don't mindlessly follow what it tells
me to do and most of the time I just use it for positional awareness
which is the one major weakness of a map. A map is only useful if you
already know where you are.