On Dec 13, 2:03*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:26:16 -0800 (PST), Tommy Joe
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> > wrote:
> >On Dec 12, 4:50*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
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> >> I'd sure like a GPS unit since I get lost a lot. The stereotype is all
> >> too true - I simply won't ask for directions and my wife can't read a
> >> map for beans.
>
> > * *You mean the stereotype for YOU is true. *That doesn't make it
> >true for all. *I'm a guy who will not hesitate to ask for directions.
> >If I don't ask, there is a good reason. *I might want to find
> >something on my own for the learning experience. *But if I really need
> >help with directions I will not hesitate to ask.
>
> > * * This reminds me of a the time a blind guy with a cane and
> >sunglasses was getting on the bus and people reached out to help him
> >up the steps and he cried repeatedly while lashing out with his cane,
> >"No, no, I can do it myself." *Then he takes a seat near the back and
> >about ten minutes later the bus driver calls out, "Sunset and Vine",
> >and the blind guy starts screaming, "Sunset and Vine? *Sunset and
> >Vine? *That's two stops past Highland. *I wanted to get off at
> >Highland - WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME?"
>
> >That didn't really happen, but I can picture it happening, and that's
> >good enough for me
> >TJ
>
> I only recently began using a Garmin GPS, it's a wonderful
> invention... brings me to wherever I'm going without missing a beat so
> if I miss a turn it announces "Recalculating" and takes me the next
> most direct route... when it's time to go home I click Home, and it
> takes me home from wherever in the world I happen to be, better than
> dropping crumbs like Hansel and Gretel. *A GPS is fantastic for these
> back country roads, many of which aren't signed and the only
> discernable landmark could be a cow that won't be there ten minutes
> later. *A GPS is especially good here at night, there are no street
> lights. *I can see how one day soon there'll be no need for steering
> wheels... just program in the destination and you can sleep until an
> alarm wakes you to say you've arrived.


Well, whatever new way of doing things comes along, I'm sure it
will be as rife with problems and conflict as what came before. I am
not anti GPS or anti anything that's new just because it's new. But I
do prefer some old ways of doing things too. I've been driving a cab
for 33 years. That doesn't always mean something, there are plenty of
guys who drive a long time and learn nothing. But I like looking at a
map and seeing an overview of how to get from point A to point B, not
just the way that is programed as the fastest or most direct. I enjoy
needing to haul the map out and look at it sometimes. I know the GPS
probably has a zoom feature on it that enables one to get an overview
- I don't know - but there is something about pulling over and calming
down and knowing it's going to take a minute, so you just give in to
it and get that map out (and the reading glasses too - *******s!), and
sit there and plot my course. So, as long as there is room for more
than just one way to do things, that is fine with me. I just hate
when things I like become obsolete - as will be the case with myself
one day, if it hasn't already happened.

hah hah hah,
TJ