The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Draka]

I had a GPS unit for my van, a Garmin I believe, but it was a gift and outdated and couldn't get updates for it so it was useless in many areas. Chucked it. Don't have a smartphone, just a Tracphone, so don't have GPS on my phone either. I use this really strange way to get around to places that are new or unfamiliar to me. It's this thing called a map. If I don't have the map with me I tend to do this other weird thing and write down turn by turn directions for myself before leaving. I often find, that due to my freaky memory, that by just writing down the directions I usually don't have to look at them again. Not unless they are exceptionally long and I get distracted. If it write something down I tend to photocopy it to my memory. I'm freaky like that.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I had a GPS unit for my van, a Garmin I believe, but it was a gift and outdated and couldn't get updates for it so it was useless in many areas. Chucked it. Don't have a smartphone, just a Tracphone, so don't have GPS on my phone either. I use this really strange way to get around to places that are new or unfamiliar to me. It's this thing called a map. If I don't have the map with me I tend to do this other weird thing and write down turn by turn directions for myself before leaving. I often find, that due to my freaky memory, that by just writing down the directions I usually don't have to look at them again. Not unless they are exceptionally long and I get distracted. If it write something down I tend to photocopy it to my memory. I'm freaky like that.

You mean...you actually use....your BRAIN???!!! What kind of Luddite are you, anyway?!

 

[Smart_Guy]

I rarely use GPS really. If I do, it would be to save locations and use coordinates from external sources. Wouldn't search for unless old and sure to be in the database. I don't mind directions as long as the point is there so I'd manage my own way. All within cities, never for long distances and travels.

On other news, my father scolded me again for talking fast. What do I do? It's my nature

 

[Wu Wei]

I had a GPS once that gave wrong directions...it once wanted me to turn the car to the right and hit a tree...it once wanted me to take a left off of an overpass and it once wanted me to turn into some persons yard and slam into their house.... once tried to get me to drive up an unfinished on ramp and, of course, it generally got me lost...... I am pretty sure it hated me

 

[sun rise]

I had a GPS once that gave wrong directions...it once wanted me to turn the car to the right and hit a tree...it once wanted me to take a left off of an overpass and it once wanted me to turn into some persons yard and slam into their house.... once tried to get me to drive up an unfinished on ramp and, of course, it generally got me lost...... I am pretty sure it hated me

I had one direct me from points A-B-C-D (my destination) rather than directly A-D. None of them are 100% and there are some funny and tragic stories about what happened to people who believed them too much.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

While visiting my parents last winter, used their car with GPS. The interstate there is paralleled on both sides by frontage roads with frequent exits and entrances. It kept telling us to exit to the frontage road, and when on the frontage road, to enter onto the main highway. For about 25 miles, with about that many exits and entrances, until we got to the place we really wanted to turn off on. Figured it out after the first cycle, so ignored it the rest of the way, since we knew our goal was many miles away.

 

[Wu Wei]

I had one direct me from points A-B-C-D (my destination) rather than directly A-D. None of them are 100% and there are some funny and tragic stories about what happened to people who believed them too much.

In New Jersey as I exited a toll booth it said this...

Take your next left....right...left...... next left...right...left...right...next left.....right left... did that about 50 times.in about the first 50 feet of movement.... I shut it down and did something blasphemous.... I looked at a map

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

I had one direct me from points A-B-C-D (my destination) rather than directly A-D. None of them are 100% and there are some funny and tragic stories about what happened to people who believed them too much.

A friend on a long trip once followed the instructions to exit the interstate (as she was not from the area, she figured that there was probably construction or some other reason for the detour), proceeded into a town a few miles off the road, through a series of turns back onto the same stretch of road and back to the same exit on the interstate, and back onto the interstate going her original direction. She told me that the gps wanted her to do the same thing on the return trip; when she kept on driving past the exit, it started to give her instructions to get back to the little town again. The only time she ever had that happen in many years of use.

 

[Draka]

On other news, my father scolded me again for talking fast. What do I do? It's my nature

I've been known to talk fast and been told to slow down, but at least my ability to speak quickly won me something. Radio contest where I once lived offered $10 for every time you could say "the big ape" (their mascot, WAPE) in 10 seconds. I won $330.

 

[Smart_Guy]

I've been known to talk fast and been told to slow down, but at least my ability to speak quickly won me something. Radio contest where I once lived offered $10 for every time you could say "the big ape" (their mascot, WAPE) in 10 seconds. I won $330.

You said it 33 times in 10 seconds?

Way cool
Too bad I'm not that fluent in English and I keep getting that "whaaat?!?!" even in my 1st language

 

[Wu Wei]

oh bother

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Even my capable Garmin Nuvi requires care in planning routes.

I got a Nuvi 57 on sale.

Take your next left....right...left...... next left...right...left...right...next left.....right left... did that about 50 times.in about the first 50 feet of movement.... I shut it down and did something blasphemous.... I looked at a map

My mom's TomTom did that to me once on the way to Tennessee. She insisted that I take it, even though I didn't need, but since I had I figured I might as well use it, but after that I turned it off.

 

[Draka]

You said it 33 times in 10 seconds?

Way cool
Too bad I'm not that fluent in English and I keep getting that "whaaat?!?!" even in my 1st language

I've gotten compared to this guy in the past when I've really gotten going.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I expected I would have been called to work by now. I could have gotten so much done, but I could get called at any minute.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I've gotten compared to this guy in the past when I've really gotten going.

Probably because I grew up with him on the TV is why I don't think anyone I meet talks fast.

 

[Wu Wei]

 

[Wu Wei]

I would feel a little better if I could just go do this...

and then watch everybody run away

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I would feel a little better if I could just go do this...

and then watch everybody run away

Then go do it.

 

[Wu Wei]

Sadly, it is not that easy...... although my great grandmother (from Germany) use to do that...... I am told she almost agreed with Teddy Roosevelt's, talk softly but carry a big stick way of thinking...... except she was not so much into the talking softly bits

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Sadly, it is not that easy...... although my great grandmother (from Germany) use to do that...... I am told she almost agreed with Teddy Roosevelt's, talk softly but carry a big stick way of thinking...... except she was not so much into the talking softly bits

Germans and talking softly is something that just doesn't go together.