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Post #221,575
by boxley
8/30/05 9:43:21 AM
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New huh? didnt feel comfortable enough to explore?
you were going to LA which roughly entails driving towards the setting sun and asking whether LA was north or south when you hit the ocean. How hard could it be?
thanx,
bill
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Post #221,579
by tjsinclair
8/30/05 10:27:17 AM
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New Chalk it up to timidity in strange environs

A personal fault. Plus, along the route we took (across New Mexico, Arizona) there are long stretches where there aren't a lot of places to pull over and ask for directions.
Tom Sinclair

"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
     Car Navigation systems - (tjsinclair) - (33) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:19:51 PM EDT
         Re: Car Navigation systems - (Yendor) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:45:32 PM EDT
         I Love Sat Nav - (pwhysall) - (8) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:05:29 PM EDT
             Re: I Love Sat Nav - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:34:46 PM EDT
             What's the fallback? - (drewk) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:18:26 PM EDT
                 What I do right now - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:34:36 AM EDT
                     huh? didnt feel comfortable enough to explore? - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:43:21 AM EDT
                         Chalk it up to timidity in strange environs - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:27:17 AM EDT
             As someone who's perpetually at square one... - (Meerkat) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 06:30:21 AM EDT
                 Can you fit street maps for all of Oz in one directory? - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 12:57:46 PM EDT
                     No. - (static) - Aug. 30, 2005, 09:21:48 PM EDT
         My dad has one. - (inthane-chan) - (10) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:41:58 PM EDT
             Great phrase, PizzaDeliverySense. Now explain, please. -NT - (tjsinclair) - (9) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:35:49 AM EDT
                 Simple. - (inthane-chan) - (8) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:29:42 PM EDT
                     I also always know which way North is, instinctively. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:30:56 PM EDT
                         I'd like you to test this ability out in Boston, MA :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 30, 2005, 02:55:45 PM EDT
                             Easy - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:23:46 PM EDT
                                 You forget... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 30, 2005, 05:16:51 PM EDT
                                     Concur - (Ashton) - Aug. 30, 2005, 07:01:12 PM EDT
                                     Especially after the big dig - (lister) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:58:28 PM EDT
                                         Good point! - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:54:02 PM EDT
                     Great! - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:48 AM EDT
         A funny anecdote: - (imqwerky) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:44:00 PM EDT
             :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 29, 2005, 06:54:09 PM EDT
             My wife and I joked about that - (tjsinclair) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:37:32 AM EDT
         I have a Garmin iQue3600 PDA/GPS system. - (a6l6e6x) - (8) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:24:53 PM EDT
             You bring up a benefit I didn't consider - (tjsinclair) - (7) - Sept. 13, 2005, 05:37:21 PM EDT
                 Well, you do have to ignore the initial attemps... - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Sept. 13, 2005, 10:48:07 PM EDT
                     We usually have maps - (tjsinclair) - (5) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:45:55 AM EDT
                         No you don't. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Sept. 14, 2005, 11:29:21 AM EDT
                             Maps + local gas stations == cheap GPS -NT - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 12:42:35 PM EDT
                                 Yes, when local gas stations present. :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 14, 2005, 01:13:34 PM EDT
                             Point taken - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2005, 04:36:50 PM EDT
                                 Yep - that got me through some pretty arcane off-ramp - (Ashton) - Sept. 15, 2005, 06:59:46 PM EDT

I think coming back from the summit was the rather more important achievement.
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