I also always know which way North is, instinctively.

Post #221,630 by inthane-chan 8/30/05 1:30:56 PM Reply	I also always know which way North is, instinctively.
Post #221,656 by ben_tilly 8/30/05 2:55:45 PM Reply	I'd like you to test this ability out in Boston, MA :-) I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #221,663 by drewk 8/30/05 3:23:36 PM 8/30/05 3:23:46 PM Reply	Easy You're in your car. You need to be going North. Look behind you, there it is. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com] Edited by drewk Aug. 30, 2005, 03:23:46 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #221,690 by ben_tilly 8/30/05 5:16:51 PM Reply	You forget... Boston is the city that for a long time had a sign saying that you were going North, East and West (on 3 different routes). The sign was correct. Boston navigation is..interesting. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #221,699 by Ashton 8/30/05 7:01:12 PM Reply	Concur Using friend's car (trying to get to a service place for same) - stopped near a queue, with the general Q {sotto voce, H.T.F.} ..do you find Anything around here? (Was rxpecting the typical 'tourist smirk' dismissal, of course.) But Nooo.. all nodded vigorously ~ Yup this place really Sucks / I know whatchamean! etc. They helped. I made notes. Was still hard to get to this small shop, near some overpass with snake-roads meandering about. So it isn't just us aliens what find Boston to be beyond the pale (the pale is located NWE of the fork at the EWN turnoff).
Post #222,011 by lister 8/31/05 6:58:28 PM Reply	Especially after the big dig I was in Boston and northern Mass last week. A friend living there got a new car with one of them nav computers in it. Fancy stuff. It worked practically flawless everywhere except certain parts of Boston where streets and exits have changed or disappeared. On our way to No Name on the south side for dinner one night we couldn't take an exit that the navcomp wanted since it no longer existed. When we surfaced the car jumped from one road to the other running parallel to it. Quite funny. :-) One thing neat is how after programming a route in, if you go off it, the computer would automatically readjust the route to get to your destination. Sometimes the route would get rather interesting depending on what weights you use for highways, tolls, roads, etc. I was anticipating the female computer voice to finally say "WHAT...THE...HELL...ARE...YOU...DOING?!?!" after it readjusted over 20 minutes of ignoring it. Heh. When I buy my next car it's definitely going to have one of them things despite being able to read maps well and have a good sense of direction. lister
Post #222,102 by ben_tilly 8/31/05 11:54:02 PM Reply	Good point! How well does Inthane's sense work when navigating through underground tunnels? :-) Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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