Funny thing is, while using GPS like every… most body, I also look at the map before the trip to know the lay of the land so to speak. I discovered that most youngsters raised on GPS have no idea where they went through, they just follow the GPS from point A to point B, the land between is just a huge blank. A different way of seeing the world.
True GPS story – We were going on a day trip. Both Diabetics so we checked ahead where to eat lunch and put the location in the GPS. Get to the exit and GPS sends us off. Lunch is on the other side of the road we have been traveling on, a left turn. GPS says turn right, I say turn left. We turn right. GPS sends us 3 blocks further, then a right turn, another right turn. It sends us to the end of this road, a dead end, and the has us make a U turn. It sends us back a half block and has us turn into the back of a strip mall. It then sends us through the strip mall and out the front to the road we had exited onto originally. Now it tells us to turn left – main street, no light, impossible to do, so we end up reversing the mess!
Zack and Co. would laugh at me, too, since I’m still old-fashioned enough to use a road map on occasion, because I too like to be able to plot out where I’m going. Nothing again GPS; I would probably use it if I had it, but I don’t regard it as something that I just can’t live without.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
Oooh… Carl got right into Zack’s trap!
lindonc over 10 years ago
Thats funny. Lets see the gift shop.
Under Dog Premium Member over 10 years ago
I use my car.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 10 years ago
That was fun Zack! I’m glad you and friends had fun!
Purple-Stater Premium Member over 10 years ago
It’s times like this that I’m reminded that you’re not supposed to beat children for repeatedly disobeying and disrespecting their elders.
slsharris over 10 years ago
And when the power goes out, these kids are reduced to whining newborn babies…
cabalonrye over 10 years ago
Funny thing is, while using GPS like every… most body, I also look at the map before the trip to know the lay of the land so to speak. I discovered that most youngsters raised on GPS have no idea where they went through, they just follow the GPS from point A to point B, the land between is just a huge blank. A different way of seeing the world.
mafastore over 10 years ago
True GPS story – We were going on a day trip. Both Diabetics so we checked ahead where to eat lunch and put the location in the GPS. Get to the exit and GPS sends us off. Lunch is on the other side of the road we have been traveling on, a left turn. GPS says turn right, I say turn left. We turn right. GPS sends us 3 blocks further, then a right turn, another right turn. It sends us to the end of this road, a dead end, and the has us make a U turn. It sends us back a half block and has us turn into the back of a strip mall. It then sends us through the strip mall and out the front to the road we had exited onto originally. Now it tells us to turn left – main street, no light, impossible to do, so we end up reversing the mess!
It does this constantly.
The Rolling Cat over 10 years ago
Zack and Co. would laugh at me, too, since I’m still old-fashioned enough to use a road map on occasion, because I too like to be able to plot out where I’m going. Nothing again GPS; I would probably use it if I had it, but I don’t regard it as something that I just can’t live without.