Pluggers by Rick McKee for December 07, 2014

Talking GPS – "NAG"ation

Depending on what type of talking GPS, “man” or “lady”.

If he were alive today even Mr. Ed had better horse sense than to listen to a GPS device.

….that’s because pluggers always take a short cut in their area…..rather than the official gps route….

Pluggers have techno fear, and they buy gizmos and argue with them because it makes them feel superior.

I once knew someone (not a plugger) who programmed his gps to use his wife’s voice. Think about it for a minute.

All the time. Stupid GPS

Lassie1…They aren’t all built in. Remember the Garmen? My phone has GPS.

Still use a map, myself.

GPS in any shape, form, or fashion beats MapQuest….one time it said turn left and go X distance….did so….after many more miles that it said, I turned around and went back…the place I was looking for was right on the corner…IF I’d turned right; another time it said go .8 mile….after driving over 3 miles, I turned around and went back to the last turn, and did something totally not masculine…I asked for directions….the place was 8 miles…not 8/10 of a mile…..sheesh!!!

We were driving around the dirt back roads of Murrieta one evening, and when we came to a “T” intersection, the GPS told us to continue straight into someone’s driveway.

Both our cars have built in “Navigation” and we use the feature occasionally. As others are saying, if you are familiar with the destination, you are better off not activating GPS navigation because it often wants to take a different route than you. This can be very annoying…

I’ll use it, when I know where I’m going, just to laugh at their silly directions.

When I’m unfamiliar with the area – they have gotten me to where I wanted to go.

Lassie1: And in a calm voice, too. When they first came out, Arthur Godfrey described a calm falsetto saying, “Your wing has fallen off; your wing has fallen off.”