tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post3121091678851512141..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: Directionally ImpairedWorking Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-31339942863194269842011-10-09T19:14:19.114-04:002011-10-09T19:14:19.114-04:00In general, I like the idea of a GPS, but in reali...In general, I like the idea of a GPS, but in reality I think they stink most of the time. Locally, if I don’t know where I’m going I look on the street map before I go and jot down directions if I need them after consulting the map. I live in Hawaii and the majority of my friends complain about their GPS lagging behind and thus giving them the wrong/late directions. On multi-state trips (we did a few of those the last two years), we also booked hotels in advance, because you never know when a town is booked out for a conference or what not. Worse, after driving ten hours, you’re tired and hungry and cranky and the last thing you want to do is drive around trying to find a good deal. I like booking in advance, because I know I’ll have a great hotel with a nice, cool pool to look forward to and that makes those last few hundred miles go by smoother. <br /><br />Locally, I don’t mind getting lost – it’s how I learn the lay of the land and how I discover short cuts and great little restaurants and out the way stuff I wouldn’t otherwise discover. I usually just start driving in the general direction and somehow, after trial and error, I end up where I have to go. My husband always wonders how I know the side streets so well … :-)NL Gasserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11601313602009358600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-30392393194295426322011-10-07T07:25:06.475-04:002011-10-07T07:25:06.475-04:00I've heard that word way too many times. I'...I've heard that word way too many times. I've actually yelled at the GPS to shut up.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-73549028567643589662011-10-06T18:22:52.594-04:002011-10-06T18:22:52.594-04:00Recalculating.Recalculating.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-67953987864409903182011-10-06T15:25:30.798-04:002011-10-06T15:25:30.798-04:00I don't like written directions to follow, I l...I don't like written directions to follow, I like looking things up on a map as I follow them more easily. GPS? Well, the people who use them to get to my moorage are always given wrong information by their GPS, so I'm not impressed.<br />Paula, I can understand needing directions once you get to a town where your families are, but what's so hard about straight highways from OH to FL?<br />PLEASE do not tell me you are a back roader. There have been so many tragedies and murders here in OR over that that I'm against sightseeing alone.<br />I'm a major planner, so I'm all for plans, and don't forget to give 10 people you itinerary with stay location addresses and phone numbers.<br />Humph!<br />PatgPatghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01046665022709722606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-76619786729310681022011-10-06T14:37:33.307-04:002011-10-06T14:37:33.307-04:00I have a GPS--mine is named Judy Garmin. Personall...I have a GPS--mine is named Judy Garmin. Personally, I think Judy is more directionally challenged than I am. She wants me to go some weird ways sometimes. Then she gets bitchy when I go a different way.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-3946173250342117722011-10-06T10:54:19.002-04:002011-10-06T10:54:19.002-04:00Paula -
I'm totally geographically inept. I t...Paula -<br />I'm totally geographically inept. I tell people I get lost in my own basement and they think I'm kidding!<br />My recommendation is OnStar. You get to talk to a live person who sends instructions to your car, then your car tells you where to go. If the car gets lost or confused or the directions aren't working for some reason (i.e., police have blocked the road for SWAT activity), you can get to the live person again who will go above and beyond to help you out. Plus it will call emergency personnel if you wreck, and will relay info on wrecks you see to the appropriate responders. It's a great service.Ginanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-12385285382859663512011-10-06T07:40:10.520-04:002011-10-06T07:40:10.520-04:00I'm terrible at directions and I can't rea...I'm terrible at directions and I can't read a map, and yet I always get where I need to go...eventually.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-77235775228758923012011-10-06T07:32:21.852-04:002011-10-06T07:32:21.852-04:00I'm still totally amazed that I was RIGHT abou...I'm still totally amazed that I was RIGHT about which way to turn! I'm horribly directionally challenged. I could never make any long trip without my GPS (nicknamed Gracie). For one thing, with maps and directions, you have to take your eyes off the road to read them. Gracie makes a great co-pilot. And I can turn off the volume when she talks too much. Hence the name. "Say goodnight, Gracie."Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.com