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The internets back on in the nursing home huh?????

Aaah Gos you crack me up......

Me, generally jut look at the whereis / googlemaps etc before I depart print out the tricky last few hundred meters in the off main road area.... Although in the car, having moved to sydney, the Navman is awesome...... sure I could stuff about with a map etc, but hey, I like the convenience of the navman..... doesn't mean i follow it religiously but it is great to not have to worry about a map in the chaos of Sydney traffic!

Although, If I am on the bike in sydney, i just navigate to somewhere close to where i want to be, pull over if i can't remember where to go, and because I normally forget the printed copy, or just try and remember it..... pull out the Nokia N95 and use the maps on that, rarely ever use the GPS on it, as I am too impatient to wait the decade that it requires to get a lock!

Oh and the Navman gave my wife that bit of extra confidence to drive on unfamiliar roads, as she can't read a map to save her life....... let alone on the fly navigation in the car..... way too nervous a driver for that!

Glen wrote:The internets back on in the nursing home huh?????

Here in the shire aged care facility we hobbits have all the mod cons, why only the other day they put new crystals in the talking box on the wall and we listened to that young rocker Alan Jones, nurse where are my green pills, I NEED MY GREEN PILLS NOW!!!!!!

I agree with you entirely you grumpy old fart Gos!

With my sense of direction (or lack thereof) the last thing I need is a piece of equipment that tells me I am in the middle of the Pacific Ocean when I am actually on a main road in Brisbane!

niiiiiiice

...but drivers stare at the TomTom and not the road! I know from experience that I don't appear on their GPS...

Too Harsh...Why don't you tell us what you really think Gos !

no but this is

Gosling1 wrote:......does anyone think my response was a bit harsh ??

Of course it was harsh you grumpy old khan. Harsh is good though

My eyes are watering again
Gos...... take a leaf outer uncle chops book

nah Gos, you're spot on.

If I'm not sure where Ive gotta go, I look it up the night before. I'm not sure some of these Gen Yers even know what a street directory is

The Honda rider does approx 70 thousand Ks a year all over NSW, without sat nav. Mind you, his tight arse company won't cough up for a wireless for the laptop either

You auditioning for the next series of "Grumpy Old Men" ? Seriously, as a "baby boomer" I prefer hard copy ie a map - but the Nokia N95 with maps is great, especially at night on a dark back street - its backlit and you can re-plot your route as you go. Oh, and HTFU you old carnt !

6maniac wrote:especially at night on a dark back street

is that where you and the camera do most of the stalking from?

Busted !!!