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| Elmo P. Shagnas... | 09-06-2010 |
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It takes me 5 times as long to go somewhere since I got a TomTom GPS.
For example, it used to take me about an hour to drive 50 miles
without the GPS. Now it takes me 5 hours to go the same distance with
the GPS.
The TomTom keeps telling me stuff like "In 500 yards turn Left".
Ok, so I got to stop the car, get out, and use my 100 foot tape
measure to measure out 500 yards. That takes a lot of time to do. I
have not yet been able to find a tape measure longer than 100 feet.
Sometimes it says even larger numbers, like 800 yards. That takes a
long time to walk and measure, and I have to make a lot of chalk marks
on the road. Like how else am I supposed to know how much 200 or 500
or 800 yards is, without measuring it. Everytime I need to turn, I
spend a half hour or more walking around on the highway with my tape
measure. I've been pulled over by the police several times being
asked what I was doing. Of course I just tell them what the GPS said.
They just tell me to stay off the highway and measure on the shoulder.
But I can make chalk marks at the end of the tape measure on gravel,
so I have to do it on pavement.
If my car had an odometer that showed yards, it would not be a
problem, but it only shows miles. I thought these GPSs were supposed
to make travelling easier and faster. They sure do not.
Paul
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:54:03 -0500, paul-reeves@aol.com wrote:
I sure hope the above is a joke. If it's not, you shouldn't be
driving. :)
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Evan Platt wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:54:03 -0500, paul-reeves@aol.com wrote:
>> It takes me 5 times as long to go somewhere since I got a TomTom GPS.
>> For example, it used to take me about an hour to drive 50 miles
>> without the GPS. Now it takes me 5 hours to go the same distance
>> with the GPS.
>> The TomTom keeps telling me stuff like "In 500 yards turn Left".
>> Ok, so I got to stop the car, get out, and use my 100 foot tape
>> measure to measure out 500 yards. That takes a lot of time to do. I
>> have not yet been able to find a tape measure longer than 100 feet.
>> Sometimes it says even larger numbers, like 800 yards. That takes a
>> long time to walk and measure, and I have to make a lot of chalk
>> marks on the road. Like how else am I supposed to know how much 200
>> or 500 or 800 yards is, without measuring it. Everytime I need to
>> turn, I spend a half hour or more walking around on the highway with
>> my tape measure. I've been pulled over by the police several times
>> being asked what I was doing. Of course I just tell them what the
>> GPS said. They just tell me to stay off the highway and measure on
>> the shoulder. But I can make chalk marks at the end of the tape
>> measure on gravel, so I have to do it on pavement.
>> If my car had an odometer that showed yards, it would not be a
>> problem, but it only shows miles. I thought these GPSs were supposed
>> to make travelling easier and faster. They sure do not.
>> For example, it used to take me about an hour to drive 50 miles
>> without the GPS. Now it takes me 5 hours to go the same distance
>> with the GPS.
>> The TomTom keeps telling me stuff like "In 500 yards turn Left".
>> Ok, so I got to stop the car, get out, and use my 100 foot tape
>> measure to measure out 500 yards. That takes a lot of time to do. I
>> have not yet been able to find a tape measure longer than 100 feet.
>> Sometimes it says even larger numbers, like 800 yards. That takes a
>> long time to walk and measure, and I have to make a lot of chalk
>> marks on the road. Like how else am I supposed to know how much 200
>> or 500 or 800 yards is, without measuring it. Everytime I need to
>> turn, I spend a half hour or more walking around on the highway with
>> my tape measure. I've been pulled over by the police several times
>> being asked what I was doing. Of course I just tell them what the
>> GPS said. They just tell me to stay off the highway and measure on
>> the shoulder. But I can make chalk marks at the end of the tape
>> measure on gravel, so I have to do it on pavement.
>> If my car had an odometer that showed yards, it would not be a
>> problem, but it only shows miles. I thought these GPSs were supposed
>> to make travelling easier and faster. They sure do not.
> I sure hope the above is a joke. If it's not, you shouldn't be driving. :)
It isnt a joke, its just a pathetic excuse for a troll that shows up with a
different nick every time.
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:19:05 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:
<snip>
> It isnt a joke, its just a pathetic excuse for a troll that shows up
> with a different nick every time.
> with a different nick every time.
If it wasn't it sure came across that way.
Whomever did it has a good imagination.
I tried to picture someone doing all that, all I could do was laugh.
> > I sure hope the above is a joke. If it's not, you shouldn't be driving. :)
>
> It isnt a joke, its just a pathetic excuse for a troll that shows up with a
> different nick every time.
> It isnt a joke, its just a pathetic excuse for a troll that shows up with a
> different nick every time.
No, you're confusing that with yourself.
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>For example, it used to take me about an hour to drive 50 miles
>without the GPS. Now it takes me 5 hours to go the same distance with
>the GPS.
>The TomTom keeps telling me stuff like "In 500 yards turn Left".
>Ok, so I got to stop the car, get out, and use my 100 foot tape
>measure to measure out 500 yards. That takes a lot of time to do. I
>have not yet been able to find a tape measure longer than 100 feet.
>Sometimes it says even larger numbers, like 800 yards. That takes a
>long time to walk and measure, and I have to make a lot of chalk marks
>on the road. Like how else am I supposed to know how much 200 or 500
>or 800 yards is, without measuring it. Everytime I need to turn, I
>spend a half hour or more walking around on the highway with my tape
>measure. I've been pulled over by the police several times being
>asked what I was doing. Of course I just tell them what the GPS said.
>They just tell me to stay off the highway and measure on the shoulder.
>But I can make chalk marks at the end of the tape measure on gravel,
>so I have to do it on pavement.
>If my car had an odometer that showed yards, it would not be a
>problem, but it only shows miles. I thought these GPSs were supposed
>to make travelling easier and faster. They sure do not.