I'm with you all the way Jerry - these guys with their f***ing
electronic doodads never even see the country they're travelling
through, they're too busy watching the little screen!  :-)

On 4/24/09, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hear! Hear! and there, be dragons, and over there, terra incognito!
> I don't need no stinking GPS!
> Turn off the stereo, loose the cell phone, take the road less traveled, stop
> and smell
> the roses!
> Luddites unite!
> me in AZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski" <kpcnsk@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update
>
>
>> Thanks for the info, Loren. I think it's good to know the limitations
>> of the tools we use. I'm also in less of a hurry to update the map on
>> my Garmin Nuvi 350 (which both the wife and I love, btw).
>>
>> If I do update, however, I don't think I'd be terribly upset. For one,
>> I find the GPS most handy when navigating strange cities, where
>> streets don't always take you in the direction you really want to go.
>> I rely on it far less on the back roads. More than that, however, I
>> don't rely solely upon my GPS. It is but one tool in my navigational
>> toolbox.  That's why you'll still find me toting around paper maps and
>> gazetteers when I take any journey. I marvel at the technology, but I
>> grew up with maps, and for some things, they just can't be beat.
>>
>> Personally, I actually like it when I find things NOT on the GPS.
>> There be dragons, it is said, and I enjoy the discovery. And
>> truthfully, if your favorite swimming hole is no longer on the grid,
>> I'd consider that a good thing.  The roads are crowded enough as it is.
>>
>> Jarrett
>> '89 Westy, Oly
>>
>

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