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Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - Article Accelerator - 01-16-2013
MartyStickle wrote:
On no, Apple Maps scores again.
It turns out she was actually using Google Maps.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - rgG - 01-16-2013
graylocks wrote:
[quote=DP]
Forgive me, but I am going to say something chauvinistic but true. I do not know a single woman who can tell me which way is North, South, East, or West, or could find out without a compass (or GPS)...
perhaps we'll meet someday...
My husband will freely tell you that he has no sense of direction and that I always have been and always will be the navigator in our family. He will often poInt in the opposite direction of the place he is talking about, so yeah, I think I might have a better grip of NSEW than he does. Also, I tend to notice where the sun sets and rises, without a GPS or compass.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - cbelt3 - 01-16-2013
Dp, sounds like you now know know THREE women with impeccable senses of direcetion. Because my wife has the same skillset as graylocks and rgG. And I have the same 'lack of direction' as Mr. rgG.
The stuff you learn on the interwebs !! It's AMAZING !!! :biggrin:
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - Dennis S - 01-16-2013
My dad had a secretary in the 70's who made a trip to Little Rock, missed a turn, and called him from Memphis.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - OWC Jamie - 01-16-2013
That must have been some potent herb she was smokin'.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - SteveG - 01-16-2013
I heard that's how Vasco de Gama got his start
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - tlh828 - 01-16-2013
And then there's Wrong Way Corrigan.
http://www.santaanahistory.com/articles/corrigan.html
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - davester - 01-17-2013
DP wrote:
I do not know a single woman who can tell me which way is North, South, East, or West, or could find out without a compass (or GPS)...
I think that the women you know have great senses of direction and you are the one who is always lost even though you are certain that you know the right direction.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - GGD - 01-17-2013
I'd bet that her friend that she was supposed to pick up at the train station was a bit annoyed to wait two days for a ride.
Wonder if Texting was the distraction. Also wonder why she went public with this story.
Re: Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error... - Speedy - 01-17-2013
The whole story sounds fishy.