Definitely some options I forgot to include on the license plate frame poll. A school is one; a place or landmark is another.
Oh well, that’s what “other” is for.
When I was a much younger man I had one of those cheesy plastic chain link plate frames, but ironically. It was on a 1991 Volvo 240, the anti-tough guy car.
My front frame is a Firefly quote: “You are beginning to damage my calm.” The rear frame is Starry Night.
I was outside for a while, doing various things, but forgot to look at my license plate holders. Still don’t know whether any of them say anything.
I agree. But I loved how my GPS panicked when I was driving the seasonal highway on Lake Superior. “This is not a road. Turn back!”
Ditto. And it’s not like I’ve never been steered wrong by a map. Sometimes you need directions from someone who’s been there.
GPS is awesome. The real time traffic info is the bomb. And getting help when I’ve made a wrong turn is nice, too.
Indeed, I nearly mentioned that in my last post. What “GPS is wrong” really means is that the map it’s using to generate directions is wrong. A paper map can be just as wrong, and if a paper map shows a road that that doesn’t actually exist, it can cause the human navigator to make the exact same mistake as an electronic GPS when planning a route.
Some of the errors are probably because the paper map is wrong. But I’ve seen quite a few paper maps of my local area, and the GPS error that’s sending people up my dead-end road instead of onto a road with an entirely different name that’s two roads over is on none of them.
– I just checked. It’s not on Google maps, either; those show both my road and the alternative road correctly.
My best guess in that case the GPS probably isn’t actually sending them that way, but rather saying something like “In half a mile turn left”, and people aren’t quite paying attention or aren’t hearing the “half a mile” part and are instead just turning left into the first road they come to, or people are otherwise getting confused as to where exactly their GPS is telling them to turn.
Maybe. But they actually have to make two incorrect turns. If they only make one, they’d still wind up in the wrong place, but it would be a different wrong place.
I use GPS because I can’t navigate my way out of a paper bag.
However I have a haunting memory of reading a news story about two nice ladies who followed their GPS into a lake, submerged their car, and drowned.
Waze is google.
Waze is owned by Google, but until recently it was run by a separate team from the Google maps team. I assume they had access to each other’s map data, but might have made very different decisions how to use it, including resolving any ambiguities.
We had that problem years ago. A road used during the construction of our house is no longer there. I notified Google Maps, Waze, and Apple Maps. It’s fixed now!
I’ve heard of people standing to wipe their ass, but i struggle to understand how that even works. How can you spread your ass-cheeks while standing?
I have a theory, but it would probably be misconstrued as an insult, so I won’t share it.
How can you wipe your ass while sitting?
Also I hate Wuthering Heights. That was my “other.” I know their unlikeability is the point, but as a hardcore romantic this kind of shit sears my soul.
Does it sear it sitting or standing?
I lean forward on the seat and spread my cheeks. If I’m camping, or in Japan, i may squat, which puts me in almost the same configuration.
How do you wipe your ass while standing?
I’m not the only one! I’ve never understood how it’s supposed to be this grand love story. Unless two assholes who deserve each other counts as “love”.