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From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 08:29 In article <4B35D72A.30EA4FFE(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com>, johannes says... > Yeah, I've been fooled in Cambridge many times. Always take the wrong > turn. But now I just dump the car in the multi-story and walk. Thankyou for demonstrating the pitfalls of your method. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 08:29 In article <o7rbj51queoufagb4nsc957gaa3be516jm(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > I wonder how many satnav's had their owners running round in circles > when the bridges went down Cockermouth and Workington the other > week and are still sending their owners on wild goose chases ! . At least they knew where they were. You'd be royally fucked. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 08:30 In article <niqbj59t4pi70bgfgcof0lod3406ub2qcc(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:18:24 +0000, damduck-egg(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > >On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:36:48 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > > > > > >>>> Then why spend money on a satnav if you are still going to have to > >>>> carry a map about with you ? I do not carry a map about with me anyway > >>>> I look at it before leaving home if I need to. > >>> > >>> > > > >>No but I have a tongue in my head and I have never been to lazy to get > >>out of the cab or car and ask someone . > > You'll have been one of those parked in a bloody awkward place while > >trying to get an old lady to give you directions to a chemical factory > >or similar. > No I wouldn.t ask a lady be she young or old they are far worse than a > satnav for giving wrong directions And IME, you usually get the Village Idiot when stopping to ask. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 08:31 In article <muqbj5ld1pok3blrrf773a013t0logk4bm(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > Give up Johannes you will never win with these gadget freaks even if > their satnav's where taking them 200 miles from where they wanted to > go they would still be proclaiming they where bloody marvelous. Maybe you're just too stupid to use one. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 08:32
In article <b3sbj59mngokd2micj64mu4ou3dn5k941n(a)4ax.com>, Cynic says... > > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:50:01 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > >> You appear to believe that it is possible to select perfect drivers > >> who will never make mistakes rather than accepting that mistakes are > >> inevitable and attempting to reduce the consequences of such mistakes. > > >Hitting a low bridge isn't a "mistake" but sheer incompetency. > > Semantics. You could say the same about a person who sugars his tea > twice. > > It is possible for a driver who is usually competant to make an > incompetant mistake. The more experience you have, the less likely it > is. Unfortunately it is not possible to demand that everyone who > drives on the roads has thousands of hours of experience driving in > diverse situations in the particular vehicle. Hitting a low bridge is not a mistake. You have to deliberately ignore the signs. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |