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From: NM on 27 Dec 2009 12:30 On 27 Dec, 16:21, johannes <j...(a)sizefit27279925465444ter.com> wrote: > Ian Dalziel wrote: > > > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:08:52 +0000, johannes > > <j...(a)sizefit27279925465444ter.com> wrote: > > > >Conor wrote: > > > >> In article <4B37641E.660FC...(a)sizefit27279925465444ter.com>, johannes > > >> says... > > > >> > > Ah, well there are POI downloads for Tomtom that'll do that for > > >> > > Keyfuels, RED and a couple of other cards. > > > >> > Already sounds too complicated for me. > > > >> Why am I not surprised. > > > >So you admit that the purpose of satnav is to make life more complicated. > > > So what would be your simple uncomplicated way of finding a station > > that takes a particular card, oh wise one? > > To have a card which is generally accepted. That's what I do anyway, always > works. Difficult if you are driving someone elses truck and they are paying for the fuel.
From: Ophelia on 27 Dec 2009 14:04 <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message news:13afj5pbi6btqdf26c11m8u0n2hks0d99j(a)4ax.com... > but you have to spend hours reading the manual to find out how to > switch the damned things on for a start. Not me pal. The last thing I ever do is RTFM and I do ok:) Of course, YMMV <g>
From: Roland Perry on 27 Dec 2009 13:44 In message <iv9fj5hqfla81ao2fpcjeq4bf533b486rl(a)4ax.com>, at 18:31:20 on Sun, 27 Dec 2009, JamesMartin(a)hgvu.com.invalid remarked: >>>> My Satnav will show the nearest garage/supermarket/whatever, wherever I am. >>> >>>I'll bet it dosen't show the locastion of 24 hour garages that take >>>the specific type of diesel card I was holding or those that have fuel >>>in stock, seeing that many had not had deliveries in the snowy >>>conditions. >> >>Whereas an A to Z does? >No but an A to Z cost pennies not 10's of pounds. I don't see why it's relevant how much the A to Z costs. (They are about 500 pennies, btw). -- Roland Perry
From: johannes on 27 Dec 2009 14:37 NM wrote: > > On 27 Dec, 16:08, johannes <j...(a)sizefit27279925465444ter.com> wrote: > > Conor wrote: > > > > > In article <4B37641E.660FC...(a)sizefit27279925465444ter.com>, johannes > > > says... > > > > > > > Ah, well there are POI downloads for Tomtom that'll do that for > > > > > Keyfuels, RED and a couple of other cards. > > > > > > Already sounds too complicated for me. > > > > > Why am I not surprised. > > > > So you admit that the purpose of satnav is to make life more complicated. > > Of course it is, that's why about every driver I know has bought one, > they prefer a complicated life and the transport managers have > overcome their initial reluctance to embrace this technology because > they enjoy having to find the postcode of every address they send > drivers to. > > Even a couple of years ago the request "Have you got the post code?" > Was met with, 'What do you want to know that rubbish for?' Followed by > a load of indecipherable garbage about turn left turn right, second > roundabout with a boat in the middle, look for the black cat pub, > etc.etc. etc. Now the first address information they give you is the > post code, you never have to ask and if they don't have it to hand you > get an apology and a promise to text it to you later. Obviously they > do this because they enjoy making life more complicated. Some truth in that. Around here posties don't respect the post code when they drop letters into a house in the wrong street.
From: NM on 27 Dec 2009 15:34
On 27 Dec, 18:31, James Mar...(a)hgvu.com wrote: > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:34:27 +0000, Roland Perry <rol...(a)perry.co.uk> > wrote: > > >In message > ><6793fa80-9cd1-4291-981d-1131a771b...(a)c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, at > >16:42:18 on Sat, 26 Dec 2009, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> remarked: > >>> My Satnav will show the nearest garage/supermarket/whatever, wherever I am. > > >>I'll bet it dosen't show the locastion of 24 hour garages that take > >>the specific type of diesel card I was holding or those that have fuel > >>in stock, seeing that many had not had deliveries in the snowy > >>conditions. > > >Whereas an A to Z does? > > No but an A to Z cost pennies not 10's of pounds. I matters not how much it costs if it is useless |