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From: damduck-egg on 31 Dec 2009 17:40 On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:16:17 -0000, "Ian" <idh(a)henden.co.uk> wrote: > >"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:7pvgtvFp1dU4(a)mid.individual.net... >> "Ian" <idh(a)henden.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they >> were >> saying: >> >>> During the working day, one can ALWAYS aquire a local street map >>> (in >>> urban areas) free of charge, within a few minutes of parking your >>> vehicle. >> >> g'wan...? >From any Estate Agent. > >Done it many times.... Estate Agents always carry a stock of >complimentary street maps. Some are very useful; a few are a bit >"diagrammatic". > The AA building in Basingstoke used to be good for that town. An enquiry about the whereabouts of a location brought an almost ritualistic response where a town plan printed on a single A4 sheet was drawn from a ready to hand pile,A line was then drawn on it from where you were to where you had to be via the route you had to take. This was then handed to you. All very politely as well. G.Harman
From: Harry Bloomfield on 2 Jan 2010 15:58 James Martin(a)hgvu.com has brought this to us : > And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when > you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact > that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless > satnav has been telling you to do . Er, I could just dig out the map from its pocket on the back of my seat and do what I always used to do - manually plot a route. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 3 Jan 2010 05:44 James Martin(a)hgvu.com brought next idea : >> So why not follow a satnav and allow you to concentrate on the road rather >> than looking for landmarks or stopping places to consult a map, something >> that is hard on a red route! >> I remember driving to a destination in Bristol with a SatNav. I'd never >> been there before and it was so simple it was almost beautiful. Compared >> to >> what it used to be like, messing about with maps or arguing with passengers >> who were meant to be reading the things. >> > For myself it is much much cheaper to do it my way than spend money on > a satnav and just as easy . If you mean you cannot afford one, then fair enough, say so... Though anyone who spends any time on the roads, but not going repeatedly to the same destinations will actually save lots of money and frustration by using a satnav. I have three of them. They offer door to door directions and if you miss a turn they instantly recalculate your route. You don't need to keep stopping to check the route, you don't need to get out to ask directions, you don't need to keep looking for sign posts hidden by tree growth. You just tell it where you want to go and it takes you there without any mistakes or wrong turnings, by whatever type of route you have chosen. You need fuel, or a bed for the night, you just let it find you the nearest one to where you are. You can relax and concentrate completely on your driving. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: NM on 3 Jan 2010 10:38 On 3 Jan, 14:38, Martin crozier <> wrote: > > Supposing in your lifetime you have been to most places you are likely > to go long before all these gimmick like inventions had invented why > spend money just to maybe find a street or whatever once you have > arrived in the town or city when a quick call into a post office or > cop shop or even to the place you are visiting will get you the info > you need Ok if you arrive in business hours, try finding any of the above at 0400, finding the police station (if it's even got one and it's open) is a feat in it's own right in the middle of the night. Assuming it's business hours, a quick call into the post office where I live involves knowing where the post office is in the first place then finding a parking place, getting change, walking through the pedestrianised bit, then back to your car, hardly a quick call, I would estimate 15 mins. start to finish. Time to operate satnav 40 seconds or so, no contest IMO. In the middle of the night in rural Cornwall you have no chance of finding anyone to ask directions but Mr Garmin is there ready and waiting to help you. Break down in similar circumstances, call (insert breakdown service of your choice) one of their first questions will be. "Where exactly are you Sir?" luckily Mr Garmin will be there to tell you, down to a meter, this vital information could save someones life if you were calling an ambulance. You stick to your paper, the rest of the world will move on.
From: Ophelia on 3 Jan 2010 12:11
"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:mn.14ea7da1a1d528c6.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk... > James Martin(a)hgvu.com has brought this to us : >> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when >> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact >> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless >> satnav has been telling you to do . > > Er, I could just dig out the map from its pocket on the back of my seat > and do what I always used to do - manually plot a route. Quite so. It is not the end of the world, but it is just more convenient to use the Satnav. > http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk > > > -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/ |