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On 5/30/2014 12:48 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 5/30/14, 12:11 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 May 2014 10:19:29 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I'm sure your GPS will tell you "In 1.5 miles, turn right onto Stupid
Lane," the point being that usually you don't have to look at your 6"
screen. Also, there are phones out now with 5" screens. Stand-alone GPS
units for cars are well on the way to being obsolete.

I always wonder how people found their way around before they had a
GPS in their car.
I managed to drive around 50,000 a year in my "IBM Factory" job all
around the DC metro area and later the 5 county area around Ft Myers
with nothing more than a map and a good sense of direction.
I fear these GPS units will cause that skill to be lost like we have
done with all the other basic skills we give over to technology these
days.
Have you ever watched a kid (anyone under 30) at the counter try to
make change if the register was down?

It is sad.

I usually know where I am going in the car and how to get there.

My cell phone is useful on the Interstate when it is time to stop for a
meal and we want to know what is nearby, and not necessarily adjacent to
the highway. I do, however, use it in GPS call out mode when I am
crossing from Jersey to New York over the GW Bridge because of the
constant construction in that area.

GPS call out mode?