Doug,

As someone who started driving using fold up maps and has since converted to
Mapquest I find Mapquest far superior. It is on one page, versus a fold up
map where you have to refold the map to cover the area you want to travel.
You can change the scale and detail to fit your needs. You can easily
review your route before you leave, and it only requires minimum review
along the way. You don't have to worry about the fold up map getting torn
in the car, or being destroy by numerous folding and unfolding, trying to
fold the map correctly after your wife and daughters had incorrectly folded
the map numerous times. Or even trying to locate the map after the wife and
children have driven the car.

Now, if you EVER mention fold up maps again, you are either going down to
the basement or tied to the TV.

I personally would vote for the TV gag.



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Doug,
Well now that I have support for my veto, can I defer from celery soup
torture?

I'd question her first to be sure there are no remnants of her errant
belief. The idea needs to be crushed in the most Stalinesque way possible.


I am afraid my wife feel victim to the ad for Tom-Tom. I think she can
remember when she started to drive and did not know her way around town.
They make Tom-Tom seem like the computer from Star Trek, and my guess it
is not as user friendly as the Star Trek Computer.

Our other kids found Mapquest to be a god send, and I hope our youngest
enjoys the beauty and simplicity of Mapquest.

How about just buying her a nice map book of the area? Gas stations sell
them.