[ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework
Damon L. Chesser
damon at damtek.com
Fri Apr 1 14:30:25 EDT 2011
On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 14:21 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 14:17 -0400, Tom Freeman wrote:
> > Back in the day (old fogey here) we had that capability. Called a map.
> > 8-) Some of us even learned how to fold them up nicely.
>
> Back in the day, gas didn't cost so bloody much that one couldn't afford
> to get lost.
>
> I used to just get from point A to point B using my head; I'd do this
> thing called "getting lost on purpose" and I would eventually figure out
> where I had to go. And in the meantime, I'd learn how the streets all
> worked out and everything.
>
> But, not long before I moved down here, gas started to climb at such
> rates that I couldn't afford to do that anymore.
So: you are to blame for the gas prices!
> A GPS became a
> necessity for me, because I can no longer afford to get lost. Hell, I
> can no longer afford to go driving for the sake of driving. I used to
> enjoy taking a long drive at the week's end. It was a very relaxing
> activity, and I'd always find something new along the way.
>
> --- Mike
>
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