On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:53:03 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 04/12/2019 09:31 PM, wrote:
If you need a nav to find a place where you have the address, either
your addressing scheme is ****ed up or you don't understand it.
The reality is, I don't go that many places that I don't know how to
get to.

I would have killed for a GPS and cellphone when I was driving OTR,
particularly one of the Rand McNally versions that understands trucks.

Nothing like finally finding a pay phone where you can park an eighteen
wheeler, calling the consignee, and getting directions from the front
office ditz, which you transcribe on your pad. Halfway there you realize
the route that works for her Pinto ain't working for you.

I tended to collect city maps and had a big Tupperware container full. I
saw a cheap briefcase in a dumpster and figured it would be an upgrade.
Upon closer inspection I found the previous owner mush have been caught
short and had **** in it. Dumpster diving ain't all it's cracked up to be.


If I was delivering pizzas or something NAV might be useful but I
seldom go anywhere I have not been before and when I do I just print
out a map before I go if it is not obvious. The addressing scheme here
is very logical and usually just with the street name and number I can
drive right to it. The only thing that bothers me is people who do
not have the number on their building. The fire department gripes
about the same thing and occasionally they go around hanging paper for
it. It is the law. I don't have the 18 wheeler problem in my Honda but
I did drive a truck,. I understand what you are saying. You don't want
to be 2 turns down a dead end street with no way to turn around.