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DO YOU CARRY A ROAD ATLAS?
freelanderpx54:
Sat nav can be good but I have just come back from Kent and my TOMTOM (other cr*p units are available :) ) couldn't work out that Heath Road / lynton cross road near Maidstone was shut. And before you say use the find alternative route, I did. It took me on a long loop back to where I was. I then tried the road blocked function which took me on a longer loop back to where I was. In the end I resorted to the tried and tested method of using those signs that the highways people have kindly put at the side of the road
Ja1983:
i suspect there is one hiding in the disco somewhere... luckily scrap-nav has generally got me where i need to be, although i always have a look on multimap beforehand, to get a general idea....
those big square things on the roadside sometimes provide criptic clues too, although they dont seem to do the more useful ones that can be put into satnav (namely "that bloke of ebays house")
And lets not forget one overiding thing here... i`m a man, i dont get lost... i may get unsure, but i just keep driving until i know where i am again (i now know silverstone is NOT near milton keynes!)
corrosiverob:
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on July 31, 2008, 23:44:24 ---
--- Quote from: carbore on July 31, 2008, 21:25:09 ---
God help me if I ever go overlanding.
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I'm not the only one then! Upon sighting the stuff in the back of my Disco on a weekend camping trip someone asked "Why have you brought all that for two days?"
I only had the tent, sleeping bag, roll up mat, blanket, gas stove, chair, kettle, several mugs, tins of food, cool bag, ammo box full of recovery kit, twenty metres of USB cables and another twenty metres of VGA cable...
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Just looking for a long usb cable extention, where did you get it from?
Rob
Bush Tucker Man:
There's a pile of O/S Landranger maps and a decent scale road-atlas in the 110
--- Quote from: beast5680 on July 31, 2008, 16:18:56 ---a satnav causes brain loss in some people as they cant seem to go anywhere without one
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Too true, all the stories of;
Driving artics past warning signs into 6'6" restrictions
Onto railway lines!
Byways
Fords
the list goes on............ "Engage Sat-Nav, disengage brain"
--- Quote from: beast5680 on July 31, 2008, 16:18:56 --- the delivery boy at work is one example , there is no way he could find his way about without a satnav because he,s brain dead
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We've got a few staff like that.
They couldn't find their own butts using both hands, a compass & an atlas
What I find extremely sad (but also almost laughable), is the trend amongst our younger staff (sub 30?) to be able to describe in perfect clarity to each other how to get to some bar/club/cafe on a Greek/Spanish/Carribean island - even down to the colour of the menus - from a hotel/resort, etc.....
But, ask them to explain how to get to anywhere (around here) other than White Rose Centre) Leeds, Meadowhall (Sheffield), or Trafford Centre, & they're stuffed
One girl asked how to get to Leeds (8miles from the Hospital), she could get to the White Rose, but not into Leeds city centre :roll: :shock: :roll:
Curiously enough she knew where one of the clubs was in the city-centre (which is opposite the railway station.............. 'slap-bang' in the city-centre :doh:
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: corrosiverob on August 01, 2008, 08:01:52 ---
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on July 31, 2008, 23:44:24 ---
--- Quote from: carbore on July 31, 2008, 21:25:09 ---
God help me if I ever go overlanding.
--- End quote ---
I'm not the only one then! Upon sighting the stuff in the back of my Disco on a weekend camping trip someone asked "Why have you brought all that for two days?"
I only had the tent, sleeping bag, roll up mat, blanket, gas stove, chair, kettle, several mugs, tins of food, cool bag, ammo box full of recovery kit, twenty metres of USB cables and another twenty metres of VGA cable...
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Just looking for a long usb cable extention, where did you get it from?
Rob
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I cheated somewhat - bought four 5m USB extensions from Amazon and plugged them together. Have a rummage around on there and you can find some very sensible prices. Postage is usually more than the cable but the all-in cost is a lot less than PC World or other high street shops. The advantage is that if I want a shorter lead I just use fewer segments.
Try this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-male-Female-Extension-Cable/dp/B000IM9BGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1217586389&sr=8-3
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