[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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