Subj : Re: Travel
To   : DARYL STOUT
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed May 08 2019 12:31:00

-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-03-19  16:35 <=-

 NB>> Both of those are truly horrifying... as well as dangerous/lethal
 NB>> mistakes...  I heard of people ending up in fields.... and one couple
 NB>> found themselves at a gated community where they weren't welcome....
 NB>> Barry's been wondering about what might happen when GPSs that don't
 NB>> know about that major bridge rebuild near him try to direct people
 NB>> onto the old non-existant bridge... and hence right into the river....

 DS> If you're depending on an alternate device, rather than your own
 DS> resources and common sense, you're asking for trouble. If I was
 DS> traveling and driving, I'd go through AAA, and let their Trip Planning
 DS> Service map out the route for me, with places to see, stay at, etc.

My feelings as well... and I do go to AAA and get my maps from them,
sometimes also getting the TourBook(s) for the region(s) I'm visiting...
and I'll sit down with their advisors and plan out my trip, to get the
TripTik custom-made to my preferences...  

 DS> However, since I prefer to travel by train (Amtrak), I map out the
 DS> route, and am content to "let someone else do the driving".

That can work, too... although it's not quite as flexible...  :)
 
 NB>> That wasn't what she thought you should be doing...  I don't use the
 NB>> things myself... nor do I intend to, ever....  :)

 DS> I don't care to, either...and my car (formerly my Mom's) doesn't
 DS> have it in there. Plus, if you have one of those in plain sight, you're
 DS> asking to get your vehicle vandalized for it.

Perhaps not as much nowadays, with so many people having them now....
kinda like the car radio, which used to be a prime target for thieves,
but now rarely is....

 NB>Was the GPS for the train, then...?  Or were you in a car (not a train
 NB>car) when you were using it....?

 DS> I was in the Conductors Cabin (akin to where the Conductor used to
 DS> be on a freight train, when they had cabooses)...and it was awfully
 DS> cramped in there. We were "rolling down the high iron", and during my
 DS> conversation (QSO), you heard the train sound the horn for an upcoming
 DS> highway railroad crossing.

So what was the GPS for, anyway, then....?  Or am I still missing
something....?

ttyl       neb

.... Drink Canada Dry!  Maybe you can't, but it's fun trying!

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