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TalkingDog

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11. As one who lives in "the boonies" and regularly has to give people directions

Tue Jun 11, 2013, 10:53 AM

Jun 2013

to correct the Google Maps (or Map Quest or wtf ever) directions they got off the interwebz, I'd say get physical maps and learn to read them.

We basically live on, what used to be, a deer path that the Native Americans then turned into a road to the river, which was paved over. It's twisty and weird and basically goes nowhere. But about once a month we will get an 18 wheeler cruising by at speed and we look at each other and smirk. If they don't get caught up in the hairpin and dogleg turns, requiring a tow truck to haul them out, we know that in about 10 minutes they'll be heading back down the road at speed. Thanks Google Maps!

Yes, I get that you are joshing.

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