Date:         Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:54:47 -0700
Reply-To:     azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update
Comments: To: Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kpcnsk@YAHOO.COM>
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Hear! Hear! and there, be dragons, and over there, terra incognito!
I don't need no stinking GPS!
Turn off the stereo, loose the cell phone, take the road less traveled, stop and smell
the roses!
Luddites unite!
me in AZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski" <kpcnsk@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update


> Thanks for the info, Loren. I think it's good to know the limitations
> of the tools we use. I'm also in less of a hurry to update the map on
> my Garmin Nuvi 350 (which both the wife and I love, btw).
>
> If I do update, however, I don't think I'd be terribly upset. For one,
> I find the GPS most handy when navigating strange cities, where
> streets don't always take you in the direction you really want to go.
> I rely on it far less on the back roads. More than that, however, I
> don't rely solely upon my GPS. It is but one tool in my navigational
> toolbox.  That's why you'll still find me toting around paper maps and
> gazetteers when I take any journey. I marvel at the technology, but I
> grew up with maps, and for some things, they just can't be beat.
>
> Personally, I actually like it when I find things NOT on the GPS.
> There be dragons, it is said, and I enjoy the discovery. And
> truthfully, if your favorite swimming hole is no longer on the grid,
> I'd consider that a good thing.  The roads are crowded enough as it is.
>
> Jarrett
> '89 Westy, Oly
>