Now, Donald, you know that I like gizmos! :-) But there are very few
people getting in my way aloft.
I like your story, and Bob's and Chuck's, so you can keep your
satnavs, but only if you promise to continue using them responsibly :-)
More seriously, my Boss reckons that he is perfectly capable of using
a mobile phone while driving ("I'm used to using up to 7 radios in a
C-130) but thinks that satnavs are dangerously distracting. I might
just have to explain the ways of the world to him some day.
And equally seriously, my sister-in-law uses a satnav because she
cannot navigate; she never knows where she is. It's possible that she
and her Landrover Discovery are a road safety nightmare ...
Chris
On 7 Jun 2009, at 14:22, Donald wrote:
> I can mapread with the best of them, but wouldn't be without Jane
> (TomTom). We bought her when we planned to tour Europe (cut short by
> bereavement) including lots of places we'd never been.
>
> Invaluable for finding particular Commonwealth WGC cemeteries in
> France.
> You can download various collections of interesting places compiled by
> enthusiasts and plan around them.
>
> She twice led us astray, over a cobbled backroad in Belgium and almost
> into a vineyard near Reims, but that's what my eyes are for. I don't
> look at her, she talks to me. But she had no idea where Piers was...
>
> ;-)
>
> D.
>
> PS - Don't be so dogmatic!! I thought you'd be lost without your HUD.
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