In that case I suppose you'd rather have surgery while fully conscious ??
Not ALL technology is superfluous. In any event it's how you decide to
embrace technology. You can use it selectively to prove your life if you
choose. But only a fool will ignore it completely :-)
Murray Arundell
Sent from my iPhone
On 09/07/2013, at 4:15, Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I find six speeds just too many - It's like those razors that have 5 blades.
I just imagine a Scottish warrior going into battle with a five bladed sword
!! But then I suppose if you have an inferior blade you need five to
compensate. If you have low power engine then you need more gears - viz- an
18 wheeler rig.
>
>
>
>
>
> At 06:57 AM 7/8/2013 +1000, Murray Arundell wrote:
>> In this case your friend's GPS is configured to avoid freeways etc. in
>> "settings" you can alter this to suit your preferences. Technology will
only
>> work as well as its allowed to by the individual employing it. Don't
blame
>> the technology if you are not prepared to learn it first. In the case
you've
>> cited it's the same as driving a car with a six speed gearbox but only
using
>> four, then complaining that it doesn't go or uses too much .
>>
>> Murray Arundell
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 08/07/2013, at 0:02, Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I was to meet a friend at a VW dealership in San Antonio, in order to
drive
>> him home after he dropped off his bug for service. We left Kerville at
about
>> the same time in the morning but he arrived at the dealership more than
half
>> an hour later than I did. Turned out that he'd followed his GPS's advice
>> which routed him away from the freeways and through city streets as soon as
he
>> got to San Antonio. The thing is, he knew the direct route but followed
the
>> GPS's advice because he "thought it might know a shortcut." Go
figure......
>> >
>> > CR
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > vw
>> > On 7/6/2013 8:00 AM, PaulHunt73 wrote:
>> >> Prat-Nav you mean? Where you end up in the wrong town/county/country or
a
>> river "because the sat nav said so"? The only time I used one, because my
son
>> in law happened to have one, it took me on a 40 mile detour south when I
>> wanted to go north. When we did eventually start going north the motorway
was
>> closed because of an accident. We managed to leave at a junction but the
damn
>> thing kept telling us to get back on the motorway. At that point I
ignored
>> it.
>> >>
>> >> PaulH.
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> Regards
>
> Barrie
> barrie@look.ca
> 705-721-9060
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