Welp, I guess here's as good as place as any to share "Dear Lady of the GPS"

[Scott9999]

I thought some here might appreciate this little ditty, as they ride their modern BMW steeds down the roads as dictated by their electronic map devices. Wasn't certain where this tongue and cheek modern rendition of a Sea Shanty, which pokes some fun at the GPS driven "world on rails", at a time when a man just wants his soul to run free (i.e. of GPS directives). Enjoy!

Dear Lady of the GPS (The Longest Johns)

Aside: I've become quite addicted to Sea Shanties, Celtic & Irish Folk songs, and the like, over the past several years. Maybe it's just my natural "age regression" back to my brief sailing days in the US Navy, as I grow older. Just so many of these things seem to hit home, particularly if you turn on the lyrics ("CC"). "Captain Halyard" as a channel filled with this stuff.

 

[bigjohnsd]

Meet the "Real Lady"

 

[pauls1150]

(insert Robert De Niro voice here) "What, dey gotta problem wid a New Yawk voice?"

 

[fmdualexhaust]

I always wished they would let you record your own directions.
"You idiot! You missed your turn!
Now I have to calculate it all over again!"

 

[PGlaves]

I have Voni to tell me that. Once going through a small town I missed a left turn as highways split. After about a mile I noticed my error and we did a U turn. I stopped back at the intersection and she laughingly told me, "Two GPSs and a map and you still get lost."

 

[Scott9999]

@PGlaves I was traveling over the holidays thru Oregon to California, passing from Klamath to about Weed, CA, during some nasty winter weather at night (yeah, my first and second mistakes). Conditions went from a light dusting to virtual white out in minutes. I was traveling down the two lane road, which isn't all that bad during the day time. But at night, I couldn't see either edge of the highway, and could barely make out the center line. I couldn't really pull off for fear of going over the side in a ... ah... uncomfortable location (i.e. hills, mountains, canyons, and field, depending on where you were). It was our car, and no other traffic either way (yeah, all the smart one's had gone home or stopped somewhere). I was flying blind.

I had three GPS's operating. I had the Ford Edge built in (which wasn't bad except that Ford GPS's are always about 5 years out of date, even after current updates). I had Google Maps on my cellphone, which was OK, except I was in and out of cell/internet connectivity (map liked to freeze at the MOST inconvient times). I also had a Garmin XT, which I bought for my 2018 RT, and was testing out on this trip. They were all hooked in, and it felt like "flying on instruments". The only way I knew that the road was turning left or right, was reading the GPS's.

I joked with my wife later (who had slept through it), that it was like listening to directions from three woman, who couldn't agree on anything. I pretty much went with whatever two of three of the GPS's indicated, which varied through the tense, approximately, three hour drive (normally, about an hour).

So, I figure GPS's are a necessary evil. Kinda like women, ya can't live with 'em, and ya can't live without 'em!