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Basil

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LOL Seems about right (for the typical news-reader person).
A local reporter here pronounced Trafalgar Square as something like "Traffle-gar."
They're not the brightest folks out there.

OK, maybe there IS a Hong Kong, Brazil. :highly_amused:
 
When did that happen? I didn't know they moved... I'll update my maps at once!
 
Actually, it might be the correct latitude... and maybe they just need to spin that globe a bit to get the label in the right place.
 
Boink said:
Actually, it might be the correct latitude... and maybe they just need to spin that globe a bit to get the label in the right place.
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Too late Mark... I've already made the change.
 
Dude, that's Africa!

NAW it's Hong Kong see it right on the coast.:applause:
 
Well, as the news reader probably didn't control what was on the big screen ... maybe we should worry more about the tech folks who created that "map".

(And the hornet horror is real - those things are BIG)

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Time lapse? That's really funny! :highly_amused:
 
NOW That is BIG !!
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I know, I know - Google messed up. Would never be humans.
 
judow said:
I know, I know - Google messed up. Would never be humans.
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Had the Roto Rooter guy out today to clear a drain line. I Had to tell him not to rely on GPS to find my address. If you put my address in any GPS it will take you to the exact opposite end of my street, about 1/2 mile from where I actually live.
 
Basil said:
Had the Roto Rooter guy out today to clear a drain line. I Had to tell him not to rely on GPS to find my address. If you put my address in any GPS it will take you to the exact opposite end of my street, about 1/2 mile from where I actually live.
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That's what GPS does here also! I told delivery people not to trust GPS in this area and they say, "we have the best system, we'll find you"! Guess what, their usually 1 to 3 miles off course! The phone rings, help I'm lost! Now we have to direct them from where we THINK they are. Don't know why this happens and can not get a straight answer from those who are supposed to know. We don't live in a community, we live in the boonies and about 2 steps up from Pony Express deliveries! :indecisiveness: PJ
 
GPS in my eyes seems like an invention for folks who can't use maps. A terrible technological crutch that has dumbed down society. Maybe I am just a luddite, or paranoid, but I could be right.
 
PAUL161 said:
That's what GPS does here also! I told delivery people not to trust GPS in this area and they say, "we have the best system, we'll find you"! Guess what, their usually 1 to 3 miles off course! The phone rings, help I'm lost! Now we have to direct them from where we THINK they are. Don't know why this happens and can not get a straight answer from those who are supposed to know. We don't live in a community, we live in the boonies and about 2 steps up from Pony Express deliveries! :indecisiveness: PJ
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I have reported the error a couple of times to Garmin. Who knows if the map vendors they use will ever fix it.
 
waltesefalcon said:
GPS in my eyes seems like an invention for folks who can't use maps. A terrible technological crutch that has dumbed down society. Maybe I am just a luddite, or paranoid, but I could be right.
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Yep, I think you're right. (that your a luddite I mean) :cool-new: Kinda like saying a computer is a crutch for people who can't use an abacus :cool-new:
 
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