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minus-squareSeeMarkFly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoTime to dust off my old folded paper maps. I can sell some of the duplicates I have. I’m gonna be RICH!
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou can buy up to date ones at the gas station still
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoWhat a piece of crap, this thing didn’t warn me about the bridge being closed and jammed up because of a car fire. Stupid paper…
minus-squareBluegrass_Addict@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agohow ever did people live and get around before the mobile spy tracking hardware was in everyone’s pockets. shocker, your time isn’t really as valuable as you think it is…
minus-squareSeeMarkFly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI left on a trip to San Francisco and forgot my STREET maps but I did have an aviation map so I used that. It did NOT have the freeway numbers marked. I got there looking for water towers and radio towers and bodies of water. I managed OK.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI am willing to bet there is still a radio in your vehicle, and very likely a local news station with traffic and weather reports.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf the goal is to avoid ads, a radio station is the absolutely worst option.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAt least they are only one-way. They won’t be getting any private info or tracking data out of you.
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBack to the basics: Start carrying a yellow pages book with you so that you can find addresses of various businesses. If you need restaurant descriptions, you need one of those tourist guide books too.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIn my town restaurants come and go so fast the yellow pages are basically always obsolete.
Time to dust off my old folded paper maps.
I can sell some of the duplicates I have. I’m gonna be RICH!
You can buy up to date ones at the gas station still
What a piece of crap, this thing didn’t warn me about the bridge being closed and jammed up because of a car fire. Stupid paper…
how ever did people live and get around before the mobile spy tracking hardware was in everyone’s pockets.
shocker, your time isn’t really as valuable as you think it is…
I left on a trip to San Francisco and forgot my STREET maps but I did have an aviation map so I used that.
It did NOT have the freeway numbers marked. I got there looking for water towers and radio towers and bodies of water. I managed OK.
I am willing to bet there is still a radio in your vehicle, and very likely a local news station with traffic and weather reports.
If the goal is to avoid ads, a radio station is the absolutely worst option.
At least they are only one-way. They won’t be getting any private info or tracking data out of you.
Back to the basics: Start carrying a yellow pages book with you so that you can find addresses of various businesses. If you need restaurant descriptions, you need one of those tourist guide books too.
In my town restaurants come and go so fast the yellow pages are basically always obsolete.