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Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review

To: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MG6 Review
From: Geoff <geoff@1956mga.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:58:57 -0700
So don't buy it.  If it's that objectionable, buy a car from a manufacture
that still makes it an option.   it's not like it's federally mandated.
There are still plenty of cars out there where it's an option.

Geoff

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca> wrote:

>
> What we have is technologies desperately chasing problems.   I do not need
> a GPS and when I buy a car I do not want to *have* to pay for it.
> Similarly I do not need a wet cabbage leaf reader so I do not *have* to
> buy one in my new *car*.
>
> Hey!  whatever happened to cigarette lighters ?   Used to use them to burn
> leeches off when in Malaya!
>
>
> At 11:51 AM 3/28/2011, Geoff wrote:
>
> Complaining about GPS/Sat Nav just seems silly.  It's a tool, use it wrong
> and it'll be an issue. There are plenty of examples of dumb people getting
> lost in the wilderness because they can't read a map or use a compass.
> Shall we complain about that technology too?   Don't blame the tool, blame
> the idiot using it.
>
> I use my GPS all the time.  I travel a bit for work, and arriving in a new
> town, I can pull up Yelp on my phone, get a review for a restaurant, and
> click a button to open the directions in the GPS functions, which can then
> give me walking or driving directions to the restaurant.  It's brilliant.
> For the luddites out there, I suppose you could catalog the restaurant
> reviews from the paper, maybe in a three ring binder.  Then, once you've
> picked one, find a pay phone (good luck with that) to call and get the
> address, then pull out the paper map.  Good luck with the rerouting if you
> miss an exit or there is construction.  Make sure you pull over before you
> use the map.
>
>  Regards
>
> Barrie
> barrie@look.ca
> 705--721-9060
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