[gps-talkusers] Re: interesting directions from google

Claude,

There isn't an over land route.

I wonder if anyone has taken the  directions so  literally that they have
attempted it.

Another example of not to always trust the directions that you get--preview
the route. This might be why google has their disclaimer about these
directions being for planning purposes only and may not be possible.

Kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claude Everett" <
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Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:20 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: interesting directions from google

> You mean there isn't an over land route?
>
>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann K. Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:26 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: interesting directions from google


> Hi Claude,
>
> Hmmmmm, overland, no, but you might try ice up by the North Pole.  Of
> course, you'd have to go in January, what with global warming and
> all.  Then, even if you made Scandinavia, you'd still have that sticky
> bit of some twenty miles of Channel.  You need one of those cars that
> goes on water too.  Sorry, no real overland option.  If you're
> planning your jaunt in January, the Channel isn't very friendly then.
> Dunnow what to suggest, really I don't.  But perhaps a good geography
> course, and then a good class in problem solving?  <grinning>
>
> You'd be surprised how many people have absolutely no idea in the
> world how to get from New York to London except, "On a plane".  If you
> ask them what direction to go, they can't tell you.  Hell, I've had
> students from Rochester who can't even tell how to get from here to
> Binghamton, let alone London, England, or even London Ontario.  Had
> one student who actually told me to go west from Rochester NY, to get
> to Washington, D.C.  I dunnow what the world's coming to, but it ain't
> good, that's for sure.
>
> Ann P.
>
>
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