[jimtorr]

Typical. Chris was looking for India....

.....and the Carribean islands are still sometimes referred to as the West Indies.......

This is why I, as a guy, own a GPS receiver, several compasses and lots of road maps. I don't want to have to rename Boise, Idaho as Dallas, Texas.

[Rca2000]

It is the same reason, that I do a mapquest, when I need to go anywhere unfamiliar, nowdays.

The reason for this, is that I HAVE often asked for directions(honestly, SOME men, at least, do that), and too often, I will get a response like this::

Excuse me, do you know where 1201 central street is?

"Uh, yeah. You go down to the next light, I think it is the next light, and then, you turn left at the burger king, or is it a a Mcdonalds, I think it is a BK, and then you go two streets down,. till you see a school, on the right side, no, maybe it is the left side, and then, you turn left at the next street, or maybe it is right, and then you go two more lights down, and turn left. Or no, its right.".


So, THAT is why most men, including myself, would rather depend on a MAP, or Mapquest, or some hard data, rather than asking directions, from somewhere who probably doesn't even know where he is at.

[dixie sass]

And, I bet you still get lost!!!!