RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-17 Thread Bob W
How dare you! English swill is the envy of the civilised world. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Baugher Sent: 17 March 2007 01:30 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Driving to GFM Dave, how could you find

RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-17 Thread Bob W
Alcohol drugs do a pretty good job of it -- Bob I guess nothing takes the place of common sense and awareness. ;] -P Norm Baugher wrote: A few years back when I was living in Germany, some guy in his Mercedes drove into the river, the Sat Nav didn't show that the bridge was

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-17 Thread David J Brooks
On 3/16/07, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, how could you find that funny, so insensitive. You are such a bastard.. Brasilian coffee = beer (please, not that English swill). Norm I like Frank Zappa, so take it from there. vbg Dave David J Brooks wrote: If you wer;nt so busy

Re: Driving to GFM (GPS systems)

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
Well, just outside of town here, my Tom Tom Navigator 5.0 software on the pocket pc tells me to take a sharp right in 80 yards. If I do that I drive into a mountain. The thing is that the road was under construction when the GPS van went through and there was a detour from one side of of the

Re: Driving to GFM (GPS systems)

2007-03-17 Thread ann sanfedele
graywolf wrote: Well, just outside of town here, my Tom Tom Navigator 5.0 software on the pocket pc tells me to take a sharp right in 80 yards. If I do that I drive into a mountain. The thing is that the road was under construction when the GPS van went through and there was a detour from one

Re: Driving to GFM (GPS systems)

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
LOL! ann sanfedele wrote: graywolf wrote: Well, just outside of town here, my Tom Tom Navigator 5.0 software on the pocket pc tells me to take a sharp right in 80 yards. If I do that I drive into a mountain. The thing is that the road was under construction when the GPS van went through

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: t's very hilly here and years ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up and down the hills. They're all over the

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps is an attractive idea to a guy from OZ

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread ann sanfedele
Doug Franklin wrote: William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. The raw route that Google gives doesn't look too bad. I can't speak for the run across the Midwest, but the route it gives from

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
And Ann is not a bit shy about telling the bus driver what route to take. tongue planted firmly in cheek. Sorry, Ann, I could not resist GRIN. (Ann travels a heck of a lot more than I do.) More seriously, often I find it a lot quicker, if more frustrating, to go straight through town than to

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
Whoops, that is what happens when you loose track of the threads. You were I think speaking to Wheatfield Willy, sorry. An aside: Chicago is a nice place to visit, but you do not want to pass through, or even near, it. Avoid the area at all costs. And never, never, agree to haul a load of

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread David Savage
On 3/16/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/15/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. The raw route that Google gives doesn't look too bad. I can't speak for the run across the Midwest, but

RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Bob W
Mail List Subject: Re: Driving to GFM I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded

Re: RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: Sat Nav over here is notorious for leading people up one way streets, across people's back gardens and through shops. I had a good argument a couple of years ago with some cretin who was putting too much trust in his sat nav and trying to drive down my street, which has a locked

RE: RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Bob W
Might be interesting here in Pittsburgh. It's very hilly here and years ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up and down the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: t's very hilly here and years ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up and down the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: t's very hilly here and years ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up and down the hills. They're all over the place, some of

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two words: Land Rover :- We have those here. They allow the upper crust to remind us of how ugly cars from the 80s were. They also spontaneously combust. Have a nice day. :-) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! --

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: We have those here. They allow the upper crust to remind us of how ugly cars from the 80s were. They also spontaneously combust. ?? The Land Rover I drive has changed little from designs of the 1940s... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Five words: Very, very *narrow* Land Rover :-) Like this? http://www.rebelreplicas.net/ !! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Tom C
Those are very cool, but what's William Robb doing in the picture? Tom C. From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Driving to GFM Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:21:19 + On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Five words: Very, very *narrow* Land Rover :-) Like this? http://www.rebelreplicas.net/ LOL! Yes, those might work. (Actually, even those might be tight on a couple of the stairs.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: We have those here. They allow the upper crust to remind us of how ugly cars from the 80s were. They also spontaneously combust. ?? The Land Rover I drive has changed little from designs of

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Norm Baugher
A few years back when I was living in Germany, some guy in his Mercedes drove into the river, the Sat Nav didn't show that the bridge was out due to construction Norm Bob W wrote: Sat Nav over here is notorious for leading people up one way streets, across people's back gardens and

RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 16 March 2007 22:21 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Driving to GFM On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Five words: Very, very *narrow* Land Rover :-) Like

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: LR3. Discovery series 3? That's it. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: LR3. Discovery series 3? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Do you wear one on each foot? Cotty wrote: On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Five words: Very, very *narrow* Land Rover :-) Like this? http://www.rebelreplicas.net/ !! -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread David J Brooks
If you wer;nt so busy pissing Cotty off, you could have called that guy instead. LOL Dave On 3/16/07, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few years back when I was living in Germany, some guy in his Mercedes drove into the river, the Sat Nav didn't show that the bridge was out due to

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
I guess nothing takes the place of common sense and awareness. ;] -P Norm Baugher wrote: A few years back when I was living in Germany, some guy in his Mercedes drove into the river, the Sat Nav didn't show that the bridge was out due to construction Norm Bob W wrote: Sat Nav over

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Dave, how could you find that funny, so insensitive. You are such a bastard.. Brasilian coffee = beer (please, not that English swill). Norm David J Brooks wrote: If you wer;nt so busy pissing Cotty off, you could have called that guy instead. LOL Dave On 3/16/07, Norm Baugher [EMAIL

Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread William Robb
less to drive to make 6 days in a car worthwhile. So, I am planning on driving to GFM this time. With this in mind, I am looking for route advice, as I have never driven through the heavily populated eastern USA. If you check a googley map, http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enq=tab=il

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. The raw route that Google gives doesn't look too bad. I can't speak for the run across the Midwest, but the route it gives from Louisville to GFM doesn't look

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread P. J. Alling
look at the map of Atlanta on Google, you'll see I-285 ... an 80+ mile Which is as horrible as any downtown stretch of interstate can be during rush hour. Doug Franklin wrote: William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
of a buffoon to do well with Minneapolis' airport and the whole security thang. It will cost me enough less to drive to make 6 days in a car worthwhile. So, I am planning on driving to GFM this time. With this in mind, I am looking for route advice, as I have never driven through the heavily

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
less to drive to make 6 days in a car worthwhile. So, I am planning on driving to GFM this time. With this in mind, I am looking for route advice, as I have never driven through the heavily populated eastern USA. If you check a googley map, http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8hl=enq

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-15 Thread Doug Franklin
P. J. Alling wrote: look at the map of Atlanta on Google, you'll see I-285 ... an 80+ mile Which is as horrible as any downtown stretch of interstate can be during rush hour. Worse. These days it's better to go through town most days if you have to move about during rush hour. The real key,