• GPS WITH AN ATTITUDE!
  Thursday, May 1, 2008
• Hi Everybody!!!!
      I think I've mentioned I got a GPS for Christmas from a girlfriend who was sick of hearing about how I'm always lost! I admit I have very little sense of direction and while the method of dropping crumbs on the way to work and then following them home has worked well in the past....I'm now moving into this century! You can tell me north or south and it means nothing to me. You could show me a map.   I would just see colored lines and nothing more.
  If you give me directions...you must say left or right and give me landmarks...preferably by pointing out shopping malls , coffee shops or restaurants!   That keeps my attention.
      Anyway, now that I have this GPS....I adore it. Its magical. I don't know how she knows where I'm going.   I don't know how she knows how far it is to the next turnoff.   I love how she knows if I'm supposed to "exit left" or "exit right".   Its incredible!   
      However.....did you ever notice if you DON'T do as you're told.....and she has to recalculate that after a while she takes on this whole tone??? Oh , yes, she gets quite snarky. I swear her monotone voice takes on a sharper edge the more recalculating she has to do. She gets an attitude. Then I get cranky and start talking back ....'OKAY, GERTIE, I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME'....'I AM EXITING YOU KNOW IT ALL".......
      I think I may trade her in for a new voice....maybe someone who sounds commanding and sexy like Kiefer Sutherland....I like his Ford commercials.   I don't think I'd even mind if he said 'DAMMIT, I SAID TURN RIGHT'.......(taking on his Jack Bauer persona)
      Anyway.....I am very grateful for my GPS....which keeps me headed in the right direction with a couple of slight detours on the way.
      RECALCULATING...........(sigh!)

  Wendy

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