I should get one of those :o I sometimes forget where my car is in a major carpark, especially if there's a couple of cars that looks the same or if there's way too many white cars (had one embarrassing moment of approaching a car that isn't the same make and had the owner coming towards it as well :doh:).

I don't mind the GPS but also be aware of Google Map's possible errors when you use the directions thing. I used it to get me to my Agriculture college, and it gave me several streets wrong that I ended up a good 10-15 mins away (could be more) from the college....

They make small simple GPS units designed especially for that purpose. They are small and fit in the pocket.

Been thinking of getting one

I shall have to look at that, good to know there's at least something to be able to locate my car in a big and busy carpark :hmmm:

Don't need a GPS to screw up, my wife once drove to Nottingham (about 90 miles away) for an exam, was running a bit late, parked her car, paid for a ticket and ran to the exam centre.

An hour or so later she returned to the car park but couldn't find her car, frantic searching provided no results so she phoned the car park operators (NCP) to advise/help her.

A man from the company drove to her location and asked to see her ticket to ascertain what floor/area of the car park she'd parked in.

'But this isn't a ticket for an NCP car park!' :har:

He kindly drove her to the correct car park where they found the car at once. :oops:


Another time she'd parked at Sainsbury's supermarket, bought some stuff and went out to the car, but couldn't unlock the car!!! She phoned the RAC to come and get her sorted but while she was waiting she spotted the car in the next row! :nope:

I swear, she is an intelligent woman, currently studying for her Masters, but like I say - there is a balance between education and common sense, not many people are blessed with both.

If you've got or are getting a smartphone they usually have some gps built-in and most, if not all, use signal triangulation to find locations - there are some apps now that can use this to locate things like your car. Saves buying a separate phone and gps unit. :yep:

I have a Jitterbug and it always stays in the car. :D

Can you get some medication for it? :hmmm:

Well, it's like crabs, but they take bigger bites.:o

Don't be a Jitterbug hater. :nope:

I love my Jitterbug. It is just a cell phone. It makes and receives phone calls. And it does it well. Since it stays in my car all the time, I don't need the extra "features" that other cell phone/electronic friends have. To me a cell phone is a specialized tool. I don't want to have a "relationship" with it. I don't want it part of my life.

I want it to sit quietly and obediently until I decide to use it. I don't want my cellphone reminding me of things, nor to I want to "share" my life experiences with my cell phone.

Best of all, with the Jitterbug J, it has blue tooth so once I program my car, I never have to see nor touch my cell phone any more. It is hidden in the center console (which makes it easy to "forget" to check voice mail too. :yeah:

I always thought the Jitterbug was a dance :doh:

Nope... just a cell phone for old people. :O:

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I'll resemble that remark someday! :stare:

Hmm lessee, all I got is an iPod and a Nokia E71. Though I plan to upgrade at some point :hmmm: I'll have to take a look at smartphones.

LOL :DL

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Someone hit on pizza delivery again, I guess I'll add my own bit of lore. Where I used to work, most of us used a combination of the big sector map on the wall and a $5 street guide to plan our routes. The street guide was great to have in a vehicle just in case we got lost along the way, or had a delivery that would take us outside city limits. On busy nights you might have three or four orders at a time, and in some cases even more than that (reminded of the dreaded St. Patrick's Day nightmare :dead:), and somehow I don't think that having a GPS would have helped any more than the maps we had. Part of the area we served was being actively developed, which meant that within a couple of months a whole new neighborhood would spring up and there would be a fresh influx of hungry, pizza-loving customers dialing in orders. I am not 100% sure if GPS units would have had those streets updated quickly enough, but quite honestly if you spend 20-30 hours a week driving the area you develop a fairly keen sense of where places are in relation to home plate.


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I forgot to mention that the new developments use the European style street layout, and in the early days I got lost out there more than once. Once I picked up a street guide my delivery times became more and more efficient. Very, very handy when the big rains started sweeping through. :)