Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word My favorite sign juxtaposition was in a tiny town in eastern WA: the direction signs to "Gun Club" and "Cemetery" were on the same post pointing down the same road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word No' date=' that's why you go to WalMart.[/quote']donthave thatone, sry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word I put some signs up on my flickr site, but I really wish I had taken a picture of this one: It won't help your directional sense at all since it's on a North-South section of road... I don't have a pic, but the wikipedia entry mentions it: Directional signs on Route 28 on Cape Cod are continuously marked as North-South, which is confusing for unfamiliar drivers. One travelling on Route 28 southbound is actually going northeast from Falmouth to Mashpee, east from Mashpee to Chatham, and north from Chatham to the Orleans-Eastham border. In fact, where Route 39 hits Route 28 in South Orleans, the directions on Route 28 are unsigned, since otherwise a driver heading north on 39 North and wishing to continue north into Orleans Center might inadvertently follow 28 North south to Chatham. donthave thatone' date=' sry[/quote'] You're FAR better off. Trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word US 101 does similar funky things as it wraps around the Olympic Peninsula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Hence, telling me to go north, south, east or west tells me nothing about which way to turn, because I've learned to ignore my inner directional needle. That's the most exasperating thing about most direction-finders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Mine's pretty well developed, and fortunately things out here rarely get that messed up, Seattle's insanely complicated address and street-numbering scheme notwithstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word If I go anywhere unfamiliar, I get directions from Google maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word I am too cheap to have a device with enough connectivity for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word I usually do, too. It has been known to lead me astray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word When they first replaced the bridge to Illinois her in town. For about a year afterward, Google Maps still had you driving over the first closed then destroyed bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Oh, dear. The last time I relied on Google Maps, they sent me to a tiny town on the other side of DC from where I wanted to go. At about 2 AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Well, mapquest and google both pull their map information from navtech. They do a fairly decent job, but there's always something that is just plain wrong. My wife worked for navtech and we still have a good friend there. We send him bits like that all the time. If it concerns his area, he finds it helpful, if it's someone else's problem, he likes pointing it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Hmm. So much for Googling AND MapQuesting, then, to cover my bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Used to be that when I typed in the nearest named place to my folks' house, you got a blank box, with a dot labeled with that name, and nothing else. No roads, nothing. After a couple years, the road in finally got included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Heh. Cute. "Yep, here it is!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Re: The Last Word Unfortunately, it makes it more difficult to pass off truly fake addresses to obnoxious callers. Instant verification has its downside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word They actually verify that stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word Hmm. So much for Googling AND MapQuesting' date=' then, to cover my bases.[/quote'] Sometimes the software is different so you will get different routes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word But they'll both lead me to the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word Mistyping the destination will do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word I did not mistype! I copy-pasted her address from an e-mail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word So you copied someone else's mistyping! :nya: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word If it's good enough for the post office, it should be good enough for most direction searches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word Umm ... if a human being actually reads it sometime during USPS's chance with it, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Re: The Last Word And if it shows up as valid on the USPS ZIP lookup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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