Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
Discussion
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
CaptainSlow said:
Women can't read maps, that's been proven.
Utter drivel.
Never argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Anyway i can't understand the whole "got the map upside down" thing. You don't just look at the next 3cm from where you currently are, you look along the route to your destination. Unless these are the same people that when they are driving only look at the car in front's tail lights... maybe i answered my own question.
Blown2CV said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
CaptainSlow said:
Women can't read maps, that's been proven.
Utter drivel.
Never argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Anyway i can't understand the whole "got the map upside down" thing. You don't just look at the next 3cm from where you currently are, you look along the route to your destination. Unless these are the same people that when they are driving only look at the car in front's tail lights... maybe i answered my own question.
A good friend of the wife's only recently found out that the direction that you are walking isn't always North, she honestly thought that whatever direction one walked was always North!
HTP99 said:
Blown2CV said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
CaptainSlow said:
Women can't read maps, that's been proven.
Utter drivel.
Never argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Anyway i can't understand the whole "got the map upside down" thing. You don't just look at the next 3cm from where you currently are, you look along the route to your destination. Unless these are the same people that when they are driving only look at the car in front's tail lights... maybe i answered my own question.
A good friend of the wife's only recently found out that the direction that you are walking isn't always North, she honestly thought that whatever direction one walked was always North!
Mum's reply "can't find it on the map love "
Or Mrs Grumpy Mk1 when we were on holiday in Germany and in charge of the map "I can't tell you left or right 'cos we're on the wrong side of the road ".
grumpy52 said:
HTP99 said:
Blown2CV said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
CaptainSlow said:
Women can't read maps, that's been proven.
Utter drivel.
Never argue with idiots, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Anyway i can't understand the whole "got the map upside down" thing. You don't just look at the next 3cm from where you currently are, you look along the route to your destination. Unless these are the same people that when they are driving only look at the car in front's tail lights... maybe i answered my own question.
A good friend of the wife's only recently found out that the direction that you are walking isn't always North, she honestly thought that whatever direction one walked was always North!
Mum's reply "can't find it on the map love "
Or Mrs Grumpy Mk1 when we were on holiday in Germany and in charge of the map "I can't tell you left or right 'cos we're on the wrong side of the road ".
As for maps, some years ago my brother is driving thourgh Kent, says to his wife who has the map, "Can you see Three Bridges", she says "We just passed under one"
Wife when we are driving in Italy having sussed we drive on the other side of the road, "When your TomTom says turn left, do you turn right", I tell you they are wired weird.
My son has a basic Nokia phone with a built in FM radio, I was commenting that it's actually a good idea as with my smartphone in order to listen to the radio (via an app) you'd have to stream it via 4G or WiFi etc.
She then pipes up.... "....but listening to the radio doesn't use any date, its only if you browse the internet or download tunes, otherwise it's free......"
I thought for a moment and rather than risk an argument I bit my tongue and just agreed with her, I knew it the best option in the long run.
Glad I don't pay her phone bill!
She then pipes up.... "....but listening to the radio doesn't use any date, its only if you browse the internet or download tunes, otherwise it's free......"
I thought for a moment and rather than risk an argument I bit my tongue and just agreed with her, I knew it the best option in the long run.
Glad I don't pay her phone bill!
My lady is a qualified commercial skipper. She personally built a wooden sextant, that worked, while doing her navigation ticket.
She can read a map, a marine chart, a blueprint & even Shakespeare. She is the one I wanted on the wheel when having to reef sails in a howling gale. However she amazed me today. I called her to find out when she would have my shopping trolley home.
She answered, then said "Wait a minute". When she came back she told me she couldn't talk before as she was reversing, & had to concentrate to know which way to turn the wheel.
She can read a map, a marine chart, a blueprint & even Shakespeare. She is the one I wanted on the wheel when having to reef sails in a howling gale. However she amazed me today. I called her to find out when she would have my shopping trolley home.
She answered, then said "Wait a minute". When she came back she told me she couldn't talk before as she was reversing, & had to concentrate to know which way to turn the wheel.
Hasbeen said:
My lady is a qualified commercial skipper. She personally built a wooden sextant, that worked, while doing her navigation ticket.
She can read a map, a marine chart, a blueprint & even Shakespeare. She is the one I wanted on the wheel when having to reef sails in a howling gale. However she amazed me today. I called her to find out when she would have my shopping trolley home.
She answered, then said "Wait a minute". When she came back she told me she couldn't talk before as she was reversing, & had to concentrate to know which way to turn the wheel.
I know many females who find reversing difficult as they get confused about which way to turn the wheel and yet I've never met a male who struggles with this. There has even been official data released from driving tests that prove more women struggle with this then men. What's the deal here, just wired differently?She can read a map, a marine chart, a blueprint & even Shakespeare. She is the one I wanted on the wheel when having to reef sails in a howling gale. However she amazed me today. I called her to find out when she would have my shopping trolley home.
She answered, then said "Wait a minute". When she came back she told me she couldn't talk before as she was reversing, & had to concentrate to know which way to turn the wheel.
CanAm said:
Good that she put the phone down while concentrating on her driving. Bad that she answered while behind the wheel in the first place.
Bluetooth, hands free, on private property, at a friends home.But how did she handle a twin screw boat, where you not only have to steer, but have different engines going ahead, or astern to help control the thing, & you have wind & current driftage to overcome as well.
Edited by Hasbeen on Wednesday 24th August 07:07
Vipers said:
Re the bit I put in Bold. In Singapore airport wife goes to the loo, walks down a corridor and turns LEFT into the loo, came out and turned LEFT and wondered why she got lost.
As for maps, some years ago my brother is driving thourgh Kent, says to his wife who has the map, "Can you see Three Bridges", she says "We just passed under one"
Wife when we are driving in Italy having sussed we drive on the other side of the road, "When your TomTom says turn left, do you turn right", I tell you they are wired weird.
Bak in the days before GPS my ex when traveling south through France used to try to read the map while holding it upside down so it was 'facing the way we were traveling' ...... As for maps, some years ago my brother is driving thourgh Kent, says to his wife who has the map, "Can you see Three Bridges", she says "We just passed under one"
Wife when we are driving in Italy having sussed we drive on the other side of the road, "When your TomTom says turn left, do you turn right", I tell you they are wired weird.
brrapp said:
Mykap said:
Bak in the days before GPS my ex when traveling south through France used to try to read the map while holding it upside down so it was 'facing the way we were traveling' ......
Exactly what you should do when navigating by map, what's wrong with that?PanzerCommander said:
I posted the same on a previous page, albeit from a navigating whilst flying point of view. That way the land marks, airfields etc. are on the correct sides of the aircraft for the way you are navigating.
Same when hiking. Or at least, I do as it helps visualise the landscape from the contours, etc.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff