When 'Girlie' stops working

[RogerS]

'Girlie' ? Who she ? It's the nickname we've given the voice on Google Maps. But sometimes, she goes dumb and then it all goes pear-shaped. Like last night.

Last night, appt with gastro consultant at Nuffield. Came out in the dark…Google Maps on the mobile not talking to me. Not familiar with the satnav in the car but needs must and off I went…..

First false trip over the Tyne


Then the second time…I excelled. Notice I crossed the Tyne but then when I retraced back over went East instead of West ....numbnuts plonker. It takes skill to do that.




All in all, spent about 30 minutes mucking about.

The gastroenterologist was bloody good though. Writing a sublty worded rollocking to my GP.

Rog

 

[Lurker]

I keep a hard copy sat nav called “a road map” in our car. Just for backup.

 

[AndyP]

Mrs P has a built in Sat Nav and is constantly disagreeing with whatever mine is telling me (Copilot Gps]. I’ve been using it for 10 years or more on a one time purchase of about £20 IIRC, no traffic info. Maps held on the phone and is generally very reliable
Missus does get her left and right mixed up when reading a map and once told me, as I was driving around Hyde Park Corner, to “follow that cab”. “Which one” I replied “the black one of course”. So I did and of course it was “not that one”.

 

[Lurker]

If we are both in the car, her majesty drives as she enjoys it and I am not bothered. We always have the car sat nav running, but I frequently have to tell HM to ignore it as it’s lying.
Great device for the last 500yards to somewhere that you have not been to before. Good for warning of road hold ups.
Otherwise not so clever.

 

[mwinfrance]

Missus does get her left and right mixed up

I think that I may have her sister here. Tiny , part Asian / Polynesian, ( stubborn = Breton ) ?

 

[RogerS]

I keep a hard copy sat nav called “a road map” in our car. Just for backup.

So dies SWMBO. Not much use though when nothing is lit out there.

 

[mwinfrance]

In France we have the other problem for navigation. The road signs , many tens of thousands of them ( one about 500 metres from me ) which at the entrances to roundabouts or even worse on T junctions, which say ( when you are trying to decide , "do I go left or right" )"toutes directions" and pointing in precisely the opposite direction , another which reads "autres directions"..with no other signs that actually give you the name of the next town or village. That is "all directions" and pointing in the opposite direction "other directions". the french find those insane road signs totally normal. They are all over the country.

 

[Duncan A]

I've asked french friends what the oots and toots signs mean and they haven't got a clue. If you choose at random, you WILL get a dreaded diversion!

 

[Yojevol]

Ev

Mrs P has a built in Sat Nav and is constan⅘tly disagreeing with whatever mine is telling me (Copilot Gps]. I’ve been using it for 10 years or more on a one time purchase of about £20 IIRC, no traffic info. Maps held on the phone and is generally very reliable
Missus does get her left and right mixed up when reading a map and once told me, as I was driving around Hyde Park Corner, to “follow that cab”. “Which one” I replied “the black one of course”. So I did and of course it was “not that one”.

Even after 1001110 years of practice I still occasionally wrongly interpret L or R directions. If the satnav has told me to take the next left, say, and my wife can see I've got it wrong, she'll pipe up, "No, no, the other left"
Brian

 

[SamQ aka Ah! Q!]

In France we have the other problem for navigation. The road signs , many tens of thousands of them ( one about 500 metres from me ) which at the entrances to roundabouts or even worse on T junctions, which say ( when you are trying to decide , "do I go left or right" )"toutes directions" and pointing in precisely the opposite direction , another which reads "autres directions"..with no other signs that actually give you the name of the next town or village. That is "all directions" and pointing in the opposite direction "other directions". the french find those insane road signs totally normal. They are all over the country.

Gerry Durrell wrote about those many years ago. He reckoned they were a sneaky 'coralling' device, designed to lead the unwary into a traffic scenario where the local gendarmerie were waiting, fine books poised...

 

[Lons]

Same in Italy I think. Have driven there a few times and going around in circles was the norm while avoiding young aggressive male drivers usually on the wrong side of the road while, smoking, drinking and playing extremely loud "music". At least you could hear them coming and get out of the way.