Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for April 29, 2022

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    Something tells me the car doesn’t have a compass (analog or digital) on the dashboard.

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Nobody taught her that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Once you know that, finding south is easy.

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    drogers30  over 2 years ago

    I have a compass on my rear view mirror if I didn’t have it I would get lost before I went 10 feet. I’m one of those people who has no idea which way is north south east or west.

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    nosirrom  over 2 years ago

    He just made a cardinal point sin.

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    landyk  over 2 years ago

    All my back seat drivers point and say go right or left. Since they are behind me I need to decide which hand is which. Lately that requires a lot of brain power and usually When the turn is made, it was the wrong direction anyway.

    Yea for us oldsters..

    My group is planning a road trip soon, I’m sure it will be hysterical.

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    Bill Löhr Premium Member over 2 years ago

    This Australian language is fascinating: “Guguyimidjir, has no words for left and right. Instead, speakers give all their descriptions and directions based roughly on the fixed four cardinal points of the compass: north, south, east and west. So the light switch might be to your west as you enter the room, the television to your east.” https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80947/5-essential-types-words-some-languages-do-without

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    TMMILLER Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Mrs gives directions by exit numbers. I have no idea of the numbers, I travel by street names. For instance she will tell me take Exit 1C…..uhhh what is 1C? If she told me “Mill Plain” I have no problem.

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    Flossie Mud Duck  over 2 years ago

    Like me, she must be a California girl. Believe it or not, I have to drive South to get to the beach.. Left and right is so much easier.

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    morningglory73 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Left or right is either left or right but south or north or east or west? I would have to think about it first and miss the turn.

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    sfreader1  over 2 years ago

    That is why I have a compass in my car. I am directionally challenged and without that compass, I would get lost a lot more often.

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    Tigressy  over 2 years ago

    Usually, I plan the route beforehand and remember it (most times).

    Then there’s my (now aged) navigation system and even older maps. In case of a detour, I just follow my gut and ignore the system’s constant bleating to turn around until it finally agrees to calculate a new route…

    Yes, we do have smartphones, too – but in some rural areas there’s no reception at all.

    And there’s always the backup-option to ask a local for directions – unless the landmarks are only useful for locals…

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    ksu71  over 2 years ago

    Port or Starboard?

    Really want to tick her off?

    Gee or Haw!

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    SaltSweet  over 2 years ago

    But saying ‘right’ or ‘left’ is direct. The other way is like having to do mental math, then turning.

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    Cozmik Cowboy  over 2 years ago

    Yep, that’s Her. Her first Garmin was the best $450 I ever spent!

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    cuzinron47  over 2 years ago

    Looks like Tony’s slacking again so I’ll have improvise the QOTD: Did things go south?

    Yeah, in a hurry.

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    cuzinron47  over 2 years ago

    Neither left or right, south is down.

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    amaneaux  over 2 years ago

    Of course, Magellan never made it back home.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member over 2 years ago

    As the great Erma Bombeck once wrote: " I don’t speak east/west".

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    Baucuva  over 2 years ago

    That’s why I drive and the wife rides. I do left and right and north south east west.

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    syzygy47  over 2 years ago

    NEWS is best as a general guide if you’re familiar with the lay of the land. (Not necessarily in my current home base, where the Main Street runs NE) BTW, times are i wish my car’s GPS had a part of the display like an aircraft heading.

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