Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for October 10, 2024

No batteries. It’s powered by the folding and unfolding.

I think as part of their history classes, kids should be introduced to the items from the days before high tech: maps, slide rules, etc.

This is typical for a generation that has known nothing else but their cell phones.

It’s like when you try to enlarge a picture in a book with your fingers.

It shows you the options. It then requires you to think about what route you want to use.

Really like my eReader but books have the same advantage as maps.

Family lore has it that my Uncle Fred (Dad’s oldest brother) became a Greyhound bus driver because he could fold up a map. (Unfortunately, eating at roadside diners eventually caught up with him at age 66.)

Maps are really really nice for seeing the whole big picture all at once.

We still keep an atlas in the car. GPS is great but not perfect. And as we saw in western NC, there are times when it’s not an option.

I’ve read that even the armed forces no longer require recruits to learn navigation skills. They just rely on GPS.

Maps are definitely better for planning a trip, instead of just the fastest route.

I only use paper maps, I don’t own a phone or a GPS device!

The batteries go in your brain… ☺

“In your nose. Like last week.”