Paper road maps

[Hendy hawk]

I remember that once you unfolded one, there was no possible way to get it back to the way it was originally folded, ever again.

I let my wife figure it out.
She's good at puzzles.

 

[TheCainer]

I sold a guy in SW Iowa a load of hay. A truck showed up at the Tama County farm early this morning to load it out. When I gave the driver the address of the buyer he pulled out a paper map to get his directions right. It occured to me that I had not seen a paper map for quite some time. How may still use them? Where do they get them nowdays? Are kids learning map reading skills anymore?

I recall when back in the day almost every gas station had a rack of complimentary map available for the taking.

In my work travels, I keep a few in my car as a fallback if needed. I usually hit the Welcome Center when I enter the state to make sure I have a current copy.

 

[BelemNole]

Been a long time for me also.

I have one on my desk right now, it was my great grandfathers.

 

[Rifler]

Been a long time for me also.

Freshman year of college, Statics & Dynamics,.. Old school professor insisted we get familiar with using a slide rule,.. Haven't touched one since...

 

[ICWestfan]

PSA - If you use an US Atlas (50 State Map) Rand McNally has one that shows you every exit of the Interstate system and every restaurant, gas station, attraction at that exit.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

How about a slide rule,.. I barely remember how to use one anymore...

Ready mix always had slide rules for ordering concrete. i wore out several...

 

[Rifler]

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Ready mix always had slide rules for ordering concrete. i wore out several...

You could do more with them with them than I ever became totally familiar with...

 

[LuciousBDragon]

I sold a guy in SW Iowa a load of hay. A truck showed up at the Tama County farm early this morning to load it out. When I gave the driver the address of the buyer he pulled out a paper map to get his directions right. It occured to me that I had not seen a paper map for quite some time. How may still use them? Where do they get them nowdays? Are kids learning map reading skills anymore?

I recall when back in the day almost every gas station had a rack of complimentary map available for the taking.

The amount of people who get in the car without knowing the way to their destination first frightens me.

Over-reliance on Waze, Google Maps is not good. The amount of people who swerve from the far-left lane over to an exit because they wait for Google to tell them is all the evidence I need that map reading and planning should be prioritized.

 

[soybean]

I can still remember the day back in the 1960's when I first figured out how to use a slide rule...I was terrified of the thing until I figured it out.