Laddies' OT: Why Women Live Longer Than Men!

[RHPConsult]

Amazing. There's someone out there ready to photo everything . . . and then post it

[Gregg]

Yessir, laddie. Men do things ladies won't do.

Now, that ought to elicit a response....

[MamaMoose]

Dick,

I am very upset with you because this post and the similar e-mail you sent me got into a large doghouse.     I sent it, without thinking, to my wife and she said that confirms her thinking on the subject. I argued you were an "old geezer" and probably frayed around the edges. Her response was that she knew you were a management expert and if you were frayed then how could you be still working.   Well, I could not get out from that riposte! I hat logic when its not on my side.

Then she reminded me about several projects she had to solve such as unstick a jar lid, putting together something whose instructions were unfathomable to me, etc.

Mom Da Inferior Moose

[Parker]

However, in most cases
the ladies need the men to get them to the right place
when driving
without getting lost

yea i'm sorry but most women i've driven with have no sense of direction

p/s: gregg, i love your signature

QUOTE

Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Yonkers can have better TV reception.

[kcourt]

QUOTE(gailwin @ Nov 2 2006, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

However, in most cases the ladies need the men to get them to the right place when driving without getting lost

yea i'm sorry but most women i've driven with have no sense of direction

   Maybe some women, but I am very good at directions. Only time I have been lost is when someone else is giving out the directions.

Kathy

[Parker]

this would be why they have navigation in cars now
for those who need to cheat

i'll put you on the good list

[jepinto]

Put me there too.  Of course, I use a map.

[Gregg]

Inspired by this thread, yesterday at the mall downtown, I took a walk UP the DOWN escalator. (because the UP escalator was not working, and they barricaded[?] it) It occurs to me that it would be more difficult to get on the UP escalator to go DOWN. Not sure I'll try that - at the same store anyway.

[Paddy]

Well, at least women KNOW when to ask for directions if they're lost!!!

My husband has been known to drive at least half an hour in completely the wrong direction and return home empty-handed from an errand because he didn't ASK anyone. Men don't do that, you see.

Of course then there is the whole issue of asking for directions in New England, which is a rather different experience than it is elsewhere in the country. You see, New Englanders think everyone should know where they're going and should just KNOW every landmark, even if that landmark hasn't existed for fifty years. Street signs that for both the cross street and the main thoroughfare are unheard of (you're expected to just know which main thoroughfare you've arrived at) and streets change names every time they cross a town line, which can be quite often.

A good map is an essential 'round these parts.

[Gregg]

Er, take a left where the pahk used to be....

Yeah, I once set out to find a lodge in the Rockies, but forgot the map I had been given. Three hours later, I was back home. Gave up.

[RHPConsult]

I did not (necessarily) expect this thread to turn "serious" - except with respect to a searching "evaluation" of male qualities and characteristics     – but since it has, let me put in a positive word for TomTom's neat SW which turns a few Palm models into amazing GPS devices.

Several months ago, I asked here for advice as I was contemplating the purchase of same for my Palm T|X. FWIW, after some "bumps in the road" – so to speak – installing all the North American maps, it's use has been faultless and fun. I continue to be amazed at the voice prompts (perfect enunciation for aged ears!!) and the detailed readouts, continuous portrayal of location in a moving graphic and in a "literary" description that always shows  . . .

• time of day
• street name/route number at present location, beneath which  route moves
• miles/driving-time to destination
• direction of the "next" turn on one's planned route
• all nearby gas stations/restaurants
• etc. etc. . . . and all inside my handy, dandy Palm. properly illuminated for ambient light conditions

Its cost – SW (only) – was $269, on some kind of special sale last Jan/Feb.

Moving it from car to car is a no-brainer, and a substantial convenience for elderly road-warriors.

The newest model of the SW, I understand, comes with all maps ready on an SD card, absent the need for the vexing instructions that were the only downside (now resolved) of my model.

If you want the flexibility of having all this amazing "stuff" in your Palm, it's really a winner!

Oh yes. It's a Dutch/British company, but its US Tech Support is located . . . in Boston . . . w/helpful people lacking any accent!      

I hope someone finds this info useful.        

[MamaMoose]

Gailwin,

Let me give you some advice about women drivers or any other faults you might notice in or think you see in the behavior of the fairer sex. Hear, See, and Speak No Evil. Having been married about 50 + years, I have learned that you NEVER   1) comment on a woman's driving; 2) answer when she asks if some clothing item makes her look fat; 3) guess her age correctly - a) go low if you think she is over 40 and b) go high if she appears older than 18. This will lead to a more peaceful and happy relationship.

MamaMoose

[Parker]

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Put me there too. Of course, I use a map.

Well... a map is some sort of navigational aid
so no you're not going on that list jep

[jcarter]

Here is one that was taken in Havana a long time ago.
The Cubans are amazingly resourceful people, they can fix anything.
There was a photo in the Miami Herald a few years ago of some guys from Cuba who put a truck on a raft and hooked up the drive shaft to a propeller and got almost to Florida, USCG picked them up, shipped them home and SUNK the truck-boat.  That was mean.


Is he welding near the fuel tank?
Jane

[Highmac]

Dick, does your satnav have a male or female voice? Over here they are generally female (or so I understand - haven't got one myself). However I read a report that in Germany they had to give them a male voice because the men didn't like taking instructions from women. Might be an urban myth of course