I love it when you get the occasional boomer
who tries to give you directions to their house, and you have to pretend like you're paying attention until they give you the address, which you're just gonna plug into your phone and blindly follow.  Previous Message audience who've never been lost...."  Previous Message I remember riding along with my dad when he worked for a Chicago area courier/delivery company. I got pretty handy with the ol' spiral-bound street atlas.
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Here's some entertainment for this board of old heads: - Sammich June 4, 2025, 9:38:15
- Chicago was always pretty easy due to the layout* - MtHoodIllini June 4, 2025, 19:17:30
- Much like with phone numbers, directions were always "Ask RSMBob". Unfortunately... - RSMBob June 4, 2025, 16:07:49
- [dazzle] I STILL PRINT OUT MAPQUEST MAPS, DAMMIT! [/dazzle]* - Illiniphil June 4, 2025, 15:29:05
- saw Chris Porter at the Houston Improv a few months back - had a bit "there are people in the - bulldogmba June 4, 2025, 10:58:08
- I love it when you get the occasional boomer - Sounder June 4, 2025, 11:07:17
- It really is hard to process a world where navigation didn't exist - Sounder June 4, 2025, 10:47:43
- we had a leather-bound atlas growing up. i wore out the spine. - VIV June 4, 2025, 10:44:41
- After a week in isolated, mountainous Utah last week, driving without GPS can be fun * - illini June 4, 2025, 10:21:14
- Thomas Bros Street Guide was indispensable on the West Coast - bbonb June 4, 2025, 10:13:58
- Enough of this country has poor cell service that everyone should still carry a road atlas, and - doubledown June 4, 2025, 10:11:24
- Back in my day, we used to just pull up the wagon to the next tavern and ask - Stu June 4, 2025, 10:15:35
- an atlas is a great time kill for long road trips* - bbonb June 4, 2025, 10:15:27
- Offline / downloadable Google maps has mostly made this a non-issue.* - DocWalk20 June 4, 2025, 10:13:23
- OK Boomer, good one* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 10:12:05
- The days of asking toll booth operators and stopping at gas stations to ask for directions* - UofIL6 June 4, 2025, 10:08:44
- a few years ago I did a road trip with my parents, brother, and his kids through SD - IlliniSax05 June 4, 2025, 10:06:37
- I drove cross country in ‘09, after GPS was out there, purely with that spiral atlas - snipes824 June 4, 2025, 10:05:03
- My dad and I would look at his trusty road Atlas for all of our big trips and map - Taz June 4, 2025, 10:02:49
- Oh, if you want to "understand the interstate system" this is fun video - ATL June 4, 2025, 9:53:53
- Up to date Rand McNally Road Atlas and the floating compass.* - ibdoc June 4, 2025, 9:49:31
- I used to depend on my wife reading maps which often led to yelling* - Stu June 4, 2025, 9:42:21
- my dad's atlas book was a big source of entertainment on long road trips* - lcubed June 4, 2025, 9:42:03
- 100%* - biclops June 4, 2025, 10:10:13
- It’s crazy to me that it’s almost impossible to get lost anymore. - JFG June 4, 2025, 9:41:36
- The last question leads me to believe that this was a set up* - ATL June 4, 2025, 9:40:12
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