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who talks to me in my car and tells me what roads to take.

Pealette buys GPS's, radar detectors and other such stuff for Curcuit City now. She was buying video games. Anyway, she got me a portable lady in a box. I let her tell me how to come home from LaGuardia. I got home.

I am looking forward to my road trip to Pigeon Forge. I will use it well.

peacock2121 wrote:who talks to me in my car and tells me what roads to take.

Pealette buys GPS's, radar detectors and other such stuff for Curcuit City now. She was buying video games. Anyway, she got me a portable lady in a box. I let her tell me how to come home from LaGuardia. I got home.

I am looking forward to my road trip to Pigeon Forge. I will use it well.

You should switch to the male voice and call him Big Draw Man as he always wants to tell you where to go.

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:who talks to me in my car and tells me what roads to take.

Pealette buys GPS's, radar detectors and other such stuff for Curcuit City now. She was buying video games. Anyway, she got me a portable lady in a box. I let her tell me how to come home from LaGuardia. I got home.

I am looking forward to my road trip to Pigeon Forge. I will use it well.

You should switch to the male voice and call him Big Draw Man as he always wants to tell you where to go.

LOL.

The male voice gave me the creeps. I wouldn't leave that guy alone with any boy under the age of 10.

I also loved it when she said "recalulating route" when I didn't do what she said.

I would have had her say something funny like "ooooookay..... you don't want to go that way, I'll find another way for you."

Jeff's parents gave us a GPS for the holidays, which he keeps in his car.

I love the note of exasperation when the voice has to recalculate the route.

I just got this flashback of two movies at once...very freaky. First, "Silence of the Lambs":

"It rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again."

Then, even more freakily (since I haven't seen it in 15 years), "Boxing Helena" with Julian Sands and one of the chicks from "Twin Peaks". Wish I could remember any of the dialog....

I got a lady that always tells me where to go.
She showed up right after the wedding.

KillerTomato wrote:I just got this flashback of two movies at once...very freaky. First, "Silence of the Lambs":

"It rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again."

The actress who plays Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy , Brooke Smith, was that the only victim who survived capitivity with Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: The actress who plays Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy , Brooke Smith, was that the only victim who survived capitivity with Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

She was one of my favorite characters on Crossing Jordan: the blond coroner who was on the last year or so. Kate. She and Nigel were starting to become friends in a funny way.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

KillerTomato wrote:I just got this flashback of two movies at once...very freaky. First, "Silence of the Lambs":

"It rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again."

The actress who plays Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy , Brooke Smith, was that the only victim who survived capitivity with Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

Was that the senator's daughter? Silence of the Lambs was one of the few movies that didn't spoil the book for me. Red Dragon sort of, but I'd read that one years and years ago when it first came out and I'd read Silence shortly before the movie.

peacock2121 wrote:I also loved it when she said "recalulating route" when I didn't do what she said.

I would have had her say something funny like "ooooookay..... you don't want to go that way, I'll find another way for you."

My lady somehow manager to cop an attitude when she says "lost GPS signal" or "recalculating route" which is strange because she's entirely synthesized.

It took me about 20 years to get a car with a remote key, now I want one of these. Hope it doesn't take another 20 years.

fantine33 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:

KillerTomato wrote:I just got this flashback of two movies at once...very freaky. First, "Silence of the Lambs":

"It rubs the lotion on it's skin, or else it gets the hose again."

The actress who plays Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey's Anatomy , Brooke Smith, was that the only victim who survived capitivity with Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

Was that the senator's daughter? Silence of the Lambs was one of the few movies that didn't spoil the book for me. Red Dragon sort of, but I'd read that one years and years ago when it first came out and I'd read Silence shortly before the movie.

Yes, she was the senator's daughter.

jaybee wrote:I got a lady that always tells me where to go.
She showed up right after the wedding.

LOL - you let someone be the boss of you?

That is the first step toward a great marriage - for a guy, of course.

Bob Juch wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I also loved it when she said "recalulating route" when I didn't do what she said.

I would have had her say something funny like "ooooookay..... you don't want to go that way, I'll find another way for you."

My lady somehow manager to cop an attitude when she says "lost GPS signal" or "recalculating route" which is strange because she's entirely synthesized.

I think it's in the listening, not in the speaking.

SportsFan68 wrote:It took me about 20 years to get a car with a remote key, now I want one of these. Hope it doesn't take another 20 years.

I was afraid of it. If Pealette hadn't given me one, I don't think I would ever have one.

I noticed I am afraid of electronic stuff that I have to figure out - like I am some how too stoopid to figure out how to use them.

How dumb is that?

You can save a lot of money on a GPS device by never going anywhere you haven't been before.....

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peacock2121 wrote:I also loved it when she said "recalulating route" when I didn't do what she said.

I would have had her say something funny like "ooooookay..... you don't want to go that way, I'll find another way for you."

My sister calls her box "meanie" because the voice sounds so nasty.

I think you should get one programmed to say "Bite Me" rather than "recalculating route".

We had a road rerouted by us about a year ago - I haven't seen a GPS with an updated map - so they all think you are driving through a field now - they don't like that.

gotribego26 wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I also loved it when she said "recalulating route" when I didn't do what she said.

I would have had her say something funny like "ooooookay..... you don't want to go that way, I'll find another way for you."

My sister calls her box "meanie" because the voice sounds so nasty.

I think you should get one programmed to say "Bite Me" rather than "recalculating route".

We had a road rerouted by us about a year ago - I haven't seen a GPS with an updated map - so they all think you are driving through a field now - they don't like that.

My lady is sweet.

I can't imagine her telling me to bite her.

It makes me gasp when someone tells me to bite them.

I wonder if people gasp when I say it to them.

peacock2121 wrote:I wonder if people gasp when I say it to them.

No - we gasp when you don't say it!!!!

gotribego26 wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I wonder if people gasp when I say it to them.

No - we gasp when you don't say it!!!!

You notice there are people who are not worthy of biting me.

They just don't get to.

fantine33 wrote: Silence of the Lambs was one of the few movies that didn't spoil the book for me. Red Dragon sort of, but I'd read that one years and years ago when it first came out and I'd read Silence shortly before the movie.

Did you ever see Manhunter, with William Petersen? It was filmed in NC, so some of my local actor friends had tried out for parts, and when it was on TV I started watching it. My mom was there, and she recognized the story as The Red Dragon, so she gave me the book. The Silence (the book) came out. I was happy the movie was able to capture the tension of the book. In Manhunter, Brian Cox plays Lecter, and he's pretty creepy, too.

Haven't touched the book or the movie version of Hannibal. Just, no.

My most recent car came with GPS built in. I thought it was a doodah I would never use.

I love it.

It sometimes gives me stupid directions that are certainly not faster. The directions from Austin to Houston had you going through Luling, which is a much slower trip, but involves BBQ so delicious that they refuse to serve sauce with it.

We used it a bunch in our trip from Houston to Tucson to Marfa and back. It was very very handy. Especially getting around Tucson to find stuff we saw in guidebooks.

Ours has a female voice, but I often turn it off just to look at the map. She talks too much.

was that the only victim who survived capitivity with Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs.

Except Joe Dirt, of course.

It took me about 20 years to get a car with a remote key, now I want one of these. Hope it doesn't take another 20 years

Me too, Sprots. I went looking for a car to buy. No real ideas in my head what I wanted. When my car sales guy pulled out a remote and pushed a button and a car across the lot started up, I said, I'll take it. Dint even know what it was, but I did end up buying it. I can start my car from my office window on cold days and it's warm and cozy by the time I get to it in the winter and nice and cooled off in the summer. I'll never have another car without a remote starter. Maybe I need a GPS thingie, too.


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I didn't realize that GPS units even liked BBQ. I wonder if they are all like that or if it's just for Texas cars?


I got a remote starter with my big 'ol diesel truck. One favorite pastime is to watch for someone walking in front of the truck before hitting the start button. Childish, but fun.