I have a lady in a box
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I have a lady in a box
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.
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.
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Re: I have a lady in a box
You should switch to the male voice and call him Big Draw Man as he always wants to tell you where to go.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.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: I have a lady in a box
LOL.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:You should switch to the male voice and call him Big Draw Man as he always wants to tell you where to go.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.
The male voice gave me the creeps. I wouldn't leave that guy alone with any boy under the age of 10.
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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....
"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....
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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.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."
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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: 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.
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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.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.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."
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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.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."
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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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.
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Yes, she was the senator's daughter.fantine33 wrote: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.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.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."
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I think it's in the listening, not in the speaking.Bob Juch wrote: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.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."
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I was afraid of it. If Pealette hadn't given me one, I don't think I would ever have one.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 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?
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My sister calls her box "meanie" because the voice sounds so nasty.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."
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.
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My lady is sweet.gotribego26 wrote:My sister calls her box "meanie" because the voice sounds so nasty.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."
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.
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.
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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.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.
Haven't touched the book or the movie version of Hannibal. Just, no.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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