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<DIV>Oh no. Another bit of life that Jeanene and I agree on. Maps are
fascinating. When I'm not poring over them, I draw imaginary maps, roughly in
the same spirit as the Middle Earth and Narnia maps, but, different patterns
inhabited by different populations. Never did get around to writing a novel to
flesh them out. I also like maps of the medieval world, any part of the
world.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:58:30 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>greenBubble,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I LOVE maps. I love all of
them: paper ones, globe ones, online ones, fabric ones, old ones, new
ones, out-of-date ones, GPS ones. There is a map store in my town and I
could spend 40 hours a week there just absorbing and searching and poring over
maps. I love MAPS! I am even addicted to GoogleEarth. When
someone tells me about a place, I always look it up on GE so I can see what it
looks like from the air, what it's near, etc etc. I have an innate sense
of direction and can almost always point accurately N, S, E or W. Even
as a child, I have always known how we got someplace and how to leave and
return. I think it's because I was always curious and aware of my
surroundings. I was aware of street names and could give good
directions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>On the other hand, my eldest
daughter is hopelessly directionally challenged. She doesn't have a
clue! When she moved from Tucson (big and spread out) to southern
CA, we bought her a GPS. She could not have functioned in a new
place without one. I like the idea of driving on streets all over the
place just to get to know an area. I like to drive.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>The generation of kids who don't
know how to look up a word in the dictionary or find a business in the Yellow
Pages scares me a little...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>I think I might like being a taxi
or bus driver, but I am afraid of crazies. It seems not unlike working
in a Circle K/ 711/MiniMart kind of place where your life is in almost
constant danger from bad guys.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Candara size=4>Jeanene</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>-
People complain I'm absorbed and self-centered. And this affects me
how?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:28
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [GCFL-discuss] How Times
Have Changed</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=398215114-26022009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>NYS has standardized tests, called Regents Exams, for
HS students. for math & sciences, high-tech calculators are
required. plotting a graph? use the calculator. look up a
logarithm or trig function? fugetaboutit. 2 clicks and you have
it to as many decimal places as you can handle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=398215114-26022009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>The flip side is that when we were young, the fractions always worked
out to easy numbers, and a little thought would save you a ton of
work. nowadays, you can't make
that assumption. </FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
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class=398215114-26022009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Who uses maps
these days? you want to know where something is, you go to mapquest or
google. last week, my daughter took a wrong turn and got lost.
she called me for directions. i had her drive around a bit just to get
my bearings and then i told her how to get home. Once home, i said to
her, "you know there are maps in the door pocket, don't you?" Her
response: "Like I know what to do with a
map??!"</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=5><SPAN
class=398215114-26022009><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>BTW, that's
one blessing of the cellphone: when getting directions, the person
giving directions can know exactly what the driver sees and can point out
landmarks in real time. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=#0000ff><SPAN lang=en-us>greenBubble</SPAN>
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<DIV>Good for your mom! ?Calculators were big, rare and expensive when I was
in school, but my current philosophy is, nobody should use a calculator
until they can do basic arithmetic in their head, know multiplication
tables, etc. THEN they can start using calculators when the simple
arithmetic is NOT the point of the exercise, just something that
incidentally has to be done to get to the solution.</DIV>
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