by Roger Calfsman

This writer once lived in the woods in England for over 3 years. Although I still listen to the radio from time to time, I tended to ignore the massive changes occurring in the real world. I initially heard the alphabet soup term “GPS” while I was still living in America, but always in the context of an army or massive law enforcement or rescue agency. If I heard about a automotive GPS in a radio advertisements, I never knew what they were talking about, and didn’t care to discover.

Welcome (Back) To America

Moving back to America, I was in for a grim culture shock. I avoided watching television so long as I could, but my Mom ( who took her wayward kid in ) loved it, so the TV was on all of the time. I would practically pound my head against the floor simply because I couldn’t understand the commercials. My mom had to help me understand what “bling” meant. That was a touch bit humbling.

At the time, I took PC lessons and tried to get my head together. I certainly required a automotive GPS to work out what I was doing. As a lark, I joined many online survey groups. I started getting free samples, and learned what an automobile GPS was. I did not have much of a choice I was getting 2 or 3 automobile GPS surveys a week.

Back In The Saddle Again

I found out that instead of being annoyed by geeky lingo, auto GPS dashboard mounted devices were useful and simply comprehensible gadgetry that might help improve the quality of life. Imagine if the children of Israel had automotive GPS units strapped to their mules and camels.

They would not have wandered around in the desert for forty years. They would have found the best path to The promised Land before dinner.

People of my generation and younger get so easily lost because it is just too perilous to go anywhere. Whenever we plan a trip, we must allow at least 3 hours to get lost and then find our way again. Think of the waste of gas.

But with an automobile GPS unit, you do not have to waste gas or time to get to your destination. I’m wondering how much gas is saved just by using automotive GPS units.

If I ever return to the woods, I believe I’ll take an automotive GPS device with me. Maybe then I could make better choices about my life.

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