I prefer maps
Thursday, Jul 28, 2005
My husband just installed GPS software on his laptop and wanted to impress me with his new gadget. Upon returning from a family dinner, my husband called out commands and the voice recogintion device guided us flawlessly home. Wanting to test it out myself while we sat in the driveway, I asked the GPS, “Computer, where are we?” No answer. Apparently the GPS is partial to a deeper male voice that I had trouble imitating. I asked several times in various tones, finally resorting to yelling and screaming, “COMPUTER, WHERE ARE WE?!?!”
A tiny three-year-old voice from the backseat piped up, “I know where we are. We’re at home.”
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I press the wrong button in my Suburban and an On Star lady calls me by name and asks how can she be of help. I reply, “just tell me how to turn this thing off!”
My hubby wanted to install that same GPS thing last week, I kid you not!
Comment by Janet (July 28, 2005 @ 10:17 pm )
I’ll take Version 1.0 of said child any day over GPS, GNP, DNP, GE, whatever.
GPS wouldn’t make me tickled. My kids kill me. Right after church the other week, I’m greeting the faithful at the door, when my 8-year old daughter comes to me quite seriously and says…
“Daddy, it’s July, right?”
“Yes, it’s July”, I replied.
“Then, if it’s July, why are there Junebugs out??”
Gotta love it.
Comment by Rob (July 28, 2005 @ 11:11 pm )
This post gave me flackbacks of Mr. Scott of Star Trek holding up the mouse of a computer and trying to have a conversation with the computer through it. Thanks for giving me my Friday smile!
Comment by Doug (July 29, 2005 @ 8:51 am )
Cute, cute, cute. The kids are OKAY.
Comment by Anonymous (July 29, 2005 @ 7:28 pm )
Oh the wisdom of being 3.
Comment by Heather L. Sanders (July 30, 2005 @ 1:35 am )
I would never introduce my family to the joys of a GPS. After 3 years they still haven’t figured out the one remote that controls the TV, the Dish and the Stereo.
I use the one and they continue to use three seperate remotes.
It’s a guy thing…
Comment by Tim (July 30, 2005 @ 10:13 am )
Just wanted to give you a heads up. ABC TV got a hold of my blogroll and is looking for a conservative family for their TV show…Wife Swap. She has e-mailed or called just about everyone. She even left a comment on my blog upping the price to $20 Grand to the family.
Thanks but my family isn’t for sale at any price.
Spunky
Comment by spunkyhomeschool (July 30, 2005 @ 4:26 pm )
that is so sweet!!!
Comment by M (July 30, 2005 @ 5:59 pm )
Kids can set you straight, can’t they? But you gotta’ love them!!
Comment by Barbara (July 30, 2005 @ 6:01 pm )
Had to laugh out loud! This so reminds me of something that might happen in our house. My kids often remind me when I ask them to help me find something “Mommy, it’s in your hand.”
I am mentioning this post in my blog for 7/31/05… stop in when you get a chance to get up off the couch! Hope you are feeling well.
Comment by Heather (July 31, 2005 @ 1:24 am )
I enjoyed the story. Very cute. Just wanted to leave a note and let you know I’m a new reader to your blog, and I am enjoying it very much. Thanks.
Comment by justme (July 31, 2005 @ 10:13 am )
Cute! My husband is nutso with the GPS too. I highly prefer the good ole paper map. In the time it takes him to turn on the GPS, acquire satellites, zoom in or out, I can read the paper map and be on our way. But when you’re lost in an unfamiliar town or city, the GPS can be priceless.
Comment by Alice (July 31, 2005 @ 3:47 pm )
I would never introduce my family to the joys of a GPS. After 3 years they still haven’t figured out the one remote that controls the TV, the Dish and the Stereo.
I use the one and they continue to use three seperate remotes.
It’s a guy thing…
Tim, I SOOOOOOOOOOOO do that and it infuriates my husband. I try, try, try to find the ‘right’ button to get the TV from Video1 to Video2, but I swear it is ONLY ON THE WHITE REMOTE. And the volume is ONLY ON the grey one. And I can only adjust the volume on one remote to a certain point and need the television remote after that. Jeff once hid the other two remotes in the back of the wardrobe. He cracked up to find out that I found them before he got home. “The amount of time you spent looking for the remotes could have been spent looking for the right button on THIS ONE REMOTE.”
Whatever.
I don’t believe him. He’s just gifted with remotes.
Comment by Heather L. Sanders (August 1, 2005 @ 3:04 pm )
Hey, I have one of those! It’s cool technology, but as my wife (who sounds just like you) says, honey, we have a map, it works without electricity, and is rarely wrong!
Technology 0 - My Wife 1000 (and counting)!
Great stuff Amy.
Comment by Todd (August 2, 2005 @ 11:05 am )
Looks like I’m the only one who hasn’t been asked. Wondering why…
Comment by Amy (August 2, 2005 @ 1:45 pm )