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Called me when he was close but couldn't find the address.(house is understandably hard to find) Told me he was North east of the delivery location. Holy shit? north east? Not 40 feet right of the green cactus? 8 houses past the red car?
Idunbeliveit!
I met him on the street and gave him an extra 20 for his troubles and the first I met with the ability to navigate.
(Yes, $40 for chips and a burrito is high, but I'm drinking so it's a bargain)
Carry on.
Last edited by OutofBatt3ry; 12-12-22 at 22:41.
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My favorite directions are "fat girl" directions.
So go down the main road towards Dairy Queen, a block after Krispy Kreme turn in the direction of the Cheesecake Factory and keep going until right after that BBQ place and then turn in the direction of the bakery that makes those cakes.
And yeah, every time I meet a person under 30 who uses words like North, East, South or West I'm impressed. In some ways Google Maps should have elevated map reading, but few people actually learn the map, they just listen to the directions. And god help you if those directions are wrong, I've seen people almost drive into a canal because Google Maps told them a right turn existed.
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"Fat girl directions"
lol, I'm using that.
Bravo.
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Every town should have the equivalent of the Big Chicken.
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I live near the old chicken farm. It has a cool sign with a chicken. Does that count?Originally Posted by grnamin
Eta: My house is pretty terrible to find, I'm having a bunch of friends out Friday after dark and I'm hoping to get them all here relatively painlessly but...
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If it's a popular landmark, then yes. Folks from the Atlanta area know the Big Chicken.
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What's better is when the town had a Big Chicken, but the locals still use it as a reference 20 years later. "Well, you drive thatttaway and then just past where Big Chicken used to be, you're gonna want to turn right..."
Thanks, gramps, but I don't know where the Big Chicken used to be...
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Yeah, Rapid City had "Old Storybook Island" which was washed away in the flood 20 years before I lived there in the early 2000s hahaha
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I have a friend that pulls that on me all the time, makes me ring his neck. I don't know nor care where Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell or any of that other bullshit is, just give that damn address or at least a cross road. It is pathetic people not knowing N, S, E & W especially in the own damn town.
Gettin' down innagrass.
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So do a ton of military pilots and even a bunch of airline pilots.
It was almost torn down, but a large public appeal and they rebuilt it. Motion and all.
We were within sight of it and I pointed it out to my 3-year-old grandson. He got concerned and said: "why does that giant chicken keep looking at me?" (The eyes roll as the beak open and closes)
"Go to the big chicken and turn left" is a pretty common direction around here. Both for drivers and pilots!
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