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1. I get left and right confused very, very easily. Always have, don't know what is messed up in my brain but is what it is.
2. I get east and west confused in my head. See above....
3. In the day of the cell phone, no one gives much directions any more, and even fewer bother to listen past 1 instruction. Then as they drive, get out the phone and just call.....
4. Now, I am the last person on earth that doesn't own a cell phone. Put the first 3 items together and I gots to work hard to get my stuff lined up right.....
Of the 5 times I've looked for something on Craig's List, twice the possible seller of the item won't give me instructions to their place, just to a big town and 'call when you get there I'll talk you in.'
One fella finally got it when I said no cell phone.
The other one just couldn't grasp the concept, I ended up had to drive 3 hours, find a phone in Mitchel SD, and call from there. Then I had to work hard to get full instructions from there, because as I would be driving 30 miles north on gravel roads, I just wouldn't be near any phones to call back for further instructions.... It became comical.
I enjoy my uncomplicated life without a cell phone.
Paul
2. I get east and west confused in my head. See above....
3. In the day of the cell phone, no one gives much directions any more, and even fewer bother to listen past 1 instruction. Then as they drive, get out the phone and just call.....
4. Now, I am the last person on earth that doesn't own a cell phone. Put the first 3 items together and I gots to work hard to get my stuff lined up right.....
Of the 5 times I've looked for something on Craig's List, twice the possible seller of the item won't give me instructions to their place, just to a big town and 'call when you get there I'll talk you in.'
One fella finally got it when I said no cell phone.
The other one just couldn't grasp the concept, I ended up had to drive 3 hours, find a phone in Mitchel SD, and call from there. Then I had to work hard to get full instructions from there, because as I would be driving 30 miles north on gravel roads, I just wouldn't be near any phones to call back for further instructions.... It became comical.
I enjoy my uncomplicated life without a cell phone.
Paul
Richard G.
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Paul, I never have been able to get the left and right thing correct.
Read over 40 years ago, that babies that did not crawl always have trouble with left and right.
My Mother said I always rolled where I was going until I started to walk.
People have learned to point when I am driving and need to turn.
I know other people the same way.
Richard in NW SC
Read over 40 years ago, that babies that did not crawl always have trouble with left and right.
My Mother said I always rolled where I was going until I started to walk.
People have learned to point when I am driving and need to turn.
I know other people the same way.
Richard in NW SC
Having worked in a business that was mobile( going to customers location) I have come to the conclusion that a large percent of today's people don't know where they live. They cannot give you directions to their residence! Makes me wonder how they get home. Many times I have stopped and asked people if they knew where so and so lived and was told I have never heard of them. Turned out more times than I can count the person in question lived next door. I believe that many of today's people are mentally challenged.
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Gene Davis (Ga.)
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In the 50's I worked at the local Deere dealer and once when the territory Rep came he said, "half of the people can't give directions and the other half can't follow them"!
I bought a tractor from a guy who said he lived there (Perham, MN) for 25 years and couldn"t give directions to get from town to his farm. Handed his wife the phone. It was about 3 miles out of town.....turn north at a certain intersection, make a right turn, go down the road to the farm (911) number.
I guess I must be gifted or something. I hate GPS,don't always get it if somebody tells me how to get there,but if there's a map,or if I can draw a map from somebody's directions,I can just look at it,picture it in my mind and get there.
Some folks on here will attest to the fact that I've been to some pretty out of the way or even dangerous places because the map didn't give me a good idea what I was getting in to,but I always get where I wanted to go.
At one time,I even knew a way to take local streets to get from US127 in Hamilton Ohio over to US27 so I could get on I75 sooner without going down through the hood in Cincinnati to get on 75. I've done it more than once. Just a sixth sense I guess.
I've been doing business with Clutch Dynamics in Lansing for quite a few years but had never been there until last week. It's in quite an out of the way place,sure not what you'd expect. My son works right around the corner from them and drops things off and picks them up for me. They had one done late morning and I didn't want to wait. I stopped in to my son's shop and told him I went and got it. His jaw kind of dropped and he said "How'd you find the place?". I just shrugged. Shoot,I don't know. Looked at a map and pictured it?
Some folks on here will attest to the fact that I've been to some pretty out of the way or even dangerous places because the map didn't give me a good idea what I was getting in to,but I always get where I wanted to go.
At one time,I even knew a way to take local streets to get from US127 in Hamilton Ohio over to US27 so I could get on I75 sooner without going down through the hood in Cincinnati to get on 75. I've done it more than once. Just a sixth sense I guess.
I've been doing business with Clutch Dynamics in Lansing for quite a few years but had never been there until last week. It's in quite an out of the way place,sure not what you'd expect. My son works right around the corner from them and drops things off and picks them up for me. They had one done late morning and I didn't want to wait. I stopped in to my son's shop and told him I went and got it. His jaw kind of dropped and he said "How'd you find the place?". I just shrugged. Shoot,I don't know. Looked at a map and pictured it?
Steve@Advance
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I have the same left/right confusion. Nearly always have to hesitate and think about it fr a second.
I attribute it to growing up spending more time standing on a car bumper than crawling! That made the left side of the car on my right, unless I was sitting in it, than it was on the left... Guess it's the coming or going just too confusing! LOL
I attribute it to growing up spending more time standing on a car bumper than crawling! That made the left side of the car on my right, unless I was sitting in it, than it was on the left... Guess it's the coming or going just too confusing! LOL
Steve@Advance
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Place I used to work, there was an elderly salesman, long retired, who owned a Model T he had restored. He would come by to visit, sometimes driving the old car. I was looking at it one day, he pulls out a crumbling book, nor sure where he got it, but it was from around 1900.
It was a book of written out instructions and artist renditions of various land marks. It gave directions starting at the intersection of Main and First street, of downtown Ft Worth. Mostly it showed how to get to each surrounding town, some were to various attractions, train depots, cotton gins, stock yards, etc.
It gave turn by turn directions, something like: Start at Main and First, go south on Main 3 miles, turn left at the 3 big trees (insert picture), go about a mile turn right at the mail box (insert picture), cross the iron bridge... There were very few street names or numbers once you were out of town, occasionally a reference to a property owners name, a creek or river name, or a rail line.
The book looked like it was typed on a typewriter, but it was a production type, hard back bound book, not a one off. Somewhat professional but had some misspellings.
Very interesting piece of history!
It was a book of written out instructions and artist renditions of various land marks. It gave directions starting at the intersection of Main and First street, of downtown Ft Worth. Mostly it showed how to get to each surrounding town, some were to various attractions, train depots, cotton gins, stock yards, etc.
It gave turn by turn directions, something like: Start at Main and First, go south on Main 3 miles, turn left at the 3 big trees (insert picture), go about a mile turn right at the mail box (insert picture), cross the iron bridge... There were very few street names or numbers once you were out of town, occasionally a reference to a property owners name, a creek or river name, or a rail line.
The book looked like it was typed on a typewriter, but it was a production type, hard back bound book, not a one off. Somewhat professional but had some misspellings.
Very interesting piece of history!
MARK ROBKE
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Randy,that's how I am,too.Especially if I write it down,then I could still almost remember how to get there weeks later.I don't care for GPS either,I believe it makes people stupid,and not pay attention when they're driving.
At my job,before I retired,we had drivers call,broke down,and say they were at such and such address,-where's that-what part of town are you in? I don't know.How did you get there? GPS ! Well,I don't have GPS,so figure out where you are so I can help you.And some guys acted like I should automatically know where they were,and that they were too good to bother telling me directions.Usually if I had a rough idea where they were broke down at,I could find them.Most drivers were good,but there were some doozies! Mark
At my job,before I retired,we had drivers call,broke down,and say they were at such and such address,-where's that-what part of town are you in? I don't know.How did you get there? GPS ! Well,I don't have GPS,so figure out where you are so I can help you.And some guys acted like I should automatically know where they were,and that they were too good to bother telling me directions.Usually if I had a rough idea where they were broke down at,I could find them.Most drivers were good,but there were some doozies! Mark
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jon f mn
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And if your getting and driving a truck don't forget to look for low bridges. Got directions just like that once to make a delivery, got there just fine,altho it was through city streets for miles. Trouble was when I got there I was on the wrong side of the walk over bridge for pedestrians that was 12'. I could see the highway I came in on right in front of me with an exit that led right to the facility. When I asked why she did that she said it was how she came to work and the only way she knew. She had worked there nearly 40 years.
When driveing and see something that I want to look at, will then turn opposite direction than the direction that I came from after seeing what I wanted to see.
The wife will give directions when I drive and will point her finger to what direction I am to go. Always tell her that I can not hear her finger,I am watching the road.
I am the worlds worst city driver,let the wife do the biggest share of it as she has lived in large citys. She looks at land marks.
The wife will give directions when I drive and will point her finger to what direction I am to go. Always tell her that I can not hear her finger,I am watching the road.
I am the worlds worst city driver,let the wife do the biggest share of it as she has lived in large citys. She looks at land marks.
K Effective
Well-known Member
I'm semi-ambidextrous, but have never had trouble with left/right. Have trouble typing or playing piano because both are designed for a dominant hand, I have neither.
My sense of direction, inherited from Dad and Grandpa, I guess. With directions to some place, I usually choose to return a different way, just because. And rarely with any directions.
My sense of direction, inherited from Dad and Grandpa, I guess. With directions to some place, I usually choose to return a different way, just because. And rarely with any directions.
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