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For the 8,483,657th time I've tripped over a toy that notifies me I've

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Posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:58:19
Muzikmike
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 tripped over a toy. Are kids going to lose their ability to fantasize, to create, now that all toys make their own noises?


There is no such thing as too many records.
There is just too little room for them!
Ever drive a car with a talking GPS? I think I would crash it on purpose. nt, posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:42:58
free.ranger
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No, but close., posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:41:37
grantv
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 A bunch of us were heading down to do some canal inner tubing. My father and mother in law rode with us, and he had just bought a new GPS.
"Hey, where's the plug in back here? Oh, got it"
"What for?"
"My new GPS"
"GPS? It's straight down the hwy for 30 miles and then one left turn" (yes, I'm sometimes a smart aleck).
We had to pick somebody up, so went off track. I almost grabbed the thing and threw it out the window. What a horrible device:
"You are an idiot, I said go down Hwy 97 for 30 miles. Please turn right at.... Morrison Road. You missed Morrison Road, please turn right at.... Handly Road... You missed...."
I asked him if there was a mute button. I think there probably is, but he said he couldn't find it. My wife said he was just aglow with the joy of this new toy.

I’m glad my Nav is a little polite than most model…, posted on November 5, 2009 at 13:45:11
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 as when I missed the turn it usually says “recalculating” and if I missed too many turns in a row then it prompts me “sorry lost satellite reception” I guess it just the way of saying “Hey buddy I’m totally fed up with your stupidity and lack of comprehension, and if you’re really that stupid why did you order this option in the first place”.



If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
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Enquiring minds want to know....., posted on November 5, 2009 at 13:51:21
grantv
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 Is there a MUTE button!? :)

Heck yah!....., posted on November 5, 2009 at 14:06:23
kootenay
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 And not only that, it comes with many language options. I liked the Grecian one as they all sounded Greek to me when I’m lost anyway.


If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
hehe, good'un...... NT, posted on November 5, 2009 at 14:11:26
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 :)

Well one of those GPS companies has Bob Dylan doing the talking..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:25:21
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 Every time you take a turn it suggests your revisit Highway 61...

(Ba-dum-bum!), posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:55:06
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 You gonna be here all week?

Jim
As for my standup routine..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:12:09
ElbowGeek
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 I may not make it past Tuesday due to the inevitable lynch mob my jokes tend to inspire...

It's worse when you're driving in Manhattan..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:10:40
ElbowGeek
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 You try to find out what street you're on and it insists its positively 4th Street...

Actually, that should be Dinkytown..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:38:45
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 4th Street is commonly referred to as "Fraternity Row" at the University of Minnesota, and Dylan wrote that in response to being black-balled by (I forget which house).

Jim
Yes, but sadly..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:16:19
feet's too big
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 my "Gabby" Garmin vocal promptings are delivered in reasonably pleasant straightforward "received pronunciation" English, with the only available alternative being a thoroughly irritating "indeterminate American" equivalent, and does not, as yet, possess the ability to deliver driving suggestions in what would be my preferred voicing, ie. "the Queen"...

Perhaps I'm rather more prone to humour than anger than other individuals, as offerings such as

"In three hundred yards, one should turn left....."

delivered in appropriate measured tones would indeed be likely to prompt a gentle smile, rather than leave me fuming with anger... :o)




Bill.
I've owned two, posted on November 4, 2009 at 16:14:09
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 and the wife has named the "voices". The first one was a blond named "Tina" The current one is a bit more forceful brunette named "Taylor". Since I live in a rural area, some parts around me are considered "not verified". That means that every direction is followed by "If possible". Yes bitch, is has been possible the last hundred times we've gone this way! It is definitely a sign of the times when you find yourself arguing with the car when she gives you dumb directions. :)

rw

Are you sure it is the8,483,657th time?, posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:18:35
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 I have a toy that keeps track of the number of times your toy tells you you have tripped over a toy, and it has a different number. Unless the switch from Daylight Savings screwed it up, or I failed to reset it.



Why do you always have to be so precise? You love, posted on November 4, 2009 at 11:40:09
Muzikmike
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 embarrassing me! If you weren't my brother I'd deck you, asshole!

So what if I did get the number wrong, you didn't have to call me on it! I'm telling Mom!


There is no such thing as too many records.
There is just too little room for them!
Ugh! I hate, hate, HATE! proactive toys., posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:39:22
The Killer Piglet
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Really, does a toy have to sit there and every 60 seconds announce that a string can pulled or a button pushed?

KP

I think about what my favorite toys were, posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:45:50
Muzikmike
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 a Tonka truck...STEEL! It had no horn "I" was the horn. It had no engine, "I" was the engine, it had no brakes, "I" was the brakes.

Beep, RRRRRRRRR, eeeeeeech!

My red flyer wagon

Plastic soldiers, WWII models. They didn't have guns that fired, I was the gun, BANG. They didn't have motors on the jeeps and tanks, those were provided by me.

What are we creating? Good little workers with no creative abilities.


There is no such thing as too many records.
There is just too little room for them!
And on our bikes we put playing cards in the spokes..., posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:06:28
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 I haven't seen a kid do that in years. But now they have bikes that look like motorcycles, some dirt bikes and some street racers with huge fat tires.

I wonder what happened to the olden days....., posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:39:52
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 when all we have was just ball of strings. I remembered when I was young just looking at the ball of strings my imagination used to go wild while fantasizing at the million possibilities of creating something with it.






If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)

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