tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post801902114869810571..comments2024-03-10T04:15:59.846-04:00Comments on Violet Sky: a long drive in the woodsVioletSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-56716471532502005272009-02-16T19:33:00.000-05:002009-02-16T19:33:00.000-05:00UA, I love the touch screen and the scrolling thin...<B>UA</B>, I love the touch screen and the scrolling thing. I'm getting tired of pushing buttons,VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-86388442752654603142009-02-16T19:15:00.000-05:002009-02-16T19:15:00.000-05:00I love the iPhone, not sure how easy it is to use ...I love the iPhone, not sure how easy it is to use it but I am sure I could learn quickly. My brother has one and he loves it. GPS is a very cool and useful gadget to have.Cycling Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15365817168224699607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-24304229160092631162009-02-14T01:58:00.000-05:002009-02-14T01:58:00.000-05:00Oh how we laughed, Gwen, and thank you! Yes, Oliag...Oh how we laughed, <B>Gwen</B>, and thank you! <BR/><BR/>Yes, <B>Oliag</B>, sometimes it is good to go off track, once in a while.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-20932321463123189332009-02-13T23:49:00.000-05:002009-02-13T23:49:00.000-05:00...it actually sounds like a fun adventure!...it actually sounds like a fun adventure!GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-16907969099563110572009-02-13T08:29:00.000-05:002009-02-13T08:29:00.000-05:00Oh what a drag... Murphy's law...great story telle...Oh what a drag... Murphy's law...<BR/><BR/>great story teller, you are!!!<BR/><BR/>and wouldn't that be exactly the time the logging truck would show up!!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-81849659432578070172009-02-12T02:06:00.000-05:002009-02-12T02:06:00.000-05:00Pinklea, was it homesick?<B>Pinklea</B>, was it homesick?VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-83885806693510365112009-02-12T02:04:00.000-05:002009-02-12T02:04:00.000-05:00Yes, XUP, I am a sucker once I see something that ...Yes, <B>XUP</B>, I am a sucker once I see something that much fun.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know about the John Cleese voice, <B>Jazz</B>, that would be too distracting for me, I think! Oh, but so much fun.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-69978458368565804362009-02-12T02:01:00.000-05:002009-02-12T02:01:00.000-05:00Well, that 2 day drive, Peter would have surely be...Well, that 2 day drive, <B>Peter</B> would have surely been fascinating, but I find your situation more interesting. I remember as a child the first time we drove out west, being <I>so excited</I> just to get to Manitoba because we were no longer in Ontario and were somewhere <I>different</I>!VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-1075942674916343232009-02-12T01:58:00.000-05:002009-02-12T01:58:00.000-05:00It is annoying, isn't it, Irene, when yuour own to...It is annoying, isn't it, <B>Irene</B>, when yuour own town keeps changing and growing on you.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-65698351187596885272009-02-11T22:10:00.000-05:002009-02-11T22:10:00.000-05:00I just got a GPS for Christmas and I've spent many...I just got a GPS for Christmas and I've spent many hours playing with it. I had to - for many weeks it had a hard time finding satellites in the cloudy Vancouver skies and so it kept believing it was in Toronto (poor thing!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-9311051703583050002009-02-11T21:15:00.000-05:002009-02-11T21:15:00.000-05:00Love the story. As for the GPS, I want the one tha...Love the story. As for the GPS, I want the one that a colleague has: it uses the voice (and attitude) of John Cleese.Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-86665573992951963722009-02-11T19:31:00.000-05:002009-02-11T19:31:00.000-05:00Technology is a more alluring seductress than drug...Technology is a more alluring seductress than drugs. A few moments with a good gadget and you're hooked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-91566725932701656142009-02-11T17:10:00.000-05:002009-02-11T17:10:00.000-05:00Your stories of wide and desolate places fascinate...Your stories of wide and desolate places fascinate me. <BR/><BR/>I'm living in a country where the English channel is just a 1h drive by car, where Holland takes only 20 minutes and where I can take a high-speed train and be in Paris, France in just over an hour.<BR/><BR/>We never had distances and desolate places in tiny Belgium.<BR/><BR/>But we have GPS in our cars, often telling us that the virtually gridlocked traffic is backed up for at least one additional hour.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01154038964967283580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-52567154281006610332009-02-11T16:52:00.000-05:002009-02-11T16:52:00.000-05:00I would like to have a GPS on my bike, as I still ...I would like to have a GPS on my bike, as I still get lost in some of the newer areas of the city.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-35156584128149400332009-02-11T14:27:00.000-05:002009-02-11T14:27:00.000-05:00Yes, driving in unfamiliar cities, Char can be int...Yes, driving in unfamiliar cities, <B>Char</B> can be intimidating. And traffic keeps getting in the way.<BR/><BR/>Do you think we learn from such adventures <B>Crystal</B>, or would we repeat the veering off the track believing the signs?VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-59155122124178669562009-02-11T12:05:00.000-05:002009-02-11T12:05:00.000-05:00Oh isn't that just typical. CJ xxOh isn't that just typical. <BR/><BR/>CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-19338214920148885372009-02-11T10:02:00.000-05:002009-02-11T10:02:00.000-05:00back when I had my job I used GPS all the time as ...back when I had my job I used GPS all the time as I had to locate competitors to the building I was inspecting in the local market. all cities that I have usually never visited before. It has its uses.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-7602375226847203872009-02-11T08:07:00.000-05:002009-02-11T08:07:00.000-05:00Kylie, I would get tired of the voice telling me t...<B>Kylie</B>, I would get tired of the voice telling me to return to the route as I <I>always</I> veer off the path to check out something more interesting on the other side of the road.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-42145619051435633022009-02-11T07:58:00.000-05:002009-02-11T07:58:00.000-05:00I mostly love the GPS...I hardly ever use it thoug...I mostly love the GPS...I hardly ever use it though because I don't need it to tell me my daily route.<BR/><BR/>It's okay for trips though. Poland is one of those countries where not everything is on the GPS so it can be frustrating. But at the very least it is helpful.Lucy Filethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101962728153916202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-68938885320554389362009-02-11T07:09:00.000-05:002009-02-11T07:09:00.000-05:00Yes, tDelwyn, that is one of the fun things about ...Yes, t<B>Delwyn</B>, that is one of the fun things about blogging - the international readers who are sometimes looking in when it is tomorrow!!<BR/><BR/>I work nights so actually, like you, it is almost bedtime...VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-3277840492673883352009-02-11T07:01:00.000-05:002009-02-11T07:01:00.000-05:00P.S. Thought you must be up early as my comment is...P.S. Thought you must be up early as my comment is #1 and I see you are 7am while I am 10pm same day. My Wed is nearly over before your's begins.Delwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759020785662372535.post-9476166568717749632009-02-11T06:58:00.000-05:002009-02-11T06:58:00.000-05:00but you remember the forest you saw...and have giv...but you remember the forest you saw...and have given us a lovely little anecdote...so there it was all worth it.Delwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.com