GPS Crisis

Apparently the GPS signals are deteriorating because the satellite has gone kafluey. Without an upgrade we may all have to stay home for the unforeseeable future.

What a minute! My 2000 Camry didn't come with a Global Positioning System. When I'm trying to find a new address I have to resort to asking directions or use the dreaded Map Quest which doesn't always know what it's talking about.

Of course I understand that there's a little more going on here than my personal needs.

A couple of years ago I took a car service from the home I was visiting to the Atlanta Airport. The middle eastern driver had been in this country only seven months. How could he drive for a car service in Atlanta - one of the craziest driving cities in the world?

He bought himself a GPS for $700 and was hired. And he got me to the airport just fine.

But, as for me, even if they get the satellite fixed, which they will, I doubt that I'll have a GPS anytime soon.

I'll just continue to allow a little time to get lost.


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