I keep getting lost

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:06 pm

Seriously I am the worst for finding places :-5 I can drive some where 30 times and get lost every time (unlike DH who can drive somewhere once and then still remembers the directions 10 years later :rolleyes:).

What is it with me and directions? :-5 I even got this GPS (irritating little sh1t she is too), she sends me in the wrong direction, then keeps telling me to make a 'legal u-turn', constantly reminds me that she is having to recalculate :rolleyes: Proudly states that "I have reached my destination - when clearly my destination is no where in sight :-5 She is going die a slow and painful death!

Is it just me? :-5

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:12 pm

I can pretty much always drive somewhere, my problem comes when

I try and tell somebody else how to get to the same place... I fail

miserably because I just get in the car and drive, I don't retain the

street names or anything.

Of course, with friends and family living in the "country" the kinds

of directions I usually get are "go up the hill past the fish hatchery..."

:-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:18 pm

Don't listen to the GPS bitch what the heck does she know.

kayleneaussie · Post by **kayleneaussie** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:48 pm

Hey pheasy Join the club I am hopeless. Was going to get a GPS but I think I would end up killing it:( Have to take the baby for therapy every fortnight and guess what....i still get lost:-5 just one of those things I think but very inconvienent. Just hate it went hubby says well just follow the freeway to the big sign turn left and then turn right then turn left go around the round about turn right and you are there. I think to myself did he say turn left or turn right :yh_rotfl

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:02 pm

I have never used a GPS system....and I've really needed one many a time....although mapquest has gotten me so lost that I can only imagine what the gps system would do to me!:o

I'm like Valerie, classic directions from me, "turn right at McDonalds, go 4 stop lights, turn left at the Wa Wa, go about a mile or so and look for a red barn, turn there!"

rolleyes:

moonpie · Post by **moonpie** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:09 pm

I was always told that if you don't have any Indian blood in you, you are bound to get lost. You are a blond person, so I guess you are totall F u---! Sorry.:wah:

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:37 pm

ThePheasant;796662 wrote: Seriously I am the worst for finding places I can drive some where 30 times and get lost every time (unlike DH who can drive somewhere once and then still remembers the directions 10 years later.

What is it with me and directions? I even got this GPS (irritating little sh1t she is too), she sends me in the wrong direction, then keeps telling me to make a 'legal u-turn', constantly reminds me that she is having to recalculate Proudly states that "I have reached my destination - when clearly my destination is no where in sight She is going die a slow and painful death!

Is it just me? :-5

I think it must be a girl thing:wah: I couldn't find my way out of a paper bag.:wah: If I do by some miracle find where I'm supposed to be going, I can't seem to reverse the directions to find my way back.: Yet I know guys who can go 15 years inbetween trips and still know where they are going.

Then there's that whole thing they are telling on the news about if you're pregnant or have had a baby you start getting forgetful, they call it momnesia:wah: I thought maybe that's why so many of us girls can't remember things like directions. My mom says I'm more forgetful since I had my baby. Well, I guess I got knocked up and lost my mind.:wah::wah:

koan · Post by **koan** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:45 pm

I think they should say things like "if you see a red barn you've gone too far... you wanna turn around and go back to the gas station then make a right."

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:23 am

koan;796707 wrote: I think they should say things like "if you see a red barn you've gone too far... you wanna turn around and go back to the gas station then make a right."

oh yeah...I use that....I always say, if you've gone to the cul-de-sac you've gone past my house!:o

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:07 am

Soz Pheasy but once I go somewhere thats it, I remember my way but dont ask me for directions, im hopeless and I guarantee ill get you lost:wah:

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:24 am

Like chezzie I have a terrible sense of direction, not only in the car but on foot!

I even get lost when I go to football, I sit in the same seat every visit but always end up on the wrong row,

it's become a standing joke with the guys who sit either side of me, I'm sure they take bets on where I'll sit.

I've just taken dad to have his treatment planned in Manchester, I left him to go for a coffee and got lost

despite being directed 5 times and signs on the walls directing me.

It is so embarrasing:o

I guess some of us are homing birds and some of us are just confused ducks.

..................

Musiclover89 · Post by **Musiclover89** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:58 am

I'm not that bad at finding places its just getting there for a second time that bugs me

The Rob · Post by **The Rob** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:05 am

I suffer directional dyslexia as well. I actually have to think before turning left or right. This is not nearly as funny as it seems. This is why I absolutely hate being the driver when I go anywhere with a carload of people, particularly when the trip is through unfamiliar territory.

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:07 am

Hubby bought a sat nav recently so he 'tested' it (played with it) by getting it to direct us to somewhere we've been loads of times then not following her directions. Poor woman had to recalculate so many times I was convinced she'd get stroppy and tell him 'If you're not going to bloody listen I'm not going to bloody tell you!!'

Me - I'm quite good at finding my way unlike my friend who you tell 'Turn left here, no your other left'!!!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:30 am

Ladies its not a girl thing you can do it. I know men who can't find their way out of a paper bag. :wah:

Sure Men are more visual then we are but not always. It is real basic you must know your right from your left. You must also know which way is North, South, East or West and you can get any where most of the time. Landmarks are great, signs also and colors work as well, if any of those variables change you could be in trouble. Pay attention that is usually the biggest problem when driving. You need to focus, focus, focus on your surroundings.

So trust your instincts and see what happens. Get a compass on our dashboard and allow time for your trips so you won't be in panic mode when your driving.

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:55 pm

CARLA;797112 wrote: Ladies its not a girl thing you can do it. I know men who can't find their way out of a paper bag. :wah:

Sure Men are more visual then we are but not always. It is real basic you must know your right from your left. You must also know which way is North, South, East or West and you can get any where most of the time. Landmarks are great, signs also and colors work as well, if any of those variables change you could be in trouble. Pay attention that is usually the biggest problem when driving. You need to focus, focus, focus on your surroundings.

So trust your instincts and see what happens. Get a compass on our dashboard and allow time for your trips so you won't be in panic mode when your driving.

This is usually what gets me lost. :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:17 pm

My old secret was to just drive to where I thought the place was, roads, etc. and then I discovered mapquest which does work, although it does not tell you which streets are getting road construction, etc. which really screws you up:wah:

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:14 pm

I usually get lost when I'm almost there. I make a last minute turnabout and boom, I'm on a major road going away from my destination:wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:32 pm

Kathy Ellen;797395 wrote: I usually get lost when I'm almost there. I make a last minute turnabout and boom, I'm on a major road going away from my destination:wah:

Yes :wah: thats me :wah:

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:30 am

The GPS system has its flaws. They did a study on it and found that it takes you to the right road, etc. but it could be one way or their's construction going on, etc. We had the option to put it in our new car, but bagged it.

Kathy Ellen, of course in New Jersey where you are practically surrounded by the highways (turnpike/garden state parkway) that is understandable:wah:

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:43 am

qsducks;797593 wrote: The GPS system has its flaws. They did a study on it and found that it takes you to the right road, etc. but it could be one way or their's construction going on, etc. We had the option to put it in our new car, but bagged it.

Kathy Ellen, of course in New Jersey where you are practically surrounded by the highways (turnpike/garden state parkway) that is understandable:wah:

:wah:Thankfully we have those roads...a few times I got lost driving home from New York or PA and all I did was look for signs for the turnpike and parkway. What a relief seeing those signs....:-4

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:35 am

Well, its probably better off that you live in NJ, Philadelphia has terrible directions - ever been to Philadelphia International Arirport lately? Jeez, you could end up who knows where!:wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:12 am

abbey;796760 wrote: Like chezzie I have a terrible sense of direction, not only in the car but on foot!

I even get lost when I go to football, I sit in the same seat every visit but always end up on the wrong row,

it's become a standing joke with the guys who sit either side of me, I'm sure they take bets on where I'll sit.

I've just taken dad to have his treatment planned in Manchester, I left him to go for a coffee and got lost

despite being directed 5 times and signs on the walls directing me.

It is so embarrasing:o

I guess some of us are homing birds and some of us are just confused ducks.

..................

I just adore that little birdy, I think I am going to use him as my avatar. :wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:13 am

qsducks;797864 wrote: Well, its probably better off that you live in NJ, Philadelphia has terrible directions - ever been to Philadelphia International Arirport lately? Jeez, you could end up who knows where!:wah:

I hate Philadelphia airport! :-5 We will only fly from Newark, easy all round.