sidcow Posted January 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2022 I remember using our first satnav to find a country pub in Cornwall. Took us down the narrowest tractor road I've ever been on. One of those really sunken roads, more grass, the 2 strips of road were more hardcore than tarmac. The sides of the Mondeo were scraping the sides. Mrs Sidcow was driving and at one point refused to go on convinced we'd left the public road. Finally got there and I was telling the barman about the road we'd come in on and he said "ah, you came in on the M1 then did you? Were you following a sat nav?" Turns out the A Road the satnav took us off to go down this narrow lane actually curved back on itself and took you straight to the pub. He said they were getting loads of people diverted down there. I think this is how Waze works. Users put their preferred routes in, obviously mostly locals so it works out best routes using local knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Xela said: A lot of the automotive YouTubers I watch tend to use Waze. Its a free download and is owned by Google and no doubt uses Google's maps, but a lot of people say it's much better. Never used it myself though (or Google Maps). Doesn't use Google Maps, if anything Google uses Waze's data Waze maps are constantly updated by a volunteer community. You can argue Google maps is too but not in the same way, the Waza community have much more editing powers (as in almost complete autonomy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 When you're out and about and a car drives past you and gives you the old 'beep beep beep' (you alright mate) as it drives past. 1. I had a heart attack. 2 I don't know who the **** that was 3. I clearly don't know you well enough to even remotely recognise the car. 4. . Shut the **** up. Not once have I ever been driving saw someone and gave them the old beep of approval. It's **** annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 22, 2022 Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2022 9 hours ago, bickster said: Doesn't use Google Maps, if anything Google uses Waze's data Waze maps are constantly updated by a volunteer community. You can argue Google maps is too but not in the same way, the Waza community have much more editing powers (as in almost complete autonomy) I've updated loads of stuff on Google Maps. Even added service roads and footpaths. You can rely on Google Maps in Bewdley. Unless someone has added something new and I've not corrected it yet Google Maps is the almost always the best choice of navigation for people that don'r drive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I quite like whatever sat nav they have in the Toyota Corolla. It appears to be set about 4 or 5 metres behind the actual car making every roundabout an absolute joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I use Google maps all the time and it never lets me down. I also updated some roads near where I live (was a new estate when we moved in) and they corrected them all promptly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: When you're out and about and a car drives past you and gives you the old 'beep beep beep' (you alright mate) as it drives past. 1. I had a heart attack. 2 I don't know who the **** that was 3. I clearly don't know you well enough to even remotely recognise the car. 4. . Shut the **** up. Not once have I ever been driving saw someone and gave them the old beep of approval. It's **** annoying. This happens to me a lot if I'm out for a run. I just wave over my shoulder after they've whizzed past, with not a clue as to who it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, limpid said: I've updated loads of stuff on Google Maps. Even added service roads and footpaths. You can rely on Google Maps in Bewdley. Unless someone has added something new and I've not corrected it yet Google Maps is the almost always the best choice of navigation for people that don'r drive. I have to update it for work as sometimes our VOice recognition won't pick up places in our street directory because people either get the suburb wrong or say Liverpool as the suburb at which point it searches google Google's understanding of suburbs is woeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 22, 2022 Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, bickster said: I have to update it for work as sometimes our VOice recognition won't pick up places in our street directory because people either get the suburb wrong or say Liverpool as the suburb at which point it searches google Google's understanding of suburbs is woeful Does the borough allow the same street name in different suburbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 22, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 22, 2022 28 minutes ago, limpid said: Does the borough allow the same street name in different suburbs? Oh yes, I call this the Church Road Problem This is but just one example Church Road, Litherland, L21 Church Road, Seaforth, Waterloo, L21 (you'll notice the ludicrous double suburb there) Church Road, Waterloo, L22 If you took the mid-point of the Seaforth one and drew a 1 mile radius circle, all three would be in that circle EDIT: There also used to be a Church Road, Bootle, L20 that was within that radius too but thankfully that got demolished. Also add into the equation that Liverpool isn't just one borough (all those are in Sefton) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 22, 2022 Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, bickster said: Oh yes, I call this the Church Road Problem This is but just one example Church Road, Litherland, L21 Church Road, Seaforth, Waterloo, L21 (you'll notice the ludicrous double suburb there) Church Road, Waterloo, L22 If you took the mid-point of the Seaforth one and drew a 1 mile radius circle, all three would be in that circle EDIT: There also used to be a Church Road, Bootle, L20 that was within that radius too but thankfully that got demolished. Also add into the equation that Liverpool isn't just one borough (all those are in Sefton) It seems dumb naming these after a building called "church", rather than being named after the saint the church was dedicated for. I can only imagine what the postal service must be like for people living in those streets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 The postman works in mysterious ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2022 16 hours ago, bickster said: Oh yes, I call this the Church Road Problem This is but just one example Church Road, Litherland, L21 Church Road, Seaforth, Waterloo, L21 (you'll notice the ludicrous double suburb there) Church Road, Waterloo, L22 If you took the mid-point of the Seaforth one and drew a 1 mile radius circle, all three would be in that circle EDIT: There also used to be a Church Road, Bootle, L20 that was within that radius too but thankfully that got demolished. Also add into the equation that Liverpool isn't just one borough (all those are in Sefton) Please take this to the boring thread eh? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Someone keeps plastering neo-nazi stickers on all of the lamp posts and signs around my house…I don’t THINK my partner and I are being targeted specifically but it’s still deflating and infuriating to see EDIT: This is something that very much SHOULD piss me off but I’m not sure if there is a thread for that Edited January 23, 2022 by Eidolon 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Eidolon said: Someone keeps plastering neo-nazi stickers on all of the lamp posts and signs around my house…I don’t THINK my partner and I are being targeted specifically but it’s still deflating and infuriating to see Set up a camera - does Australia have hate crime laws? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, TheAuthority said: Set up a camera - does Australia have hate crime laws? That’s a good idea. We should be able to get a good angle of a few of their regularly targeted sign posts from our porch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Her: do you want to go for a walk today? Me: Yeah sounds good, maybe around 1pm (it's 11:30 at this point) Her: sure I go to watch MOTD upstairs 20 mins later Her: *floating around, clearly bored* Can we go now? Me: I said 1pm and you agreed, I want to watch this Her: ok Another 20 mins later when Villa comes on MOTD Her: Why are you even watching it? You watched it yesterday! Women are always bored, don't get it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted January 23, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: Women are always bored, don't get it I dread it when she announces that she's bored. It means I have to stop what I'm doing and engage. If I get bored, I take responsibility for it, I can always think of something to do. I don't demand entertainment from others. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Oh and then I was accused of being problematic ?????? setting a time to do something that was agreed with. Silently doing something on my own out of the way of everybody and being ready to go at the time we agreed problematic ????!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2022 11 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Oh and then I was accused of being problematic ?????? setting a time to do something that was agreed with. Silently doing something on my own out of the way of everybody and being ready to go at the time we agreed problematic ????!! Don't try and argue, you can't win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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