Servais@jlai.lu to Nostalgia@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoA time before GPS. Some people might even remember when people had to actually send you hand drawn maps with the gas station you had to turn atjlai.luimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageA time before GPS. Some people might even remember when people had to actually send you hand drawn maps with the gas station you had to turn atjlai.luServais@jlai.lu to Nostalgia@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareshyguyblue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoBefore printed directions, I had a Mapsco book https://www.ebay.com/itm/266324662580 of Dallas and surrounding. About half the size of a phone book, had to frantically study the map at stop lights, but damn near impossible to get lost if you had one. Wouldn’t call it nostalgia, like missing 56k modems, a “hostage to low tech”.
Before printed directions, I had a Mapsco book https://www.ebay.com/itm/266324662580 of Dallas and surrounding.
About half the size of a phone book, had to frantically study the map at stop lights, but damn near impossible to get lost if you had one.
Wouldn’t call it nostalgia, like missing 56k modems, a “hostage to low tech”.