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SomeGuyUO 12/25/22 12:48:11 PM #1:	Like if someone said i live at 223 Street, how would you find that on a huge map? <cite>SomeGuyUO posted [p:970398952] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Like if someone said i live at 223 Street, how would you find that on a huge map?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DuneMan 12/25/22 12:50:33 PM #2:	Indices of street names that list the map coordinate. E.g. Rose Parkway - H7 So you'd go to grid coordinate H7 and do a 'find Waldo' exercise for Rose Parkway. --- "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me." -Cao Cao <cite>DuneMan posted [p:970398977] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Indices of street names that list the map coordinate. E.g. Rose Parkway - H7So you'd go to grid coordinate H7 and do a 'find Waldo' exercise for Rose Parkway.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HBOSS 12/25/22 1:16:38 PM #3:	Same way they find them now. Major cross streets and familiar with the local streets. Theyll ask someone at the closest gas station too --- You don't stop playing because you grow old, You grow old because you stop playing <cite>HBOSS posted [p:970399374] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Same way they find them now. Major cross streets and familiar with the local streets. Theyll ask someone at the closest gas station too</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/25/22 1:20:07 PM #4:	You look for streets that start in the 200s, go up to 223, and then find Street. You can also find Street first, and then look for 223. Some places all the # Streets will go the same direction [North and South] and the Street names will go East and West, which helps narrowing it down as well. Then some places have the Street names in alphabetical order , which makes it even easier. --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:970399435] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>You look for streets that start in the 200s, go up to 223, and then find Street. You can also find Street first, and then look for 223. Some places all the # Streets will go the same direction [North and South] and the Street names will go East and West, which helps narrowing it down as well. Then some places have the Street names in alphabetical order , which makes it even easier. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 12/25/22 1:20:07 PM #5:	Ask someone for the general location. Find the street. See how the addresses are counting down. See which side of the street is even numbers and which side is odd numbers. ??? Profit --- 11/8/2022 - The day the Blue Wall intercepted the Red Wave. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:970399436] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Ask someone for the general location.Find the street.See how the addresses are counting down.See which side of the street is even numbers and which side is odd numbers.???Profit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/25/22 1:28:29 PM #6:	My dad is a relic of the 70s and he says quite frankly we wouldnt make it back then because he had to pay attention to street names and land marks and also use maps and just do general random drives around town and remember stuff from doing that. Doesnt even seem possible to me. I remember Map Quest but according to my dad in the 1970s you would talk on the phone with a new friend/job/etc and theyd tell you the directions to get there street by street. Sounds impossible I cant imagine meeting a woman trying to spit my game AND remember a bunch of turns and street names. --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970399553] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>My dad is a relic of the 70s and he says quite frankly we wouldnt make it back then because he had to pay attention to street names and land marks and also use maps and just do general random drives around town and remember stuff from doing that. Doesnt even seem possible to me.I remember Map Quest but according to my dad in the 1970s you would talk on the phone with a new friend/job/etc and theyd tell you the directions to get there street by street. Sounds impossible I cant imagine meeting a woman trying to spit my game AND remember a bunch of turns and street names.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuerrillaSoldier 12/25/22 1:31:17 PM #7:	Nasty_Nitro posted... he had to pay attention to street names and land marks why....wouldn't you...do that anyway... what --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:970399606] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Nasty_Nitro posted... </cite><quote>he had to pay attention to street names and land marks</quote>why....wouldn't you...do that anyway...what</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/25/22 1:35:35 PM #8:	GuerrillaSoldier posted... why....wouldn't you...do that anyway... what This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget? --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:970399685] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>GuerrillaSoldier posted... </cite><quote>why....wouldn't you...do that anyway...what</quote>This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/25/22 1:37:25 PM #9:	GuerrillaSoldier posted... why....wouldn't you...do that anyway... what We dont have to with gps tho. Like to get to a new job he had to recognize landmarks and recall street names we dont have to do that and it would be soooooo annoying imagine you get it wrong and miss a job interview. --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970399724] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>GuerrillaSoldier posted... </cite><quote>why....wouldn't you...do that anyway...what</quote>We dont have to with gps tho. Like to get to a new job he had to recognize landmarks and recall street names we dont have to do that and it would be soooooo annoying imagine you get it wrong and miss a job interview. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MetroidGamer666 12/25/22 1:40:48 PM #10:	Address books were a physical things <cite>MetroidGamer666 posted [p:970399783] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Address books were a physical things</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/25/22 1:40:53 PM #11:	Nasty_Nitro posted... We dont have to with gps tho. Like to get to a new job he had to recognize landmarks and recall street names we dont have to do that and it would be soooooo annoying imagine you get it wrong and miss a job interview. No, you should still pay attention to world outside while you drive and not your GPS screen --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:970399786] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Nasty_Nitro posted... </cite><quote>We dont have to with gps tho. Like to get to a new job he had to recognize landmarks and recall street names we dont have to do that and it would be soooooo annoying imagine you get it wrong and miss a job interview.</quote>No, you should still pay attention to world outside while you drive and not your GPS screen </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wanderingshade 12/25/22 1:41:53 PM #12:	You mean like, before Map Quest or Rand McNally internet directions? --- "You're made of spare parts, aren't ya, bud?" <cite>wanderingshade posted [p:970399806] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>You mean like, before Map Quest or Rand McNally internet directions?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/25/22 1:43:10 PM #13:	GuerrillaSoldier posted... why....wouldn't you...do that anyway... what sure memorize landmarks but driving around the state to learn the roads in my free time..bro thats some 1970s type timing who the fuck has time to drive around learning the state and where the exits on the highway go? --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970399832] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>GuerrillaSoldier posted... </cite><quote>why....wouldn't you...do that anyway...what</quote>sure memorize landmarks but driving around the state to learn the roads in my free time..bro thats some 1970s type timing who the fuck has time to drive around learning the state and where the exits on the highway go? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/25/22 1:44:23 PM #14:	Bad_Mojo posted... No, you should still pay attention to world outside while you drive and not your GPS screen i smke too much green to remember street names fam these 70s MFs where different --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970399854] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>No, you should still pay attention to world outside while you drive and not your GPS screen</quote>i smke too much green to remember street names fam these 70s MFs where different</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Spiderman23J 12/25/22 1:44:34 PM #15:	didn't the "white pages" have addresses? --- buss on life <cite>Spiderman23J posted [p:970399856] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>didn't the "white pages" have addresses? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A5modeu5 12/25/22 2:04:41 PM #16:	Bad_Mojo posted... This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget? I am one of those dumbasses. And yes I did forget how I got here because the gps thingy told me where to go. And also because my memory and orientation is very bad. --- --- http://backloggery.com/a5modeu5/sig.gif <cite>A5modeu5 posted [p:970400242] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget?</quote>I am one of those dumbasses.And yes I did forget how I got here because the gps thingy told me where to go.And also because my memory and orientation is very bad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AbstraktProfSC2 12/25/22 2:40:23 PM #17:	"across the street from the McDonalds in Hotdog City, building 223" aint THAT hard. I feel like id "make it" --- Talk about backseat fishing. <cite>AbstraktProfSC2 posted [p:970400831] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>"across the street from the McDonalds in Hotdog City, building 223" aint THAT hard. I feel like id "make it"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 12/25/22 2:42:16 PM #18:	Instincts --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:970400862] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Instincts</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BloodMoon7 12/25/22 2:46:31 PM #19:	As someone who is both bad at directions and doesn't use gps often, you just find the general direction you're supposed to go using street names and then wander around like a fuck. --- My maid will hear about this. <cite>BloodMoon7 posted [p:970400930] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>As someone who is both bad at directions and doesn't use gps often, you just find the general direction you're supposed to go using street names and then wander around like a fuck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Norman_Smiley 12/25/22 2:51:41 PM #20:	If you were going to someone's house, they would give you directions based on major roads and highways. E.g. "Get on highway 12 east and take a left onto 183rd. Take a left onto Applegate. We are the 4th house on the right, house is blue and we have 2 trucks parked out front. If you see the storage units, you've gone too far." If you were going to a hotel you or something you would get similar directions off an interstate / highway. In yellow pages they would often put cross roads they were near, maybe something like "3 blocks north of Sprague on Sharpe Ave" Things like the airport they expected you to be able to follow signs. --- http://i.imgur.com/BVBQC.jpg The big wiggle equals ratings. <cite>Norman_Smiley posted [p:970401026] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>If you were going to someone's house, they would give you directions based on major roads and highways. E.g. "Get on highway 12 east and take a left onto 183rd. Take a left onto Applegate. We are the 4th house on the right, house is blue and we have 2 trucks parked out front. If you see the storage units, you've gone too far."If you were going to a hotel you or something you would get similar directions off an interstate / highway. In yellow pages they would often put cross roads they were near, maybe something like "3 blocks north of Sprague on Sharpe Ave"Things like the airport they expected you to be able to follow signs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER 12/25/22 2:52:41 PM #21:	Yeah. GPS on every smartphone is something so under appreciated today. Can not imagine driving without gps. Too much work and preparation before every new destination. --- I wash myself with a rag on stiiick <cite>FLAMING_EVIL_HOMER posted [p:970401042] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Yeah. GPS on every smartphone is something so under appreciated today. Can not imagine driving without gps. Too much work and preparation before every new destination. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Payzmaykr 12/25/22 2:56:36 PM #22:	You had to have a concept of the compass directions, too. Most of the people I come by these days dont seem to know east from north from west from south. Its honestly just easier to give the address and let them use the map app. It helps when your city is laid out like a grid, and not with winding, zig-zagging streets. <cite>Payzmaykr posted [p:970401116] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>You had to have a concept of the compass directions, too. Most of the people I come by these days dont seem to know east from north from west from south. Its honestly just easier to give the address and let them use the map app. It helps when your city is laid out like a grid, and not with winding, zig-zagging streets. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 12/25/22 2:59:21 PM #23:	Payzmaykr posted... You had to have a concept of the compass directions, too. Most of the people I come by these days dont seem to know east from north from west from south. Its honestly just easier to give the address and let them use the map app. It helps when your city is laid out like a grid, and not with winding, zig-zagging streets. I honestly have some sort of dyslexia when it comes to east and west. The only time I lived somewhere without fucking it up several times was Albuquerque, exclusively because there's a bigass mountain to the east. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:970401159] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Payzmaykr posted... </cite><quote>You had to have a concept of the compass directions, too. Most of the people I come by these days dont seem to know east from north from west from south. Its honestly just easier to give the address and let them use the map app. It helps when your city is laid out like a grid, and not with winding, zig-zagging streets.</quote>I honestly have some sort of dyslexia when it comes to east and west.The only time I lived somewhere without fucking it up several times was Albuquerque, exclusively because there's a bigass mountain to the east.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Norman_Smiley 12/25/22 3:04:30 PM #24:	DrizztLink posted... I honestly have some sort of dyslexia when it comes to east and west. The only time I lived somewhere without fucking it up several times was Albuquerque, exclusively because there's a bigass mountain to the east. Living on the coast has its benefits, I grew up a few miles form the ocean and no matter where i am I always know which direction the pacific is. If I get confused I head outside and so long as as the sun is out, i can figure it out. --- http://i.imgur.com/BVBQC.jpg The big wiggle equals ratings. <cite>Norman_Smiley posted [p:970401241] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite><quote>I honestly have some sort of dyslexia when it comes to east and west.The only time I lived somewhere without fucking it up several times was Albuquerque, exclusively because there's a bigass mountain to the east.</quote>Living on the coast has its benefits, I grew up a few miles form the ocean and no matter where i am I always know which direction the pacific is. If I get confused I head outside and so long as as the sun is out, i can figure it out.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flauros 12/25/22 3:08:07 PM #25:	Map indexes were pretty easy to use. Cities would have detailed maps of streets (some even had shots from planes) and you could look up the specific square that an address was in through the index. Back in those days, a lot of people had their personal info on a public file and you could get a lot if you just knew someones name. --- https://i.imgur.com/EX6Md7k.gif https://i.imgur.com/ygAzHKB.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/c84omp7.gif https://i.imgur.com/Hj9RrC6.mp4 <cite>Flauros posted [p:970401311] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Map indexes were pretty easy to use.Cities would have detailed maps of streets (some even had shots from planes) and you could look up the specific square that an address was in through the index.Back in those days, a lot of people had their personal info on a public file and you could get a lot if you just knew someones name.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KainWind 12/25/22 3:10:00 PM #26:	Bad_Mojo posted... Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget? They tell you traffic --- Momentai <cite>KainWind posted [p:970401348] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget?</quote>They tell you traffic</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 12/25/22 3:11:16 PM #27:	most towns and cities only had a few hundred people back then, you could just yell their name --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:970401371] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>most towns and cities only had a few hundred people back then, you could just yell their name</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Norman_Smiley 12/25/22 3:29:06 PM #28:	Flauros posted... Cities would have detailed maps of streets (some even had shots from planes) Think you could find any of these? I've never seen / heard of those. --- http://i.imgur.com/BVBQC.jpg The big wiggle equals ratings. <cite>Norman_Smiley posted [p:970401734] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Flauros posted... </cite><quote>Cities would have detailed maps of streets (some even had shots from planes)</quote>Think you could find any of these? I've never seen / heard of those.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Flauros 12/25/22 3:31:00 PM #29:	Norman_Smiley posted... Think you could find any of these? I've never seen / heard of those. TBH check your local library. After that age died out a lot of that stuff probably got donated for archive purposes. Or go down to the local records office. They still exist. --- https://i.imgur.com/EX6Md7k.gif https://i.imgur.com/ygAzHKB.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/c84omp7.gif https://i.imgur.com/Hj9RrC6.mp4 <cite>Flauros posted [p:970401761] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Norman_Smiley posted... </cite><quote>Think you could find any of these? I've never seen / heard of those.</quote>TBH check your local library. After that age died out a lot of that stuff probably got donated for archive purposes.Or go down to the local records office. They still exist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BB_mofo 12/25/22 4:14:02 PM #30:	Rand McNally Road Atlas for your particular state. You kept it in your car glove compartment. It had spiral binding and thick paper. The book was separated into the categories state, region, county, city, district, street. You would drill down from a list of ranges for each category to the address like a choose your own adventure. --- "But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" -Mark Twain <cite>BB_mofo posted [p:970402577] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Rand McNally Road Atlas for your particular state. You kept it in your car glove compartment. It had spiral binding and thick paper.The book was separated into the categories state, region, county, city, district, street. You would drill down from a list of ranges for each category to the address like a choose your own adventure.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ezekiel2320 12/25/22 4:20:38 PM #31:	We talk about "doxxing" now, but not that long ago a book got thrown on your porch like twice a year with literally everybody's phone number and home address in your county. --- There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. <cite>Ezekiel2320 posted [p:970402690] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>We talk about "doxxing" now, but not that long ago a book got thrown on your porch like twice a year with literally everybody's phone number and home address in your county.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/25/22 4:56:13 PM #32:	Ezekiel2320 posted... We talk about "doxxing" now, but not that long ago a book got thrown on your porch like twice a year with literally everybody's phone number and home address in your county. It wasnt like that tho remember Terminator 1? He was killing every single person named Sarah Connor in the phone book so you would need to know their name, city and state and general area to actually find somebody. Phonebooks didnt have pictures either. Facebook can really give it all up. --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970403239] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Ezekiel2320 posted... </cite><quote>We talk about "doxxing" now, but not that long ago a book got thrown on your porch like twice a year with literally everybody's phone number and home address in your county.</quote>It wasnt like that tho remember Terminator 1? He was killing every single person named Sarah Connor in the phone book so you would need to know their name, city and state and general area to actually find somebody. Phonebooks didnt have pictures either. Facebook can really give it all up. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/25/22 5:09:56 PM #33:	KainWind posted... They tell you traffic So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving. --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:970403488] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>KainWind posted... </cite><quote>They tell you traffic</quote>So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoundGarden 12/25/22 5:12:49 PM #34:	Trial and error. Eventually you'll get the right house --- "You go. I'm just going to stare at the lake and think about how I almost just killed a baby." <cite>PoundGarden posted [p:970403540] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Trial and error. Eventually you'll get the right house </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 12/25/22 5:13:10 PM #35:	Bad_Mojo posted... So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving. Navigation in cars tells you traffic before your eyes can see said traffic. It also helps re-route you around bad traffic jams before get stuck in them. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:970403548] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving.</quote>Navigation in cars tells you traffic before your eyes can see said traffic. It also helps re-route you around bad traffic jams before get stuck in them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 12/25/22 5:14:21 PM #36:	Bad_Mojo posted... I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but there you go anyway --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:970403566] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this,</quote>but there you go anyway</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ezekiel2320 12/25/22 5:18:42 PM #37:	Nasty_Nitro posted... It wasnt like that tho remember Terminator 1? He was killing every single person named Sarah Connor in the phone book so you would need to know their name, city and state and general area to actually find somebody. Phonebooks didnt have pictures either. Facebook can really give it all up. To be fair, he was in LA looking for a pretty common name. He wasn't in Jackson Hole Looking for Mortimer Q Wong. --- There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. <cite>Ezekiel2320 posted [p:970403646] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Nasty_Nitro posted... </cite><quote>It wasnt like that tho remember Terminator 1? He was killing every single person named Sarah Connor in the phone book so you would need to know their name, city and state and general area to actually find somebody. Phonebooks didnt have pictures either. Facebook can really give it all up.</quote>To be fair, he was in LA looking for a pretty common name. He wasn't in Jackson Hole Looking for Mortimer Q Wong.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DD_Divine 12/25/22 5:19:44 PM #38:	Fun fact: never ask a gas station for directions. Ask a pizza place, (dominos, Pizza Hut, mom and pop place) they know the area better than a clerk at a gas station. --- while driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and I instinctively swerved to miss it, thanks a lot Mario Kart. <cite>DD_Divine posted [p:970403660] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Fun fact: never ask a gas station for directions. Ask a pizza place, (dominos, Pizza Hut, mom and pop place) they know the area better than a clerk at a gas station. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 12/25/22 5:21:56 PM #39:	I'm just old enough to remember navigating without a mapquest print out. Usually you just needed to know how to get to the street and then you would figure out where the address was, based on what block you were on. It was really straight forward if the cross streets were numbered streets. For example, in Los Angeles, there's Central Avenue. And the cross streets are mostly numbered streets, IE. 45th street, 46th street, etc. All of the addresses on Central, in between 45th Street and 46th Street are in the 4500's. So you'd call that the "4500 block". All of the addresses in between 46th Street and 47th Street, are in the 4600's. And that trend continues as you go down. Most streets are set up this way, And one side of the street always ends in even numbers, while the other side is odd numbers. So if you saw 4504 on one side, then you know 4503 would be on the other side of the street. So even if you didn't know exactly where an address was, you just needed to find the street and figure out how far you were based on what addresses you were seeing on that block. Here's a screenshot of an address on Central (it's a library, not doxxing someone's home lol). https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/7/8/AAQgjdAAEBta.jpg Bad_Mojo posted... This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget? Nah, I only need it the first 2 or 3 times. After that, I have the general layout down and can go off of memory. Used GPS the first 2 times I went to my gf's place. Now I remember all of the turns after I get off the freeway. Easy peasy. --- PSN - NoxObscuras Z490 \| i9-10900K \| EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra \| 32GB DDR4 3600 \| 4TB SSD <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:970403697] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>I'm just old enough to remember navigating without a mapquest print out. Usually you just needed to know how to get to the street and then you would figure out where the address was, based on what block you were on. It was really straight forward if the cross streets were numbered streets. For example, in Los Angeles, there's Central Avenue. And the cross streets are mostly numbered streets, IE. 45th street, 46th street, etc. All of the addresses on Central, in between 45th Street and 46th Street are in the 4500's. So you'd call that the "4500 block". All of the addresses in between 46th Street and 47th Street, are in the 4600's. And that trend continues as you go down. Most streets are set up this way, And one side of the street always ends in even numbers, while the other side is odd numbers. So if you saw 4504 on one side, then you know 4503 would be on the other side of the street. So even if you didn't know exactly where an address was, you just needed to find the street and figure out how far you were based on what addresses you were seeing on that block. Here's a screenshot of an address on Central (it's a library, not doxxing someone's home lol).https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/7/8/AAQgjdAAEBta.jpg Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>This, but I get it now. I don't drive, so I am the last person to talk about this, but everyone looks at the stupid screen in their car to get somewhere. Even to get back home from a place you've been over and over, they still select, "Home," to get back to their home. LIke, did you fucking forget?</quote>Nah, I only need it the first 2 or 3 times. After that, I have the general layout down and can go off of memory. Used GPS the first 2 times I went to my gf's place. Now I remember all of the turns after I get off the freeway. Easy peasy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ezekiel2320 12/25/22 5:24:13 PM #40:	Made it to Woddstock '99 and back from CT with Mapquest printed directions, so...we're not totally lost without modern map apps. --- There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. <cite>Ezekiel2320 posted [p:970403732] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Made it to Woddstock '99 and back from CT with Mapquest printed directions, so...we're not totally lost without modern map apps.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KainWind 12/25/22 5:24:54 PM #41:	Bad_Mojo posted... So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving. Glad I have you to set me straight --- Momentai <cite>KainWind posted [p:970403740] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Bad_Mojo posted... </cite><quote>So do your eyes if you look outside your car while driving.</quote>Glad I have you to set me straight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 12/25/22 5:35:56 PM #42:	They used to give everyone in town a whole book with everyones assassination coordinates listed --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:970403920] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>They used to give everyone in town a whole book with everyones assassination coordinates listed </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 12/26/22 12:53:54 PM #43:	thronedfire2 posted... They used to give everyone in town a whole book with everyones assassination coordinates listed You could be unlisted --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:970418333] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>thronedfire2 posted... </cite><quote>They used to give everyone in town a whole book with everyones assassination coordinates listed</quote>You could be unlisted </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nasty_Nitro 12/26/22 11:56:49 PM #44:	Ezekiel2320 posted... To be fair, he was in LA looking for a pretty common name. He wasn't in Jackson Hole Looking for Mortimer Q Wong. you still needed a name, state, city and address to find a specific person a lot of names are quite common and also are you suuuuure Mortimer Q isnt a nickname? Because there would be a lot of people under Wong. That shit would be so taxing. --- OG status Triple OG Status pipedown yung bol Im Neo Im Leo Im Desiax Clark <cite>Nasty_Nitro posted [p:970430329] in how did pe... [t:80289421]...</cite> <quote>Ezekiel2320 posted... </cite><quote>To be fair, he was in LA looking for a pretty common name. He wasn't in Jackson Hole Looking for Mortimer Q Wong.</quote>you still needed a name, state, city and address to find a specific person a lot of names are quite common and also are you suuuuure Mortimer Q isnt a nickname? Because there would be a lot of people under Wong. That shit would be so taxing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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