This is Priceless!! Lou Piniella sets out for Cincinnati, ends up near Pittsburgh

[SethPDX]

Oddly enough, I took that comment as tongue-in-cheek, guys. No need to take everything literally. And this was a funny story.

[kylejt]

I do a little executive protection work from time to time, and got lost in Compton one time. (Effing Mapquest). Luckily, my passenger was in a position to remedy the situation with phone call, and also had the pull get me an Escalade with nav (and air conditioned seats) for next time.

I wonder if Lou pulled out one the of the seats and tossed them.

[bossman72]

side note- if you find a GPS on sale for around 125 or 150, take it! It's a great investment!

[MCJB Ump]

Got one on Ebay for $135. Worth every penny.

[Rich Ives]

Originally Posted by kylejt

I do a little executive protection work from time to time, and got lost in Compton one time. (Effing Mapquest).

Mapquest, Google, and Yahoo all have the same very incorrect map of where I live. (Streets drawn wrong - wrong street names - things in the wrong place).

[Rich]

The best value GPS on the market, IMO, is the Garmin Nuvi 350. I bought one 2 years ago for $500+ and you can get it now for under $200 with the current maps.

I handed it down to my wife and bought a Nuvi 750 a month ago. Widescreen, new software, still not full of the extraneous bells and whistles.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

The best value GPS on the market, IMO, is the Garmin Nuvi 350. I bought one 2 years ago for $500+ and you can get it now for under $200 with the current maps.

I agree. Any unit in the 300 series is an excellent value.

[johnnyg08]

how do those units update? is there software w/ a USB cable or what?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

how do those units update? is there software w/ a USB cable or what?

Yes for some -- some of them don't have the ability to update the map. Most (all?) manufacturers have a web-site on which you can see how (if) this feature works.

[RPatrino]

My old uncle Henry lived in Compton (he called it Long Beach). I also saw my first dead body in Compton.

[SanDiegoSteve]

East Side, 21st in The Beach! The LBC.

[bobbybanaduck]

for those of you that may be lurking and know the story...perhaps vinnie was navigating. he has trouble with that neck of the woods.

[griff901c]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

My old uncle Henry lived in Compton (he called it Long Beach). I also saw my first dead body in Compton.

Before moving here in '83 I worked in Watts/Compton for our beloved Ma Bell..

They sent me to Oakland when I moved north....what a bunch of cupcakes they have here.....

griff

[RPatrino]

Spent some time in EPA, as well as an 'on loan' assigment to the Tenderloin. Now that was funnnnnnnn!! All of this of course, was for our beloved Ma Bell!!