Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:44:00 -0700 From: Johannes H Andersen <johannes.andersennopsamel.ac.uk> Subject: Re: compass in a saab ?
Dave Hinz wrote: > > Four Weis (mweinopsamcom) wrote: > > : "Ronald R. Redfield CPA, PFs" wrote: > > : > excuse me for needing to use a compass as I dont have a good sense of > : > direction. I guess I'm just a moron. > > : You may be intelligent, but the world is full of intelligent failures. You also > : need to be motivated to use your intelligence to learn how to do things, like > : estimate the direction, > (snip of more of the same). > > So, would he be a moron if he wanted to use a map? After all, anyone > intelligent should be able to memorize all those roads. How about > a GPS? Is it a toy, or a tool, or something only used by morons? > > More to the point, what is *your* problem, that you have to publically > berate the guy, because he wants to use a compass? You need to feel > superior for some reason or something? > > Dave Hinz The problem was that he wanted to select a car on criterion that it had a compass installed. In this case he might forego some excellent cars with doesn't come with compass. If he buys a Rolls, then I'm sure that it can be personalized to almost any specification. Johannes