Comment on xkcd #2867: DateTime

• brianorca@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Wouldn’t be able to” is a bit of a stretch, since Thomas Maps existed long before GPS. But it wouldn’t be so easy as it is now.

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  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most people couldn’t use a Thomas guide in the mid 90s either.

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    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was about was I navigated using an AAA TripTik to get my mom and younger brothers through an 1600 mile road trip. We also had AAA guidebooks for along the path when I had to help pick a motel along the way because a torrential rain slowed us down. It was a fun game of figuring out how far it was, weather it had enough stars (mom said at least 2, but the more the better), and the best price.

      It was the late 80s though, and I didn’t have a game boy, so it was kinda the only form of entertainment.

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