Getting Directions in the south

Classic. Thanks. 😛

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That video sure was a lot of fun. She reminds me of the lady next door.

That rain and ice is heading our way and becoming yet more snow and ice.

I sure do have those wintertime hibernation blues fur sure.

That was hysterical!! The deeper and more rural areas you head into down South the worse it gets!!
Here's a simple fact of life for anyone that has never ventured South, if you cannot comprehend where "over yonder" is, you will never find your way anywhere. If you don't know how far "a piece" is, you may never find your way back home. 😛

I had a fellow tell me about getting directions in "looks". He explained that what he had been told amounted to going to a certain spot then looking in the direction he was to travel. Whatever was the most distant point he could see (a hill top a quarter mile away, for instance) constituted the first "look". When you reached that point you then would ascertain the second "look" (perhaps a 'T' intersection). You would progress through the correct number of "looks" and then search for the landmarks identifying your targeted destination. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made.

This makes more sense in an area with twisty, hilly roads. I can think of a highway not far from here where about four "looks" would cover about 35 miles. There are places in the Great Plains where a single "look" would be hard to define without having a nearby highly unique landmark approximating the end of the "look. At a distance of 20-30 miles, something like a large concrete grain elevator building would be critical for assistance in guessing as to the end of the "look".

I didn't see the video but being Cosby I can only imagine it being hilarious - perhaps I'll view it later.

As to directions around here (metro-Atlanta), my step-Mom warned me about getting directions should I get lost when I moved here.
She said "they'll tell you to 'just go straight down Peachtree street here and....' ".
She said there are two problems with that:
1) there are 57 flavors of "Peachtree Street" and
2) none of them go straight.

I was roommates with a co-worker Ken who had been living here since he was kid and could attest to lack of straight roads. The 57 count was in question so we got one of his city/metro maps and counted them up. Yep, 57 indeed!!! We both figure she had to be BS'ing me. Nope!!

I moved away in '96 and moved back in 2007 and was curious as to the count.
Now it's up to 63. There may be another 1 or 2 by now.

During my time in the western NC mountains I heard "ease on down the road a might".
Ask someone how far something might be and you might hear "it's a purdy good fur piece down yonder".

The most informative and helpful directions I ever got in the South were:

"You better get your a$$ outta here, hippie!"

Don

Didn't you watch Easy Rider before going down there?

That movie hadn't come out yet.:-|

Don