Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:25:01 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] On the Road


The guy at the store warned me that burglars look for the little
circular suction mounting pad on your dashbord.  So I put the mounting
pad inside my speedometer nook off to one side.  Its dark in the nook
and I just set a piece of paper on top of it and it disappears when I
leave the car. Out of sight is my security mantra.  That little
mounting pad really is the culprit.  They should come up with a
solution to that.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Evy Wright <evy_wright-AT-yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bob was a NY cabbie in the early 70's? That could explain a lot...
>
> It appears that Lynn and I listen to many of the same podcasts. I absolutely LOVE This American Life and in fact was listening to it the last two days while driving between Jacksonville and Atlanta.
>
> Here's my 2 cents:
> GPS: My Tom Tom was not infallible. It definitely took me the long way around and to the wrong side of the tracks (literally) more than once, but when it worked it was awesome. It found restaurants and banks and all sorts of things. I loved it right up until it got stolen out of my car in a smash and grab last February. Outside a restaurant, in a nice neighborhood, with two police officers eating inside. The guy saw the mount and found the GPS in the car. Fortunately, he didn't steal my two shows or tech gear.
>
> CAR: I can't afford to drive something big so build shows to fit in a hatchback or wagon. Currently I drive a Pontiac Vibe, which is the same as the Toyota Matrix. You can fit a lot in that car - the front seat even folds forward so you can fit something long in the car.
>
> LISTENING PLEASURE: I used to listen to books on CD and love them. The time passes so quickly. I say used to because someone very small who lives in my house and likes to "drive" mommy's car shoved something into the CD player and now it not only doesn't work but I can't extract my Jefferson Airplane CD.
>
> Which brings me to THE BEST FEATURE OF THE VIBE AND MATRIX. On the dashboard is a plug - a regular plug like you have in your house. No adapter necessary. So I plugged in my little ipod docking station and now I listen to books on CD burned onto the ipod, and podcasts, and music, and just as Lynn does I run sound from my shows when I have to learn things.
>
> Someday I will be able to replace my GPS, even though as the daughter of a cartographer I love maps. Oh, and as for hotels, hooray for coupon books at rest stops, but I draw the line at Knights Inn.
>
> -Evy
>
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