Semi Truck Fail ! Rear Wheels/Axle Fly Off ! goes over median.

Sometimes you know exactly where you're going and that's probably because you utilized the best maps and driving directions there are which is MapQuest Original classic.
Sometimes you're not quite sure of your route and you make a wrong turn and you end up in TimBuktU. Which is right over there just above south Timbuktu. While driving in TimBuktU you had better keep your eye on the posted speed limit and adhere to it strictly, because they give out tickets like you're at the state fair.

Now there's another scenario where a driver doesn't know if they are coming or going.
Except for the driver of this semi truck, he knows he is coming and going, because not only is he in the north bound overpass he is also in the south bound overpass.

We think it would be amusing if the driver was issued a ticket because on tickets the police always state the exact location and the direction of travel.

MapQuest Classic Original driving directions very sexy pic.

We've got an old clunker car just sitting there getting more clunkie, so I thought about donating it, but I have second thoughts, because no one should try to put it back on the road.

So the other option is to scrap it. Which is something I don't want to think about because I used to work at a car recycling factory. It's not due to bad memories, its due to future health concerns. The air quality in this factory was dismal, but every time OSHA came in for monitoring, somehow the air quality was pristine on that day only.

Because it was cars that were being shredded, the dust clouds of course contained brake and clutch linings which contain the dreaded asbestos, sometimes the dust was so thick that it would darken the factory lights in the 100 foot tall building.

Of course I have contacted asbestos lawyers or mesothelioma lawyers but they don't want to be bothered unless you have already been diagnosed with mesothelioma, which as of yet (fingers, toes, eyes crossed) I have not.

So the clunker will just keep on clunkin.

Now on a brighter note here's a pic of one sweet non clunker ride.
This is not the car I was going to donate, it was a car we saw while out and about while we were using MapQuest Classic Original driving directions.

When we travel sometimes it's just milk toast, getting from point A to point B as quick and easy as possible is the goal. No frills, nothing fancy, yawn stretch, just a boring ride, mundane, routine, blah blah yada yada.
Sometimes we don't even turn on the radio, dvd player, text, check and send email, read an ebook, play violin, or perform minor out patient surgery, and we were the driver. Yep that constitutes a long boring drive.
On the other hand driving does not have to be like this. It should be exciting, and one way for achieving this is to travel in style.
To travel in style you would need good driving directions from MapQuest of course, and a unique mode of transportation.
Well most of us can't afford an exotic sports car, a muscle car, or a high priced luxury vehicle.
Style is in the eye of the beholder. We would love to be the owner of this good ole pickup truck and be Rollin around town or the country side in style.
This beauty with the fine lines is a Ford F100, and with the price of gas on the marquee being at $1.93 it would really be a joy to own this truck and drive in style.

HaPpY NeW YeAr ! 2015 !
This year we will see new strides in human achievement, the weak will become strong, the lazy will become inspired, the greedy will become charitable, the evil will find goodness,  the deviant will go mainstream,
Those who despise their emigrated country will assimilate.
And those who are lost will find their way via MapQuest driving directions, and MapQuest Original or classic.

Just 5 more days until Christmas, WooHoo, we hope you all have been nice and not naughty. Lumps of coal are not fun at all.
And just 12 more days until New Years 2015.   The year 2014 seemed to fly by really fast.
Only 4 more months until winter is receding and vacation travel time comes back into full swing.
MapQuest driving directions is your best bet for going any where.

We are counting down the days until Christmas!
As of today there are 19 days until Christmas, including today.
Which means Christmas eve is only 18 days away.
We live and love Christmas, and everything about it.
Christmas kind of helps us get through the annoyance of the cold bad weather.
We wonder how Santa used to find his way to all of the good little boys and girls houses. We don't wonder now because we know he uses good old reliable MapQuest driving directions. Ho ho ho.
The picture below is a life size nativity scene shot from inside the nativity scene, and of course another great vacation sunset.

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CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS-MOM-DAD-KIDS-SHOPPING-TREE-DECORATIONS-DRIVING DIRECTIONS...
These are all of the things we concern ourselves with during the Christmas holiday season, so it is a good idea to let Rudolph utilize MapQuest driving directions.


If you were to gps or MapQuest the north pole you will end up near Fairbanks Alaska, in the Alaskan town named North Pole, Alaska.
The true north pole is in the top of the arctic circle.

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4 HOTTIES ! unusual/odd FEET PHOTO SHOOT.
While we were taking a nice peaceful stroll along the waterfront by the Marina one summer evening, we witnessed a rather different turn of events.
Usually we watch the parade of boats come in off the lake to the boat ramp, and the highlight is a couple 30 to 40 foot long offshore speed boats know as a cigarette. Some of them have three high horsepower motors and the accompanying three propellers also known as, or called, screws.
Then there are the fishermen  un-launching their vessel, putting the boat back on the trailer, and towing it home, who are proud to show off their catch of the day or evening, if they had any luck.

Also along the beautiful half mile long waterfront walkway you will be entertained by quite a vast variety of pooches being walked. They come in all sizes, large, medium, small, and tiny. All colors, shapes, and breeds.

On this particular evening we witnessed something out of the ordinary. It was different and strange but very amusing.

Four teenage girls and a friend stopped at one of the benches and proceeded to remove their foot wear. Then
instead of sitting on the bench upright, they did the exact opposite. They sat upside down with their feet in the air and their heads near the ground.
Then a female photographer apparently cleaned the bottom of their feet and proceeded with a photo shoot of the four girls feet.
We have no idea why or for what purpose
They did the feet photo shoot.

MapQuest Driving Directions Redneck riding lawn mower

MapQuest Driving Directions can't help out with directions for this RedNeck riding lawnmower, the driver or in this case the peddler obviously does not need any help because they have on board refreshments. A full beer in the handlebar beverage holder which is made from a cut in half pop can taped to the handle bars. And if you'll notice an empty is stored behind and under the seat.
If you have a tough chore to do, why not make it easier and enjoyable.

Gotta love the spellin!

We used to think that everybody took their vacation in the warm summer months , but we were wrong with that assumption, there are a multitude of people who take their vacation during the other seasons including the fall season.

In North America which is Canada and the United States, a large portion of those taking a fall vacation like to go on fall colors tours.
Having lived in the northern United States and Canada I personally despise the fall season. One reason is it's the end of summer and the end of warm weather and summer fun. Another reason is we had 14 trees on our property, therefore I have acquired a strong aversion to leaves changing color and falling. Which requires raking and bagging 60ish paper bags of leaves that you also have to keep dry before the curbside pickup so that the bags are not wet and break.

If it were not for the approximately 1,200 total bags of leaves over 20 years, and the blister raising raking that we had to toil with, I too might enjoy the fall colors vacation.

MapQuest Original

We have joked about this before, but apparently it is not a joke, but it is actually true.

We have joked about men not asking for directions. Comedians have even done comedy material on men not stopping and asking for directions. Some Men would rather risk running out of gas before stopping and asking for directions. Not asking for directions is it a machismo testosterone thing?

Maybe men don't ask for driving directions because they were the hunters, and have an innate ability to find their way. A hunter couldn't just stop at another village and ask which way his village was, he might then become the hunted.

Or, maybe women are more prone to ask for directions because they like to talk(yak) to strangers and men do not.
It could also be a pride thing. A man can't let it be known that someone else knows something that he does not.

Now there appears to be factual information that women utilize directions and men do not.

On the website Alexa, which ranks a webpage by internet visits/popularity, they also give a gender breakdown of who visits MapQuest.
They report that approximately 20% of the MapQuest internet average are male, and that 99% of the internet average is females.
So who is lost or not lost?

MapQuest Original

Look at this old timeless classic. It kind of resembles the modern day UPS truck except the UPS trucks are enclosed. Back then when this vechicle was in use there were less streets, roads and highways but you could still easily get lost.

 Driving directions were straight from a map or a yap, (someones mouth).

Drivers were always stopping and asking for directions.

Your first choice in asking for directions was the person walking/standing/loitering on the street, that is, if that person had looked knowledgeable and or trustworthy.



The second choice for driving directions was the filling station. The filling station employee was always getting asked for driving directions, so you hoped they knew what they were talking about.



The third choice was if you were in a rural area, and it would not be a choice it was a last resort. You would sheepishly, as you were walking past sheep, tuck your tail between your legs as you walked past various animals with tails, and go knock on a farm house door and admit you were lost and needed directions.

The good and bad part of doing this was you remembered all of those farmers daughters jokes, of which we're going to tell none.

MapQuest Original

Sometimes you get the picture, sometimes you don't get the picture and we are not talking modern photography that utilizes pixels, sd card, or upload to your pc, 15 years ago it would have been film, developing, and a second set of pics free.
Other descriptive terms of the point we're trying to drive home which is about driving home or anywhere else are, clueless, out to lunch,brain dead, incapacitated, and the funniest derogatory term ever, nincompoop.
Sometimes you are lost, sometimes you are really lost. Fifteen years ago you were really lost because you didn't have MapQuest.
Nowadays  you don't have to be a brain dead lost nincompoop, to which we say thank you MapQuest.

Vacation~ Deals, Discounts, Savings

Vacation planning using MapQuest can save you a boat load of money. All the way from a toy boat load of money to a kayak, to the S.S. Minnow. The smart pick would be the kayak, the toy boat is to small and the S.S. Minnow sank, which marooned Gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire and his wife, the movie star, and the rest, or the following season they gave over due credit to the professor and MaryAnn.

On MapQuest all it takes is about 5 clicks to bring up a Hotels price rate for a room and the 5 clicks are very quick, you dont sit there waiting and waiting for the page to load they're almost instant.
Or you can enter your criteria and scan all the hotels at once on one page or multiple pages.
Another great feature is most hotels websites have their link right there on MapQuest and with one quick click you can visit their website find deals, discounts, amenities, availability and on and on.
Stay safe and have a great vacation you deserve it.
What to do with a theoretical kayak full of saved money should be real easy.

MapQuest and TomTom team up to create a WinWin.

MapQuest's maps will now be powered by TomTom.

What we find unusual is that when you go to TomTom's website and look at who they partner with you do not see the MapQuest

logo? But you do see that Google is one of many a TomTom partner. The last time we checked MapQuest and Google are staunch competitors, so how did TomTom swing such a deal? Maybe TomTom forgot to tell Google or hoped they wouldn't notice.

Anyway congratulations to MapQuest and TomTom for creating a better, improved mapping and directions system/alliance.



Don't forget vacation season is coming up, and you don't want to waste any precious vacation time being lost, and MapQuest is your go to, when you want to, go to.

MapQuest Original

It'd be a cold day in June before we ever get lost, we always know what continent, country, state, north, south, east, and west is. So how could one possibly be lost with that much pertinent information?

We however might be sidelined in achieving our desired destination, which in some terminology could be remotely construed as being lost, something we will never admit to.

That's another reason we defiantly ask for the guidance of our guru perched high atop a mountain side, that guru's name is Zen yoga Yoda master MapQuest.

We like the tall giraffe have vision from above, and while we look like the butterfly who has no directional purpose we can migrate vast distances with spot on accuracy.

MapQuest Original

What did you do if you were lost and couldn't find your way back in the old old days?

You either asked for directions, or you got out the road atlas, maps, driving directions someone gave to you, and the compass.

It's a time honoured joke, or point of annoyance that men would never go into a gas station and ask for directions.

They would drive around for hours before admitting they didn't know where they were and or lost. Actually they would never admit they were lost they would just keep driving until by chance they found their way.

A lot of folks gave up going on vacation just because of the huge huge arguments that ensued due to one spouse driving and the other one navigating.

So we would like to say thank you, thank you, thank you, MapQuest.

If you were at this marina you would definitely know which way is north south east and west.

To say this compass at this beautiful marina is all encompassing

is an understatement.

MapQuest Original

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

This is the world's best tongue twister according to the Guinness book of world records.

The best tongue twister is the hardest one to pronounce with out stammering, stopping, stalling, stapling, steaming, starbucking, stooging, or stockpiling.

Some tongue twisters require a towel if the person uttering it is facing you and it contains the letter "p".

These sheep are sick or they've been playing paint ball, or they're going to a football game and are wearing their rainbow wigs.

MapQuest Original

To "MapQuest" something, or "I MapQuested it", is similar to  saying, "I Bing'd it, I Yahoo'd it, or I Googled it."
MapQuest has become a part of our language and culture.
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Route Planner
Maps
Driving Directions
Gas Prices
Satellite Maps
WalKing Directions
Major League Baseball App
Bus Directions
Traffic Routing
Points of Interest
Are just some of MapQuest services.
One service MapQuest does not currently offer is finding or locating a great sunset.
Because finding a great sunset is currently impossible,  we at MapQuest original will be posting many many beautiful sunsets.

Bi-Law MapQuest Original

The bi-Law says stoop and scoop, and use a leash.

That sounds reasonable and fair, and should be implemented everywhere.

If you were to MapQuest a dog park the rules might however be different at each dog park.

MapQuest Original

MapQuest Original RoCkS BiG.

Why?

Because it's the best.

By the way we can prove without a shadow of a doubt that we are correct.

We have substantial evidence, that if necessary would be admissible in any court of law. It's not just hearsay, or rumors contrived, or overhead on the grape vine.

So to say the proof is in the pudding is 100 gazillion percent spot on without a shadow correct.

These guitars are huge and MapQuest RoCkS huge.

MapQuest, May 20, 2014 Android app paint lightning ' clack' take 2

We totally forgot to mention in our last update that was titled "Android app paint lightning", what exactly the title meant.

The Android app called "Paint Lightning", was what we used to create the three diagrams on that particular web page, and the diagram that says 'paint lightning' on this page.

"Paint Lightning", it is a free app with low permissions, and the kids love to use it because it makes a cool arcing sound while you are drawing and or painting. If, however you find the arcing sound annoying you can turn it off.

Android App Paint Lightning, May 19, 2014

So let's say you're out and about and things are not going all that well. You missed a turn, and an off ramp, which has taken you miles and miles out of your way, and now you're behind schedule and running late. Which makes you drive faster in an unsafe manner, and you now risk getting traffic fines. So things are now kind of

There is a very simple remedy to thwart this type of everyday malady, and that is to limit the amount of driving errors you make on a daily basis. If you know where you are going these errors are less likely to occur, and one of the best ways to know where you are going is to utilize MapQuest.

When you go out into the world with advanced knowledge of your destiny by using driving directions and maps, you will find things working better and much more enjoyable, you will have a sunny attitude.

Zonked Out Zoned Zombies, April 17, 2014

This forest seems to be either dying or rebounding. Not being an arboriculturist we just don't know.
 One time at another similar forest location we happened to be talking to a local and we asked the local what had happened to all of the trees. Their response was that the condition was due to fire. The Local said that all to often young people go out in the woods to party and they do not extinguish their fire properly or they pass out and the wind picks up while they are still zonked out zoned zombies and a forest fire starts.
He said you can hear their cars music most of the night but you can't go up to them and monitor their actions. Yeah but the local law enforcement sure can, we would not tolerate this and we would call the cops.

Properly "Screwed" Pun Intended.

The pun of properly screwed in this particular instance is the word properly, because we are talking about the noun "Screw". A screw as a noun is not only a small metal pointed holding device with threads, that has a slot, phillips, robertson, allen, or other head on it, a screw is also what the "drive" or propeller is called on a vessel of a boat or ship.

Here is a diagram of an early screw or propeller, credits to Wikipedia.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/F._P._Smith%27s_original_1836_screw_propeller_patent.jpg



You can see how this propeller resembles the threads on a screw.



Back to the pun of properly screwed. The pun is PROPerly screwed, as in the Prop of

a propeller when referring to a boat screw.



Often when boating enthusiasts are talking about boats they will say, "one screw or two screws", which means, does it have one or two propellers.



When using old MapQuest or new MapQuest you will always know where you are, and you will not be "propellered".

Old MapQuest Classic Original May 14, 2014

When you use MapQuest Classic Original properly, you can rest assured that you are going to get to your destination in a timely manner, so unless something goes awry, your head will hit the pillow on time and you will be sleeping like a log.

Speaking of logs, if you were a lumber Jack back in the day, oh let's say around about 1900-ish, then you would have utilized this device. It is a log hauler, and the wheels are about 8 feet tall. It was generally pulled by horses.

Old MapQuest Classic Original

We have said it before and we don't hate too repeat ourselves so we will shout it again from the roof tops, tree tops, and box tops:

MapQuest® Rocks, Rox, Roks, Rahx. End of story, case closed, fini, the end, and they all lived happily ever after.

Odd MapQuest Pictures

Here are some off, odd, curious pictures.

We don't understand why there is a stop sign hanging from a tree, and why the stop sign has no standard stop sign post holding it up. Is this some kind of social comment, or is it the road Commission not doing their job.



The picture of the picnic table is not the result of the picnic table builder being drunk. The odd, lopsided, goofy looking picnic table is the result of PC, or political correctness. We assume the table is off set in this manner deliberately in order to accommodate a wheelchair. Yet the steep incline of the hill leading to the table is OK.



Imagine the thrill ride of a wheelchair occupant if the brake on their wheelchair were to let go.

Zig Zag Flag

There's a flag every fifty feet on both sides of the road and in the middle for a mile or so. That's at least close to about a billion or so, you do the math.

NoMoreTopTen

Classic MapQuest Driving Directions.

The good thing about this site is that we can crank out all of the not so good material that we want to (like the top 14 , our preceding post) and it really doesn't matter because we are alone here in cyberspace, we have no followers, fans, comments, likes, hates, thumb up, thumb down, thumbing ones nose, thumb up the keester, no stalkers, and all through the house, no creatures were stirring not even a grouse, the little louse.

So we will just keep pumping out the accolades to the best free Classic MapQuest Driving Directions, and posting superb pictures, that is if you're blind in one eye and can't see out the other.