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.

Mellow Yellow Submarine

Warning! Do not use MapQuest®  if you are 1. A sleepy seasick swashbuckler who's 'keepin it reel'.
2. Traveling in a submarine, be it yellow or any colour.
3. Taking a long Bungee jump on a short bridge.
4. Wearing lederhosen driving to a dictators house.
5. Wearing a puffy shirt.
6. Reading this, and ironing a puffy shirt.
7. You are lost, but you always will be, and you like it that way.
8. Are saving money on car insurance.
9. Have ever been in the cast of "Cats".
10. Thinking this is Lettermans top ten list.
11. Wearing anything puffy.
12. Flying a kite in a storm because you should be on the $3 Bill.
13. You think 13 is unlucky.
14. And the number 14 top ten reason to not use MapQuest® is, 'Bacon'.

What good is knowing where you are using MapQuest if it doesn't look like this?

We double dog dare you.

To find an old tractor, railway crossing, or a beautiful sunset like these. Maybe we will up the ante and triple dog dare you, the stakes are high, are you in, or do you fold em?

Now if you were using the best of the best driving directions and maps, which you guessed it, is the infamous MapQuest®, you might have a chance at the triple dog dare you.

Sizzling silent silo silhouetted silhouettes.

If you can say that without garnering a major tongue cramp you are good.

If you are out and about don't forget to use the free-est best-est driving directions and maps on the planet mother Earth, MapQuest®.

Where's the fire! Its not a fire, its Thomas the Tank Engine.  Thomas is number 1 with the kids and his number painted on him is the number "#1". Thomas is a beloved train in an animated/cg long running tv series.

A full scale, life size Thomas travels the country and offers " a day out with Thomas" at private railways around the country. Admission is quite pricey but the tickets usually sell out fast for an event the kids will never forget.

The best way to find the railways where Thomas will be, is to utilize MapQuest®.

Donate my car to pay asbestos lawyer

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 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.

MapQuest® "Local" Rocks !
If you have never tried MapQuest "Local" you should give it a try. It will magically show you the area that you are currently in.(okay it's not magic but it is automatic)

Our favorite thing about the "Local" function is the touch screen map. When on a smartphone or touch screen device like a tablet or laptop, you can actually touch the screen and move/scroll the map around, which is light years ahead of having to use the old style cursor icon.

The Local function gives you the option of searching for nearby locations such as food and drink, arts and entertainment, hotels and lodging, and editors picks.

A very useful tip when using a smartphone and Local is to utilize wifi, that is if you have your GPS setting turned off on the smart phone, (which you should unless you're actually in the process of using your GPS). Otherwise any application will recognize your location to be where the cell phone tower is located, which could be tens of miles away from your actual location.
Another cool feature of being a logged in user of MapQuest® is that you can post pictures of where you are or leave comments. For instance, if you found a really great restaurant on Local, you could let everyone else who uses Local there, know of your good experience.