Could you find your way out of the woods if you were dropped in the middle of nowhere?
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JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
robingoodfellow · M
That’s an interesting term. @robingoodfellow
robingoodfellow · M
@deathfairy it's resonated with me ever since I read it.
LordShadowfire · 51-55, M
@robingoodfellow I've noticed that when I focus on nothing else, I can pretty much tell where North is. It feels up, if that makes sense.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Only if I had a reference point.
The concluding chapter of This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong, an interesting as well as humorous book on cartography, cites research that increasingly people who use GPS (or satnav as the Brits, including the authors call it) for directions to anything and everything are losing the ability to find their way anywhere on their own. They have lost all sense of dead reckoning, points of reference, from only staring at and/or listening to their car/smartphone give turning directions.
Thankfully horses were never given smartphones back in the day. And yes, I am that old.
The concluding chapter of This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong, an interesting as well as humorous book on cartography, cites research that increasingly people who use GPS (or satnav as the Brits, including the authors call it) for directions to anything and everything are losing the ability to find their way anywhere on their own. They have lost all sense of dead reckoning, points of reference, from only staring at and/or listening to their car/smartphone give turning directions.
Thankfully horses were never given smartphones back in the day. And yes, I am that old.
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swirlie · 31-35, F
@dancingtongue
American slang isn't spoken in Canada, dancing tongue and Canada lies right next door to the USA! Being American, you may need SatNav to find it. But if you only have American GPS at your disposal, just go outside on a windy day and put your back to the wind, then stick out your left arm and point your left hand finger, then go the way your finger is pointing... eventually, you'll come to Canada.
Obviously your fragile American ego is threatened by the fact that the world doesn't actually revolve around the whims of the United States of America nor ever has. You really need to get a grip on the world's true perception of the USA because you and all Americans live in a delusion of grandiosity that's been bubble-wrapped and insulated from the reality of the world that surrounds your bankrupt country.
But the point remains, that GPS has come to mean both in American English which, like it or not, tends to become the predominant English spoken outside the Commonwealth because of American domination of the international entertainment industry and the Internet.
American slang isn't spoken in Canada, dancing tongue and Canada lies right next door to the USA! Being American, you may need SatNav to find it. But if you only have American GPS at your disposal, just go outside on a windy day and put your back to the wind, then stick out your left arm and point your left hand finger, then go the way your finger is pointing... eventually, you'll come to Canada.
Obviously your fragile American ego is threatened by the fact that the world doesn't actually revolve around the whims of the United States of America nor ever has. You really need to get a grip on the world's true perception of the USA because you and all Americans live in a delusion of grandiosity that's been bubble-wrapped and insulated from the reality of the world that surrounds your bankrupt country.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@swirlie I am quite aware of the language difference--and where to find your lovely country--having traveled quite a bit of your country, from Quebec to Vancouver Island and in between. As well as quite a bit of the rest of the world.
'Tis not I who has gotten their knickers in a twist over something off-topic, eh?
'Tis not I who has gotten their knickers in a twist over something off-topic, eh?
swirlie · 31-35, F
@dancingtongue
Twisted knickers? Now I can't even imagine what that must feel like!
Twisted knickers? Now I can't even imagine what that must feel like!
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Mamapolo2016 · F
plungesponge · 41-45, M
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KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@rinkydinkydoink Why waste the energy building a two-man shelter as you are on your own.
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RodneyTrotter1 · 100+, M
Yes, I'd just need a water source (a stream usually leads to civilisation) and daylight.
Most woodland is grown for industrial use so if there wasn't a stream a vehicle track probably wouldn't be far away, just walk a mile or two in each direction until I find one.
Most woodland is grown for industrial use so if there wasn't a stream a vehicle track probably wouldn't be far away, just walk a mile or two in each direction until I find one.
Boeing · 36-40
depending on how big woods are we talking about. And season. If it's winter and I have no food/shelter then I don't know if I'll have the time. I want to think I would miraculously somehow, perhaps some eagle or coyote would help me
Likestoenjoylife · 51-55, M
Not if I wasnt familiar with the woods or area might eventually find my way out but that would depend on the terrian
deadmoon · 31-35, F
I lose sight of my north, south, east, and west the second I enter a building…
gregloa · 61-69, M
As long as I had a woman to make me a sammich and get me a beer.
scorpiolovedeep · 51-55, M
Yes.
As long as I have a drone or a UHF with me.
As long as I have a drone or a UHF with me.
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
If it’s Summer.. I’m confident.. 🤔
Horok · 31-35, M
May be with some luck otherwise no.
Kiesel · 56-60, M
If Rambo can do it then surely I can!! 🤷🏻♂
exexec · 70-79, C
Yes, I have those skills.
Angelboy · M
Yes most definitely
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Easily and have done so.
TAReturns · M
Eventually 👍
fun4us2b · M
I think so
GoFish · 41-45, F
yep
lissah · 36-40, F
Yes
Dino11 · M
👍
FreeLittleBird · F
LordShadowfire · 51-55, M
I think I could. We begin with the fact that moss growing only on the north side of trees is a myth. It actually grows the thickest there. So right there, I have my geographic directions. The next step is to find a creek or river. Follow it downhill, and I eventually find a lake. If I'm in Oregon, and I'm at a lake, it's only a matter of time before a fisherman shows up.
swirlie · 31-35, F
The middle of nowhere is in that space between neither here nor there.
NativePortlander1970 · 56-60