-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-09-19  13:12 <=-

 NB>> My feelings as well... and I do go to AAA and get my maps from them,
 NB>> sometimes also getting the TourBook(s) for the region(s) I'm
 NB>> visiting... and I'll sit down with their advisors and plan out my
 NB>> trip, to get the TripTik custom-made to my preferences...

 DS> I also use their identity theft monitoring, along with one from
 DS> Discover Card. I don't have a credit card anymore, but after being the
 DS> victim of identity theft several years ago, one can't be too careful.

I don't use AAA's for that... did have one for free for a while after
something had been hacked... never have had an issue, thankfully...  
 
 NB>> That can work, too... although it's not quite as flexible...  

 DS> Well, not having funding to travel makes it less flexible. 

There is that... ;0

 DS> If the car "looks like crap", they're not as likely to steal it.

Except, perhaps, for a joy ride....

 DS> I remember several years ago, in the Dallas area, there was a rash
 DS> of car break-ins, thefts, etc. So, the police department rigged up
 DS> these real nice cars into "rolling booby traps"...yet, they looked like
 DS> nothing fancy had been done to them. They'd leave the vehicle in a
 DS> high theft area, with keys in the ignition, unlocked, etc. baiting the
 DS> thieves.
 DS> On one TV show, Janice and I were watching it...and the cops were
 DS> laughing like mad at the thieves actions. The cops let them have their
 DS> fun for a time, then decided they'd had enough. They pressed a button,
 DS> and the doors locked, the windows rolled up, the engine died, and as
 DS> the car coasted to a stop, the radio blared the theme from
 DS> COPS"..."What 'cha gonna do when they come for you??", as police cars
 DS> pulled up around the vehicle. The thugs were dead to rights...caught in
 DS> the act!! 

I wonder if they thought twice the next time.... <G>

 NB>> So what was the GPS for, anyway, then....?  Or am I still missing
 NB>> something....?

 DS> Usually it was for us to see where we were on the route. As we
 DS> traveled from central to northwest Arkansas and back, it gave us
 DS> updates on traffic, construction, detours (if needed, etc.).

But if you were on a train, what good are those updates....?  If you
were driving a vehicle, I understand better.... 

 DS> I now use the app from IDriveArkansas.Com -- both on the phone and
 DS> the website...checking that before I go out. If I see traffic
 DS> snarls, I avoid the area, or delay the trip.

Warned ahead of time... you'd be able to make other plans, then...

ttyl      neb

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