Funny things that really happen RV'ing
While traveling with my new wife's parents on a trip to N. Carolina, we were looking for a campground for the night. After some backroad searching, we decided to ask someone. There was a man setting o...
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PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
The DW can't know east from south without a compass. The DD can't even with a compass - as least her daughter can.
This a more pervasive situation than might be thought. In college (OK, it was 42 years ago) I conducted a study within another study which consisted of approaching a measured broad cross-section of people and simply asking them to point north with the sun clearly visible. 63% of them got it wrong and I allowed a 50 degree arc to count it right. I'm guessing that today with GPS, etc. it's likely a higher percentage.
