• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    My passenger seat-back pocket was always stuffed with Rand McNally’s.

    I wonder if kids today would even know to stop at a gas station for directions if they got lost.

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      4 months ago

      Those gas stations used to have a map rack. One in my town next to a freeway had a laminated one on the wall behind the maps with a big arrow saying “You are here.”

      When people asked for directions the clerks just pointed.