Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSee this is what life was like before Google maps. You never knew which route was the fastest
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoRight before gmaps, you had mapquest. You had to print out your route on paper. Read while driving, and if there was any deviance in the route like construstion, fuck you.
minus-squareGreyBeard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoHighway signage was critical. If you were traveling, you could tell which states sucked by them not having any signs pointing you back to the highway.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months ago you could tell which states sucked by them not having any signs pointing you back to the highway. “Oh no you don’t! We’re not showing you how to get out of here! You’re part of OUR tax base now!”
See this is what life was like before Google maps. You never knew which route was the fastest
Right before gmaps, you had mapquest. You had to print out your route on paper. Read while driving, and if there was any deviance in the route like construstion, fuck you.
Highway signage was critical. If you were traveling, you could tell which states sucked by them not having any signs pointing you back to the highway.
“Oh no you don’t! We’re not showing you how to get out of here! You’re part of OUR tax base now!”