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Well a compass!! From the top go south and the bottom go north P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of andrew burke Sent: 16 September 2010 05:16 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: snap: Burke to Burke Methinks perhaps I should write a poem giving Burke a GPS ... and the tragedy coming from lack of satellite coverage ... Whaddya think? Andrew the Uninspired On 16 September 2010 10:20, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Well, Max. Patrick and other cynics, GPS devices are getting more and more > sophisticated every day <g> However, the drivers aren't ... We lag behind. > But you have to update maps which is why we bought a new one. The maps were > going to cost $100, and we would have to pay that every year or so to keep > up to date, whereas our new one, another brand, has FREE renewable maps, up > to four times a year. Only cost $60 more. Much more betterer. > > And my apologies for my spelling: 'dieing' for 'dying' - Damn. > > I feel the poem needs some oomph, but don't know where or how, so comments > are still appreciated. > > > Andrew > > > > > On 16 September 2010 08:47, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> My wife's new Peugeot came with a GPS, which when switched on showed her >> how >> to begin at the Champs Elysees and navigate anywhere in Europe including >> Man Island. >> She had it exchanged for an Aussie GPS, which proceeded to take us into >> South Australia OK, but told 'Goolwa', took us off the main signposted >> road >> into the bush, while I protested and my wife said Trust it, and its chosen >> route died at a farm gate. >> Only last weekend I drove her in it up into the Dandenong Ranges to >> Kalorama. >> The GPS suggested we turn off the main road into the old steep narrow >> winding road. I refused. She would have gone that way and ended up at some >> cliff edge where reversing and returning was scary. >> >> Max who still prefers maps. >> >> >> >> On 16/09/10 1:56 AM, "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> > Gosh the horror of placing one's life in the hands of a GPS thingy!! >> > Beware P >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On >> > Behalf Of andrew burke >> > Sent: 15 September 2010 09:59 >> > To: [log in to unmask] >> > Subject: snap: Burke to Burke >> > >> > Because we're leaving the city >> > next week, my wife bought >> > a GPS to find our way. As the till >> > rang up our purchase, I thought >> > of Robert O'Hara Burke dieing at >> > dried-up Cooper's Creek, unable to get >> > back to what passed for civilisation >> > in Terra Australis 1860. >> > Now we read *Instructions To Begin* >> > at our pinewood kitchen table >> > instead of a sad 'Sorry' note >> > stuck in a tree, at a camp >> > recently deserted, our civilised route >> > spelt out by a prerecorded voice - >> > *Turn left ... Take the third exit ...* >> > It could've been handy for Burke >> > back then when there were >> > no highways, no roadside diners. >> > >> > * >> > * >> > A little history for you:* >> > >> > 2010 is the 150th anniversary of the *Burke & Wills Expedition*. The >> > expedition was originally called the * Victorian Exploring Expedition* >> and >> > its aim was to cross the continent of Australia from Melbourne on the >> south >> > coast to the north coast, which at the time was uninhabited by the >> migaloo >> > (white-fella). No one had done this before, and to the Victorian >> colonists >> > the centre of the continent was unknown, unmapped and unexplored. >> > The expedition was organised by the Royal Society of >> > Victoria< >> http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/Royal_Society/Royal_Society_of_Vict >> > oria.htm>and >> > it became the first to cross the continent. Three men traveled 5,000 >> > kilometres from Melbourne to the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria and >> then >> > back to the Depôt Camp at Cooper Creek. Seven men died in the attempt, >> > including the leader, Robert O'Hara Burke and the third in command >> William >> > John Wills. Only one man, John King, survived to return to Melbourne. >> > >> > PS: It is anachronistic to call it Terra Australis in 1860, but it >> sounds >> > good! >> > >> > Andrew >> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ >> > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at >> > http://www.picaropress.com/ >> > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 >> > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html >> >> -- >> > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at > http://www.picaropress.com/ > http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 > http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html > > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at http://www.picaropress.com/ http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html