Why I carry a chain tool

Bob wrote:

We can't admit it because, dammit! We're *guys*! I see that phenomenon
occur in another situation as well- when a guy gets lost in an
unfamiliar area. I don't know why it is but they will rarely ask
directions except as a last resort.

Our wife and I are reversed in this regard. I'd much rather stop and
ask someone than circle and try and figure it out. I've also finally
convinced her to look up the actual street address and cross streets
*before* we leave the house.

Of course, I think she finally has convinced me to call places instead
of assuming they'll actually keep their posted hours, still be in
business, have what I want in stock, aren't being attacked by
radioactive Aardvarks, etc.

That doesn't apply to me personally of course because I have never
been lost. I've occasionally taken a more scenic route and I was
confused once for two weeks on a wilderness hike but lost? Never.a

Remember, wherever you go, there you are.

--
Dane Buson -
No, I'm not interested in developing a powerful brain. All I'm after is
just a mediocre brain, something like the president of American Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
-- Alan Turing on the possibilities of a thinking
machine, 1943.

Dane Buson wrote:
Bob wrote:

We can't admit it because, dammit! We're *guys*! I see that phenomenon
occur in another situation as well- when a guy gets lost in an
unfamiliar area. I don't know why it is but they will rarely ask
directions except as a last resort.

Our wife and I are reversed in this regard. I'd much rather stop and
^^ My wife - 'Our Wife' seems to imply something quite outre indeed.

ask someone than circle and try and figure it out. I've also finally
convinced her to look up the actual street address and cross streets
*before* we leave the house.

--
Dane Buson -
The wind doth taste so bitter sweet,
Like Jaspar wine and sugar,
It must have blown through someone's feet,
Like those of Caspar Weinberger.
-- P. Opus