Google.com and maps

[okarol]

1. Go to www.google.com
2. Click on maps
3. Click on get directions
4. From: New York, New York -  To: Paris, France.
5. Read line #23
6. Laugh!

[jbeany]

I haven't got a suit. . .

[goofynina]

It's not working for me    I wanna laugh... 

[George Jung]

I only have one flipper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kitkatz]

But I can't swim that far!

[goofynina]

Hah, i got it now,  oh puhlease, no problem, give me a snorkel and stand back for my swan dive (yah right) who are they kidding? 

[tamara]

But I can't swin that far!

Oh my, SOMEBODY IS NOT USING SPELL CHECK !  

OR IS THIS KITZSPEAK? or otherwise Kit, can you teach me to swin?

 

[Hawkeye]

For those of you who would like to make the trip to Paris here are the directions.

Drive: 3,800 mi (about 29 days 7 hours) 
   
 1. Head southwest on Broadway toward Warren St 0.2 mi 1 min
 
 2. Turn left at Park Row 0.1 mi 1 min
 
 3. Slight right at Frankfort St 0.3 mi 1 min
 
 4. Turn left at Pearl St 56 ft
 
 5. Turn right onto the F.D.R. Dr N ramp 0.4 mi 1 min
 
 6. Merge onto FDR Dr N 7.7 mi 12 mins
 
 7. Take exit 17 on the left for Triboro Bridge/Grand Central Pkwy toward I-278/Bruckner Expy 0.4 mi 2 mins
 
 8. Merge onto Triborough Bridge Partial toll road 0.4 mi 1 min
 
 9. Merge onto I-278 E via the ramp to I-87 N/Bronx/Upstate N Y/New England 0.6 mi 1 min
 
 10. Take exit 47 to merge onto Bruckner Expy/I-278 E toward New Haven 1.9 mi 2 mins
 
 11. Take the I-278 E exit toward New Haven 0.3 mi
 
 12. Merge onto Bruckner Expy 5.0 mi 6 mins
 
 13. Continue on I-95 N  Partial toll road Entering Connecticut 62.1 mi 1 hour 12 mins
 
 14. Take exit 48 on the left to merge onto I-91 N toward Hartford 36.8 mi 37 mins
 
 15. Take exit 29 for US-5 N/CT-15 toward I-84/E Hartford/Boston 0.4 mi
 
 16. Merge onto CT-15 N 1.7 mi 2 mins
 
 17. Merge onto I-84 E  Partial toll road Entering Massachusetts 40.7 mi 38 mins
 
 18. Take the exit onto I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike toward N.H.-Maine/Boston Partial toll road 56.0 mi 56 mins
 
 19. Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy 0.4 mi 1 min
 
 20. Merge onto Atlantic Ave 0.8 mi 3 mins
 
 21. Turn right at Central St 0.1 mi
 
 22. Turn right at Long Wharf 0.1 mi
 
 23. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3,462 mi 29 days 0 hours  
 
 24. Slight right at E05 0.5 mi 2 mins
 
 25. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban 0.1 mi
 
 26. Turn right at E05 Partial toll road 17.3 mi 22 mins
 
 27. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A131/E05 heading to A131/Rouen/Paris/Evreux Partial toll road 9.1 mi 8 mins
 
 28. Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie Partial toll road 20.3 mi 17 mins
 
 29. Take the exit onto A13/E05/L'Autoroute de Normandie Partial toll road 56.5 mi 47 mins
 
 30. Take the exit on the left onto A14 toward Nanterre/La Défense Partial toll road 12.5 mi 16 mins
 
 31. Slight right at N13 1.4 mi 3 mins
 
 32. Turn right at Avenue de Neuilly/N13 269 ft
 
 33. At the traffic circle, take the 4th exit onto Avenue de la Grande Armée 0.7 mi 3 mins
 
 34. At Place Charles de Gaulle, take the 5th exit onto Avenue des Champs-Elysées 1.3 mi 3 mins
 
 35. Slight right at Voie Georges Pompidou 1.4 mi 3 mins
 
 36. Slight left to stay on Voie Georges Pompidou 440 ft
 
 37. Slight right at Quai de la Mégisserie 377 ft
 
 38. Continue on Quai de Gesvres 0.2 mi 1 min
 
 39. Turn left at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville 194 ft
 

[livecam]

Karol, I found your house with Google Earth but when I wanted to go to Paris I went to sidestep.com, bought the cheapest ticket for the date I wanted, drove to LAX, waited in the long line, took all my drugs aboard the plane with no problems, and went.  The food is great on international flights and the pilot does all the driving. Thats all.

[Sluff]

Hilarious 

[Hawkeye]

Just how do they know that it will take 29 days to swim across the ocean?  Is this including breaks, meals, and sleeping or straight through? 

[okarol]

Karol, I found your house with Google Earth but when I wanted to go to Paris I went to sidestep.com, bought the cheapest ticket for the date I wanted, drove to LAX, waited in the long line, took all my drugs aboard the plane with no problems, and went.  The food is great on international flights and the pilot does all the driving. Thats all.

Funny guy. You don't have my address.
When did you go to Paris?

[goofynina]

Karol, I found your house with Google Earth but when I wanted to go to Paris I went to sidestep.com, bought the cheapest ticket for the date I wanted, drove to LAX, waited in the long line, took all my drugs aboard the plane with no problems, and went.  The food is great on international flights and the pilot does all the driving. Thats all.

Funny guy. You don't have my address.
When did you go to Paris?

You sure about that Okarol, i believe Livecam (Big Daddy)  knows more than we'd like him to know    Afterall, we do have his money   

[livecam]

Better watch out Susie.  I know where you live too.  We're driving up the valley one of these days and when we get there you are going to cook.  Yes you heard me..cook and we're going to eat.

See you soon!

[goofynina]

Better watch out Susie.  I know where you live too.  We're driving up the valley one of these days and when we get there you are going to cook.  Yes you heard me..cook and we're going to eat.

See you soon!

Yes "Big Daddy"    (shit, now i have to clean my house)     That would be awesome, looking forward to it.   

[kitkatz]

But I can't swin that far!

Oh my, SOMEBODY IS NOT USING SPELL CHECK !  

OR IS THIS KITZSPEAK? or otherwise Kit, can you teach me to swin?

 

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It looked right to me the other night when I posted it. You know they eyes are getting older. Besides why can't I swin if I want to?

[tamara]

You can do what you want Kitkatz, and if that includes swinning go for it, as long as you are using spellcheck 

[Wattle]

  I tried New York, New York to Australia and this is what I got.... We could not calculate driving directions between new york, new york and australia.


  But it could make you swim to France   

[goofynina]

I tried New York, New York to Australia and this is what I got.... We could not calculate driving directions between new york, new york and australia.
  But it could make you swim to France    

No no no Wattle, don't SWIM there, i heard it is faster if you Swin there, aint that right Kit?    i think you have to be naked though, i think it is a mix between SWIM and SKIN = SWIN 

[vandie]

Karol, I found your house with Google Earth but when I wanted to go to Paris I went to sidestep.com, bought the cheapest ticket for the date I wanted, drove to LAX, waited in the long line, took all my drugs aboard the plane with no problems, and went.  The food is great on international flights and the pilot does all the driving. Thats all.

The food is great on international flights?   

This is a funny thread in so many ways.

[Sluff]

What if you don't know how to swim? SOL I guess.

[jedimaster]

Funny...I wonder how people find these things.

[kitkatz]

Some of us have waaay too much time on our hands!

[okarol]

I have had fun looking at the "Street Views" on Google maps. The photo posted below is my house.
You can go to Google maps, type in your street address and if they've video'd your street you can see your house!

Or try it this way:

Explore neighborhoods at street level–virtually.

Tour streetscapes and see 360° images

Use Street View to:
   View street level photographs (select cities)
   Take virtual walks; pan, rotate and zoom
   Explore cityscapes, landmarks, points of interest
   Find shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and more

Learn how to use street view http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=68476&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google-svn&utm_medium=ha#street_views