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Back in the 80s my family moved over a thousand miles away for dad to go to school. We were AAA members, and my parents visited the local AAA and got a TripTik. It seems they still have them (at least in name - seems to be an app or something now), but back then it was a linear map that was bound at the top. You would flip through the pages and the roadway you were to take was always oriented up / down along the paper. They would custom build it for you, inserting the appropriate sheets into the booklet, to get you to your destination. Then of course you could follow it backwards for the return trip. I remember they even manually highlighted the route, and would mark areas of construction on the map. They would also show points of interest and good places to stop.

Here are some pictures (random sources off the internet that match what I remember):
https://img0.etsystatic.com/00...

Fold out detail:
https://yearofadventure.files....

Here's one that's been stamped marking an area where delays might occur:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-2gf...

As long as 4700 years ago in Old Kingdom Egypt, trip guides using papyrus, folded in a succession with annotations (move your asses up the canyon on the left that has the gnarled old beobab tree . . .), guided Egyptians travelling to gold mining sites in the Egyptian and Nubian deserts.

Back in the 80s my family moved over a thousand miles away for dad to go to school. We were AAA members, and my parents visited the local AAA and got a TripTik. It seems they still have them (at least in name - seems to be an app or something now), but back then it was a linear map that was bound at the top. You would flip through the pages and the roadway you were to take was always oriented up / down along the paper. They would custom build it for you, inserting the appropriate sheets into the booklet, to get you to your destination. Then of course you could follow it backwards for the return trip. I remember they even manually highlighted the route, and would mark areas of construction on the map. They would also show points of interest and good places to stop.

Here are some pictures (random sources off the internet that match what I remember):
https://img0.etsystatic.com/00...

Fold out detail:
https://yearofadventure.files....

Here's one that's been stamped marking an area where delays might occur:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-2gf...

Apple has now patented a new design for the 2017 Airbuds. They're guaranteed not to fall out of your ears and there's even a security cable you can attach to your iPhone so you don't lose them.

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There's not much point in texture-mapping this to look like texture this, otherwise...

This is a cart blanche...

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And I have the bumper sticker to prove it.

Well the Apple line wasn't really intended for home use

Oh really ? Please tell me more !

These were all the rage back in the 1970's. A simple three touch-screen button interface and you're done. https://img1.etsystatic.com/01...

Sounds like nobody wants to live there. Wonder why that is..

Yeah, I wonder... it's so awful here:

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my parents had a rotary phone similar to this one when i was a kid...

http://img0.etsystatic.com/021...

no doubt it was the latest trend when they bought it

lol... memories :-)

You mean like THIS guy? http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.111497703.jpg