Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 8 months agoTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.imagemessage-square132arrow-up1952arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: customs_brokerthe_heinlein_society
arrow-up1942arrow-down1imageTIL the Apollo 11 astronauts had to go through immigration in Hawaii when they splashed down because they had left U.S. borders.Flying Squid to Today I LearnedEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square132file-textcross-posted to: customs_brokerthe_heinlein_society
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•8 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-squareGreyBeardlinkfedilinkEnglish9•8 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-square@Viking_HippielinkEnglish4•8 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!”
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!”