1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
"Haugesund" into the "City" field
3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
"Trondheim" into the "City" field
4. Click on "Get Directions"

No comment...just a huge LoL!

K
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From:	whoisthis
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:14:27 +1300

In article <35akclF4iphtpU1@individual.net>,
"ams67" wrote:

> 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
> 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Haugesund" into the "City" field
> 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Trondheim" into the "City" field
> 4. Click on "Get Directions"
>
> No comment...just a huge LoL!
>
> K

Must use the ancient Viking Route pioneered some 1100 years ago, or
perhaps its and indication how pissed the average slavic gets when the
leave the country.....lol

From:	Axle
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:34:16 +1300

whoisthis wrote:
> In article <35akclF4iphtpU1@individual.net>,
> "ams67" wrote:
>
>
>>1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
>>2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>>"Haugesund" into the "City" field
>>3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>>"Trondheim" into the "City" field
>>4. Click on "Get Directions"
>>
>>No comment...just a huge LoL!
>>
>>K
>
>
> Must use the ancient Viking Route pioneered some 1100 years ago, or
> perhaps its and indication how pissed the average slavic gets when the
> leave the country.....lol

Slavic ? also sounds a little geographically challenged.
Nordic maybe.

or Geordie, perhaps its got something to do with Jimmy Nail.
Even if you click the shortest route option it still insists on a trip
to Newcastle on Tyne

From:	-=rjh=-
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:27:33 +1300

whoisthis wrote:
> In article <35akclF4iphtpU1@individual.net>,
> "ams67" wrote:
>
>
>>1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
>>2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>>"Haugesund" into the "City" field
>>3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>>"Trondheim" into the "City" field
>>4. Click on "Get Directions"
>>
>>No comment...just a huge LoL!
>>
>>K
>
>
> Must use the ancient Viking Route pioneered some 1100 years ago, or
> perhaps its and indication how pissed the average slavic gets when the
> leave the country.....lol

You're probably right - IIRC scandinavian countries pay quite high taxes
on alcohol; as a result scandinavians tend to get horribly messy on the
ferries to UK and Europe.

Hence choosing a route that maximises ferry time :-)

From:	Anonymous Man Walking
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:16:15 +1300

There may be a shortcut via some backroads. But you would need to ask
the locals!

From:	EMB
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:41:38 +1300

ams67 wrote:
> 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
> 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Haugesund" into the "City" field
> 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Trondheim" into the "City" field
> 4. Click on "Get Directions"
>
> No comment...just a huge LoL!

That's the sort of thing that happens when I let my wife navigate :-)

--
EMB

From:	Matty
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:52:35 +1300

EMB wrote:
> ams67 wrote:
>
>> 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
>> 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>> "Haugesund" into the "City" field
>> 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>> "Trondheim" into the "City" field
>> 4. Click on "Get Directions"
>>
>> No comment...just a huge LoL!
>
>
> That's the sort of thing that happens when I let my wife navigate :-)
>
Try going to "Oslo" instead of "Trondheim".
It's even more ridiculous!

From:	Collector»NZ
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:32:28 +1300

EMB said the following on 21/01/2005 10:41 a.m.:
> ams67 wrote:
>
>> 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
>> 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>> "Haugesund" into the "City" field
>> 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>> "Trondheim" into the "City" field
>> 4. Click on "Get Directions"
>>
>> No comment...just a huge LoL!
>
>
> That's the sort of thing that happens when I let my wife navigate :-)
>
Is your domain name email working, sent a couple to it and wondered?

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From:	GraB
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:15:16 +1300

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:56:08 +1300, "ams67"
wrote:

>1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
>2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>"Haugesund" into the "City" field
>3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
>"Trondheim" into the "City" field
>4. Click on "Get Directions"
>
>No comment...just a huge LoL!
>
>K
Typical of Microsoft's convoluted way of doing things.

From:	Chris Hope
Subject:	Re: Microsoft gives driving directions
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:08:02 +1300

ams67 wrote:

> 1. Go to http://mappoint.msn.com/DirectionsFind.aspx
> 2. In the Start section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Haugesund" into the "City" field
> 3. In the End section, select "Norway" from the listbox and enter
> "Trondheim" into the "City" field
> 4. Click on "Get Directions"
>
> No comment...just a huge LoL!

Phew, that's quite a drive. I hope you don't have to do it often ;)

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