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Posted 06-07-2008 at 05:27 PM by Bobby J
Instructions for living life on 30/A.
written 7/26/2007
30A Review
I hate instructions and pride myself for never reading them. I only purchase floor models to avoid the ever complicated “assembly required, instructions within.” Two years ago, my wife bought me a sweet Garmin GPS for my birthday. I have just now gotten up the courage to attempt to read the instruction booklet. So I drank two triple espressos, ate a bowl of Kashi, and set out to conquer the impossible. To say that the instructions were confusing would be a gross understatement. They read like T. S. Elliot’s The Wasteland. You know, how you should understand what you are reading, but you are just not getting it? Or is that just me? At this point, I am not sure whether I am learning how to program in my address or fly the space shuttle. Frustrated and defeated I put the GPS back in the box and decided to go surfing. The waves were flat (big surprise) so I surfed instead on my favorite local website SoWal.com. The title of one of the threads was “Simple Instructions on 30/A”. Eureka! That is what instructions should be, simple. No intricate codes or indexed acronyms but common sense. Life on 30/A is simple. So are the guidelines for living here. If you are on vacation, here are some simple instructions to make your stay safe, and enjoyable. If you are a resident, here are some reminders as to why you moved here in the first place. Feel free to join me on SoWal.com to add a few of...
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