This last item comes in
very handy on my way to New Hampshire and back again as I am pushing the speed
limit just a bit. I wonder if I have to physically
see the Waze app in action or if it will talk to me. I have the sounds on, but, as I said, I am
still in the experimentation stage.
Waze, like my GPS, can be
set to different voices. My GPS is set
to Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, who also played Il Duce in Boondock Saints, because I like to hear him
make fun of me when I take wrong turns or hit shortcuts “he” doesn’t know
about. While playing around with Waze, I
discovered it can be set to Elvis. I’m
not a huge Elvis fan. I remember in the
mid-seventies when he staged a comeback, I was shocked because I thought he’d
already died. Now, though, Elvis is
alive and well and smoothly telling me such things as, “Whoa, check it out,
baby, police reported ahead!”
On my way home, Elvis and
Billy are having a duel of words. In one
ear I have Elvis imploring me, “Hey, baby, a-take a left.” In the other ear, I have Billy telling me
that it is advisable to turn my entire car around and not to turn just myself
around in the front seat.
I’m not sure which one to
listen to anymore.
No matter. Both Elvis and Billy see me safely to the
driveway. They may talk a good game, but
… Nope; nothing else. That’s their only
job: to talk a good game. Thanks, Elvis
and Billy, ah-thank you, thank you very much.
