Lost? Nah, not me.

[Dayvo]

A man in Turkey, after drinking too much, gets ’lost’ but ends up in a search party to look for himself.
😁 😀

https://tiffytaffy.com/missing-drun...rZgyOKb35wb4FXbKgefm_7BJOkSwqMtfNO-7UlHAdI-Uc

 

[Profpointy]

A man in Turkey, after drinking too much, gets ’lost’ but ends up in a search party to look for himself.
😁 😀

https://tiffytaffy.com/missing-drun...rZgyOKb35wb4FXbKgefm_7BJOkSwqMtfNO-7UlHAdI-Uc

That is hilarious. In fairness to the guy, he genuinely wanted to help when he bumped into the search party, so as a public spirited individual joined in. Apart from the comedic cock-up element I think it reflects quite well on all concerned and the ongoing telling of the tale will doubtless compensate for the wasted effort.

 

[jayonabike]

Fair play to him. I have trouble finding the floor when I’m drunk!

 

[T4tomo]

There was a very similar, almost identical, incident about a month ago

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/m...ch-party-looking-for-him.280063/#post-6547778

 

[DCLane]

This is why I'm not a ride leader. Despite knowing the route for a ride, and having ridden it over 100 times, I still got lost when leading a group

 

[Profpointy]

I'm reminded of this incident

View: https://youtu.be/cIv-RWiBb-g

 

[ColinJ]

This is why I'm not a ride leader. Despite knowing the route for a ride, and having ridden it over 100 times, I still got lost when leading a group

That's what GPS is for!

My devices are old and slow so occasionally they don't respond quickly enough at complicated junctions or roundabouts. I might take the wrong exit but would notice within 50 metres and take corrective action.

In the past 15 years I have only got lost on rides the few times that I decided to improvise and not follow the route that I had carefully worked out beforehand.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This is why I'm not a ride leader. Despite knowing the route for a ride, and having ridden it over 100 times, I still got lost when leading a group

You just have to bluff it out if you take a wrong turn and hope it’ll rejoin somewhere you know before they notice any hesitancy😉

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

In 'The Thunderbolt Kid', Bill Brysons autobiography, he starts each chapter with a little paragraph taken from US newspapers, during his formative years, & one is along the same lines as the original post

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Hiker lost for 24 hours ignored rescuers' calls because 'they didn't recognize the number'

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...red-rescuers-calls-because-they-didn-n1282381

Is it just me that would have said 'had an accident, that wasn't your fault?' if they'd answered.

 

[classic33]

That's what GPS is for!

My devices are old and slow so occasionally they don't respond quickly enough at complicated junctions or roundabouts. I might take the wrong exit but would notice within 50 metres and take corrective action.

In the past 15 years I have only got lost on rides the few times that I decided to improvise and not follow the route that I had carefully worked out beforehand.

It's never lost, it's Temporary Geographical Embarrassment (TGE).

 

[ColinJ]

It's never lost, it's Temporary Geographical Embarrassment (TEG).

Or even TGE!

 

[classic33]

Or even TGE!

Auto corrected to TEG, which oddly enough:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thromboelastography

 

[ColinJ]

Auto corrected to TEG, which oddly enough:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thromboelastography

Interesting - that's one test that I hadn't heard of.

I like the way that they refer to a 'small sample of blood'...

No, a 'small sample' is what I give for my blood tests these days - from a needle prick in a finger. Enough to be put into the equivalent of a motorised milk churn - no! (Ok, probably a very small churn, but I much prefer one drop of blood on a slide.)