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For those of you that don't know, there are two Harvard Squares in the Boston area. One is where you'd expect it to be (in Cambridge).
The other one is in Charlestown.
I looked up Harvard Square on Google Maps, printed my directions, and stored them in my travel folder. I was set – right?
Wrong.
The Harvard Square that comes up first on Google Maps isn't the one in Cambridge!
Google Maps never alerted me that I had two Harvard Squares from which to choose. In fact, Google defaulted to the more remote location (so I missed my lunch date).
I blame myself. I should have been more careful.
I am just amazed at how blindly I relied on Google to give me the right answer. I'll certainly be more careful next time!
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Now it’s huge, and sits outside on the back porch. We’ve warned the boys about it, and I make a point of collecting the fallen leaves and dumping them in the compost pile (composting will break down the toxins — Isdf checked), but it still makes me twitchy.
Thanks for making me laugh, Steve. See you for lunch soon – can’t wait!
Ann,
1. Nope. Didn’t know that there were two Harvard Squares.
2. Now we both know:-)
Do you think that the fact that neither Larry Page nor Sergey Brin went to Harvard has anything to do with the confusion?
This could beg the question; “How many Stanford grad school geniuses does it take to find their way to Harvard Square?”
Film at 11. . .
Yes, Karin – it’s a little scary! Nice to “see” you again!
Ann
Hi Ann
Your post triggered my own – funny not, how we come to rely on finding the correct information and quickly online nowadays.
Adn get frustrated when it doesn’t automagically appears on our screen!
Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)
The Quest for ‘Glote Gliebels’
I’m sure you do it too. Whenever you have a discussion and you can’t find the exact answer, the correct memory or link to the past nowadays your reactions/solutions is: oh, we just google on it, shall we? Everything is