Gnads wrote on Oct 20
th, 2026 at 10:06am:
He lives in a fantasy world.
If he was ex-military he wouldn't be getting lost 1 hr south of Rocky then taking a 3 hour detour west trying to find home again.
Blaming Telstra for his GPS on his mobile not working because they shut his service down for non payment of his bills.
Wake up Booby the bloke has chronic psychosis form substance & alcohol abuse.
So.... every ex-soldier you know, who does not travel extensively in retirement, could navigate his (or her) way in a 1.5 hour drive and not get lost to a place that he (or she) has not been to in about 15 years?
That is interesting. Because I bet there are plenty of people that go on holidays to nearby (but quite a distance) places that they don't have a great deal of familiarity and get somewhat lost. My own experience two years ago of coming back from Gladstone was one where I did not know which road to drive to get to the Mount Larcom turn off. No phone working (because "****ing Telthstra" decided that an overdue, but paid bill still warranted a barring to the user) to further lead me to getting lost.
What could I have done? Given that the library was closed, and I could not access their computers... and free wifi probably did not work for someone who had a bar on his phone, the only way I was making my way back to the Bruce Hwy would be to ask for directions. And I did... when I got to Dululu.
I dunno, Gnads. I suspect you have travelled a fair bit. But, even you would get lost in a town or city without access to a map or GPS.
Given that I had quit drinking for quite a while, any alcohol consumption before that day (which is probably 2 years ago today), "substance abuse" was not a factor. And I would probably be officially in the army, even with a psychosis condition back in my early 20s. It is good to have a girlfriend that could get her boss to write a medical withdrawal for me. East Timor would not have suited me well, in hindsight.