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[+]. And alternate sets of colour-coded
arrows to tell you how to fold Milton
Keynes into the armpit of a giraffe. |
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Parmenter's Pointers (+) (obscure F-Troop reference) |
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We are concerned that USAF pilots might misinterpret the arrows as "Bomb Here !" directions. |
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[MB], Milton Keynes is already in the armpit of a giraffe.
As to the idea; you fold maps how they were folded before. Really, how hard is it? |
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// Really, how hard is it?
The problem is that you have to fold in a certain order - e.g., do the vertical folds first, then the horizontals; or worse, folding the middle first, than in the resulting middle, etc.
If you pay attention to a vertical or horizontal at the wrong time, you can encounter anything from an impossible alternating concave/convex fold pattern to something that superficially folds alright, but places contradictory convex/concave folds on top of each other, for you to run into at a later time.
This is nothing that a bit of calm consideration on the kitchen table can't fix, but try doing it at night, on a windy street corner with mittens on, and it gets harder.
And once you've done it wrong, your new folds obscure the original directions. |
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Thank you [jutta]. Folding it while sitting in the passenger seat without map corners protruding into the driver's face is also not facile. |
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And hence the plastic-coated maps that don't mind which way you fold them (and don't mind getting wet, either). |
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// don't mind getting wet // |
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Hmmm, pathetic fallacy, hmm..... |
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Didn't you see "She's Having a Baby?" You fold them back and forth back and forth. |
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Just so long as you didn't have to pick up any tooling. [+] |
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Useful - or is that not such a
compliment here? [+] |
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There once was a time when all maps folded the same way - concertina across from the left hand side then fold the resultant strip in half, thirds or quarters depending on map size. |
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The advent of the 'easy fold' map confused things, introducing zany half-and-half-again folding styles into a once perfectly rational realm of endeavour. |
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Ah, those happy, innocent days of two-dimensional topology ..... where are they now ? |
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