Google gets you there

We suspect that once most of us settle into a city, we develop a pattern of where we go. We go to work, school, favorite restaurants, friend’s homes, etc. When we deviate from this pattern, getting directions has never been easier. The Scuttlebutt website has a banner link for Google Maps, which is not there because Google is paying big bucks to the Curmudgeon, but rather for the convenience of the Scuttlebutt website visitor. A reader suggested that we check to see if Google Maps could provide directions from New York to London. No problem, but we were a bit shocked at how many steps it took to complete the route - 63 steps. Heck, the simplest step was #24, which said, “Swim across the Atlantic Ocean - 3,462 miles.”