to have a Sat-Nav called Jane?

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Is this weird? DH thinks it is. I don't. who is right and AIU?

How odd that she is really Jane

I don't know what my sat navs voice is called, but my sat nav is called Suzie. She and I got off to a bit of a shaky start, it took us a month or two to really bond with eachother, but nowadays we get on very well.

DW is a wonderful woman with many talents and navigation is not one of them. Miss is a godsend.

DW is, however, better than MIL. This is a genuine transcript of her explanation of where I am to drive her:

MIL: Turn off where Auntie [name] used to live.
Me: [I have never heard of her] Where is that?
MIL: You know, just before that Post Office we used to go to.

Fortunately I remember the Post Office

Me: Turn off left or right?
MIL: Oh I don't know dear, the house has a blue door.

Later I learn that Auntie died during the Second World War - before I was born, let alone knew the family.

My satnav is called Emily, apparently... Garmin named her....

She's new, so far so good.... I like the fact that she actually knows the names of the streets.

she also, so far, has NOT taken me the cross garden country footpath way en route to my sister's place in Cornwall... not like Belinda, with her cut glass 'yaards'...

Old boots, how lovely it would be to have 5yo DS to give me the directions... for about HALF A MILE!

I get told what to do all day by him, on the road too?

I know of a couple, however, who used their new satnav to go to a wedding but tapped in the address of the printers whose imprint was on the invitation . . .

Mine is called Jo-Jo as we have Joanna Lumley doing the voice.

Andrew I can hardly bear to imagine the arguments in the car after they realised

On a satnav related note, after you can now get the voice of Brian Blessed on your satnav

Mum's sat nag is called Jane. Mine was too, until she was stolen, and then I got a got a got a garmin (really hoping that's not just a local radio network advert) and now she's called "snotty cow" - the garmins sound much more strict and scary. I may call her Ma'am.

Ours is called Geri, because she sounds geri-atric..... no ok I'll get my coat.

OMG our sat nav is Jane too!

Even though we have long since changed the name, we also ridicule her for her 'interesting' routes. Odd back roads and slightly bizarre side roads!

That's because TomTom named her Jane!'

I borrowed ex's garmin when we went to France. I nearly through her out of the window because of her utter inability to pronounce the word "recalculating" .

There's something I want to hear Brian Blessed say, Wolef.

His last words.

I'm really slightly upset that it seems we're sharing Sean with other families.

Sean is crap at directions (thanks TomTom) but he's got such a lovely voice while telling you to turn around where possible. And he doesn't mind that DH calls him 'yer feckin useless bogman'. He's far too polite, that's his problem.

I'd be tempted to get the Brian Blessed version, though. Does he tell drivers off when they take the wrong turning?