http://whatwetakeforgranted.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:57:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://whatwetakeforgranted.wordpress.com http://whatwetakeforgranted.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/060909-sign-posts/ http://whatwetakeforgranted.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/060909-sign-posts/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:57:50 +0000 whatwetakeforgranted http://whatwetakeforgranted.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/060909-sign-posts/ ]]> Yes, it sounds weird, but indeed we do take sign posts for granted! I was driving home last night and realised just how important sign posts are. Even with our sat navs or maps, we like the subtle reassurance of knowing we are actually in the right street, or if the sat nav should fail…we actually could navigate a bit. Even street signs, without them…chaos would follow! During the second world war, signposts were often blacked out or took down, so spies would be lost. Imagine that now? Especially with all our modern transport. This is why, sign posts are what I shall hail today. All hail sign posts!

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