Strange place to find a map

[vtk]

Yesterday I was refueling my company van at a gas station near King's Island, on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio.  In the plastic "take one" bin for fleet card brochures, I found a map.  Who would put a map there?

Oh yeah, it's a 1988 ("1993 edition") Gousha map of Oakland and East Bay Cities, California.  Far from pristine but still useable.  Why would such a map be abandoned in southwest Ohio in 2012?

Oh well, another item for my map collection!

[Special K]

Why does anything happen?

[Scott5114]

I found a random OK map a few years out of date blowing across the casino parking lot one day.

[agentsteel53]

Why does anything happen?

I blame God.  brb punching him in the nuts.

[allniter89]

Why does anything happen?

to get to the other side

[Special K]

Why does anything happen?

I blame God.  brb punching him in the nuts.

He does have some 'splainin' to do.

[kphoger]

I blame God.  brb punching him in the nuts.

Don't hurt your rotator cuff.

[bugo]

My friend once found an ancient road map in an abandoned house.  He gave it to me knowing that I collect maps.

[Mr. Matté]

Why does anything happen?

I believe the correct answer is "Because you touch yourself at night."

[Special K]

Why does anything happen?

I believe the correct answer is "Because you touch yourself at night."

Well, if that's the case, I shall continue unabated.

[agentsteel53]

Well, if that's the case, I shall continue unabated.

thank you for your vigorous contribution to the world's happenings.

[vtk]

Wow, this thread rapidly devolved into a... I don't know what it is.  But it made me laugh!

[NE2]

Wow, this thread rapidly devolved into /b/...

[Takumi]

There. Now it's /b/. 

[kphoger]

7.
/b/ isn't illegal, its just frowned upon, like masturbating on a plane.

Full circle (though, unfortunately, not back to maps)

[Alps]

Mapsturbation: what Carl Rogers thinks we do at road meats

[intelati49]

Mapsturbation: what Carl Rogers thinks we do at road meats

I guess this is "Off topic..."

[Ian]

There. Now it's /b/. 

That's a le meme. It belongs on le 9gag.

[Takumi]

Mapsturbation: what Carl Rogers thinks we do at road meats

I guess this is "Off topic..."

Environmentology first, other things second.

That's a le meme. It belongs on le 9gag.

This one originated on Reddit, but rage comics in general did come from /b/.

[Ian]

That's a le meme. It belongs on le 9gag.

This one originated on Reddit, but rage comics in general did come from /b/.

I sort of knew that the NPH meme started on Reddit, but never knew that rage comics came originally from 4chan. I guess because 9gag steals everything and adds their own dumb additions to them.

[formulanone]

Die meme die! I thought this forum was immune to that garbage...

Flanagan's restaurants in South Florida typically offer nautical maps underneath the table tops. Great food, too.

[Takumi]

I only posted it to illustrate how bizarre this thread had become. I don't particularly care for them either. (Anymore.)

[triplemultiplex]

I have relation with a small cabin in northern Wisconsin.  Very rudimentary setup, with an outhouse and only seasonal running water and several outbuildings that have slowly succumbed to nature over the years.  Most of these outbuildings used discarded printing plates to cover the interior walls.  They are thin sheet metal that is scored with acid so ink can be forced through them onto paper.  You can usually see quite clearly on these metal sheets what was being printed.  Most of them were pages from local newspapers and various promotional brochures.  But one wall of one building had a map on it.  It was the 1:100,000 scale USGS 60x30 minute topo map for Rhinelander.

Talk about an unlikely place for a map.
That outbuilding finally bit the dust a number of years ago and the sheet metal map is gone.