Someone at Google must love Subway Sandwiches

[Spud]

So, it's been tooooo long since I've been on a road trip, but the weather is going to break soon and I'm planning.

Here's the glitch: Go to google maps. Get directions.

from: Riggins, Idaho

to: Stanley, Idaho

Every time I check it, it makes about a 50 mile out and back detour, and does a loop right around a Subway Sandwiches in Horseshoe Bend. Zoom in to check it out.

I guess they include a lunch stop just for fun!

 

[RossKean]

But it doesn't do it if you reverse the direction.

 

[Spud]

But it doesn't do it if you reverse the direction.

Hmmm...I guess that makes sense. There's a diner in Riggins with great food, but Stanley is slim pickens, so they're suggesting you get a sub if heading east

 

[gixxerjasen]

That's funny.

 

[TomInPA]

I had lunch in Stanley and waited for a T-storm to blow over while a nice Russian exchange student served burgers and fries. Great place Stanley. They apparently get kids to come from all over the world to work for next to nothing in return for spending their summers in he mountain paradise.

 

[Spud]

There actually is an excellent (and expensive) restaurant just down the road from Stanley at the Redfish Lake Lodge. This is a pic off their website--the scenery is pretty unbelievable.

https://www.redfishlake.com/dining/

 

[RadioHowie]

Note to self: file pic under "Hot chick w/dork". Save for "later".

 

[majicmaker]

Note to self: file pic under "Hot chick w/dork". Save for "later".

That's Funny!! )

 

[wfooshee]

Something in their map data disallows a left from 55 onto Banks Lowman, so it goes to the "closest" turnaround.

Weird gaps are more common than you think in map data. My 2720 refused to route me home to Panama City from Las Vegas, said no route could be found. I discovered later that a big chunk of New Mexico was missing from the detail map on the device, but the same map on the laptop was fine. I'd worry about it, but it''l be years (decades) before I'm out there again on the surface, and it's a 2-year-old map anyway, about time to update.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Just for the hell of it, here's a thread hijack. IMHO, Subway sucks. They slice halfway through the bread and cram all the stuff into that narrow little opening so it looks like it's jammed full. When I'm traveling, I always go to the biggest supermarket in town, get one of the nice ladies in the deli to custom-make me a sandwich on my choice of bread, buy a bottled drink, and stop at the next scenic place I come to and have a nice picnic.

Most of those deli counters, BTW (Safeway, for one), will give you two portions of whatever meat you want for only a very marginal extra charge--nowhere near double the price of the sandwich, even though it's the most expensive ingredient. This has been a public service. Now go back to talking about Google Maps.

 

[Bustanut joker]

Note to self: file pic under "Hot chick w/dork". Save for "later".

I should report this... But I won't as I agree. :****:

 

[Bustanut joker]

I do that too Mike.. Carry a big cooler in the truck and have save half for later or the next day.

 

[juniorfjr]

I do that too Mike.. Carry a big cooler in the truck and have save half for later or the next day.

Hmmmm. Maybe that's why I've got to sign up for weight watchers. I never seem to have leftovers. Sigh.

 

[Chuck35]

The last time I was in a subway, they screwed up a sandwich. Their "fix" was to take it apart and put the meats back in the tubs with the (I had thought) clean meat.

If they will do that to save a buck what happens when they drop some on the floor?

call me anal, but I was disgusted....

 

[majicmaker]

The last time I was in a subway, they screwed up a sandwich. Their "fix" was to take it apart and put the meats back in the tubs with the (I had thought) clean meat.If they will do that to save a buck what happens when they drop some on the floor?

call me anal, but I was disgusted....

Chuck, not only that (Which is Disgusting) but, you can read a newspaper while looking through the meat. Last time I had one was in an emergency. I was staving and it was the only place to eat for miles. :-(

 

[wfooshee]

Dang, y'all's Subways are different from mine. Double meat is a couple bucks, never had any translucent meat, and the crew puts on new gloves with every sandwich they make.

Still ain't no Firehouse, though!

 

[JLOJR]

wfooshee - if your SubWay is that particular you might ought to tell me which one it is so I can try it. I'll be there for bike week.

 

[majicmaker]

wfooshee - if your SubWay is that particular you might ought to tell me which one it is so I can try it. I'll be there for bike week.

They aren't JLOJR, They suck and they are overpriced! Maybe Wfooshee has a secret admirer that puts gloves on when he walk in. Otherwise, you can go to a local Publix and get a killer Boars Head foot long for the same price as the mystery meat Subway uses. )
PS, I like Firehouse too. It's a damn good sub.

 

[SacramentoMike]

OK, guess that was a hell of a hijack after all. You guys are still on about Subway. :lol:

Those disposable plastic gloves that are so popular now (not just at Subway, either) really crack me up. The guy makes your sandwich, takes your money, gives you your change, and goes back to the next customer, all wearing the same gloves! Gack!