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Big Dan said:
I love my GPS mainly for finding stuff close near by. I was out of town recently and needed to find the closest Bank Of America. Popping Bank Of America in Google Maps is a whole lot easier than calling the 1-800 number and trying to plot it out on a map in an unfamiliar area.
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Must be the age difference Danno. I don't go places, unless I already know where they are. If I don't know where they are, I generally tend to do a walkabout (or driveabout), and find them.

A lot of things were changed in SW FL when I got back there, so I spent hours driving around and checking out landmarks -- putting pics in my brain. I have a photographic memory, so those high tech devices do nothing for me.
 
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I'd be lost without GPS. I do a lot of business travel and many times plans change, so printing maps doesn't help. Hotel to customer to dinner back to hotel and then the airport. One of the greatest inventions of the 20th.
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
I actually happen to have a GPS jammer as well -- but you didn't hear that from me.

I think my point is, that you need to be able to fall back, and not have to rely on the high tech stuff.

I've driven in most, or possibly all of the lower 48, and never needed a GPS -- I just read the signs. I did have a GPS on my boats for when I couldn't see the shore from 50 miles out. It fell into the water one day (more than likely my fault), so I grabbed the compass, figured the drift, and pointed her north east. Then I found the signs -- those red and green markers (red right return). Ran out of beer on the way back, that sorta annoyed me.
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I don't think anyone NEEDS a GPS. There are paper maps and they certainly do work. I used to work for a concession company and we did air shows all over the country. We didn't have cell phones or GPS. We always made it.
But we also missed a turn or two that wasn't marked well, or because it was dark or someone wasn't looking or whatever. We'd eventually get back on track, but it sure is nice to avoid driving an hour or two out of your way on a 15 hour trip.

I have no doubt that if my gadgets stopped working, I'd have no problem getting where I want to be. But having done it with a GPS and without, I find riding with a GPS much more enjoyable. But just like a paper map, it's certainly possible that a map on a GPS may not have proper or updated information. One needs still needs to follow road signs and not blindly follow a map, be it electronic or not.
 
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I drove to California back in the 70's with gal pal in tow. Was half asleep at the wheel, and made wrong turn off I-80 in Omaha. So I end up in Kansas City in the middle of the night. Go into store, get some no-dose, and proceed to backtrack. Got back on 80, and proceeded to fall asleep again, and woke up in the median next to a tree.

If the gal pal had had a GPS, it wouldn't of helped, because she was sleeping the entire trip (I slept a lot as well, as there were 3 crashes along the month trip). Fortunately, none of the crashes involved other vehicles, just inanimate objects like trees and guard rails. I don't drive all that well when I'm sleeping (and I don't apparently read signs all that well while sleeping).
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
Must be the age difference Danno. I don't go places, unless I already know where they are. If I don't know where they are, I generally tend to do a walkabout (or driveabout), and find them.

A lot of things were changed in SW FL when I got back there, so I spent hours driving around and checking out landmarks -- putting pics in my brain. I have a photographic memory, so those high tech devices do nothing for me.
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I'm with you there if I'm going to be spending sometime in an area I'll scope the area out heavily. Nearest bank, post office, coffee joint, pizza joint, and Chinese joint, and most importantly closest 24 hour gas station / convenience store. If I'm only going to be in a place for a one off affair it's not worth my time to scope it out.
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
I drove to California back in the 70's with gal pal in tow. Was half asleep at the wheel, and made wrong turn off I-80 in Omaha. So I end up in Kansas City in the middle of the night. Go into store, get some no-dose, and proceed to backtrack. Got back on 80, and proceeded to fall asleep again, and woke up in the median next to a tree.

If the gal pal had had a GPS, it wouldn't of helped, because she was sleeping the entire trip (I slept a lot as well, as there were 3 crashes along the month trip). .
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3 crashes and a wrong turn in one trip? Something wasn't working:)
 
Why not send the audio wirelessly to the powered speaker in the other room/floor and control it from the same place where you are DJing?
I do this in lots of circumstances, and you can send either the same or a different program. No phone/tablet/iPod required.
 
rickryan.com said:
I also do wireless but there are times where it is out of range. There are times where you need a completely independent music source.

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I disagree, or perhaps I agree,

Sent from my ACER Laptop, via a keyboard.
 
SoftJock Rick said:
Am I the only dude that still has a Rand McNalley road atlas, and a yellow highlighter in my car...?

So, I take my handy-dandy cell phone jammer out, and you folks all get lost.

Reminds me of the moronic retards up at some of our convenience stores. Have you ever gone in one during a power outage? Ya got the dumbass kid, who hasn't embraced the concept of pencil and paper. "We're closed dude".

I'm buying a twelve pack of beer, whether your sorry ass likes it or not. I'm sorry your cell phone is not working, BTW.

So I ask him to look on the price sheet, and the beer is $14.99. So, I ask him for a pen and a piece of paper, and he looks at me like I'm nutz. So, I have to walk out to my car, get my pad and pen, and teach said moron math.

C'mere idiot:

Beer is $14.99 (overpriced IMHO).
Tax is 8.25%
Then you have a 60 cent deposit on the stupid bottles (not taxable).

I round to $15, just to make it simple for the moron. So I ask "what is 10% of $15 dollars". He has no clue, so I inform him it is a buck fifty. Divide a buck fifty by 10, and you get 15 cents. So, 8 x 15 = is a buck twenty, plus 1/4 of another percent is 3.75 -- we round down, because we subtracted the 1 cent form the actual cost . Add in the 60 cents for deposit on the stupid bottles.

So, we have the original $14.99 + $1.23 for tax, plus a 60 cent deposit. Your total is $16.82.

Here's a $20, can you give me my change? "I can't open the register dude"!

Make me an IOU -- "what's an IOU"?

Keep the change, I'm going to go home, and drink my beer you freakin' moron.
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Yet as you have already made clear in other threads, you would not be able to pay for that beer since you use plastic to buy everything....if the power is out, so is the credit card processing machine :)
 
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sightsandsounds said:
Yet as you have already made clear in other threads, you would not be able to pay for that beer since you use plastic to buy everything....if the power is out, so is the credit card processing machine :)
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When I expect a possible power outage, I get cash well ahead of time. I constantly monitor the weather -- must be the boat Captain in me.

5 days ago, I knew this storm was brewing, so I did my due diligence, and prepared for an extended outage, and got cash out of the ATM machine. While I'd prefer the debit card, I'm not a moron -- I was prepared for this storm, as best I could.

BTW, we have close to 6 inches now, and it appears to be getting more intense. Blowing like crazy, and starting to drift now.
 
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When I expect a possible power outage, I get cash well ahead of time. I constantly monitor the weather -- must be the boat Captain in me.

5 days ago, I knew this storm was brewing, so I did my due diligence, and prepared for an extended outage, and got cash out of the ATM machine. While I'd prefer the debit card, I'm not a moron -- I was prepared for this storm, as best I could.

BTW, we have close to 6 inches now, and it appears to be getting more intense. Blowing like crazy, and starting to drift now.
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So you were expecting that huge blackout in 2004?:)

You have to admit it's kind of funny ranting about people relying too much on electronics while you are dependent on ATM machines. I just assumed you'd be stuffing it all in your mattress, right next to your back up note pad and pens:)
 
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Scott Hanna said:
So you were expecting that huge blackout in 2004?:)

You have to admit it's kind of funny ranting about people relying too much on electronics while you are dependent on ATM machines. I just assumed you'd be stuffing it all in your mattress, right next to your back up note pad and pens:)
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Was totally ready for that blackout, even though I didn't know it was coming. It's a common occurrence to lose power here, although we are basically the first back on line, because of the big oil companies surrounding me here on the river, and the fact that this road is the emergency route.

Using the ATMs is just a logical choice, because my bank is on the other side of town -- it costs me more in gas to drive there and write myself a check, than it does to hit up the ATM right up the street and pay the fee from the other bank.

I have two safes BTW, the mattress is too moldy to put cash in (which might explain why I'm sleeping on an air mattress in my office) ;)
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
When I expect a possible power outage, I get cash well ahead of time. I constantly monitor the weather -- must be the boat Captain in me.

5 days ago, I knew this storm was brewing, so I did my due diligence, and prepared for an extended outage, and got cash out of the ATM machine. While I'd prefer the debit card, I'm not a moron -- I was prepared for this storm, as best I could.

BTW, we have close to 6 inches now, and it appears to be getting more intense. Blowing like crazy, and starting to drift now.
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I learned the hard way to keep cash on hand. After Hurricane Sandy I had to hunt all over the place find and ATM so could pay for my pizza because the credit card machines were down at the pizza joint. I was not a happy camper lol.
 
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Big Dan said:
I learned the hard way to keep cash on hand. After Hurricane Sandy I had to hunt all over the place find and ATM so could pay for my pizza because the credit card machines were down at the pizza joint. I was not a happy camper lol.
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I'm a preparedness anal freak Danno -- I watch the weather 10 days out -- first thing I do every day. Amateur meteorologist.

I do prefer having cash on hand, but it hasn't been the best couple years for me financially. So, when I see the weather brewing, I go out a couple days prior, and stock up, before the people run the shelves dry.

I called the guy guy that Haleem recommended, he should be here soon to plow. He's got like 6 gigs in Monticello, but he's up the street from me, so he's gonna do me first (that sounded weird).
 
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SoftJock Rick said:
I'm a preparedness anal freak Danno -- I watch the weather 10 days out -- first thing I do every day. Amateur meteorologist.

I do prefer having cash on hand, but it hasn't been the best couple years for me financially. So, when I see the weather brewing, I go out a couple days prior, and stock up, before the people run the shelves dry.

I called the guy guy that Haleem recommended, he should be here soon to plow. He's got like 6 gigs in Monticello, but he's up the street from me, so he's gonna do me first (that sounded weird).
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We only got about 8" here. I'm about to go shovel out the cars. How fun. :D
 
I cleared about 8" before I called it an evening and then another 18+ this morning. Took me 3 hours this morning. Plows just made their first pass since yesterday about 15 min ago. Up till then there was no going anywhere.The back of my driveway has hit its limit height wise. Up over 6' now and snowblower won't clear it well.
 
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