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Apr 20, 2024 16:23:24   #
Kiritm wrote:
I have been using Waze app (now owned by Google) for many years.
When driving, I use Waze (have for 10 years) and my wife/navigator uses Google Maps. Waze provides far more information regarding hazards along the route, while GooMaps occasionally provides a valuable route update that Waze misses. Hard to understand that because Google bought Waze a few years ago. That being said, NEITHER provides roadway limitations such as maximum height or trailer length restrictions.
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Apr 17, 2024 16:11:07   #
tgreenhaw wrote:
Our recent trip in Spain had us following google map directions into places our small SUV would not fit. I'm talking 1 inch on either side of the car :-)
One can only wish the Nav App developers would get smart and add map data for roadway limitations - such as vehicle height (I dang near took my 10' high RV down a road with an 8' covered bridge), width, length (17' trailers should NOT drive up to the Chisos basin in Big Bend NP). Unfortunately map mods to accommodate this info would likely need multi-platform coordination.
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Apr 17, 2024 14:03:20   #
BebuLamar wrote:
It needs a relatively large battery to run - - I think the battery won't last for a day.
Easy Peasy - Backpack Mounted Solar Panels
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Apr 16, 2024 17:05:31   #
Merlin1300 wrote:
I came close a couple of times in the back seat of 'my' F4.
OBTW - "My" little jet (above) was one of the first GPS test-bed aircraft.
It was used to test GPS controlled ordinance delivery during GPS development.
Yes <shock, shock> GPS was a military program. Col Parkinson, however, knew of its wider potential.
The actual GPS equipment was loaded into the centerline gas tank, along with 60# of dry ice for cooling.
GPS wouldn't work back then if it got too hot (110+ in El Centro during the Summer).
Unlike for the pilot and the 'guy in back' who had to work without cooling until airborne.
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Apr 16, 2024 15:38:57   #
lbrande wrote:
So true, but the last time I had gone fishing in the ocean, I was "praying to Roark" for 5 hours.
Not a fun time. I do love to sail, though.
I came close a couple of times in the back seat of 'my' F4.

Merlin's Little Jet - Circa 1978

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Apr 16, 2024 02:19:05   #
Effate wrote:
If you saw this watch I purchased in Greece and saw the detail of the skeletal back and 47mm gold case maybe you could see some difference, maybe not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkSPBPo_l_o
Nice collectible - - do you ever wear it? And does anyone recognize it for what it is?
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Apr 16, 2024 02:04:02   #
lbrande wrote:
Difficult to pilot a boat over the land, but a private plane, however can go over the land.
Sailboat ~7 kts, Mooney ~175 kts.
Can't catch a sailfish or a tuna or go snorkling from a Mooney
Again - all a matter of perspective - and what you wanna see or do.
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Apr 15, 2024 16:30:35   #
lbrande wrote:
Better than a hole in the ocean to continuously pour money...
Depends on your perspective AND how fast you wanna get there
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Apr 15, 2024 16:24:51   #
Effate wrote:
I wouldn’t buy a Daytona Cosmograph in Tijuana either.
I wouldn’t buy a Cosmograph Daytona Anywhere (15K - Fugeddaboudit !!)! Nor ANY Rolex Anything (Ditto)!
https://shreve.com/rolex/watches/cosmograph-daytona/m126500ln-0001
A watch is simply a tool to tell time - and maybe to add a little bling to your wrist (Daytona doesn't even measure up). Many have noticed with favorable comment regarding my TEMU and Stauer watches and have been amazed when learning the cost. Most of my mechanical watches lose less than 1 minute per week despite costing less than $60. The most expensive was one from Stauer - on sale at $129 - then down to $79 after a $50 coupon.
So - I guess it simply depends on where you want to spend your money: on something that shows you value your money versus something that simply shows you have money to burn.

Top 2 rows worn in weekly rotation. Bottom 2 rows are 'retired'

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Apr 15, 2024 00:07:36   #
Bridges wrote:
I'm a watch person. Other than a single, medium-weight silver chain, that is the only jewelry I use.
I hate to do this to you - - BUT
https://www.temu.com/search_result.html?search_key=automatic%20watches%20for%20men
TEMU is totally reputable. I have ordered many things - no problems with returns either.
Several of my watches have come from them.
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Apr 15, 2024 00:01:12   #
lbrande wrote:
My plane has a Garmin 530W that is used all the time. The biggest problem is the yearly cost.
Definition: Airplane.
A hole in the sky surrounded by aluminum into which you continuously pour money.
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Apr 14, 2024 22:06:27   #
Jerry:
GPS just tells you where you ARE - Right Now.
Then it's up to your Navigation Program to figure out HOW to get you where you wanna be.
Waze, Google Maps, Crapple Maps all download the local maps as you travel and update the routes.
Automobiles have the maps loaded into memory.
SO - it is the COMBINATION of GPS, your downloaded local maps AND the navigation software that make it all work.
There is ALWAYS a GPS signal EVERYWHERE on the surface of the earth sufficient for navigation.
Provided you aren't underground (in a tunnel), etc.
IF you are navigating with a Cell-Phone based program YES - you CAN get Stranded IF you lose cell service.
ONLY because you can't get a map of the local area. GPS still knows where you are.
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Apr 14, 2024 04:23:11   #
Eat 'cher heart out Jerry !!
A couple of original Casios - one even plays Space Invaders (no batteries in the other).
AND a Vintage Stauer Skeleton - before Mike Bisceglia started plastering Stauer over all he sold.

Ohhh My !! A couple of Casios and a Vintage Stauer Skeleton

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Apr 14, 2024 03:54:45   #
Just a reminder: Ain't any of us gettin' outa this life alive.
I can only hope you recoginze Him before that fateful day.
Anyway - I remember Brent Harder posting incredible surfing fotos, and wondering where he went.
I can only hope I will meet him someday.
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Apr 10, 2024 02:52:29   #
mikey12654 wrote:
The booster had solid propellant and they only burn for 3.5 secs if I remember right
Cool Pix !!
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