On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:20:09 -0700 (PDT), Al Bundy
<MSfort...@mcpmail.com> wrote: >On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by >not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the >woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
If they get to 20 bucks, I might get one. But only if I get a job delivering pizzas.
> drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote >> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200. > I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by not buying one.
More fool you.
> I know they help some people traveling or in the woods,
They're a hell of a lot more useful than just that.
> > drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote > >> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200. > > I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by not buying one.
> More fool you.
> > I know they help some people traveling or in the woods,
> They're a hell of a lot more useful than just that.
> > but I always try to know where I am at.
> That aint the reason for them.
But I still have that $200 in my pocket where it looks better than his.
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote >> Al Bundy <MSfort...@mcpmail.com> wrote >>> drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote >>>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200. >>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by not buying one. >> More fool you. >>> I know they help some people traveling or in the woods, >> They're a hell of a lot more useful than just that. >>> but I always try to know where I am at. >> That aint the reason for them. > But I still have that $200 in my pocket
Al Bundy wrote: > On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by > not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the > woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
If you travel for work, it sure is nice to use a gps when you arrive in an unfamiliar city after dark and need to drive to your hotel.
timeOday wrote: > Al Bundy wrote: >> On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by >> not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the >> woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
> If you travel for work, it sure is nice to use a gps when you arrive in > an unfamiliar city after dark and need to drive to your hotel.
I can't be the only geocacher on this group.....can I?
timeOday wrote: > Al Bundy wrote: >> On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by >> not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the >> woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
> If you travel for work, it sure is nice to use a gps when you arrive in > an unfamiliar city after dark and need to drive to your hotel.
Or simply to find a business in an unfamiliar area, especially one on the typical Main Street with lots of small shops. Around here businesses seem to neglect putting numbers on their doors, which is absolutely maddening. There are zoning regs/laws, of course, but everybody ignores them.
This is especially nasty in local Asian areas :-(
-- Cheers, Bev ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Nothing in the universe can withstand the relentless application of brute force and ignorance." -- Frd, via Dennis (evil)
>> Al Bundy wrote: >>> On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by >>> not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the >>> woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
>> If you travel for work, it sure is nice to use a gps when you arrive >> in an unfamiliar city after dark and need to drive to your hotel.
> Or simply to find a business in an unfamiliar area, especially one on > the typical Main Street with lots of small shops. Around here > businesses seem to neglect putting numbers on their doors, which is > absolutely maddening. There are zoning regs/laws, of course, but > everybody ignores them.
> This is especially nasty in local Asian areas :-(
In spades for yard sales. Leaves everything else for dead for those.
Havent found one that allows you to enter them all with their start times and which will do the best routing tho.
It would also need to distinguish between the ones which have a full street address which can safely be rocked up at well before the advertised start time and the ones which just give the street and where there is more of a problem with it not being possible to work out which house it is until they put out the balloons/signs etc.
Rod Speed wrote: > The Real Bev <bashley101+use...@gmail.com> wrote: >> timeOday wrote:
>>> Al Bundy wrote: >>>> On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>>>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 by >>>> not buying one. I know they help some people traveling or in the >>>> woods, but I always try to know where I am at.
It would be pretty to think so.
I worked for Magellan when hand-held units were $2K and the size and weight of white bricks. Those were more trouble to use than they were worth, although boat-people loved them. Technology roolz.
>>> If you travel for work, it sure is nice to use a gps when you arrive >>> in an unfamiliar city after dark and need to drive to your hotel.
>> Or simply to find a business in an unfamiliar area, especially one on >> the typical Main Street with lots of small shops. Around here >> businesses seem to neglect putting numbers on their doors, which is >> absolutely maddening. There are zoning regs/laws, of course, but >> everybody ignores them.
>> This is especially nasty in local Asian areas :-(
> In spades for yard sales. Leaves everything else for dead for those.
> Havent found one that allows you to enter them all with > their start times and which will do the best routing tho.
That's why we have brains :-)
> It would also need to distinguish between the ones which have a full street > address which can safely be rocked up at well before the advertised start > time and the ones which just give the street and where there is more of a > problem with it not being possible to work out which house it is until they > put out the balloons/signs etc.
They don't do that too often here, although all the how-to articles say to just publicize the block. We usually start out at 6:30 and aim for a concentration of early sales. A typical Saturday's drive is 50 miles.
Making 11x14" copies of the relevant area from the AAA map to mark up and throw away is essential.
-- Cheers, Bev ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Just as you cannot explain snow to a summer insect, so also you cannot explain ski resorts to someone who walks uphill willingly. --ErikL
>> The Real Bev <bashley101+use...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> timeOday wrote:
>>>> Al Bundy wrote: >>>>> On Oct 10, 8:04 am, drishaq <drishaqaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> There are quite a few excellent GPS units for under $200.
>>>>> I liked it more when they were $300 and I could say I saved $300 >>>>> by not buying one. I know they help some people traveling
