We crossed the Sahara with ONC charts and a Michelin map. Still, have the map in case I need to cross the Sahara again.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:05 PM JamesJasek <[email protected]> wrote: > I forgot to mention using GPS are use up an app called MotionX-GPS GPS > uses the GPS to track my hiking and it’s a fantastic app and it works quite > well but like yourself I also like and use paper maps there is no > substitute as far as I’m concerned for a good paper map boy are you talk > about getting hard to find the old bales of getting a free me up in the gas > station are gone > > Jim > > Sent from my iPhoneX > > On Jun 13, 2019, at 6:28 AM, Charles Loving <[email protected]> wrote: > > Smart phones. > I had a nifty Samsung something that did all manner of things. The screen > was way too little for my ancient eyes. The teeny ap things were impossible > for my fumble fingers. I kept pushing the wrong buttons and calling > porn-hub or some such. I had two of them and tossed them in a drawer with > my four Kindle machines. I went back to a dumb phone that does one thing, > call people and get rob calls. It will text I think but I don't do that > because it is a pain in the culo,It does have tetris and a phone book. As > for GPS i dug up my road atlas of Texas and a state highway may with Dolph > Briscoe on the cover. It still works. No one calls out here in Deer Corn, > there is still no service. My land line still works quite well. > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:18 PM JamesJasek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nonsense >> >> Sent from my iPhoneX >> >> On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:32 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I needed to get a new smartphone for my business. >> >> I chose the cheap route by 2019 standards. I now have a shiny new >> Coolpad Legacy from MetroPCS. This phone falls into "phablet" category. >> It requires two hands to use and is very heavy. >> >> After 24 hours of using the Legacy, I can say that the fingerprint >> scanner is better than previous cheapo-phones that I have used. >> >> Watching YouTube or surfing the web, etc in landscape position with a >> kickstand is better than on a small smartphone. >> >> I see now why Steve Jobs was so adamant about keeping the iPhone light >> and small. Most people are going to find using the Legacy as a phone to >> be difficult. It would be deadly to drive and hold this phone. >> >> Navigation is a plus as the Legacy replaces the need for most small >> portable navigation devices for cars. >> >> Think of the Legacy more as a crappy Garmin navigation device that makes >> cell-phone calls. >> >> Playing simple games on the Legacy such as Freecell is better than on a >> regular smartphone . >> >> It comes with Android 9 and a Type "C" USB which was unheard of in this >> price category. >> >> What this phone does is set the bar for future cheapo-smartphones. >> >> Once we get a real smartphone operating system ( like the upcoming >> Fuchsia OS ) these cheapo-smartphones be will be even more amazing and at >> the same time, taken for granted in the future by today"s young people. >> >> David Locklear >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > > > -- > Charlie Loving > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > -- Charlie Loving
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