Have no idea what a Garmin is. In the Air Force we had a navigator on our weather recon aircraft who had a little dome to shoot stars at night. We also had TACAN and a few other devices. Never got lost. No GPS or Charmin in those days.
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 6:36 PM Scott Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > I drive through several states for work every week for the last 7 years. I > use a Garmin GPS because I like knowing at any time how much longer until I > get to where I'm going. I can also keep all my waypoints (favorites) on the > Garmin, and it doesn't need a cellular connection. But, I also have a > 7-year-old spiral-bound road atlas of the U.S. in the car. If I need to see > a map of a whole state at once, the road atlas is really MUCH, MUCH better > than zooming out (and losing detail) and scrolling and scrolling on a tiny > 5' or 6' screen. > > Scott D. Boyd > GPS Technician - TX, LA, AR, OK & MS > *Professional Transportation, Inc.* > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 3:27 PM Charles Loving <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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