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Kareng @kareng (80243) • United States 6 Jul

We had no problems on our way down to pick up the boat. My husband was freaking out because we were so close to Mexico, which was within an hour's drive of where we picked the boat up. That brought back memories of visiting my...

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It's So Nice When Things Go Smoothly

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 19 Aug 24

Both my daughter and grandson have a monthly meds check appointment with the psyche nurse they both see. I have posted about the issues we've had with transportation to and from in the past. The problems are always when the...

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Saying 'please' and 'thank you' when it's not needed

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Feb 24

The photo has nothing to do with the text and some of you might have seen it before. Have you had any experience with ChatGPT? I know it’s a controversial subject but it’s here to stay so we might as well get used to it. It can...

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Look where we went in our motor home

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar 23

To me, a car has always been just a way of getting from A to B but I was a bit sad when we got rid of the motor-home which we purchased in Ireland some years ago. We had a total of eight months living in it over a period of two...

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An entertaining car

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Feb 22

When we moved to Perth, Western Australia, back in May, we decided to buy a new car to replace my very small Hyundai. We have a four-wheel-drive to tow the caravan and we use the Kia Cerato for shopping, visiting, etc. We were a...

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My GPS

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 15 Mar 21

That trip I made a couple of weeks ago that involved visiting seven houses was only possible because my niece accompanied us and showed us the way. The driver was my neigHbour as our usual taxi was not available. We paid him but...

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Harrowing Trip

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 16 Nov 19

This is a post that I probably must not tell because a kin whom I requested to accompany me to the province for GPS purposes deliberately led me to pitch black towns where only the available lights of motor bikes and trucks and...

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Have you ever argued with your gps?

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 25 Jul 19

I was heading somewhere yesterday from a place I don't normally drive from. But when I got close to where i had been before, the GPS wanted me to turn on a road that I knew took longer. So I rerouted to my internal...

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July 19 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222310) • United States 19 Jul 19

Stick Out Your Tongue Day New Friends Day 1977 - The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted. 2014 - James Garner passed away. He was born in 1928. He was an American actor, producer and voice...

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How often do you use GPS?

Mrki Krki @mrki444 (15162) • Croatia (Hrvatska) 12 Jul 19

GPS helps find location in unknow area. It is very useful for travels and orientation. All smarphones have it embed , for car you buy or in new model is already embed in equipment. I did use it few times, but not often. How...

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Rule is Rule: “Do YOU have this in the HOUSE?”

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 30 Mar 19

My biological parents have this house rule and that is to call if being late in going back home. It is a rule that cannot be bent by anyone in the house. For the reason that the family will not be worried and I do think it is best...

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Whatever Works

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 19 Mar 19

Over the Christmas holidays, my mechanical-engineering student son bought himself an inexpensive (relatively) 3-D printer. In the months since then, he has created some rather intriguing bits of plastic. A couple of weeks ago I...

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I read an interesting article talking about the dependence on GPS software....

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 18 Dec 18

The article basically said we would be lost, without our GPS and mapping software. That made me think about learning how to use a Platt Map. I was talking to a good friend and asked when they learned to read a Platt map. They...

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A wrong address in his phone got this trucker lost

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 30 Apr 18

Oregon is nowhere near as big as Texas, but over on the eastern side of the state, cell phone coverage is spotty at best in some areas. So the trucker with a load of potato chips put a wrong delivery address in his phone and ended...

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Is GPS your best bud or worst nightmare?

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 6 Mar 18

I've always been geographically challenged. Never could read those maps. When we got GPS, then used the one that comes with our cell phone, I thought, "Great! Now someone other than my husband can tell me where to go and how to...

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GPS

Jazon @holdoors (2535) • Malaysia 26 Dec 17

As a person who drives daily, I usually need the smatphone GPS function to get to new locations. I guess it is really helpful when going to meet clients in areas where I rarely go before. Thanks to the GPS, it helps me to get...

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Maps or GPS: Which one do you prefer?

The Invisible Man @TheInvisibleMan (17594) 8 Oct 17

Geographically speaking, I terrible (you better never have to get lost with me, haha ). However, in the last case I still get better results with GPS than with a map. Make your choice and tell my why.

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Why Driverless Cars Scare Me

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 18 Sep 17

I can understand some of the advantages of driverless cars. They are great for touring wine country, for example, and getting home safely when you've had too much to drink and can't legally drive. I can also see how helpful one...

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Two X-class solar flares heading for earth

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 7 Sep 17

I don't know much about sunspots but there are several different "solar storms" that can affect Earth. CME (coronal mass ejection), filament rupture, M-class and X-class flares. X-class are rare and the strongest. Many of these...

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Foiled again - Route Barrees make our life difficult

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Sep 17

We have a GPS called Doris in our motor-home and she has given us a few headaches from time to time. Sometimes the fault isn’t all hers. I don’t have how many ‘Route Barrée’ signs we’ve come across in our travels but it would go...

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