dirtydeeds
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never heard it mentioned on this site before
i dont have one yet
does it help ?
i dont have one yet
does it help ?
sat nav
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Per Swenson
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You mean GPS navigation device's?
They only help the folks that put down the cheetos, step away from
the keyboard and make a attempt to leave the building.
Ok, yes they do.
I have one for my quad with terrain mapping.
(Geologic survey & satellite pitchas)
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And I have my Blackberry telephone enabled with all that shmutz.
I am a sucka for all the gee-whiz stuff.
Makes me feel enabled.
Purely illusionary.
Per
They only help the folks that put down the cheetos, step away from
the keyboard and make a attempt to leave the building.
Ok, yes they do.
I have one for my quad with terrain mapping.
(Geologic survey & satellite pitchas)
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And I have my Blackberry telephone enabled with all that shmutz.
I am a sucka for all the gee-whiz stuff.
Makes me feel enabled.
Purely illusionary.
Per
I wouldn't say it's purely illusionary. No other technology would have enabled me to immediately begin driving on the opposite side of the road, and still end up in the right place 98% of the time. I've got a TOMTOM 1, Australia version. Love it. Soon I'll be using an iPhone for that.
edit- oh read it again. you weren't saying the gps benefit is purely illusionary, but feeling enabled. got it. Does that mean if we go out for a walk, and the GPS says there's a good bar to get a drink in, that you'll enable me to get one?
edit- oh read it again. you weren't saying the gps benefit is purely illusionary, but feeling enabled. got it. Does that mean if we go out for a walk, and the GPS says there's a good bar to get a drink in, that you'll enable me to get one?
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Hey Per,
tell them about that guy that went out on his quad with his new GPS
and got lost for two days :
Bob
tell them about that guy that went out on his quad with his new GPS
and got lost for two days :
Bob
Per Swenson
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Bob,
Every body.
This is how stories get distorted.
The fella was never on a quad.
See the New Jersey highlands is directly in the path of the
great Red Tailed Hawk Migratory Flyway.
And this fella was a state certified Hawk Counter.
Get that image in your head. Walking stick, wool socks, little day pack,
click style counter, and maybe certified Audubon sunglasses and binoculars.
Yep, lets not forget the hand held GPS.
So off into the wilds of the New Jersey Highlands he treks.
Most likely on the taxpayer or scholastic dime.
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Anyway, with all the excitement , we presume the fella did two things.
Kept looking up. And never turned the gps on until he was good and lost.
Not knowing he just went on walking in circles.
This is New Jersey Folks, 5 miles in any direction, you are gonna find Louie on the corner.
Not this genius. It took 2 days and the combined efforts of the Rockaway Township Fire, rescue, police, game wardens,
and Various local red necks on quads I might add to find the mildly hypothermic putz, because ....
you guessed it, he kept walking.
Per
Every body.
This is how stories get distorted.
The fella was never on a quad.
See the New Jersey highlands is directly in the path of the
great Red Tailed Hawk Migratory Flyway.
And this fella was a state certified Hawk Counter.
Get that image in your head. Walking stick, wool socks, little day pack,
click style counter, and maybe certified Audubon sunglasses and binoculars.
Yep, lets not forget the hand held GPS.
So off into the wilds of the New Jersey Highlands he treks.
Most likely on the taxpayer or scholastic dime.
[attachimg=#]
Anyway, with all the excitement , we presume the fella did two things.
Kept looking up. And never turned the gps on until he was good and lost.
Not knowing he just went on walking in circles.
This is New Jersey Folks, 5 miles in any direction, you are gonna find Louie on the corner.
Not this genius. It took 2 days and the combined efforts of the Rockaway Township Fire, rescue, police, game wardens,
and Various local red necks on quads I might add to find the mildly hypothermic putz, because ....
you guessed it, he kept walking.
Per
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Some where in that picture of the beautiful New Jersey wilderness are well over 1500 Black Bears
New Jersey's people population is amongst the highest per square mile of
anywhere in the world, and we still have room for a big bunch of garbage raiders.
If they only knew about Staten Island. :
Bob
New Jersey's people population is amongst the highest per square mile of
anywhere in the world, and we still have room for a big bunch of garbage raiders.
If they only knew about Staten Island. :
Bob
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Bob Swenson said:Some where in that picture of the beautiful New Jersey wilderness are well over 1500 Black Bears
New Jersey's people population is amongst the highest per square mile of
anywhere in the world, and we still have room for a big bunch of garbage raiders.
If they only knew about Staten Island. :
Bob
Until they let bears ride the Staten Island Ferry I'm not worried. ;D
Per Swenson
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Oh sure,
Go ahead and laugh with that picture of Yogi and Boo riding the Ferry.
Or maybe scrambling across the Verynarrowveranzno with Mr. Ranger in
Hot pursuit.
But the truth of the matter is from Perth Amboy to Tottenville at low tide is
way less then the 2000 feet shown. Then its just a short mosey down
Hylar to the biggest pickanick basket the East Coast has ever seen.
Fresh Kills.
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Go ahead and laugh with that picture of Yogi and Boo riding the Ferry.
Or maybe scrambling across the Verynarrowveranzno with Mr. Ranger in
Hot pursuit.
But the truth of the matter is from Perth Amboy to Tottenville at low tide is
way less then the 2000 feet shown. Then its just a short mosey down
Hylar to the biggest pickanick basket the East Coast has ever seen.
Fresh Kills.
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Michael Kellough
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Our daughter was just up here for the weekend. She lives in Arlington practically overlooking Washington, DC. Her neighborhood is all 1/4 to 1/2 acre lots. Right on Glebe Road for any who might know the area. Lately, some of the neighbors have seen, and most have heard a bobcat. One neighbor looked out of her window and the cat was stareing right back at her.
Daughter heard it a week or so ago as it screeched and a neighbor came to her house thinking somebody had been hurt and screamed.
There is an abandoned piece of property on her lane and they think the cat has a den in there somewhere.
That is one busy road down there. I have not even seen a bobcat in this area of Connecticut and I have a 2000 acre woods for a front yard. (State preserve type property with woods, streams, swamps, hills)
Tinker
Daughter heard it a week or so ago as it screeched and a neighbor came to her house thinking somebody had been hurt and screamed.
There is an abandoned piece of property on her lane and they think the cat has a den in there somewhere.
That is one busy road down there. I have not even seen a bobcat in this area of Connecticut and I have a 2000 acre woods for a front yard. (State preserve type property with woods, streams, swamps, hills)
Tinker
