Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-14 Thread Charles Loving
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 wrote: > I drive

Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-13 Thread Scott Boyd
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

Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-13 Thread Charles Loving
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 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

Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-13 Thread JamesJasek
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

Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-13 Thread Charles Loving
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

Re: [Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-12 Thread JamesJasek
Nonsense Sent from my iPhoneX On Jun 12, 2019, at 9:32 PM, David 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

[Texascavers] A consumer tip - new cell phones

2019-06-12 Thread David
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

[Texascavers] A consumer tip

2019-06-02 Thread David
There is a Bill on the Governor's desk that if he does not veto will become effective Sept. 1st. Fines will increase for some crimes, for example DWI. I heard they are adding a "state fine" to the "statutory fine" and removing "surcharge." That all is over my 71 IQ. I imagine someone on this

Re: [Texascavers] a consumer tip

2016-12-18 Thread Charles Loving via Texascavers
Good stuff Bockbeer. Keep us up to date on the tela novela. On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 10:38 PM, David via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > From David Locklear > ( Charlie & Company, please hit delete button now, nothing below is worth > reading ) > > > > The 2 links below are

[Texascavers] a consumer tip

2016-12-17 Thread David via Texascavers
>From David Locklear ( Charlie & Company, please hit delete button now, nothing below is worth reading ) The 2 links below are to a product that might be of interest to cavers. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61vkMZEk7cL.jpg

[Texascavers] OT - consumer tip - simple cell phone

2007-05-12 Thread David Locklear
This is just a consumer tip for anyone looking for a simple cell phone. Have you noticed recently that it is hard to get a cell phone without all the bells and whistles? I needed a simple cell phone for my business and after doing a lot of searching, I went with Virgin Mobile's pay-as-you-go