Welcome / open talk

HOUSTON – Verizon Wireless is assuring customers that their privacy won’t be comprised after it became the first mobile phone company to publicly admit that it was selling some of its customers’ personal data to third parties.

The carrier stresses that all of the shared data is anonymous and can’t be traced back to individual consumers. (more in the attached link)

http://cbsloc.al/uUni6T

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share with us the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you use it to seek out special places to go. (Like Thai Food, ice cream shoppes, etc.) Anything to keep your windmill alive.

This thread will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

JM

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread. It will be closed on the last day of the month and a new one will be opened.

Have fun....

JM

This thread is to wish everyone with birthdays in Nov. "Happy Birthday and Many More"

Your credit may take a hit from unpaid traffic and parking tickets

WAPO, By Ashley Halsey III, Published: October 31

Could the District use an additional $355 million? Would another $680 million help out cash-strapped New York City? How about $58 million more for Milwaukee, or $30 million for Detroit?

In many of the past few weeks, I've been seeking to spread the attention around and find people who've been doing good things but haven't received a lot of official recognition.

This week I'm selecting a couple people who've been recognized several times before and who continue to do a lot of outstanding work.

A touching Eulogy by Mona Simpson for her brother Steve Jobs

This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related.

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THANKSGIVING / BLACK FRIDAY ARE ONLY ABOUT 3 WEEKS AWAY

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Have fun...

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

Jonathan

We heard recently about the Naval Officer getting arrested for having expired tags in DC, well:

Here are 159 minor things D.C. officers can arrest you for
By Mike DeBonis

I can not seem to stay current. I periodically post comments and replys.
But I invaribly have to request a reset to log back in.
What do I need to do to correct this?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-your-community-profiting-...

I found this website which could be handy: http://www.gpsdemoreviews.com/

YouTube of Billy Connolly in London ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZROPL3YM2A&feature=related

Just noticed today I have been a member for 4 years 4 weeks.Guess I must be a old timer.

Any one with 3 years or more please post.Just to see how many are still hanging around and for how long?

Pretty soon I will be at 5 years Thanks JM and MM for all the hard work; it's been informative and fun

This was an interesting article in thenewspaper.com

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/36/3621.asp#source

This week we are recognizing ralphy1 for his ongoing work maintaining the North American Breweries file.

The brewries file is a regular fixture on POI Factory's list of most popular files. This year ralphy1 has added hundreds of new locations, bringing the current file to over 3150 locations.

Thanks ralphy1 !

Jonathan (aka JM)

This is the place to talk about things that are not gps related.

Have fun...

This thread will be closed on Monday and a new one will be opened.

Jonathan

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/GPS-shoes-for-Alzheimers-...