Welcome / open talk

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

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

~Angela

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

****Note regarding this month's delay in posting of the thread****

I strongly considered discontinuing the POI Factory Joke Thread.

Forum moderation is not easy in general, let alone a joke thread, particularly in a time of extreme political polarization and social disruption. So please be thoughtful in what you chose to share here.

Perhaps you can post on a new book you're reading, a new hobby you're taking up or about random finds as you finally get around to cleaning out the..., or your most recent adventure?

Anything to keep your windmill alive.

Please keep comments polite.

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

~Angela

This week we're recognizing sussamb.

Sussamb has been a regular contributor to the forums for the last 8 years. He often joins in on technical topics with friendly, clear and concise posts that many people find helpful. A recent example is exporting .kml from BaseCamp to view with Google Earth.

Thank you, sussamb, for sharing your helpfulness with the community!

-- Jonathan

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

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

-- Jonathan (aka JM; filling in for Angela this morning)

Let’s take some time to remember and reflect on the sacrifices that have been made by our men and women in uniform to protect our freedom. Freedom is not free. People have to put their lives on the line to insure that our freedom is protected. Let us remember those individuals today that gave their lives in the service of their country.

Received as a gift. I've always had windows laptops. And recently I've been using chromebooks. They're perfect because I really just use a web browser.

But the battery of these M1 laptops are astounding. I really wish I could buy a chromebook with battery life as good as this.

This week we're recognizing, Diesel!

Diesel has been a member of POI Factory for over 15 years!

This week we're continuing to appreciate his contribution of keeping our Mac users informed of their GE updates Garmin Express For Mac Up To V7.13.2.0

Thanks for all you do, Diesel!

~Angela

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

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

~Angela

I bought a used car in 2016.

A trick I never would have thought of!

For the internet ads, the new car dealer took the brand new spare tire out of the trunk with brand new alloy rim (at the time, 10 years old), armor all'd it, and mounted in the rear left. Then they took close up pics for the web ads.

This implied new OE tires.

I debated between posting in the joke thread, Other GPS brands, or Welcome/OpenTalk. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qqnHtH1RAs

Two questions:

-Did you catch the mention of the vehicle's "mileometer," pronounced mile-omm-etter?

-Sussamb, is mileometer still used in the UK?

This week we're recognizing, CraigW & Frside007!

Both have been members of POI Factory for over 14 years!

We're recognizing, CraigW for being "lazy"; and posting A Question (Alternating Between Two Garmin GPS Devices) and we're recognizing Frside007 for sharing his experience with this issue.

Germany's upside down railway: The Wuppertal Schwebebahn

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/wuppertal-schwebebahn-sus...

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

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

~Angela

Texas residents are being asked to conserve power after six power plants tripped off line resulting in the loss of 2900 megawatts of electricity. Makes one wonder how all of those electric vehicles could be charged if the Green folks get their way. I could see thousands of cars stranded because there was no way to charge them. Seems like they are putting the cart before the horse on this issue.

A couple weeks ago I noticed a plastic piece gone from my garage queen.

It covers where the tow eye would screw into the bumper, a plastic piece.

It only comes primed, so I had to pay $24 for the piece and $54 for paint on eBay, base and clear.

What I suspected is the case.

This week we're recognizing, Oldboy!

Oldboy has been a member of the POI Factory community for over 12 years!

This week we're recognizing his file maintenance contributions, particularly how politely and considerately he works with other POI file maintainers. Thoughtful communication is so appreciated these days!

Thanks for all your contributions, Oldboy!

~Angela

Thought I'd ask one odd question and see if anyone else has things they are curious about but didn't want to ask.

I'm simply curious. When you are done preparing your bagel do you eat the top or bottom first?

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

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

~Angela

Happy Mother's day to all the mothers out there.

Hope you got a GPS.