Welcome / open talk

Today is the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John Kennedy. I went to one of the Federal academies and would to share a moving tribute from that day written by a fellow alumnus. I was one of about 750 cadets who stood at attention for a 50 gun salute. The New York Times reports it was in the mid-50° for the day but it was a 14 mph wind during the tribute.

As I Sit Here Now

This week we're recognizing, Johnm405!

Johnm405 has been a member of POI Factory for over 16 years!

He maintains several POI files, and is a regular in the discussion forums. I can't recall the last time he misses a weekly post! I appreciate his weather comments because we seem to experience the same pattern here.

Thanks for your all your contributions to our community, John!

~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.

It's Thanksgiving Week in the United States.

-- Jonathan

This week we're recognizing, Mcginkleschmidt!

Mcginkleschmidt has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 12 years!

We really appreciate him making Large JCV File Download Link (Garmin CNNA 2024.20 Map) available to our community!

Thank you, Mcginkleschmidt!

~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.

-- Jonathan

"Salute to all Veteran's
Let see how many Veterans will sign in today.

This may not be a popular topic here, but out of curiousity:

Do you feel that having hydraulic struts, to hold a hood open, is desirable, and a sign of quality?

My dad said the above. And, it's truly interesting how many values are conveyed by parents, as if we're playing out the Progressive, "turning in to your parents" commercial!

How's that saying go...

What's worse than finding a worm in an apple.. discovering its 1/2 a worm!

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/apple-hits-pause-on-io...

Corrects some bugs, one of which is the Weather widget showing “snow” incorrectly when interacting with the lock screen. With winter on the way, we can’t have that!

Apple has released iOS 17.1.1 and iPadOS 17.1.1 for iPhone and iPad.

This update provides bug fixes for your iPhone including:

This week we're recognizing, Soberbyker!

Soberbyker has been a member of POI Factory for over 12 years!

We're recognizing him this week for his contributions in the forum discussions, both in commenting and posting new discussion topics.

Thanks for all your contributions, Soberbyker!

~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.

-- Jonathan

Anyone have it?

I can't remember a time when I didn't have tinnitus, between riding motorcycles, driving trucks and loud music, it's always been there.

Mine is almost identical to this "8kHz triangle wave". I've had it so long it doesn't bother me in a mental type way, just makes it hard for me to hear some things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYAjJ9pcEtQ <--- what mine sounds like.

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read all the forum rules before posting, and keep in mind...

"POI Factory is not a forum for politically charged debate.
Let's avoid topics that already have a long list of Democrat or Republican talking points or that name specific politicians."

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

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, Oldboy!

Oldboy has been a member of POI Factory for 14 years!

Though he's not as active in the discussion forums these days, we want to recognize his consistent maintainer work on updating POI files.

Thanks for all your contributions, Oldboy!

~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.

-- Jonathan

This week we're recognizing, Mgarledge!

Mary has been a member of POI Factory for over 14 years!

Last week our system counted this self-proclaimed, "gray haired wife and grandmother" as having the most replies in our discussion forum. While we know it's because she's spending more time at home right now, we're hopeful her connections here will help keep her inspired for future journeys!

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

Do you have a favorite restaurant?

One where you are a repeat customer, and where you are treated like Norm in Cheers?!

Restaurants have had it tough since 2020.

It absolutely blows my mind when we come across those in 2023, where the prices feel like 2009, and the portions are huge and quality and service are great. I always think, what is going on??!!

This week we're recognizing, Pratzert!

Pratzert has been a member of POI Factory for over 16 years!

This week we're recognizing his contribution in the GE Not Recognizing Nuvi 3590 discussion thread.