Welcome / open talk

I'm gonna give it a try. We have knives from 2004 that are dull.

I tried running them through the device that has 2 sets of grooves for sharpening, no dice.

I happened to find an old, unused knife, so that being the reference, wow. It's dangerous.

Well the temps have dipped so I felt I need about 2 more psi again, so I was at Costco.

While I was doing my car, I saw something interesting.

A man got out actually on the wrong side of the pump but the hoses do reach, and he was holding a tissue, so that his fingers did not come in contact with the valve cap. Was he avoiding germs or covid or what??!

Alandb has been a member of POI Factory for nearly 13 years!

There's always a good reason to recognize Alandb! This week we're appreciating his help in the Nuvi 855 Advice Wanted (Stuck At "Loading Maps") discussion.

Thanks for all you do, Alan!

~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

At work, I've seen 100% price increase on a subscription based software, but generally price increases of 5% across the board, which is not good, but tolerable.

I know there are many examples now.

But I was on amazon and came across the Noco battery terminal felt protectors that I paid 97 cents for last year. Amazon is selling them now for $9.89? lol

Will they ever come back to < $1?

IOS 15.0.2 is now out for IPhones. Security and other updates. Took about 5 minutes for the update.

I think unfortunately they went up like 25% at costco.

The one I have is a full 5 years old, no problems, but it doesn't pass a load test.

This week we're recognizing, Melaqueman!

Melaqueman's been a member of POI Factory for over 9 years!

This week we're appreciative of information on new Toronto, ON Red Light Cameras.
The city used to be better about announcing new locations ahead of time, so it's helpful when locals email us new camera locations as they go up.

Thanks, Melaqueman!

~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

Has anyone gotten the Windows 11 download notification yet? https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/08/31/windo...

On Windows 10, Google Maps has always run inside the Chrome browser. That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

A Google Maps app can easily be installed on the PC and all the features are there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOhNApXkTY

This week we're recognizing, Jflynch!

Jflynch has been a member of POI Factory for over 14 and a half years!

This week we're recognizing his contribution of notifying us of Garmin Express V7.9.0.0

Thanks, Jflynch, for all your contributions to our POI Factory community!

~Angela

I don't know about you guys, but according to Traceroute, Facebook doesn't exist! Did some hackers take ol' Zuck out?

~ % traceroute facebook.com
traceroute: unknown host facebook.com

That means the name servers can't locate it. Whois has the registration, but not the name servers.

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

Since my cars aren't remotely new, I do dread the annual safety inspection. Emissions I do not, if I don't have a service engine light, I know my emissions are good.

Well, both cars passed.

The $29.95 coupon is $42.50 hahahahahahahahaha $9 sticker fee, sales tax, shop fees, amazing.

Win 10's updates KB5005539 and KB5005611 have become available and were installed without problems.

Phil

Took about 20 minutes but I already had 15.0.0

This is the official POI Factory Joke thread.

Please read the forum rules before posting.

"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."

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

~Angela

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

Because all our state inspections are coming due, I looked up the mileages on our 3 cars.

My wife's SUV is the family car and it went 6,900 over the last 12 months.

My daily driver which was doing 12-14k shocked me--1,400 miles.

Our 3rd car is like 200.