Welcome / open talk

I am evacuating due to Irma. Probably will be a delay in responding to inputs for my files. Hopefully it will only be for a few days.

mahoney

If you are like myself, I do not like the start menu used in Windows 8 or 10.
I found two different start menus to replace the Windows one.
Try either one, but I find the Classic start menu is more like Windows versions from the past because it can be customized easily.

1.) Classic start menu which is free to use.
http://www.classicshell.net/

Some of it's features:

This week we’re recognizing WAASup and Oldboy for their work troubleshooting with Turboccc!

WAAsup has been with POI Factory for nearly 10 years. Oldboy’s been with us for nearly 8 and maintains 18 POI files.

We appreciate it when members actively troubleshoot situations in our forums so that the rest of us can learn while following along.

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

In danger of losing your windmill?

Maybe you can share the last place your GPS took you and if you encountered any problems, or if you used 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.

~Angela

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.

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."

~Angela

New update for Garmin Express out.

I am looking at buying a New SUV for my family. I hate going to a dealership just to haggle a price but it must be done.

Some of my requirements will be:

* looking to pay around $30,000-$40,000.

* Looking into a SUV AWD or 4 WHEEL. This car should have 7 or 8 person seating.

* My wife would like a Dark Red car, me Don't care

Our contributor of the week is…wait for it…wait for it….. Turboccc!

Turboccc is a long time POI Factory member and 3 time Contributor of the Year.
This week he’s popped in to help some of our community trouble shoot some EPE issues in the Extra POI Editor (EPE) Problems/Issues/Comments discussion thread.

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 3 items at Costco, it was limit 2, oooops. So the third was not $5 off. No problem, I'll just return the one that was over the limit.

The person at the courtesy desk kept telling me, the computer shows there is a $5 coupon, that's why your refund has $5 deducted.

Well, my driveway was only going to give me a 70%-ish coverage of the eclipse, and that percentage matched the roughly 70% cloud cover today. My best view was supposed to be at around 10:30 but the sun was behind a cloud from 15 minutes before the peak to 15 minutes after its max.

Angela and JM are away for the solar eclipse and have asked me to start the official Chit Chat thread this week.

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.

canuk

Hello, long absence, now setting up some GPS units. My Bitdefender AV just went off when I tried to download the latest current version and is not liking it at all. Has this happened with anyone else?

I should add I am proceeding with the Garmin POI loader but was just interested.

Interesting comments from NASA on GPS impact from the solar eclipse:

http://gpsworld.com/nasa-describes-expected-impact-of-total-...

Yes, I know it's a day early but #Eclipsageddon!

This week's Contributor of the week is, Canuk!

Canuk has been a member of POI Factory for over 8 years and was one of 2016's Contributor's of the Year.

For those of you that ride motorcycles, do you have Bluetooth in your helmet, if you wear one, and get GPS directions that way? If so, how well does it work out? What Garmin, or other, devices would you recommend for motorcycle navigation that uses Bluetooth?

Not fun to be an employee of one of these...https://www.thedailymeal.com/joes-crab-shack-closes-without-warning/81917

Really??? Next it will be farting in public!! Just wait!

Now, there’s a proposal to keep pedestrians safe that could set off a national trend.

Crossing busy Broad Street in downtown Stamford can be a challenge, even if you’re not staring down at text messages on your cell phone.

I'm sure this could cause all kinds of differing points of views oh well...

A New York bill that would allow police to use a "textalyzer" device to determine whether drivers have been using their phone at the scene of a car accident is causing concern among some civil liberties groups, who say that it could interfere with people's cellphone privacy.