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Post #79,998
by a6l6e6x
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2/6/03 10:25:56 PM
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New That's terrible news, Box!
My condolences to the family.

How well does GPS work up there?
Alex
"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session."\t-- Mark Twain
Post #80,020
by boxley
2/6/03 11:35:09 PM
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New it works ok but the cost of a unit
to a family that might make less than $5k per year, it is a luxury. Not sure it would have helped. One time I was working at the store about 1/4 mile from my motherinlaw's house late about 9pm. A whiteout came thru and it took me 1.5 hrs to get home. You would aim for a barely visible glow over the drifts, get there. Try to figure out whose house it was and look for another landmark. Another time I was leaving the larger store with my brother in law after work in whiteout conditions. About 1/2 mile accross an open area. I have a brain condition that is GPS like. I have been confused once or twice but never lost. We were going acrross the slough on a snogo when I banged him on the shoulder and said he was missing the house. He had lived there all his life of 40 yrs at the time. He insisted he was going the correct way. I got off the sled because I knew he was wrong. He followed me to ensure I didnt get lost and we ended up home. It scared him because the way he was going was open water in the bering sea very quickly. dead reckoning on a flat landscape wih no landmarks or visibility with a compass is chancy as hell.
thanx,
bill
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     lost a nephew today - (boxley) - (35) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:09:34 PM EST
         Dern that sucks... - (folkert) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:14:32 PM EST
         Sorry to hear that -NT - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:15:50 PM EST
         My sympathies. -NT - (imric) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:16:58 PM EST
         Sorry buddy. - (Silverlock) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:20:59 PM EST
         That's terrible news, Box! - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:25:56 PM EST
             it works ok but the cost of a unit - (boxley) - Feb. 6, 2003, 11:35:09 PM EST
         My consolendces - (orion) - (1) - Feb. 6, 2003, 10:28:08 PM EST
             thank you Norm -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 6, 2003, 11:35:34 PM EST
         thank you all -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 6, 2003, 11:36:15 PM EST
         :( so sorry to hear. Condolences all around. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Feb. 7, 2003, 01:38:37 AM EST
         Ugh. - (Ashton) - Feb. 7, 2003, 02:48:33 AM EST
         Sorry to hear it -NT - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 7, 2003, 04:12:50 AM EST
         Sincere condolences from me, too. -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Feb. 7, 2003, 04:44:58 AM EST
             And from me -NT - (drewk) - Feb. 7, 2003, 09:15:18 AM EST
         Add my condolences also. Will keep family in prayers. -NT - (jbrabeck) - Feb. 7, 2003, 08:07:43 AM EST
         Doh! - (Yendor) - Feb. 7, 2003, 08:09:13 AM EST
         Sorry to hear that, Box. -NT - (jb4) - Feb. 7, 2003, 09:18:09 AM EST
         my condolences as well -NT - (SpiceWare) - Feb. 7, 2003, 09:23:40 AM EST
         my condolences as well -NT - (SpiceWare) - Feb. 7, 2003, 09:23:44 AM EST
         Sorry to hear that. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Feb. 7, 2003, 10:46:40 AM EST
         Sorry - (broomberg) - (3) - Feb. 7, 2003, 11:21:44 AM EST
             Maybe they *do* come in threes - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 7, 2003, 11:33:55 AM EST
                 4s - or look for 2 more - (broomberg) - Feb. 8, 2003, 12:03:18 AM EST
             snomachine, in local dialect snogo -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 7, 2003, 11:43:08 AM EST
         Condolences and prayers -NT - (bepatient) - Feb. 7, 2003, 11:38:53 AM EST
         Add my condolescences. - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 7, 2003, 12:31:03 PM EST
         Not nice - two sadnesses - (dmarker) - Feb. 9, 2003, 09:28:06 AM EST
         Condolences from here, too - (lincoln) - Feb. 11, 2003, 04:47:46 PM EST
         Sorry to hear it Box :( -NT - (Meerkat) - Feb. 11, 2003, 06:47:31 PM EST
         Sincere consolendces.... -NT - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Feb. 12, 2003, 10:45:23 AM EST
             Re: Sincere consolendces.... - (supergraf) - (1) - April 9, 2005, 12:01:09 AM EDT
                 Hmmm, Newbie... - (folkert) - April 9, 2005, 02:53:47 AM EDT
         God, box, I'm sorry. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - April 11, 2005, 09:25:34 AM EDT
             Check the date on the original posting. - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 11, 2005, 11:48:36 AM EDT
                 Mea culpa. Too many irons, too many fires. -NT - (mmoffitt) - April 11, 2005, 02:54:24 PM EDT

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