[gps-talkusers] Re: telling folks where to go:
- From: "Gerry Leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 06:49:38 -0600
If you put the trekker in automotive mode It can tell you how fast you are
going.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:17 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: telling folks where to go:
> How have you caught a bus going 95 mph with a trekker?
> Can you do that with that machine?
> Mary Ellen Earls
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 4:08 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: telling folks where to go:
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I started with GPS talk a few years ago. I recently got a trekker
because
> > it was less expensive then the Braille note system. Since using it I
have
> > caught four cab drivers taking me several miles out of the way during a
> > trip. I have also caught a shuttle bus going #95 miles per our in a #55
> > zone. The whole GPS experience has been wonderful, and I would like to
> > thank Mike, Charles and others for developing these systems. Gerry
> > Leary----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lisa Kozlik" <lisak70@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:28 PM
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: telling folks where to go:
> >
> >
> > > Mary Ellen,
> > >
> > > The first day I had GPS I spent half the night looking around my old
> > > neighborhood using virtual mode. I also looked around my current
> > > neighborhood. When I first moved into this neighborhood ten years ago,
> my
> > > O&M instructor made a detailed Braille map which listed all of the
> > > businesses in the area at the time. When I compare the Braille map to
> the
> > > information provided by BrailleNote GPS, I'm amazed at much things
have
> > > changed!
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:14 PM
> > > Subject: [gps-talkusers] telling folks where to go:
> > >
> > >
> > > I actually was stopped by a lady who was looking for one of the
little
> > tiny
> > > lanes which makes our village such an intriguing place in which to
live.
> > > The poor woman was nearly in tears because she had cruised up and down
> the
> > > entire village looking at all the side streets of course, to no avail.
> I
> > > told her exactly where the street was and as she pulled away I heard
the
> > > child in the car with her saying, "Hay mom, did you see that lady's
> guide
> > > dog? It was sure curly!"
> > > I laughed to myself and went my merry way until running into a friend,
> to
> > > whom I related my experience. He had been a teacher of mine in
> elementary
> > > school and he simply said, "Well, you know where every street in this
> > > village is."
> > > Oh I had fun the other day. I called up an address where I spent 20
> years
> > of
> > > my life from early teens until my parents moved into a retirement
home.
> I
> > > had the gps find me a route to a nearby restaurant which had been the
> > corner
> > > drug store when I lived there and I could still walk that route in my
> > sleep
> > > but it was tremendous fun seeing the gps's take on things.
> > > Mary Ellen Earls
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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