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GPS_fan
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I wonder if it will also give an accurate altitude reading on the plane.
...but what map will it display? A large expanse of blue or will it try to shown the roads 30 odd thousand feet below?
...or maybe it knows the flight path 
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Cruise Control - Toughy or Softy Pants? |
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| GPS_fan wrote: | | ...and surely the flagrant north/south discrimination shown by Dennis is against some forum rule or other |
Not at all - "North/South Divide" is all the latest stuff - they talk about it on telly, so it's true.
I didn't know it has attitude? But when I've seen screen shots from other folk, they HAVE shown roads below. I would imagine 3D view is quite impressive!!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Southerner Softy Pantses |
What is this??
I thought the correct expression was Soft Southern Shandy-Swillers  |
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| alistairm1 wrote: | | Quote: | | Southerner Softy Pantses |
What is this??
I thought the correct expression was Soft Southern Shandy-Swillers |
Absolutely NOT - that might confuse some people into thinking Southerner Softy Pantses were a bit firm - not 'ARD, mind you, like Northerner 'Ardy Pantses, but not quite totally Softy Pantses. Wouldn't want that.
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alistairm1
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When I lived in Blackpool local people thought the South started at (about) Milton Keynes. When I moved from Blackpool to Farnborough, local people thought the North started at (about) Watford with Scotland starting at the southern end of the M6.
So where is the dividing line?
I remember years ago on the BBC a concept called the "mugger" line which as I recall ran from the Bristol Channel to the Wash. (just substitute the second letter of the alphabet for the "m" in mugger). This was supposed to determine the North/South divide based on pronunciation. |
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GPS_fan
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Cruise Control - Toughy or Softy Pants? |
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| DennisN wrote: | | I didn't know it has attitude? |
Surely, your GPS does have attitude - that's why you had to return your 720 because it failed to behave for you 
My GPS also has altitude, but I don't know if it only works at ground level (ie up to a few thousand feet above sea level) or if it works up to cruising height for passenger jets.
Perhaps we should add fuel to the fire and open a left/right handed debate as well as your north/south divide 
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DennisN
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| alistairm1 wrote: | When I lived in Blackpool local people thought the South started at (about) Milton Keynes. When I moved from Blackpool to Farnborough, local people thought the North started at (about) Watford with Scotland starting at the southern end of the M6.
So where is the dividing line? |
South starts at Sheffield. Left starts at Huddersfield. South and/or Left is Bad, North and Right is Good.
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alistairm1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: |
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| So, doesn't look good for Horace Bachelor's home town. |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | South starts at Sheffield. Left starts at Huddersfield. South and/or Left is Bad, North and Right is Good. |
So where is Keynsham in this? |
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DennisN
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Oh SHUCKS!! That's torn it. Tom Tom have just announced the 920, availability last quarter of 2007. Now what do I do? I'm currently down to my last Satnav and getting serious withdrawal symptoms. I'm off on holiday today, so can't buy a new one for the next two weeks (God willing, they won't have any Satnavs in the departure lounge at 5am tomorrow!!). But then I have to wait another two weeks to "last quarter 2007", then I have to wait until it gets to TT's "last quarter 2007", which could be a long time, recalling the x10 series last year, or the new maps "2nd quarter 2006".
Anybody got any suggestions as to how I can get through the next "how long" until it actually hits the High Street Colliers?
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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It'll know where it is but no maps obviously.
I will be in sunshine too in a few days, off to Dubai for 3GSM 
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DennisN
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Keynsham is South AND Left - Megga disapproved of!! One saving grace - population fortunately contains at least one 'ARD Northerner. And Vera (who is from Devon, which is excluded from South and Left because it's nice).
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| Darren wrote: | It'll know where it is but no maps obviously.
I will be in sunshine too in a few days, off to Dubai for 3GSM |
Keep your eyes open in case anybody happens to drop a TT GO that you could bring back to keep me going until the 920 reaches Keynsham High Street Colliers.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| DennisN wrote: | | Keep your eyes open in case anybody happens to drop a TT GO that you could bring back to keep me going until the 920 reaches Keynsham High Street Colliers. |
A fine example of some apparently ard northern grovelling.
Sad, innit'! 
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| mostdom wrote: | | DennisN wrote: | | Keep your eyes open in case anybody happens to drop a TT GO that you could bring back to keep me going until the 920 reaches Keynsham High Street Colliers. |
A fine example of some apparently ard northern grovelling.
Sad, innit'! |
I didn't say "please" - I'm really, really 'Ard!
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