Chepy was Good. Thanks TOG

The Older Gentleman · May 3, 2004

platypus said:

My recent experiences of GPS have failed to convince me of its superiority
over the printed paper thingies I normally rely on.
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Izal Medicated?

platypus · May 3, 2004

The said:

Izal Medicated?
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Probably. But it didn't cost me hundreds of pounds, so I don't need to get
all defensive if it doesn't work...

Verdigris · May 3, 2004

On Mon, 03 May 2004 08:48:25 +0000, platypus wrote:

...but it's not what I would expect to see
on a properly-prepared bike from a reputable dealer.
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^^^^^^^^^
Ah! You didn't get it from Fowlups, then.

platypus · May 3, 2004

Verdigris said:

On Mon, 03 May 2004 08:48:25 +0000, platypus wrote:

^^^^^^^^^
Ah! You didn't get it from Fowlups, then.
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Nah, up the road and round the corner. Not usually a Triumph dealer. They
weren't open today, so I'll pop round after work tomorrow and give them the
bad news.

Kiran Soar · May 3, 2004

Ian wrote:

You can sit down with a lot of maps you've bought, ponder the route,
plan it, look at alternatives, have a beer and look some more.

Memorise the route you want, mark it on the map, with nice high
lighter pen, and stick it in your tank bag, and every now and again
stop and turn it over, so you can see where you are.

or

Load maps to gps, 6 minutes, have cup of tea.
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Yes, but all of the people I have seen with GPS have the map reading skills
of a blind gimp.

Kiran · May 3, 2004

Ian said:

Nope, I wasn't lost, in that I was going where I wanted to go.
However, I then decided that, that wasn't exactly the way I wanted to
go.
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That'll be the reason we saw you coming the other way going in the opposite
direction to where you needed to be going. ;-)

Boots Blakeley · May 3, 2004

Well it's not so much superior, as different.

You can sit down with a lot of maps you've bought, ponder the route,
plan it, look at alternatives, have a beer and look some more.

Memorise the route you want, mark it on the map, with nice high
lighter pen, and stick it in your tank bag, and every now and again
stop and turn it over, so you can see where you are.

or

Load maps to gps, 6 minutes, have cup of tea.

In the morning, plug the destination in, say route, and done.
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My planning involved a quick look the night before, another look and
discussion on the boat. In total about 5 minutes of preparation, no
stops until Abbiville{sp} where GPS may have saved me a bit of faffing
but would have cost ~£400 more than my cheap map.

Kiran · May 3, 2004

Boots said:

My planning involved a quick look the night before, another look and
discussion on the boat. In total about 5 minutes of preparation, no
stops until Abbiville{sp} where GPS may have saved me a bit of faffing
but would have cost ~£400 more than my cheap map.
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My planning was to have a look at the map about a month before, and then
remember to pack it the night before. Do nothing on the ferry, and then
follow TOG for the rest of the journey. Works every time. And a heck of a
lot cheaper than GPS.

Salad Dodger · May 3, 2004

Yes, but all of the people I have seen with GPS have the map reading skills
of a blind gimp.
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****. Off.
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(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
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Kiran · May 3, 2004

Salad said:

****. Off.
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Ok, I'll rephrase. All of the people I have seen with GPS on a motorcycle
have the map reading
skills of a blind gimp. That should exclude you. ;-)

Salad Dodger · May 3, 2004

Ok, I'll rephrase. All of the people I have seen with GPS on a motorcycle
have the map reading
skills of a blind gimp. That should exclude you. ;-)
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You need better mirrors. With telephoto attachments.

This was our non-GPS short cut through Amiens on Sunday.

http://www.salad.dodger.dsl.pipex.com/amiens.jpg

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|_\_____/_| ..64741../..15361.../..3157./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:14 Pts: 270 Miles:1248

Jackie · May 3, 2004

On Mon, 03 May 2004 21:55:46 +0100, the infinite monkeys with infinite
typewriters employed by Ian < ()>
spewed forth:

Heh, well I can read a map, however, I'm generally too lazy too.

Having said that I don't use the GPS for off road stuff, and haven't
got lost at all.
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Well I was watching a programme about intelligent weapons on the
History channel tonight, and they were explaining how the US use GPS
to guide the weapons to their targets.. explains it all really..

eric the brave · May 3, 2004

Salad said:

****. Off.
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AOL to that. It's an assistant to the map.

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platypus · May 3, 2004

Ian said:

The round window said it was Mon, 3 May 2004 20:57:43 +0100,so

Actually, no, that was where I was ignoring the gps and follwing doger
et al, only to find that they weren't going to Calais.

So after I'd decided that I didn't want to go to Amiens I followed the
GPS, which had been telling me the other way.
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So after spending all that money on the GPS, you ignored what it was telling
you and followed Dodger instead? Spesh.

ogden · May 3, 2004

Jackie said:

Well I was watching a programme about intelligent weapons on the
History channel tonight, and they were explaining how the US use GPS
to guide the weapons to their targets.. explains it all really..
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Aye. I aimed for Chepy, but ended up at the local Chinese embassy.

The Older Gentleman · May 3, 2004

Kiran Soar said:

Ian wrote:

Yes, but all of the people I have seen with GPS have the map reading skills
of a blind gimp.
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LOL

How true.

Salad Dodger · May 3, 2004

Yes, but all of the people I have seen with GPS have the map reading skills
of a blind gimp.
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LOL

How true.[/QUOTE]

No it isn't, and you know it, Mr "I mustn't use an ATM or it'll steal
my soul".

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..64741../..15361.../..3157./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:14 Pts: 270 Miles:1248

steve auvache · May 3, 2004

eric the brave wrote

AOL to that. It's an assistant to the map.
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GPS is a bitch then?

Salad Dodger · May 3, 2004

So after spending all that money on the GPS, you ignored what it was telling
you and followed Dodger instead? Spesh.
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Well, I'd just got a new antenna for mine. I was testing it out.
Except that I hadn't asked it to find a route, and was just following
Tim'n'Anne.

It just kept track of where we'd been.

Oh, and pointed out that we were travelling East on the N43 at one
point, instead of West.

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..64741../..15361.../..3157./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17
'^' RBR-Visited:14 Pts: 270 Miles:1248

Ben Blaney · May 4, 2004

Ian said:

Memorise the route you want, mark it on the map, with nice high
lighter pen, and stick it in your tank bag, and every now and again
stop and turn it over, so you can see where you are.

or

Load maps to gps, 6 minutes, have cup of tea.

In the morning, plug the destination in, say route, and done.
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When I left last year's EOSM with Big Tony and Sean, I was still in
the midst of a tremendous hangover. As you'll know, you can turn out
of the pub car park, go left and past the front of the pub or right as
past the back of the pub and you basically stay on one road and you
get to Derby.

Big Tony's GPS took us down the first road on the right. Then the
first left. Then the first right. Then the first left. By this
point we were going down unclassified roads not wide enough for a car
to drive through without the bushes scratching the paintwork.

GPS is shit.

Chepy was Good. Thanks TOG

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