Social Anxiety Support

spacefiller · 10-24-2009, 03:27 PM

Yes, a Garmin. Stupid purchase. Took it along into the backcountry a few times but the novelty wore off. Really unnecessary.

Lonelyguy · 10-24-2009, 06:35 PM

I have a Lowrance iFinder H20C handheld. I only use it in my boat for navigation though, I don't have any road map software for it although I could easily install it into mine. I don't travel that far so I usually use Mapquest or Google maps if I need help finding something.

Havalina · 10-24-2009, 06:45 PM

I WISH I HAD ONE!

Not a car-installed one, a hand-held one! Oh my, it would make my life complete!

(Physical Geography major here :P)

huh · 10-24-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by moxosis

no, I was going to get one, but then I thought that people have lived for thousands of years without them.

I like that philosophy. In fact, I was about to buy some toilet paper this week when I thought to myself, "Hey, people lived thousands of years without this fancy stuff, so why buy it now?". It's saving me a few bucks a week!

coldmorning · 10-24-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Duke of Prunes

No. I don't have a use for one and even if I did, I'd rather just go without. No big brother tracking for me, thanks.

Nobody tracks you when you use a gps. It's a passive system that picks up signals but doesn't transmit anything. Satellites transmit their location and the time. If you can pick up signals from three satellites, you can figure out where you are. But the only one who knows where you are, is you.

Now there are things that will transmit your location alongside a gps receiver, but that isn't gps itself. For example a phone might send your location on a wireless network. But gps can work without sending any signals from the device itself, whatsoever. And this is usually how dedicated gps devices work (especially handhelds which would have terrible battery life if they had to transmit anything).

Johnny_Genome · 10-24-2009, 07:36 PM

Garmin Nuvi with live traffic -- which is actually quite accurate and handy in LA

jab_au · 10-25-2009, 12:07 AM

TomTom Navigator on my smartphone, I don't make lots of calls on the phone so it has to be put to some other use other than internet access on the go.

Micronian · 10-25-2009, 01:02 AM

Luckily, I am very good with directions so I don't need a gps. I used to work as a delivery boy before GPS was ever available and I never got lost. Even in Japan, where their "system" doesn't even use house/building numbers and every sign is in Japanese, i still don't get lost.

Personally, I think those GPS things are for wusses. But if you're really really bad with directions, more power to you I guess...

Micronian · 10-25-2009, 01:04 AM

double post

steelmyhead · 10-25-2009, 02:26 AM

I'm a thomas guides person, myself. There's nothing quite as satisfying as flipping through a book of maps.

Jaiyyson · 10-25-2009, 02:38 AM

I have a Navman S45!

Jaiyyson · 10-25-2009, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by huh

I like that philosophy. In fact, I was about to buy some toliet paper this week when I thought to myself, "Hey, people lived thousands of years without this fancy stuff, so why buy it now?". It's saving me a few bucks a week!

Priceless man

I am a fan of these so I advocate them.

djr86 · 10-30-2009, 09:13 AM

I just use mapquest because I don't feel like I travel to enough unknown places to need to invest the money in one. If I traveled a lot I would definetely want one though.

Logan X · 10-30-2009, 10:52 AM

I don't need one. The store and my house are really close. I know i wont get lost. I might get one when i decide to go further than that, i don't know...

Seriously, i don't need the gadget. I never get lost. And if i do get lost i use the oldest trick in the book. I ask a mother****er for directions. But i guess soon people will tell me things like "get a gps, loser"

Cerberus · 10-30-2009, 11:10 AM

No. Even though I'm a delivery driver, I just use a map. GPS seems like a waste of money to me.

nubly · 10-30-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Banzai

They call "sat navs", GPS in America? Interesting

global positioning system. the only time ive used one was in the army back in the late 90s. big clunky thing. havent seen what the new tech on them are. im a guy. i dont need directions to travel

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Originally Posted by Polar

I had a phone (Nokia N95 8GB) with an internal GPS, but two weeks ago a Hungarian pickpocketing hooker stole it from me when I was in Budapest

that was one expensive hooker!

Quote:

Originally Posted by huh

I like that philosophy. In fact, I was about to buy some toilet paper this week when I thought to myself, "Hey, people lived thousands of years without this fancy stuff, so why buy it now?". It's saving me a few bucks a week!

when i was a kid in mexico, the town i lived in had no indoor plumbing so we dug a hole to poop. if we had no TP we would use rocks or fallen leaves.

chunkylover53 · 10-30-2009, 08:16 PM

I have a Tom Tom. It's a lifesaver.

Meli24R · 10-30-2009, 11:47 PM

No, but I need one. I have a hard time following directions because I have driving anxiety. If I get lost I start panicking like crazy.

Jnmcda0 · 11-01-2009, 04:44 PM

I don't have a GPS, but my brother and I bought my dad one a few years ago for his birthday. If I was going on a trip somewhere, I might borrow it. Normally, I just use one of the map websites (Mapquest/Yahoo/Google/Bing).

huh · 11-01-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by moxosis

F*** off!!! People are buying too much stuff that they don't need, but I wouldn't stop buying stuff that I would need. So FU** OFF with you sarcasm.

Lol, settle down there...no need to fly off the handle. My point is simply that there are lots of things that society has lived without, and may not be necessary, but there are still good reasons why we have them or use them. Toilet paper, toothbrushes, cars, deodorant, etc. are all things like that.

View Poll Results: Do you have a GPS?
Yes	26	36.11%
No	19	26.39%
I use someone elses (my parents /or friends)	7	9.72%
no, i use mapquest or google!maps	20	27.78%
Voters: 72. You may not vote on this poll

10-24-2009, 06:35 PM	#22 (permalink)
Lonelyguy Status: Illegal in most areas Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 4,728	I have a Lowrance iFinder H20C handheld. I only use it in my boat for navigation though, I don't have any road map software for it although I could easily install it into mine. I don't travel that far so I usually use Mapquest or Google maps if I need help finding something. __________________ —"To me, there's nothing freer than a bird, you know, just flying wherever he wants to go. And, I don't know, that's what this country is all about, being free. I think everyone wants to be a free bird." ~ Ronnie Van Zant

10-25-2009, 12:07 AM	#27 (permalink)
jab_au Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 158	TomTom Navigator on my smartphone, I don't make lots of calls on the phone so it has to be put to some other use other than internet access on the go. __________________ Web White Noise

10-25-2009, 01:02 AM	#28 (permalink)
Micronian Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Osaka, Japan Gender: Male Posts: 1,940	Luckily, I am very good with directions so I don't need a gps. I used to work as a delivery boy before GPS was ever available and I never got lost. Even in Japan, where their "system" doesn't even use house/building numbers and every sign is in Japanese, i still don't get lost. Personally, I think those GPS things are for wusses. But if you're really really bad with directions, more power to you I guess... __________________ "I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday"

10-25-2009, 01:04 AM	#29 (permalink)
Micronian Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Osaka, Japan Gender: Male Posts: 1,940	double post __________________ "I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday"

10-24-2009, 03:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
spacefiller Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 47	Yes, a Garmin. Stupid purchase. Took it along into the backcountry a few times but the novelty wore off. Really unnecessary.

10-24-2009, 06:45 PM	#23 (permalink)
Havalina Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Niagara Falls Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 427	I WISH I HAD ONE! Not a car-installed one, a hand-held one! Oh my, it would make my life complete! (Physical Geography major here :P)

10-24-2009, 07:36 PM	#26 (permalink)
Johnny_Genome Status: I am, etc. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: LA Gender: Male Age: 31 Posts: 1,265	Garmin Nuvi with live traffic -- which is actually quite accurate and handy in LA

10-25-2009, 02:26 AM	#30 (permalink)
steelmyhead Status: mostly harmless Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 642	I'm a thomas guides person, myself. There's nothing quite as satisfying as flipping through a book of maps. __________________ The trick is to experience, not anticipate.

10-25-2009, 02:38 AM	#31 (permalink)
Jaiyyson Status: Davids disarm Goliaths Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 872	I have a Navman S45! __________________ "Don't walk in front of me, and don't walk behind me. If you are to walk with me, walk beside me or nothing at all."

10-30-2009, 09:13 AM	#33 (permalink)
djr86 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Maryland Gender: Male Posts: 89	I just use mapquest because I don't feel like I travel to enough unknown places to need to invest the money in one. If I traveled a lot I would definetely want one though. __________________ When all is said and done, there's usually more said than done. Learn to like your self, because you're one person you can't get away from.

10-30-2009, 10:52 AM	#34 (permalink)
Logan X Status: I'm dead inside Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LaSalle, QC Gender: Male Age: 36 Posts: 5,276	I don't need one. The store and my house are really close. I know i wont get lost. I might get one when i decide to go further than that, i don't know... Seriously, i don't need the gadget. I never get lost. And if i do get lost i use the oldest trick in the book. I ask a mother**er for directions. But i guess soon people will tell me things like "get a gps, loser" __________________ It ain't the fall that gets you. It's the sudden stop at the bottom.**

10-30-2009, 11:10 AM	#35 (permalink)
Cerberus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 5,721	No. Even though I'm a delivery driver, I just use a map. GPS seems like a waste of money to me. __________________ "Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I'm left alone Through the deepest void, a blackened paradise I walk alone, I'm left alone"

10-30-2009, 08:16 PM	#37 (permalink)
chunkylover53 Status: Marvellous. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 147	I have a Tom Tom. It's a lifesaver.

10-30-2009, 11:47 PM	#38 (permalink)
Meli24R Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 198	No, but I need one. I have a hard time following directions because I have driving anxiety. If I get lost I start panicking like crazy.

11-01-2009, 04:44 PM	#39 (permalink)
Jnmcda0 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 2,103	I don't have a GPS, but my brother and I bought my dad one a few years ago for his birthday. If I was going on a trip somewhere, I might borrow it. Normally, I just use one of the map websites (Mapquest/Yahoo/Google/Bing).