OT - What are you doing right now?

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Botch said:

Learned yesterday that Apple Carplay can now use Google Maps, not just Apple Maps.  Have been trying to download it since, and am frustrated as hell.    

Will be leaving for Des Moines Thursday morning, with my trusty State Farm Atlas sitting on the passenger seat.  

I miss the Atlas days.  Made trips more exciting.  You never knew what you were actually getting into.

Especially when an accident closed the road. Get out the map and try and work out an alternative route while driving.

nolaegghead

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

Eoin

nolaegghead said:

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

If you like to navigate, rather than just follow the sat nav without thinking, an overview is a good thing to have. My problem with sat navs is the loss of detail when zooming out, so trying to work out alternative routes is a pain.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

lots of maine is not on google, the old remote pond roads, the forest roads etc. atleast my truck tells me when its lost. you cant even find the roads on an atlas map, you need to dig into old books

Eoin

fishlessman said:

nolaegghead said:

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

lots of maine is not on google, the old remote pond roads, the forest roads etc. atleast my truck tells me when its lost. you cant even find the roads on an atlas map, you need to dig into old books

Do you have detailled maps available for the whole state like the UK Ordanance Survey? I have these on my phone as a subscription, everything is on these.

Legume

I still try to remember to carry a paper map or two when I travel as a back up, I just don’t use them.

fishlessman

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

nolaegghead said:

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

lots of maine is not on google, the old remote pond roads, the forest roads etc. atleast my truck tells me when its lost. you cant even find the roads on an atlas map, you need to dig into old books

Do you have detailled maps available for the whole state like the UK Ordanance Survey? I have these on my phone as a subscription, everything is on these.

not sure whats online for some places but some roads you need an ax, chainsaw, boards, pickax, shovel, come-alongs, extra vehicles etc. gps would come in handy because ive not been sure what country ive been fishing in at times. some are really remote with helicoptor stockings and the roads are really getting overgrown

Kayak

Our minivan has pretty good Chrysler navigation, but cell phone coverage can be spotty away from civilization. Traveling in the western US, and northern Pa, I often have no signal.

And nobody ever plans their trips on their cell phone map.

nolaegghead

fishlessman said:

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

nolaegghead said:

I'm not nostalgic for paper maps for navigation even a little bit.

lots of maine is not on google, the old remote pond roads, the forest roads etc. atleast my truck tells me when its lost. you cant even find the roads on an atlas map, you need to dig into old books

Do you have detailled maps available for the whole state like the UK Ordanance Survey? I have these on my phone as a subscription, everything is on these.

not sure whats online for some places but some roads you need an ax, chainsaw, boards, pickax, shovel, come-alongs, extra vehicles etc. gps would come in handy because ive not been sure what country ive been fishing in at times. some are really remote with helicoptor stockings and the roads are really getting overgrown

Don't forget to bring a big spray can of banjo repellent.

nolaegghead

If you have a tablet or laptop you can, depending on where you are, see enough resolution to identify old roads and paths.  You will have trouble if they're overgrown with trees.  I'll bet there's a way to get the winter aerials. 

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

If you have a tablet or laptop you can, depending on where you are, see enough resolution to identify old roads and paths.  You will have trouble if they're overgrown with trees.  I'll bet there's a way to get the winter aerials. 

one place i used to stay at could connect for about an hour a day. he used that time to pick up women in jail that had no place to go. his place is 18 miles off the road, if she stayed past the first snow there was an opportunity to get out in the spring. i would show up in spring with food, fruit, watermelon, you should see how fast a woman can devour fresh food

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

nolaegghead said:

If you have a tablet or laptop you can, depending on where you are, see enough resolution to identify old roads and paths.  You will have trouble if they're overgrown with trees.  I'll bet there's a way to get the winter aerials. 

one place i used to stay at could connect for about an hour a day. he used that time to pick up women in jail that had no place to go. his place is 18 miles off the road, if she stayed past the first snow there was an opportunity to get out in the spring. i would show up in spring with food, fruit, watermelon, you should see how fast a woman can devour fresh food

Yeah, wow.  That has serial killer written all over it.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

fishlessman said:

nolaegghead said:

If you have a tablet or laptop you can, depending on where you are, see enough resolution to identify old roads and paths.  You will have trouble if they're overgrown with trees.  I'll bet there's a way to get the winter aerials. 

one place i used to stay at could connect for about an hour a day. he used that time to pick up women in jail that had no place to go. his place is 18 miles off the road, if she stayed past the first snow there was an opportunity to get out in the spring. i would show up in spring with food, fruit, watermelon, you should see how fast a woman can devour fresh food

Yeah, wow.  That has serial killer written all over it.

beautiful place though, view of mt katahdin over looking the north end of chesuncook lake. he was nice enough to ask me not to let my dog run in her garden, she turned a plot maybe 50 by a hundred foot by hand with a shovel one spring. i think she had plans to make and hang curtains in the camps

SGH

Heading back to Colonel Dixie. Going to blow the diet a little today. Going to have a Dixie Double Chili Cheeseburger, a Dixie Dog with fries and wash it down with a quart of Dixie Dew 👍

SonVolt

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NsAzb16nv4p&mls=1

Ozzie_Isaac

SonVolt said:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NsAzb16nv4p&mls=1

Buying, selling, or just curious?  That is a lot of carpet and a lot of white.

HeavyG

What a spectacularly unappealing place.

Was it a former brothel and these were client rooms?

Longtrain

Baked & Sweets on the Egg.  Butter injected and rubbed pork tenderloin ready in the wings…

While we wait, a very tasty Moscow Mule with fresh lime and ginger.

ColbyLang

Laughing at the local weatherman. He cancelled school yesterday and today after Monday’s 7” of rain. We’ve gotten less than .5” of rain today. Chicken little tells you the sky is falling....

nolaegghead

SonVolt said:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NsAzb16nv4p&mls=1

How incredibly depressing.  I never want to view carpet again in my life.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/329-W-23rd-Pl-Panama-City-FL-32405/42766938_zpid/?

ColbyLang

nolaegghead said:

SonVolt said:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NsAzb16nv4p&mls=1

How incredibly depressing.  I never want to view carpet again in my life.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/329-W-23rd-Pl-Panama-City-FL-32405/42766938_zpid/?

My 91 year old grandmother has carpet in her bathrooms, but a kitchen!!! That’s a new sight for me

Botch

HeavyG said:

What a spectacularly unappealing place.

Was it a former brothel and these were client rooms?

Pre-marked for COVID distancing.  

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

SonVolt said:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NsAzb16nv4p&mls=1

How incredibly depressing.  I never want to view carpet again in my life.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/329-W-23rd-Pl-Panama-City-FL-32405/42766938_zpid/?

From the listing, "4 Car Garage that can hold up 16 cars"

Wouldn't that be a 16 car garage?

Ozzie_Isaac

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

northGAcock

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

Closing or you dying?

Ozzie_Isaac

northGAcock said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

Closing or you dying?

Closing.  Locally famous Pub, building owner sold the building and new owner leased space to someone else.. Didn't give Rula Bula a chance.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

northGAcock said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

Closing or you dying?

Closing.  Locally famous Pub, building owner sold the building and new owner leased space to someone else.. Didn't give Rula Bula a chance.

Phew!  For a second there, I thought you might be dying...

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

northGAcock said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

Closing or you dying?

Closing.  Locally famous Pub, building owner sold the building and new owner leased space to someone else.. Didn't give Rula Bula a chance.

Phew!  For a second there, I thought you might be dying...

Nope, you can put away the decorations and party prizes

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

northGAcock said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Getting ready to enjoy my last meal at Rula Bula.

Closing or you dying?

Closing.  Locally famous Pub, building owner sold the building and new owner leased space to someone else.. Didn't give Rula Bula a chance.

Phew!  For a second there, I thought you might be dying...

Nope, you can put away the decorations and party prizes.

 dang I was trying to figure out how to get your soundbar

nolaegghead