GPS Usage for Backpacking in Europe
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From: Tim C. on 16 Nov 2009 10:10 On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:20 +0100, Martin wrote in post : <news:1mq2g5pl6vphdkd63epg4pqu3k7b1jmued(a)4ax.com> : > On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:15 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > >>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:55 GMT, bartc wrote in post : >><news:TwdMm.5732$Ym4.3434(a)text.news.virginmedia.com> : >> >>> "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote in message >>> news:eie74ro4oeds$.1djxoftdyxd6.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:41 GMT, bartc wrote in post : >>>> <news:5bdMm.5723$Ym4.3423(a)text.news.virginmedia.com> : >>> >>>>> I remember taking, at various times, a satellite dish/receiver/remote, >>>>> portable CRT TV, mobile phone, modem and laptop computer. And often there >>>>> might be a video camera, music keyboard (and headphones), radio and >>>>> lamps. >>>>> (This was before digital cameras, GPS and all those other gadgets.) >>>>> >>>>> Plus all the leads, cables, adaptors, extensions, inverters etc for >>>>> running >>>>> that lot from 220V on the campsite or from the car 12V socket. >>>> >>>> A small tent and a HUGE car! >>> >>> Actually it was a small car but it was well-packed (as I had a bike too). No >>> room for any passengers though. >> >>I bet there wasn't :-) > > Vincent 1000s take up more room than a back seat. lol! I didn't think of that. -- Tim C.
From: erilar on 16 Nov 2009 10:16 In article <ab411f1b-ec7f-4d6d-81a2-17463e20459a(a)d10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Surreyman <alandavid.spencer(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > I must be one of the last who doesn't even use a mobile at home. We > have one for calling the AA if necessary. That's it, and will remain > so. My cell phone lives in my car's glove compartment, turned off, most of the time. I do carry it with me when hiking in adverse weather in the winter, and also use it sometimes when away from home in the US. It has voice mail and on the rare occasions when I turn it on, I may find a message from a month or two before 8-) -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: erilar on 16 Nov 2009 10:18 In article <1qf401s91l5c2$.lrqzfsvyq3zb$.dlg(a)40tude.net>, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:44:08 -0600, erilar wrote in post : > <news:drache-7CE80E.14440813112009(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > > > I recharge my iPod by plugging into > > a wall(I stay over night in buildings with electricity) > > Via an adapter &/ charger of some sort I presume? Just a funny-looking plug that I plug the iPod's charger plug into. Most places I go use the same one with two round prongs. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
From: Alfred Molon on 16 Nov 2009 12:44 In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Tim C. says... > And a Nikon SLR Sooner or later you won't be able to purchase film anymore. -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe
From: Keith Willshaw on 16 Nov 2009 14:35
"Alfred Molon" <alfred_molon(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:MPG.256badd95e2108a198c1be(a)news.supernews.com... > In article <1a0sozyy0x3g8.c6ziv1j81ve5.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Tim C. says... >> And a Nikon SLR > > Sooner or later you won't be able to purchase film anymore. > -- Given that you could still buy photographic glass plates more than a century after they were 'superseded' by film I wouldnt hold your breath. Keith |