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Re: Thumbs-up to Garmin - Down to Lowrance Software in my GPS 12 was also brought up to the latest version that was created for the unit. Now includes a battery-saver which updates a bit more slowly but doubles battery life. I am sure there is a point where product support has to cease due to...

In a previous post I asked if it was worth repairing my Garmin GPS 12 so I could use it in an aircraft cockpit. It had been a "faithful companion" to the panel-mounted Garmin 75 on many a boating trip, but had sat on a shelf with no batteries in it for several years. It apparently had either a...

We all have different ideas of punishment. My suggestion represented the most fearful thing I could think of for myself. Blowing me up with 12 sticks of dynamite would be a charity-event by comparison. Gad, two in a row who don't understand irony and sarchasm! Like someone once said "I am...

No, it's not. Read carefully again, please. Those were boogy-men I was describing. None of them were things to get panicked about but all of which seem to strike terror in the hearts of the American public! Or do you think the other three examples really were cause for alarm?

Only in the same class as the Big Bad Wolf attacking all those pigs. Then again, Americans seem to be easily frightened these days, so "terror" may be a fitting description. We're terrorized by McDonalds selling us all that fat, Wal-Mart not insuring its workers, hurricanes breaching levee walls...

"...appeared to be having engine trouble..." is another standard, isn't it? If it isn't going up, the engine must be bad. At least the investigators generally seem to know how much value to place on eyewitness reports. I wonder how soon they will do (did) the weight and balance calculation.

Dangerous in the extreme! Look at the bad decisions people tend to make in the heat of the moment. How many 3" headlines get the water-cooler crowd all worked up to "do something!" that are reversed on page 27 of the next edition. Additionally, I do not belong to the state, it belongs to me. I...

With regard to several posts, and a bit more info: Garmin flat fee of $59 includes complete factory rebuild to "as new" condition, including any software upgrades and 2nd day return shipping. For comparison, I shopped a bit on e-bay. There was another GPS 12 but the ad notes that its...

Please explain the behavior of "Remember Me?" I can't find a reference to it in FAQ, nor is there a hint if I "linger" over it. On some systems, it remembers login ID and password, which I do not think is secure, so generally take a by. What does it actually remember, and for how long? I do...

I have just started using the forum and find that I am repeatedly asked to log in during a given session. For instance, yesterday I spent some time viewing messages then tried to reply to one. When I selected the submit button I was asked to log in again. Today, I was able to view some messages...

I have a Garmin GPS 12 which I used as a backup on our boats. I have started flying and thought it might be a good last-ditch device before activating the dreaded 4Cs. I planned to store waypoints for the area airports, and with a typical first-fix of under a minute, could get some useful backup...

I have fought this for over a year and have finally surrendered, just close it and go about my business. I don't use AOL. I use Norton on this machine but the second machine uses McAfee. It appeared on both my machines, one W98, the other XP within days of each other which made me initially...

Term limitations seem to assume that changing the office holder will change the policy. The deepest dirty-little-secret is that the staffs do most, if not all, of the policy review and legislation and the politician tends to be a figure-head. The staffs are poli-sci and/or law school grads and...

I lost situational awareness someplace along the line when the topic moved toward the OneCare product from Anti-Spyware. Sorry. I am glad you came back with this because I was just going to try to download from that WindowsOneCare site to find out if it gagged on Norton as well. That makes...

"Where's Baby?" You might be (probably will be) surprised at what is going on during your on-line connections. Download the MS AntiSpyware, or any of the other products out there and see how many folks are keeping track of what you do and where you go. Several other items. AdamZ My MS...