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The Roundtable / Re: Lost on the Appalachian Trail
« Last post by griz on Today at 04:47:48 AM »
Quote from: Ben on May 04, 2024, 01:31:54 PM
No doubt, which is why it appears she made the normally safe move to plant herself. Sadly, she was also pretty close to a clearing they flew over where they would have spotted her. The article mentioned she was "easily lost", and I wonder if she was just too scared to move even 50 yards?

As I remember, she knew her directional skills were poor, so she tried to find the trail, more or less circling around without getting more than a mile from where she started.  She sat tight at that point, but the woods were thick enough she couldn't be found in time.  If she had been able to walk in a single direction, she would have come upon a road in the distance she walked.  A sad situation.
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The Roundtable / Re: Lost on the Appalachian Trail
« Last post by 230RN on Today at 03:17:08 AM »
She should have fired three shots in quick succession from time to time.  I understand three shots (or three of anything) is a "universal" sign of trouble and gunfire can be heard with reasonable directionability for at least a mile, even through heavy woods.
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The Roundtable / Re: EVs not ready for prime time?
« Last post by Hawkmoon on Today at 01:27:25 AM »
Quote from: WLJ on May 04, 2024, 04:22:01 PM
Not the Babylon Bee

Pro tip: Do not update your Teslas's software while sitting in a parking lot in the hot sun.
Then says she was stuck in the car the whole time despite them having manual door handles.  :facepalm:


Tesla owner left horrified after getting stuck in her car as temperature hits 103 degrees when she tried to update its software in Chick-fil-A parking lot
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13382795/tesla-driver-trapped-updating-cars-software-tiktok.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBMwjpZd0FE
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The Roundtable / Re: EVs not ready for prime time?
« Last post by Hawkmoon on Today at 01:22:19 AM »
Quote from: WLJ on April 15, 2024, 02:06:26 PM
Teslas cutting 10% of it's workforce
Tesla is reporting it first decline in sales in nearly 4 years.
and did any one hear about an arson attack while is mentioned in the article on one of it's factories?

'There is nothing I hate more': How Elon Musk delivered news that 10% of Tesla's global workforce of 140,000 would be axed to keep the EV maker 'lean and hungry for the next growth cycle'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13310433/Elon-Musk-tesla-memo-hate-more.html

Yeah. Nothing says expanding production more than eliminating 10% of the work force.
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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by AZRedhawk44 on Today at 01:18:56 AM »
G-shock Mud Master.

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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by Hawkmoon on Today at 01:14:19 AM »
Quote from: gunsmith on May 04, 2024, 09:02:15 PM
  Are you guys wearing watches? What kind?

I wear a $25 "quartz" clone of a WW2-style military watch. Basic-basic stuff -- black dial with white numbers and white hands. It does have a date window, which I have never set and which I ignore. I would have just as happy (or happier) without the date window. It tells me the time -- that's why I wear a watch.

I put "quartz" in quotation makes because the blurb for it claims it's a Japanese quarts movement. But it randomly loses up to 5 minutes in a 24-hour day. I've never encountered a quartz movement that's so inaccurate.

Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/Military-Style-Stainless-Steel-Watch-Bands/dp/B00JYG6OAQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=B2F7MJ8PTCGZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yXYY-ub4CPNYJfUq6ft6sThObghGNM9DgswD-EizAZVhx7raSxeoH9Hu5N54c3jUam2UP7PZMhJ7R7thrsysmF-x7fyJe-pPOKs_onv0lt71-us677S5q2Nkl6gsjJRHMnvdJ0BIFgksqlogchBo6kcy4OpDHTUvYbbp7ruczv_KJEURgUCgEI8-Sve2lvJmNIHJErMDB8c_ckHurSxFLwWJnaiEJrDCJsa2vQPRBEQy1d3wU0WtBu1Z2xXJ3MWL3l_6dpM8goXKI3P3L1MVl416jV-1FK8UKt86Z7JpvUs.LVZEfxMFJnMTdL9wh2lGbb4cWw-MPMuWgA7tHlqM938&dib_tag=se&keywords=ww2-style+military+watch&qid=1714886006&sprefix=ww2-syle+military+watch%2Caps%2C237&sr=8-5
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The Roundtable / Re: Lost on the Appalachian Trail
« Last post by Boomhauer on May 04, 2024, 11:15:28 PM »
Most people would be shocked at the amount of people who die in the woods, and in areas that aren’t really that remote. It’s a fairly frequent occurrence oftened marked by nothing more than a local missing persons report.

We had a case of a guy who died just off trail (tumbled off a ledge) and it took three days to find his body, and that was on a fairly easy trail.


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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by Angel Eyes on May 04, 2024, 11:11:32 PM »
Quote from: lee n. field on May 04, 2024, 09:52:54 PM
And, what do you know, Bookface is showing me Timex ads.

You probably have cookies from timex.com on your machine.
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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by zxcvbob on May 04, 2024, 10:13:26 PM »
I have a Timex Expedition (not sure the exact model) with an analog dial and no calendar.  I really like the faint green backlighting when you press the stem.  I've had it for about 5 years and it's still on the original battery.  I think I paid $35 for it. 
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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by lee n. field on May 04, 2024, 09:52:54 PM »
And, what do you know, Bookface is showing me Timex ads.
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