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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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The Roundtable / Re: the watch you need
« Last post by lee n. field on May 04, 2024, 09:46:02 PM »
Quote from: gunsmith on May 04, 2024, 09:02:15 PM
I have been spending way, way, way to much time viewing watch videos.
Like, normally I spend way to much time on gun stuff I can't afford.
Now I am looking at watches I can't afford.
 
 
 Are you guys wearing watches? What kind?

This here: https://timex.com/products/expedition-camper-39mm-fabric-strap-watch-t42571.  Maybe not exactly that.  Dial face watch with luminescent hands and Indiglo light.  Plastic case.  (My sweat will corrode anything that's not plastic or stainless steel.).  Velcro band.

Basic.  All I need or want.
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