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northerndm - 2006-02-24 4:56 PM
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wallythacker - 2006-02-24 10:15 AM
Got kids? You *need* a gps to find the nearest/fastest route to a hospital if they get hurt. Bingo.
My wife is big into outdoorsy stuff
(hiking, canoeing
) so I'm trying to use the geocaching route. However, she is anti-technology so she brings up up the "what's wrong with a map and a compass" arguement
Tony
(whose last convincing plea involving technolgy involved a digital camera and capturing cute kid moments ... then I erased the camera's memory
)
Saftey sells, how about saying "what would happen if we get lost, stuck in the middle of nowhere and we cannot see where we are on the map?"
I went out with a group of class mates
(during the time when the school I attended offered camps
) and even knowing the area, the group got lost at 11pm at night
(23:00
) with about 11 of us if more, it is a big risk, what would happen if...? I needed GPS back then, but since I am soo well prepared, I don't now.
Another suggestion, if she throws that out, ask her "would you rather carry a load of maps or a computer with all the maps you need loaded onto the computer?
Also, say to her, "if we give the kids a game, it'll keep 'em quiet for hours, more quality time for us 2".
My 2 cents worth, but just think logically, what would make her think "ooh! Thats useful!"?
EDIT: Digital camera and erasing memories? Nah, not me! The risk of loosing a space in a dark room, loosing my negatives and loosing my photographic paper is my majour fear!
35mm and an SLR in monocrone
(pure black and white to everyone else
) is all I need. But then again, I have 2 digital cameras already! :-
)
Edited by Wessex_nut 2006-02-24 12:09 PM