Luke McGlue

Hi guys, I finally got an answer from Garmin: ----- Thank you for contacting Garmin International. The Legend HCx is only able to read from no more than a 2 GB MicroSD card. We have tested the Ultra and High Capacity Card and have found that the device is not able to read the cards. With Best Regards, Michael S ----- I think I will use your suggestion about using one card for streets and one for topo, Ken. Once the Legend HCx arrives, I will write up a review from a Mac-user's perspective before wrapping it up (along with instructions!) as the birthday gift. Luke McGlue

Please excuse me if this has been answered before. The Search function and Google turned up conflicting information ranging from 2 GB to 4 GB to unlimited. Garmin Support has not yet responded to the question. I'm shopping for a GPS for my father-in-law who is a geocaching newbie, and would also use the unit for hiking and driving. I have experience with the Magellan Explorist series and the Garmin Nuvi series, but was impressed by the Garmin Venture HC. The only drawback was that the internal memory would not hold even one state's worth of City Navigator data! So the next logical choice is the Legend HCx. I would like the map-upload operation to be a one-time affair, as my father-in-law is also a computer newbie (a MacBook guy). I hope to upload street and topo information for the entire US before I give it to him. I'd appreciate any first-hand information and advice Forum members can give to me. Thanks and happy trails!

<quote>RSCAENSD, that's great!</quote> I had to drop my original handle due to a concern by my employer that I didn't agree with but understood. My old roommate and I were big practical jokers, so my new handle is... The joke's on you Luke McGlue By Kathie Bell Assistant Curator, Boot Hill Museum The first of April brings to mind the many practical jokes people play on each other this time of year. Early Dodge City residents were into physical humor as well, and it didn't take a special occasion like April Fool's Day to bring this playfulness out. Just like the child Not Me featured in the daily cartoon, Family Circus the people of Dodge had a fictitious person they could blame all sorts of mayhem on. His name was Luke McGlue, and he was credited with a number of devious deeds individuals preferred to pass off on somebody else. Information gleaned from Frederic Young's book, Dodge City up through a Century in Stories and Pictures reveals a few of these exploits, which range from merely annoying to downright dangerous. For example, when a traveling cigar salesman from St. Joseph, Mo. came to Dodge City, his sales samples were stolen and his cigars ended up in the mouths of almost every man on Front Street. Who would steal his cigars and pass them around? Everyone answered the question by merely stating Luke McGlue. In June 1877, when Rev. O.W. Wright's favorite pony disappeared, he could not be consoled. A deputy sheriff, who was part of the joke, told the Reverend that the culprit who stole his pony had been found and asked Wright whether the criminal should be shot or hanged. Momentarily, Wright struggled between the urge for revenge and his sense of Christian forgiveness. But the Reverend figured out quickly the crook was none other than Luke McGlue, and his good-natured response earned him a place with McGlue's gang of men. Sometimes these jokes would take on a more ominous nature. Occasionally this gang would dress up and play the role of wild Indians to scare the willies out of unsuspecting tenderfoots. There was often a danger that the victims would defend themselves by shooting at these savages with real bullets. One of former Sheriff Bat Masterson's final flings before leaving Ford County in 1880 was to join his pals in a practical joke imposed upon a Dr. Meredith who specialized in the treatment of private diseases. Meredith had written Dodge City to find out if there was any interest in hearing a lecture on this subject. They told him a Luke McGlue would be interested in learning more about this topic. The Lady Gay dance hall was reserved for this special occasion. The good doctor expected to give a short talk followed by medical examinations for those who required them. Before Dr. Meredith could finish his opening remarks, a shouting match involving Masterson and other McGlues in the audience ensued. The doctor was dragged from the podium. Soon after there was a crash, all the lamps went out at once, and a noisy and raucous shoot-out commenced. When it was over all the participants had all vanished from the hall except Dr. Meredith who was cowering under the speaker's stand with a bullet hole in the crown of his hat. So, next time somebody plays a joke on you, remember how much worse it could be, and thank your lucky stars Luke McGlue no longer walks the streets of Dodge City.

What great timing! My eXplorist 500 just had its screen crack and the repair is going to cost as much as I paid for the refurbished unit. Great unit, but so limited in the available maps. I'm going to see if I can get another few months of life out of the 500--at least until the first firmware update comes out for the Triton! Confucius says: Never buy version 1.0 of anything!