+Bill & Tammy Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/03/gps.train...h.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment
+cache_test_dummies Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/03/gps.train...h.ap/index.html Took - a right hand turn Left - car just in the nick of time Thanks for the crash! Quote Link to comment
+Bill & Tammy Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/03/gps.train...h.ap/index.html Took - a right hand turn Left - car just in the nick of time Thanks for the crash! Yeah, his first clue should have been that he bought the Snydely Whiplash Model 100. Quote Link to comment
+Royalott Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Some people are just plain dumb Quote Link to comment
+mcope Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I see a lawsuit coming. Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Naw, no hot coffee in the report... Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, or other events may cause road conditions to differ from the map results. Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Guys, hey...look at the bright side, now maybe we'll get a cool sticker on our GPS's we buy that has one of those stick dudes getting run over by a train with a big red circle and slash through it... Quote Link to comment
+Team Crime Scene Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Darwin lost again. Quote Link to comment
+uxorious Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 He jumped out and tried to warn the engineer by waving. And just what did he expect the engineer to do, turn out of the way? Or stop a moving train? If the engineer was close enough to see him, he was too close to stop. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Guys, hey...look at the bright side, now maybe we'll get a cool sticker on our GPS's we buy that has one of those stick dudes getting run over by a train with a big red circle and slash through it...Just did a google image search for "train warning sign." Best I could find was: There were some other signs that cachers probably want to heed, too: I've heard this one is posted at Groundspeak HQ: For those who cache in/near water: ...And for those who cache after they've been in the water: A few just made me wonder: ...Such a wide variety of signs, and not one of a car being crushed by a train?!? Oh well... Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 lol, great signs...like the sea-monster one. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 It reminds me of the story a few years back, about the guy (in Germany??) that drove off the ferry dock becasue his GPS told him too. Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 If your friends jumped of a bridge would you do it? No, but if my GPS told me to I would... Quote Link to comment
+mommio Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 ALWAYS TRUST YOUR GPS. NOT! A local cacher who has a very expensive GPS unit that he is MIGHTY proud of related in one of my cache logs that he followed "Jill's" (GPS voice name) directions down a caliche county road instead of returning the way he had come to a paved road a mile away. He ended up 85 miles south of where he wanted to be. At the price of gas today, Jill cost him more than I am sure he wanted to pay for one cache. Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 He was so close to winning the Darwin Awards, darn his bad luck. Quote Link to comment
+joranda Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 What happened to the days of looking left then right? Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 What I want to know is why the heck wasn't the train showing on the GPS?! I mean, DUH! Quote Link to comment
+DanOCan Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Man, you have to be pretty stupid to drive somewhere just because a GPS told you to do so...right? Quote Link to comment
+Shop99er Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 What happened to the days of looking left then right? And as we all know, trains are cat-like in their stealth and silence. geeze...how do you not notice a train? Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Was the train one of the moveable caches from long ago. Quote Link to comment
+2qwerqE Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 A recent stop on the way to a cache: Yes, that's me behind the wheel. Quote Link to comment
tdx Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 OK, who's hiding caches in the railroad ties again? Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Perhaps he can sue someone for not having this sign in place. John Quote Link to comment
+CSpenceFLY Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 If your friends jumped of a bridge would you do it? No, but if my GPS told me to I would... see profile photo Quote Link to comment
+mcope Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I see a lawsuit coming. I told you so... ZDNET: Is GPS liability next? Quote Link to comment
+egami Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 If your friends jumped of a bridge would you do it? No, but if my GPS told me to I would... see profile photo What is that photo anyway? It's hard to make out...you have a large version of it? Quote Link to comment
Bill Waypoint Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 A cache hidden on a rail road track I would say terrain difficulty of about 4 Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 see profile photo Gee all my chutes have always had rip cords... Quote Link to comment
+CSpenceFLY Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 If your friends jumped of a bridge would you do it? No, but if my GPS told me to I would... see profile photo What is that photo anyway? It's hard to make out...you have a large version of it? It is me jumping off of the New River Gorge bridge on Bridge Day '06. I'll see if I can find the photo and post a link to it. Quote Link to comment
+teamdundat Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 i know this game takes you across some ral roads every so often but you could at least look for on coming trains Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Naw, no hot coffee in the report... Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Darwin lost again. Darwin didn't factor in luck. Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Darwin lost again. Darwin didn't factor in luck. Actually, Darwin's entire theory of evolution is premised on luck. Random mutations=luck. Quote Link to comment
+eagletrek Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Ahhhh!!!! Another escape from the "natural selection" monster!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
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