derekdoubleut Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. She had no clue. When she got home, I checked the track. Sure enough I was right. Now she's out and we're heading for divorce. If not for my GPSr, it may have been a lot harder to confront her about it. Good riddance. Quote Link to comment
+YuccaPatrol Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 But did she sign the log? Nice use of GPS technology. . . . Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Took everything, Left nothing, signed decree. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 First off, from someone who's been through the same wayward spouse problem, I extend to you my encouragement and support. I will not offer "sympathy" because this ought to be a new beginning of what I hope will be a more positive situation for you. Congratulations for your unique use of GPS technology to set you free. I have found that going off to find a geocache or two is an *excellent* way to forget about a crazy ex-wife's last phone call to argue about a custody dispute. You can make your mind totally focus on that evil elusive microcache instead. I hope that you are able to continue enjoying our sport while you go through a few bumps in the road in the near term. You may be interested in this Markwell to a thread from 2002 where Lyra, a geocaching attorney like me, discussed the use of GPS in another divorce case. I miss Lyra's contributions to the forums! Good luck to you. Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Took everything, Left nothing, signed decree. Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 So.. how'd you determine you were right just from the track? Jamie Quote Link to comment
+Kitch Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 You'd think a backtrack would only give you a route...... and not the exact house... (unless you live in the sticks or its a driveway) geez...what was the "stopped moving" time? Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 What's going to happen to your "house husband" status? Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 so...you logged an ftf? (first to file) Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 So.. how'd you determine you were right just from the track? Jamie when a gps is stationary, you can tell (if you zoom in) by the "wandering" track from the differences in signal. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 In this case there may be another reason for the bouncy signal while the GPS was stationary. Quote Link to comment
+macatac1961 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 In this case there may be another reason for the bouncy signal while the GPS was stationary. That's cold. But funny. Quote Link to comment
+Kenr74 Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Well, that sucks to find out around the holidays but you will probably be better off. Same thing happened here and three years later I couldn't be happier. Well, I guess I would be happier if I never missed a 1/1 cache again! Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I caught my first wife cheating many many years ago, long before gps's. I couldn't follow the backtrack of courses, I just had to follow the beer cans. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 very ingenious use of technology ... good luck to you. Quote Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 More time for geocaching then! Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Me too! Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. I'm going to kiss your wife, too. Jamie Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Me too! Sure why not...me too!!! Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 (edited) I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. I'm going to kiss your wife, too. Jamie Alright, now. Edited December 23, 2004 by CoyoteRed Quote Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Me too! Get in line! Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Me too! Get in line! I meant im going home to kiss MY wife Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. We'll SOMEONE'S gotta say it............. I guess you don't have an Etrex, huh? Quote Link to comment
+Dagg Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 We'll SOMEONE'S gotta say it............. Ho...Ho...Ho.... Quote Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Judging from the responses I guess I'm lucky. I think I'm going to go home and kiss my wife. Me too! Get in line! I meant im going home to kiss MY wife As I was saying... *runs* Quote Link to comment
+Doggiewoggie Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 You're better off without her man... that was good thinking Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Sounds like a new version of an urban legend that would be too tactless to question. I think I'll give them a heads up. See you in the funny papers. Quote Link to comment
+Bob Blaylock Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. She had no clue.When she got home, I checked the track. Sure enough I was right. Now she's out and we're heading for divorce. If not for my GPSr, it may have been a lot harder to confront her about it. Good riddance. It occurs to me that your “proof” may not be what you think it is. A GPS would prove where the car went (and quite reliably, where your wife went in the car (assuming nobody else used the car without your knowledge), but it proves nothing about why the car or your wife went there, or what she did while there. If you're going to accuse your wife of adultery, and destroy your marriage, I sure hope you have much better evidence than this. Quote Link to comment
mufasa1023 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Bob, if that gps'r visited a motel 6 while the wifey was supposed to be at work ummm does that not amount to at least a preponderance of the evidence? Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Bob, if that gps'r visited a motel 6 while the wifey was supposed to be at work ummm does that not amount to at least a preponderance of the evidence? Unless of course she 'works' at a Motel 6.... Quote Link to comment
kayaker22589 Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 But what if she worked at a motel 8 and stopped by the Motel 6. Hmmmmm something to ponder. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. This sounds like a fish story to me, and I won't take the bait. Quote Link to comment
Hogarth Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. This sounds like a fish story to me, and I won't take the bait. Try it for yourself. You'd be amazed what signals will go through. Surprised someone hasn't done this with their teenager? I'm glad there were no GPS's when I was growing up.. I can hear the conversation with my parents " now Son.. I see you were at this location for over 8 hours. I made a waypoint and checked the location. It lead me right to your girlfriends house.." Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. This sounds like a fish story to me, and I won't take the bait. Try it for yourself. You'd be amazed what signals will go through. Surprised someone hasn't done this with their teenager? I'm glad there were no GPS's when I was growing up.. I can hear the conversation with my parents " now Son.. I see you were at this location for over 8 hours. I made a waypoint and checked the location. It lead me right to your girlfriends house.." It's an option now on some cars. Parents can d/l a track log with speed recorded. Via cell phone, I believe... REAL good thing I didn't grow up with this stuff... Quote Link to comment
+Bob Blaylock Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Bob, if that gps'r visited a motel 6 while the wifey was supposed to be at work ummm does that not amount to at least a preponderance of the evidence? It'd depend on what else happened to be near that motel, I suppose. Many motels, even low-end ones, either have restaurants associated with them on the same grounds, or at least are very close to restaurants. Would the GPS data be sufficiently precise to distinguish between that restaurant and a room at the motel? Was wifey having an affair, or just lunch? Of course, one of those who spoke up in the much older thread had a point in saying, “But hey lets be honest at the point that someone is attaching a GPSr on a car to follow the spouse around the honeymoon is well beyond over. These two should be adults and call it a night.”. If the relationship has deteriorated to the point where one has so much distrust of the other, that one resorts to such desperate means to try to “prove” the other's unfaithfulness, perhaps it'd be kinder to both of them to end the marriage. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I was accused of the same thing by my soon-to-be-X. Oddly, the “relationship” in question was purely platonic until well after she made the accusation. Some things are more of a blessing than one realizes at the time. I was on the fast boat out of there anyway. You see, it’s all about value and priority. I had none there, but found some in another. So it goes. Far happier nonetheless. Quote Link to comment
+Robespierre Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 In the lonely moments, I'm going to pray for you. Quote Link to comment
+C&C+COMPANY Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 That suck's if it really happend. Best of luck in the future. Quote Link to comment
+Ed Rad Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 (edited) Well done my man... time to move on and find someone new. I experienced the same thing. After 15 years I discovered my wife was a tramp. Multiple affairs and being treated like crap, I just had enough. Yet, she thinks she deserves everything, which she basically got from me. I may be poor but I am far better off and way happier than I used to be. Now.... I have the most wonderful woman (FallenFaery) who treats me like a king and loves to cache as much as I do. Heck, we drove 30 miles last night at 11:00 pm in single digit temps to grab a new cache that just went live. Crazy, yes but we had a great time being out past 2:00 am looking for another that we took a DNF on. How's that for a great gal? We are on the same page with almost everything. So it all turned out really great for me. I never would have what I have now if it weren't for her wandering vagina. So there is hope that you will find a better person for you. Move on, thank your lucky stars that you have your health. Keep a positive attitude. Geocaching got me thru alot of rough times. Good luck and happy caching. Edited December 24, 2004 by Special Ed Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 (edited) I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. Despite what Mopar seems to be insinuating above, my eTrex Vista gets a three-sat lock when sitting on my dining room table. The house is a brick ranch. Geocachers (and governors) in Arkansas should be able to do this as well since the signals should easily penetrate the aluminum siding of a double-wide trailer house. Edited December 24, 2004 by TresOkies++ Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. Despite what Mopar seems to be insinuating above, my eTrex Vista gets a three-sat lock when sitting on my dining room table. The house is a brick ranch. Geocachers (and governors) in Arkansas should be able to do this as well since the signals should easily penetrate the aluminum siding of a double-wide trailer house. sure it does Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 (edited) So.. how'd you determine you were right just from the track? Jamie, I'm pretty sure you use a Meridian. On my mapping software Streets and Destinations (but not Topo for some reason), I can play back tracks which are even time stamped. You can watch the dot move on the map, stopping and going and turning down the streets with a time stamp and each track point. You can even speed up the replay of the tracks. I think this must have been in newer versions of the software. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. This sounds like a fish story to me, and I won't take the bait. Lesson learned: If you are going to cheat, make sure your spouse owns an Etrex Edited December 24, 2004 by cachew nut Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. Despite what Mopar seems to be insinuating above, my eTrex Vista gets a three-sat lock when sitting on my dining room table. The house is a brick ranch. Geocachers (and governors) in Arkansas should be able to do this as well since the signals should easily penetrate the aluminum siding of a double-wide trailer house. sure it does If I move there can I get high-def TV with metal foil on my rabbit ears too? Quote Link to comment
+Honest John & Suzies Jule Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 What happened to the poster? Come on chime in! Don't feel bad, but you will for a while. I had a trip like you, and came out smelling like roses with my 3rd new wife! For evidence I'm sure he knew and or was suspicious of someone to begin with, and just needed to see the car at that location? Quote Link to comment
derekdoubleut Posted December 24, 2004 Author Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. She had no clue.When she got home, I checked the track. Sure enough I was right. Now she's out and we're heading for divorce. If not for my GPSr, it may have been a lot harder to confront her about it. Good riddance. It occurs to me that your “proof” may not be what you think it is. A GPS would prove where the car went (and quite reliably, where your wife went in the car (assuming nobody else used the car without your knowledge), but it proves nothing about why the car or your wife went there, or what she did while there. If you're going to accuse your wife of adultery, and destroy your marriage, I sure hope you have much better evidence than this. How about an admission from her? Is her moving out and in with him good enough? She's trash, now living in a trailer...how fitting (apologies in advance to non-trashy trailer dwellers). She left behind me and our two year old son and hasn't visited since. I should not have said the track proved adultery. But it did prove where she was when she said she was someplace 20 miles away. I already knew his address, I just didn't know which trailer he lived in at the park. Quote Link to comment
derekdoubleut Posted December 24, 2004 Author Share Posted December 24, 2004 I had a suspicion something was up, so I put the GPSr in the backseat, under some papers. And how did you get a reliable satelite lock with your GPS covered up. This sounds like a fish story to me, and I won't take the bait. It was covered by two pieces of paper. The last time I checked, radio signals go through paper. Also, the glass goes over the backseat where I placed the GPSr. So, reception wasn't a problem. I did some experiemnting with placement before I left it when she went there. Quote Link to comment
derekdoubleut Posted December 24, 2004 Author Share Posted December 24, 2004 What happened to the poster? Come on chime in! Don't feel bad, but you will for a while. I had a trip like you, and came out smelling like roses with my 3rd new wife! For evidence I'm sure he knew and or was suspicious of someone to begin with, and just needed to see the car at that location? I'm sorry. I have been busy now adjusting to the single dad thing. I'm very fortunate to have a helpful family as a safety net. Mom has volunteered to foot the bill for the attorney. My STBX is burying herself by not coming to visit her son until after our custody hearing Jan 11. I am better and better everyday. We were opposites, and I thought I could make it work with us. Lemme put it this way: She's Reality TV, I'm History Channel. That should give you an idea of about how little we had in common. She's dumbed herself down quite a bit now with her new beau. Quote Link to comment
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