Recent content by TomK

Well, yes, the *other* party. TomK

Now I get it. Thanks for the clarification. TomK

I am curious as to why you would not trust the GPS to be accurate. If you are getting signals from satellites, remoteness and/or availability of cell signals shouldn't matter. Of course, I always check to make sure what the GPS is telling me is consistent with "old school" navigation...

If you go "light and fast", and something happens that causes you to lose your speed (injury, conditions, something else?) you now are slow and unequipped and have few options. If you go "well equipped, but slower because of it", if something happens that causes you to lose your equipment...

A good 10 inches in NW CT - worth getting the snowblower out for! TomK

In May 2019, Tim said: If it went from dozens of spam posts per week in 2019 to 2 or 3, it is another sign that these forums were dead... TomK

Well, I was trying to be charitable... But yes, to be honest, they were pretty dead - IIRC, a few state forums hadn't had a post in years... But I didn't think it would have hurt anything to just leave them be. Although I think Tim once said that they were a magnet for spam, which needed...

I wonder what it would be like to be in an elevated place just *outside* of totality - would you be able to watch the shadow approach at 1,000 mph and just miss you? TomK

Shortly after the new management took over, the Trail Conditions forums for each state disappeared. They had not been getting much traffic. Apparantly, folks are using Facebook and sites like NewEnglandTrailConditions.com: Hiking Trail Conditions For All of New England, Every Season of the...

Anyone know if this is worthwhile? Story at the Torrington Register TomK

I also use a cockpit cover - it keeps the cockpit opening from acting like a giant air scoop. And I try to keep the speed at 55. TomK

A quick search revealed the existance of a "USS Mount McKinley", but I found no reference to any "USS Mckinley". Of course, there might be one, and I just missed it. But it would appear that at least one ship was named for the mountain, not for the president for which the mountain at one time...

Maybe the squirrel was wondering what a human was doing up there, no Starbucks for miles in any direction... TomK

Duct tape? Moleskin? Although that sounds like a longshot. Throwing out the bad idea that might lead to the good one... A pic showing how badly/where the damage is might help. Good luck! TomK

I'm not sure about that. My phone is not a "smart" phone, and I didn't think it had a GPS. I checked the manual, it says it does, but that is all the manual says about GPS, nothing about how to use it. While there are apparantly a limited number of apps that can be downloaded for this phone...