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zircher
Skies of Glass Historian
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:54 am Posts: 6650 Location: Oklahoma City
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Random tech question: Is there a smart phone app out there that if my wife gets lost she can hit a button and it can tell me where she is? Say I'm at work or home on a regular phone and I have access to my e-mail and the web.
Also assume that when she's in such a state of mind that she's too flustered/hostile to understand a GPS.
This happens enough that I'm considering throwing money at a solution. Her vehicle is not equipped with OnStar. -- TAZ
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Chad
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Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:42 pm Posts: 13074 Location: St. Louis
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zircher wrote: Random tech question: Is there a smart phone app out there that if my wife gets lost she can hit a button and it can tell me where she is? Say I'm at work or home on a regular phone and I have access to my e-mail and the web.
Also assume that when she's in such a state of mind that she's too flustered/hostile to understand a GPS.
This happens enough that I'm considering throwing money at a solution. Her vehicle is not equipped with OnStar. -- TAZ She doesn't even have to press a button. https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... id.c&hl=en
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zircher
Skies of Glass Historian
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:54 am Posts: 6650 Location: Oklahoma City
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Very cool, thanks!
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JediMike
Chris's Cane Boy and or Girl
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:17 am Posts: 269 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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I know AT&T offers a location service as well. Not sure what the cost is.
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zircher
Skies of Glass Historian
Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:54 am Posts: 6650 Location: Oklahoma City
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The cost is having to do business with AT&T. 
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JediMike
Chris's Cane Boy and or Girl
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2010 7:17 am Posts: 269 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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zircher wrote: The cost is having to do business with AT&T.  True enough.
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Too Tall
I am the story stick
Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:20 am Posts: 1321 Location: Birmingham AL
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Have we ever created a list of possible Nerd Merit Badges or Nerd Achievements?
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goatunit
Sat through Dan's Cap Ship Lecture and didn't fall asleep... mostly
Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:56 am Posts: 11672 Location: Memphis, TN
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Too Tall wrote: Have we ever created a list of possible Nerd Merit Badges or Nerd Achievements? Congratulations on earning your first achievement.
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Too Tall
I am the story stick
Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:20 am Posts: 1321 Location: Birmingham AL
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goatunit wrote: Congratulations on earning your first achievement.
Thank you. I would like to take a moment to thank a few pepole....... I'm back. The post can go on.
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DocTWisted
Oboe's Crop Duster Co-Pilot
Joined: Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:03 pm Posts: 4688 Location: Hollister, CA
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Why is it that one day helping on set construction feels more fulfilling than my past three years at my paying job?
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