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That's amazing Mapquest still exists. Last time I heard it mentioned was around the year 2001. I used it around that time.
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...wait....trevi was asking because he didn't know what a "c note" was?Sorry, forget I am getting old, $100.
Wow, I had no idea it still was around. I have gotten so used to Google did not know. Since I use an Android phone all the google stuff is of course there when you get the phone. Kid of surprised they did not just buy it.Mapquest is still around. I have it on my phone because it's not Google. Works fine.
I noticed Tomtom is still around in one form or another also. If you track something using an itag for example it uses tomtom as the map. We have an itag on our dogs collar.Wow, I had no idea it still was around. I have gotten so used to Google did not know. Since I use an Android phone all the google stuff is of course there when you get the phone. Kid of surprised they did not just buy it.
Damn, that's another one I had not seen or heard about in a hell of a long time. Brings back memories of those stand alone GPS units that used to be so pricey. Wife is blessed with the same ability to get lost as meI noticed Tomtom is still around in one form or another also. If you track something using an itag for example it uses tomtom as the map. We have an itag on our dogs collar.
I have a land line that gets boo-koo spam calls. I've come to the point I answer them some times. With...Let's Go Brandon, only not exactly. it's pretty funny, but I feel it's got my number remoed from some lists.On a related tangent....
99% of the calls I receive on my smartphone are spam or dead line, and all are spoofing my 425 area code to trick me into answering.
What sucks is I can't just ignore every call. I can report them as spam and block, but they constantly change their phone number
I get a few weekly on both of my phones. I have a separate ring for work and Wife. So those are the only ones that I will hear when I am trying to sleep. I gave up blocking the spam as it seemed to do nothing. Guess they do some kind of generated stuff to keep the robot calls coming in? A few of them stay on long enough for the voice mail to pick up the tail end of the call. I have to guess the rest disconnect before the voice mail starts to record and they just show up as missed calls.On a related tangent....
99% of the calls I receive on my smartphone are spam or dead line, and all are spoofing my 425 area code to trick me into answering.
What sucks is I can't just ignore every call. I can report them as spam and block, but they constantly change their phone number
If they're not in my contacts I don't answer the phone. Plus my new phone labels all of the spoofed numbers "Spam Risk" so I just tap a button and the ringer mutes. Eff 'em.On a related tangent....
99% of the calls I receive on my smartphone are spam or dead line, and all are spoofing my 425 area code to trick me into answering.
What sucks is I can't just ignore every call. I can report them as spam and block, but they constantly change their phone number
If you have a PC and use Bing as the search engine, I believe the maps they use are Mapquest.Wow, I had no idea it still was around. I have gotten so used to Google did not know. Since I use an Android phone all the google stuff is of course there when you get the phone. Kid of surprised they did not just buy it.
Other than using Windows as I never learned anything else, I tend to avoid MS. I certainly hate the what the google boys do with their money but its like Amazon. Its just so easy I just roll with it for now. I did a while ago try that Duck Duck Go just to "try" something else. It screwed up all kinds of stuff and I had to remove it. Suspect google purposely made their stuff not play well with it but I am too lazy and uninterested to try to find ways to work around it. Since my cell phones are google I have always just used them for directions. That google earth thing I have played with some at work when had free time and it is amazing. Looked up places I used to live decades back and could often find them and see what they look like now. It was pretty damn impressive.If you have a PC and use Bing as the search engine, I believe the maps they use are Mapquest.
Sure as heck ain't Google Earth.
I'm a Google guy. I like using Earth....maybe I should change my name to Barney.
That's right. The telephone company (there was only one, Ma Bell) used to own all the phones. When you discontinued service, they used to come get it. I don't remember exactly when you were first able to buy your own telephone. Sometime in the '70s? @Catherine1, I bet you would know. Few people remember how it used to be. Long distance calling was really expensive. You counted the minutes and kept your calls short. Nowadays people think nothing of talking to someone anywhere in the country for as long as they want. Of course, you pay much more up front for basic service. But, taking inflation into account, maybe not so much more. Things have definitely improved in terms of personal communication, at least technologically, except that it's much easier for them to eavesdrop on you.
Here's an interesting article for you youngsters who have no idea how it used to be:
Breakup of the Bell System - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Fyi I found these on some weird Amazon sale for $26. See post here:Thank for that offer! I'll have Wifey do a little search and see if there's something free that will help us know a little more.