Roosevelt Hotel New York - Five Ways to Have Fun With a GPS Unit

Take your handheld unit aboard a commercial flight and track where you are. 1.

Or shipping traffic seemed really heavy flying over Galveston Bay. So now you can tell your contact at the end of your flight that the skies were clear flying over Omaha and you could see that the traffic was light on the outbound arteries that morning;  . 000 feet and are considered to be safe on planes, a GPS unit will work at altitudes up to 60, well. I do all the time. What am I flying over now', have you ever had a window seat on a flight and wondered 'Hey?

Hide one on your husband/wife when they go out with friends. 2.

This trick can work both ways. But be careful. It'll really get him wondering if you only have eyes in the back of your head or do they extend everywhere, if nothing else. What did you buy during your stop at the convenience store last night, you can ask why, so that when he tells you that he has to go out for a pack of cigarettes? The track back function on most GPS units will allow you to check on his whereabouts. You can have fun knowing just where they've been and how long they were at each stop along the way, even with a match made in heaven.

You can show them why the answer is no, when the kids ask 'Are we there yet'. 3.

The authorities just have no sense of humor. You can't sell them off to the sweat shops at age six anymore, after all. Let the rug rats start earning their keep earlier, with gas at $4.00 plus a gallon. They can tell you how long it is to your destination and maybe find a shorter route. They'll understand how to program it better than you, chances are. Let them play around with the GPS. Who doesn't need another way to entertain the kids on a trip of any length.

Mark the spot your spouse threw their wedding ring out the car window. 4.

You can pawn the thing and use the money to help pay your lawyer, or if the act did really turn out to be a good idea. Retrieve the symbol of your eternal devotion and be a hero, then the next day after a wild night of making up you can go back. I don't want to be married to you either' you can just reach to your GPS and mark the location of the act of spontaneous combustion, while you're saying 'Fine. At some point your spouse will say 'I don't want to be married to you anymore' and throw their ring out the car window. Yada yada yada, in laws, parenting, your GPS won't help with money. You'll still have plenty to fight about, even though you no longer have to be accused of being too stubborn to stop and ask for directions.

Mark the spot where you took that perfect picture. 5.

But it will take the guesswork out of at least one variable, it won't make all those variables align perfectly again for you. You can mark your points that correspond to your photos on a GPS and revisit the location as often as you need. None are static. Motion, light, subject. If you're a photographer you know that each picture is different.