Simple short tip

rosco532 · Senior Member

Simple short tip

KFT · Guru

I was aware of this so my "home address" is not set

you can press that button and you get an error

works for me

Joe50 · Guru

I used to set mine to an intersection down the road - figured that if I couldn't find my way home from there unassisted then I should give it away and become a recluse on top of a mountain in Tibet!

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I thought of that some time ago rosco and did just that but good reminder from you to all.

bill12 · Guru

Here grandpa gps.jpg is the gps that I use with the Grandkids.........Bill

Oz Gypsy · Veteran Member

rosco532 wrote:
Most of us are using a G P S now days and have our address at home saved as ''Home''
Crooks are stealing your GPS and know (obviously) that you are not home....
To save your home being burgled make your home address as any number......instead of the street number where you really live.

Cheers

Good idea, but you should not use a valid street number or someone else's house might be burgled instead!

JRH · Guru

Oz Gypsy wrote:
rosco532 wrote:
Most of us are using a G P S now days and have our address at home saved as ''Home''
Crooks are stealing your GPS and know (obviously) that you are not home....
To save your home being burgled make your home address as any number......instead of the street number where you really live.

Cheers

Good idea, but you should not use a valid street number or someone else's house might be burgled instead!

I have put the address of the local Police Station as my home address in my GPS.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I have a hospital. If I can't find my way from there I'm in deep wombat cubes.

rosco532 · Senior Member

Good idea GURU.......Mine is also now ...The local... KFC....Thats pretty close

Cheers

The dog lady · Guru

My GPS shows home as the other driveway into my property, where there is a savage guard dog and it's 6' 4" owner biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

neilnruth · Guru

Now the police station is a good idea. Yes, just the town is a good idea (if it's small enough) as we should all know how to get home once we arrive in the town and the general distance to get there.

Ontos45 · Guru

jpw50 wrote:
I used to set mine to an intersection down the road - figured that if I couldn't find my way home from there unassisted then I should give it away and become a recluse on top of a mountain in Tibet!

It depends on how many rums you've had mate!

Wandererone · Veteran Member

GPS to find my way home???
Sheesh!
I may only be a 'young' Grey Nomad at 56 (although the Grey One is 7 years older) and we have only lived in this town for 9 months but if at any time I couldn't find my way home to here from anywhere I might just not be brave enough to go anywhere ever again!
I have in the past, when having to drive through Sydney to get home after a weekend away, with a horse float and two horses in tow (as well as a very tired daughter) logged in 'Gosford' simply to get me onto the Motorways and Freeways etc.
Now I live in Tumut which is, I think, the centre of the universe. So how could I possibly not find my way home?
Surely no-one needs to put in their actual address to find their way home???

Actually a girlfriend and I who have done lots of great trips together love nothing better than getting 'lost'.
You just never know where you might end up! And what you might discover!
(And if we couldn't find our way home for a few days I don't think we would have been too heartbroken lol)

Cheers
Wanderer