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Thanks for looking that up, time for a phone call to Verizon...

Yay Peter, yay Jeff!!

I'm going to have to look into it. But I think the warranty on these things is something absurd like 90 days.

evidently I spoke too soon. Even after doing the resets and also making sure that all of the case screws were tight still getting really crappy GPS reception. The signal to noise ratio does seem a lot worse than they were 3 to 4 months ago, which is really weird. More than anything it's insanely frustrating.

the exact same thing just happened to me, Doug. It is weird because they used to be great about getting an order out on the same day if I got it in before the middle of the afternoon. This time it took at least 2 days and then like you said they upgraded me to 2 day shipping. It's still man that my stuff got there 2 days later than it should have.

Dan, You should really sue someone for the pain and suffering.

This. I realized today I don't take enough (any) sick leave. I can already tell I don't feel well Friday.

The weather seems to be turning up here with daytime temps now getting into the mid 40s and snow disappearing at an alarmingly outstanding rate (other than the ski tickets I still have to use). I've tentatively got a ride planned with a friend this Sunday and will hopefully get in 30 or 40. And V, 7% is a very steep hill to ride in the prolonged sense. Some of the worst climbs I rode last year were of that magnitude and it's not something I would want to train on. I think you can get plenty strong riding longer, shallower pitches and as Chris said put much less stress on your joints.

Not that my approval matters, but you've got it. I've wanted a Seamaster for a long time (Bond Fanboi) but have never gotten around to pulling the trigger.

Lack of common sense from a person who just ate a 4,300-calorie bacon double cheeseburger with buns made of all-cheese grilled cheese sandwiches? Shut your mouth. LOL

You might be onto something there, seriously. And Marshall, resistors need love too right? Who are we to judge... [edit]And yay for fudging the colors so bad as to create dog-pecker pink Wima caps.

I you. That seems to work, hopefully it'll last.

Every app.

This!

January on my phone.

So, speaking of the S3, Google or Verizon updated it sometime in the last 3 months and basically rendered the GPS utterly useless. I've searched on the topic and I'm not alone, in fact it seems like most if not everyone is affected to some degree. My phone basically no longer will lock onto a GPS signal with enough reliability to navigate. It's so inaccurate that it constantly reroutes while I'm driving down a straight road as it bounces around the +/- 100' sphere of where it thinks I am approximately. The best I've been able to do is turn off everything but true GPS (turn off both Verizon and Google location services) which works OK, but is obviously not the way that it is intended to be used. Anyone have any bright thoughts on this? Other than to buy a different phone... I'm insanely frustrated since the reason that I got rid of my last phone was horrid GPS. The S3 was outstanding in this regard, at least in the beginning.

Happy Birthday, Fitz!

Ride #2 in the books.

Garmin Edge 500 for GPS, phones aren't nearly accurate enough off road. And I'm glad RoadID got brought back up. I'm going to order one today.

I'm not a fan of the fact that it is now standard practice/expectation in most industries that you'll tip the person performing the work. WTF? When I do a good job I get paid the exact same amount as when I do a shit job. Do I do a shit job as a result? No, I have some pride in my work and generally try to do it as well as I can do it. That said, I do tip pretty generously for service related industries where it's a long established practice and actually assumed to be part of the salary structure (e.g. restaurants) but why is it that the person who simply pours a cup of coffee for me expects a buck for the 20 seconds of effort? [/rant]

10" + of fresh bullshit this morning. All plans for cycling this weekend are clearly scrapped. It's actually still snowing at work now and I am officially ready for spring.

Yup, the wife is off today and now will be working into July.

Happy birthday!

Ah, that sucks. I didn't follow Mayberry that closely because it was too painful. At least I thought it was painful. Sounds like it was more painful for you!

I feel like I missed something here, Jeff, what happened?