GPS Backup

    If the GPS fails, rely on the Hula Dancer.

    Cool this is now on Engadget. I read them a lot.

    www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/microsoft-launches-windows-em...

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    1. TerryJohnston (71 months ago | reply)

      or rely on an iPhone... just saying! i love the Hula Dancer... for awhile I drove around with a "Buddy Jesus" on my dash. From the movie Dogma of course.

    2. tschopper (Tom Schopper Photography) (71 months ago | reply)

      You have a hula dancer on your dashboard.... you f'ing ROCK, Jim! You're my hero!

      ;-)

    3. Jimmy_Joe (71 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Terry and Tom.
      It isn't my car. I was riding in the back seat. LOL! I guess I have been demoted now. :-)

    4. Franchise (71 months ago | reply)

      recalculating! recalculating.

      That was my first experience with GPS. This is so much better than my hula girl shots.

    5. Jimmy_Joe (71 months ago | reply)

      LOL! Yeah, you got the full GPS experience. "When possible, make a legal u-turn". I get that one a lot too. Thanks!

    6. Jimmy_Joe (71 months ago | reply)

      Terry, I am still locked into a contract with T-Modile so I can't get an iPhone yet. Does google maps work as well as it appears? That is cool!

    7. Froot Smoothie [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)

      haha! i recognize that hula-girl! so glad the sun was not directly behind her... nobody wants to see what's under that grass skirt ;-)

      too bad that gps doesn't have a collision warning system... that would come in really handy

    8. TerryJohnston (71 months ago | reply)

      Jimmy... the mapping feature is awesome. while on a weekend away it help me find: wine, coffee and italian food. who needs an effin map anymore when you got an iPhone. not that ima bragging...

    9. Jimmy_Joe (71 months ago | reply)

      cj - You are right! I forgot about you lifting up her skirt. That was a scary sight.

      Terry - not bragging at all. ;-) Are you kidding, if I had one I don't think I would shut up about it for at least a month. But T-Mobile has me hostage for now.

    10. nis.jensen (71 months ago | reply)

      You have great humour!

      Best flickr laugh of the day ...

      Thanks :-))

    11. Jimmy_Joe (71 months ago | reply)

      Thanks you! I am glad you liked it.

    12. The Wilderness Family [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)

      everybody needs a hula girly on their dash

      -- al

    13. Trailmix.Net (63 months ago | reply)

      I agree, thanks for posting this under the CC license. I used this image in a blog post about working with GPX files.

      Post is here:
      trailmix.net/blogs/barlow/archive/2008/03/20/ what-is-gpx-...

    14. Froot Smoothie [deleted] (63 months ago | reply)

      hula-girl is semi-famous! really makes me wish i'd cleaned my windshield better that day jimmy :-(

    15. Jimmy_Joe (63 months ago | reply)

      Trailmix.Net - Glad you could use it. Looks like a neat blog. I will check it out more when I get the chance. GPSs are cool.

      cj - I would be embarrassed if I was you. Look at that filth. ;-)

    16. Jimmy_Joe (60 months ago | reply)

      Check it out! This photo has hit the big time!

      www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/microsoft-launche s-windows-em...

    17. Christopher Empson (60 months ago | reply)

      this is priceless!! i love it. (o:

    18. Froot Smoothie [deleted] (60 months ago | reply)

      just let me know when hula-girl and i can expect to start getting paid ;-)

    19. BigRahn (60 months ago | reply)

      Hey,that's cool. We just got back from a trip where we used the old GPS you gave us.
      We have a new name for her, but this being a family site, it's not appropriate.

    20. Ken Blackwell (60 months ago | reply)

      Big Smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    21. Jimmy_Joe (60 months ago | reply)

      .fenster. - Thanks!

      cj - The check is in the mail. ;-)

      Rahn - Why do you think I got rid of it. ;-)

      Ken - Thanks! Glad to see that you are back.

    22. TW Collins (60 months ago | reply)

      I know this view! Congrats Jimmy!
      It's not so much what's under her skirt that scares me, as much as when cj's Garmin decides to go all "Blair Witch" on us.
      (off the highway and onto a dirt road in the woods, at night ;~)

      I'm so scared

    23. Franchise (60 months ago | reply)

      I think I need GPS....
      and a hula girl.

      And I can't believe we didn't buy a ham while we were in Smithfield. What were we thinking???

    24. jamesToligney (60 months ago | reply)

      love this! =)

    25. Jimmy_Joe (59 months ago | reply)

      Todd - :-)

      Fran - I though you were a hula girl.

      James - Thanks!

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    27. LowerOakLawn (42 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for posting this under creative commons! I used it for my blog post :) loweroaklawn.com/spotlight/5-easy-ways-to-get -to-lower-oa...

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    29. themoonmachine (26 months ago | reply)

      Hello!

      I just wanted to let you know that your photo was featured in a travel piece on Matador Network! A link back to your photo stream has also been included.

      You can view the article here:
      matadornetwork.com/trips/road-trip-planning-s taying-sane-well-fed-and-entertained-on-the-r oadt

      Thank you so much for sharing your great work under Creative Commons! Feel free to add this and any other travel photography to our Matador Flickr Group.

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