In the early days of the Global Positioning Satellite system, receivers were very expensive. They cost well over $1000 at first. Then a company by the name of Tate stated making receivers that were very reasonable. Unfortunately, they were not reliable and were often seriously inaccurate. This is what gave rise to the saying, “He who has a Tate’s is lost!”
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
Did Ziggy take a modified model of Dick van Dyke’s car? (Chitty-chitty-bang-bang, folks.)
pelican47 about 9 years ago
I’ve had online maps do that to me more than once.
skymante about 9 years ago
In the early days of the Global Positioning Satellite system, receivers were very expensive. They cost well over $1000 at first. Then a company by the name of Tate stated making receivers that were very reasonable. Unfortunately, they were not reliable and were often seriously inaccurate. This is what gave rise to the saying, “He who has a Tate’s is lost!”
cubswin2016 about 9 years ago
I sure would’ve like to see how that happened.
loner34 about 9 years ago
Ziggy should have bought a “Garmin”.
deangup about 9 years ago
Funnier speech bubble: from the GPS; “Recomputing …”
Jonni about 9 years ago
Hey Ziggy, while you are there see if you can get that story in the newspaper with Shoe.