Stupidity at Sea

[Old TexMex]

Today I went out on the flats, shallow water bays to lay down some tracks and waypoints with my new Garmin hand held GPS.
After 2 hours of doing my thing, I leaned over and the device fell out of my jacket pocket-klonk- onto the deck. My buddy and I both said "wow, close one. Lucky it didn't go overboard..."
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Five, FIVE MINUTES LATER, this idiot (known as old texmex) leaned over Again and there was no "klonk", but a splash. And my Garmin "waterproof, and it floats" GPS sank like a bolt in a bathtub, in 20 ft. of saltwater.

Duh....... Adios $350.00

Please note: I know where "sympathy" is located in the dictionary

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Takes a licking and keeps on ticking????? NAH..


Sorry


WuzzFuzz

 

[LoadEmUp]

Luckily it is waterproof! You can come back for it with a long handled clam digger. Just mark the current position on your GPS so you can get back to the correct place - oops

 

[WuzzFuzz]

Please note: I know where "sympathy" is located in the dictionary

The "S's" come before "W's".......WOOPS


WuzzFuzz

 

[Texas Star]

Well, you're in good company: Sir Winston Churchill once had an expensive watch fall from his pocket into a pond while he was still a schoolboy. Actually, I think he was then a cadet at Sandhurst.

He paid friends to recover the watch, but it'd quit running.

He took it to a repairman, who showed the watch to his father, who'd happened in. Lord Randolph was incensed and gave the watch to Winston's brother, I think, and called Winston irresponsible and careless.

After the disaster at Gallipoli in WW I, other people agreed. Fortunately, he did well in other projects.

I learned from that story, and am careful to secure anything on my person while on a lake or river.

 

[carpriver]

Claim it on you boat insurance ?

 

[BobC357]

That's what the MOB button is for. Sorry to hear of your loss.

 

[gunblade]

A friend of mine once dropped a S&W 629 mountain gun into a river. He was carrying it in a Galco Miami Vice style holster while fishing and the thumb snap had come undone at some point, next thing know, KLUNK, right into the drink. The water was almost milk like from glacier runnoff and he never found it. (Trying to make you feel better.)

 

[moe smith]

And my Garmin "waterproof, and it floats" GPS sank like a bolt in a bathtub, in 20 ft. of saltwater.

Duh....... Adios $350.00

Please note: I know where "sympathy" is located in the dictionary

Did you hang around? They take a few minutes to pop back up. They're relatively heavy (not a fishing bobber) so the inertia from the fall initially will drive them under, but they will float, eventually. I lost one that didn't float. My replacement floats but it takes it time. I tested it dockside with clear water to the bottom, just in case.

 

[bgrafsr]

A friend of mine once dropped a S&W 629 mountain gun into a river. He was carrying it in a Galco Miami Vice style holster while fishing and the thumb snap had come undone at some point, next thing know, KLUNK, right into the drink. The water was almost milk like from glacier runnoff and he never found it. (Trying to make you feel better.)

On a brighter note, the salmon now have some defense from the brown bears.

 

[Old TexMex]

A friend of mine once dropped a S&W 629 mountain gun into a river. He was carrying it in a Galco Miami Vice style holster while fishing and the thumb snap had come undone at some point, next thing know, KLUNK, right into the drink. The water was almost milk like from glacier runnoff and he never found it. (Trying to make you feel better.)

It's not working.....

 

[Old TexMex]

Well, you're in good company: Sir Winston Churchill once had an expensive watch fall from his pocket into a pond while he was still a schoolboy. Actually, I think he was then a cadet at Sandhurst.

He paid friends to recover the watch, but it'd quit running.

He took it to a repairman, who showed the watch to his father, who'd happened in. Lord Randolph was incensed and gave the watch to Winston's brother, I think, and called Winston irresponsible and careless.

After the disaster at Gallipoli in WW I, other people agreed. Fortunately, he did well in other projects.

I learned from that story, and am careful to secure anything on my person while on a lake or river.

I'll take that on board, and unlike "former naval person" I shall refrain from storming Ottoman Empire trenches manned by Johnny Turk.
I will however, remember my GPS on ANZAC Day. Lest I forget.

 

[Texas40]

Think youd have learned after the first time to put it in a different pocket like your PANTS instead of the same one it had already fallen out of.....



As Ron White says..... You cant fix stupid!

 

[jeffsmith]

It Must be a Design Flaw that the there is no option for a Lanyard on those

 

[Old TexMex]

I was warned, no doubt, the first time. And yep, as Ron White said. You can't fix stupid.

 

[Raider]

When I was 16 years old, a friend and I were out boat fishing in the middle of the lake. He caught his first fish, a crappie that wiggled off the hook just as he brought up to the boat. He was so excited that he dropped his rod and Zebco reel into the lake. Turned out his late father had given him the rig. I learned later than he hired a skin diver to recover the rod and reel (he had tons of money). We received royal treatment whenever we visited the lake after that. Everybody remembered him.

Sorry for your loss but stuff like that happens. At least it wasn't a Rolex watch.

Charlie

 

[Old TexMex]

When I was 16 years old, a friend and I were out boat fishing in the middle of the lake. He caught his first fish, a crappie that wiggled off the hook just as he brought up to the boat. He was so excited that he dropped his rod and Zebco reel into the lake. Turned out his late father had given him the rig. I learned later than he hired a skin diver to recover the rod and reel (he had tons of money). We received royal treatment whenever we visited the lake after that. Everybody remembered him.

Sorry for your loss but stuff like that happens. At least it wasn't a Rolex watch.

Charlie

At least it wasn't my Heavy Duty!

 

[moe smith]

Well, you're in good company: Sir Winston Churchill once had an expensive watch fall from his pocket into a pond while he was still a schoolboy. Actually, I think he was then a cadet at Sandhurst.

He paid friends to recover the watch, but it'd quit running.

He took it to a repairman, who showed the watch to his father, who'd happened in. Lord Randolph was incensed and gave the watch to Winston's brother, I think, and called Winston irresponsible and careless.

After the disaster at Gallipoli in WW I, other people agreed. Fortunately,...................

I really thought this was headed in a Christopher Walken direction.

 

[arjay]

I drove off with a very expensive,and tiny,camera on the hood of my truck.It didn't register in my feeble,old mind for 120 miles :-/

 

[M3Stuart]

Worry not. I studied under Yoda. I will use the force to raise your GPS from the depths!