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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I’m not sure if I have mentioned it before, but battery packs are a game changer, I think. I guess if you travel by car, you can always recharge that way, but if you don’t have a power source to hand, a power pack is brilliant. It can hold days of energy for whatever gadget you want. Your phone will never run out of power. 

    There are different sizes/ weights / prices. Anker is a solid firm. 

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    This is very cool:

    What Three Words 

    every square inch of the planet - land and ocean - has been allocated three words. instead of grid references you can just give someone your three words to find a work project, a lost hiker, a tent in the forest, a boat adrift. 

  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    Totally agree @Fire, Ambulances use Three Words, and no doubt the fire brigade - it's a shame it's not used more. It's easy to find what your three words are buy looking at their app. 
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Yes, it’s amazing for emergency and rescue work. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited July 2022
    I don't understand😞  my house is ( thought I'd better delete it). Why?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    There is no sense in how the words are allocated.  It works really well as long as you make sure you pronounce the words correctly and whoever you are calling can hear you well.  Otherwise they could end up somewhere completely different.  
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is it like a post code for anywhere in the world? Are the words totally random?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Yes, totally random. Perhaps best for texting to be clear. It gives a specific location within about 10 metres. Great for tree planting teams. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    So you all know exactly where I live. Shall I make some scones?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited July 2022
    Yes please! Jam and cream for me. 
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