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| view log Future marathoner! |
posted: 5/17/2008 at 5:11 AM |
Anybody know how to hardwire a Forerunner 205 or 305 into a car's electrical system so it never runs out of battery power? 
It occurred to me tonight as my DS (19 - almost), drove off to a concert tonight with a couple of friends, that I could use mine to track his speed and travels. Bad weather and a lot of Fri night traffic had me repeating the "go slow, don't speed, stay off the phone" warnings many times - and I'm not sure I got through, so I worry.
He's fresh home from college and used to a LOT more freedom than he had here at home, and still does not like the idea of us wanting him home by a certain time. We have not yet had the drinking at home discussion, but it's coming, I'm sure. They don't make a Garmin for that, do they? |
Michael
2008 Goals
NYC Newport, RI Marathon
Get to 150-160#s | 1000 miles
2008 Plan
Milford Live Well 5K 32:28! (5/11) | Htfd Race For The Cure 5K 36:57 :( (6/7)
Lightfoot 3M 33:28~ (6/14), 5M (6/28), 7M (7/12), 9M (7/26), 11M (8/16)
New Haven Labor Day 20K | Manchester Thanksgiving Day Race
NYC Marathon
"The race goes not always to the swift, but to those that keep running." * ~ Unknown |
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| view log Dave |
posted: 5/17/2008 at 12:24 PM |
Battery lasts about 10 hours. You could probably just leave it up in the back window and retrieve it the next day.
The other way would be to use a 12V adapter to constant power to a USB cable to the cradle.
Of course, the real question is whether you really want to know what he's up to. Sometimes its probably easier not to know  |
Pursuing the Pace Bunny, 1 Mile at a time
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posted: 5/18/2008 at 12:24 AM |
I guess you can do whatever you want if he lives with you or you pay for most if not all of his expenses, but this seems a bit wrong. Your son IS an adult...maybe not the most mature adult but don't you have some trust built up by this point?
Don't want this to come across as me telling you how to parent or anything...I just know that when I come home from college in a few years, I would be throughly ticked off that my parents were constantly spying on where I go.
BTW- AT&T and Verizon both offer GPS tracking for a few bucks a month I think. Then, when he takes off by foot, you still have a location!
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| view log love |
posted: 5/18/2008 at 2:02 AM |
He has his own car and lives in his own place and ... you can stay out of his business.
He drives your car and lives in your place... then you chose to let him use your car and your place. Let him use them, or not.
Let go. Worry less. My take. But my oldest is only 16. I may change my tune, soon. |
| “During the first half of the marathon you’re afraid you’re going to die and during the second half you’re afraid you’re going to live.” – Alex Ratelle, talking about the effort to run 2:30:40 at age 56. |
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posted: 5/18/2008 at 7:57 AM |
| this is exactly the reason i went home from college just the once. i've never been back to stay since. |
2008 targets:
5k - 21mins (22.29 21.55), 10k - 45mins (49.38 48.12 47.19), HM - 1hr45 (1.50.08 1.44.10)
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves" - Sir Edmund Hillary |
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| view log My first granchild! |
posted: 5/18/2008 at 5:01 PM |
You're in a really tricky transition period. When our son went off for his first year of college, we talked a lot about how you grow into your adulthood. Legally, one is an adult, but it takes years to acquire the experience to make good decisions. It's so tough as a parent to watch your child learn how to fly and know that that they're going to fall and also know that it is the falling that teaches them and gives them the experience they need for the future.
It might be helpful to set house rules based on the idea of courtesy and for one another and the safety of each person. I let my family know where I'm going because it's courteous to them and safe for me, thus, I ask them to do the same. It's not mom and dad being the dictators, but rather being the model. The same idea is used for housekeeping, etc. Everyone wants to be treated with dignity and respect and so house rules are set up to reflect that.
Okay, I shall now step down from my parenting of teens and young adults soapbox. Thanks for indulging me. |
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