http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp

$57.64!

Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints,
dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

> http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp
>
> $57.64!

If you can stand listening to the 'Save Big Money At Menards!!!!' jingle
while you wait in line, it might not be a bad deal. ;)

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:05:22 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote in
<S33hf.352977$084.163760@attbi_s22>::

>http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp
>
>$57.64!
>
>Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints,
>dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night!


Unfortunately, there is no Menard's store located near me. However,
the same Lowrance iFinder Go GPS is available here for $68.00 on-line:

http://newsite.pagecomputers.com/store/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=Outdoor+Gear&category%5Fname=88g88c455s1862&product%5Fid=709728
Now you can enjoy an easy-to-use, 16-channel waterproof compact
GPS+WAAS handheld packed with features. Includes 32MB of built-in
memory with mapping detail

See also:
http://www.bizrate.com/marketplace/search/search__cat_id--11210000,prod_id--325762277,sort--6.html

http://www.thenerds.net/index.php?page=productpage&affid=4&pn=11248!!b_id=18&bamt=3ab6364cf9ac5541&bkt=2&bktpos=1&cat_id=11210000&mid=26054&oid=315807900&pdlid=112021122001&pos=1&ppr=24a3081e3f0f8

I guarantee they won't have any. Just about every time I go into that
store, no matter WHAT I want, they don't have any.

Menards is a biggggggg sore spot with me. Rant <on>

I once needed some contact cement, just a small tube or jar, to glue some
weather trim onto a door. I got interrogated for 10 full minutes about what
I needed it for, what I was doing, "no that won't work", did you look in
this isle or that, and "nope, we don't have anything like that", lead around
the store like a sheep with a lost sheep dog, then finally sent to the
flooring cement department for a gallon can.

Yet, I've also had the opposite happen. Find something on the shelf, take
one to an assistant saying that you want more, but it's too high. The guy
actually told me they didn't carry that product! I told him I got it off
the shelf, and there's more up higher and I just need some one to get them
down. "I'm SURE we don't carry that here, are you sure you didn't buy it
some where else?" WTF?? are you insane?? He acted like I had stole it
from another store and brought it in there. Totally bizarre.

Hate the place. Worst part about it is they are the closest home building
supply store, I have to drive right past Menards every time I go to another
store that actually HAS what I need. I hope they get fined again for
another couple million for dumping wood treatment chemicals into the river.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:S33hf.352977$084.163760@attbi_s22...
> http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp
>
> $57.64!
>
> Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints,
> dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

Jay Honeck wrote:
> http://www3.menards.com/menards?mm_dest=%2Fflyer.jsp
>
> $57.64!
>
> Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints,
> dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night!

1000 waypoints, 100 routes, 1000 event markers, 100 retraceable trails,
10,000 points in any trail... Does have a com port...
http://www.lowrance.com/Outdoor/Products/iFINDERGO.asp

That DVD player for $18 is a good bargain, it plays SVCD, VCD, MP3 files
as well...

> Menards is a biggggggg sore spot with me. Rant <on>

Sorry I hit a nerve. I don't love the store, but...

We literally (and I mean this 100%) shop at Menards on a daily basis.
That's not an exaggeration -- sometimes we're there TWICE per day.

When you buy a 20 year old hotel, you danged-well better make sure that
there is a well-stocked home supply store less than five minutes away.
There is always SOMETHING breaking...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

> That DVD player for $18 is a good bargain, it plays SVCD, VCD, MP3 files
> as well...

Yep, we're planning on buying a dozen or so, to put in the suites. (We put
them in the top-dollar suites last Xmas, when the price was $24 apiece...
Now we can afford to put them in the bottom-dollar suites...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What I've found, is that if you can replace something with a new something,
the Menards will have something that will work, and usually cheaper than
anywhere else. But, if you want to fix something, they fall short.

When we built our house, we gladly drove 60 miles to get to the nearest
Menards to buy light fixtures, bulbs, electrical and plumbing anything. Now
that we have one only 15 miles from our house, we've found that, when
compared to 2 other local building supply stores, they simply fall short. I
send employees after things for the farm, since Mendards is the closest,
they always stop there first, and always buy PART of what they need, never
everything they need because they don't have it. Drives me crazy, wastes
their time.

HOWEVER>>> guess where I'm sending Tami Friday at 6am??? LOL Megan drops
her CD players enough that I can no longer keep up fixing them. $9 each
will keep her bopping and spare me the frustration. May even grab a couple
to leave in the plane at that price!

Have a safe trip tomorrow and a great Thanksgiving!!

Jim

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:6L7hf.575096$_o.164119@attbi_s71...
> > Menards is a biggggggg sore spot with me. Rant <on>
>
> Sorry I hit a nerve. I don't love the store, but...
>
> We literally (and I mean this 100%) shop at Menards on a daily basis.
> That's not an exaggeration -- sometimes we're there TWICE per day.
>
> When you buy a 20 year old hotel, you danged-well better make sure that
> there is a well-stocked home supply store less than five minutes away.
> There is always SOMETHING breaking...
>
> :-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>

that's a good unit. i've had one for a couple of years, flown and
driven all over the country and it's just great. it does have a quick
find for nearest airport but the data base is old and it might send you
to an airport that isn't there any more. very readable and dead
dependable unit. i'm a big lowrance fan now. it also has a
non-proprietary memory card you can program all kinds of stuff into and
runs on regular old double-a batteries (2).

dan

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:6L7hf.575096$_o.164119@attbi_s71...
>> Menards is a biggggggg sore spot with me. Rant <on>
>
> Sorry I hit a nerve. I don't love the store, but...

I'm heading to Menards this Saturday. It's 50+ miles from here but it's the
only place in the area to get decent prices on some building materials. It's
next door to a Home Depot in Mankato so if Menards doesn't have what I'm
looking for or need, HD will...

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:24:34 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>We literally (and I mean this 100%) shop at Menards on a daily basis.
>That's not an exaggeration -- sometimes we're there TWICE per day.

Jay, you really ought to find some other hobbies!

Have you ever thought of taking flying lessons and becoming a pilot?
It might be more expensive, but it wouldn't be as time consuming!



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email: usenet AT danford DOT net

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
the blog: www.danford.net
In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:20:16 -0600, Darrel Toepfer
> wrote:

>> Yeah, it's not an aviation GPS, but so what? It stores 100 waypoints,
>> dozens of routes, and costs less than I paid for dinner last night!
>
>1000 waypoints, 100 routes, 1000 event markers, 100 retraceable trails,
>10,000 points in any trail... Does have a com port...
>http://www.lowrance.com/Outdoor/Products/iFINDERGO.asp

I used a non-aviation GPS for years. Downloaded some PC software
(free) to manage it and a "datachunk" of airports within 200 miles
($5). See the lashup here:

http://pipercubforum.com/garmin.htm

In some ways it was more satisfactory than my $1800 Garmin 296
(whatever it is!).




-- all the best, Dan Ford

email: usenet AT danford DOT net

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
the blog: www.danford.net
In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com

> Have a safe trip tomorrow and a great Thanksgiving!!

You, too! We're leaving for Montblack's place in about 90 minutes...

Don't eat too much!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

> Jay, you really ought to find some other hobbies!
>
> Have you ever thought of taking flying lessons and becoming a pilot?
> It might be more expensive, but it wouldn't be as time consuming!

I hear the pay's about the same, too...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I had a similar experience with Menards- bought an electric screw driver
one day (my old Decathlon would shed screws due to vibration), but found
that it didn't hve enough torque. (I've also learned to never use an
electric driver on my plane, and now only use a ratchet screw driver, which
doesn't chew up the stainless heads)

I brought it back within a few hours, and the manager gave me a bunch of
s**t about how the tips were rusted and used, and how they wouldn't take it
back. I tried to explain to him that if the tips were rusted, it's because
they sold them that way. Finally, after a few minutes of "discussion", he
relented.

Within a few months Home Depot opened a bigger and better store within a
mile. Even though Menards is closer, I will never go back- and to think that
if Menard is one of the richest people in Wisconsin. he certainly won't be
for long due to poor customer service and inferior products. (They have a
daily commuter run in a Beech 1900 for their employees around the state- I
wonder how long that's going to last)

"Viperdoc" > wrote in message
...
> if Menard is one of the richest people in Wisconsin. he certainly won't be
> for long due to poor customer service and inferior products. (They have a
> daily commuter run in a Beech 1900 for their employees around the state- I
> wonder how long that's going to last)

I've noticed a lot of these area companies use small jets or big planes. I
suppose if you have several stores in a few states, it kind of makes sense.
At the local airports, I've seen aircraft for Hy-Vee, Pamida, etc. I haven't
noticed Menards Beech yet. I once found a sheet of paper at the airport that
had a list of flights that Pamida was going to. Basically, if the
Iowa/Minnesota/Nebraska, etc. town didn't have an airport, it didn't have a
Pamida.

Cub Driver wrote:

> I used a non-aviation GPS for years. Downloaded some PC software
> (free) to manage it and a "datachunk" of airports within 200 miles
> ($5). See the lashup here:
>
> http://pipercubforum.com/garmin.htm
>
> In some ways it was more satisfactory than my $1800 Garmin 296
> (whatever it is!).

I do this with my Magellan every time a new one comes out:
http://home.stny.rr.com/bkw/315

This Lowrance has more detailed maps though...